John A. Lahtinen, Author at Providence Business News

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FINDING A FASTER WAY: When Patricia Steere founded her company, she found a niche in replacing bridges more quickly than it had been done traditionally. Here she confers with Chief Engineer Martin Pierce on the site of the Providence Viaduct replacement. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Steere: Building bridges to business success

Business Services 09/13/2014

Having spent the better part of the 1980s working on nuclear power plants, structural engineer Patricia Steere made a career switch to bridge engineering...

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CEO (or equivalent): Peter Crump, Matt Dempsey, co-owners 2013 REVENUE: $10 million 2011 REVENUE: $6.8 million REVENUE GROWTH: 47%

Streamlining construction with a cultural approach

Capital Goods 09/13/2014

When Peter Crump and Matt Dempsey became business partners at Providence-based general-contracting firm Site Specific LLC back in 2007, the duo worked out of...

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CEO (or equivalent): Natale P. Calamis, president and CEO 2013 REVENUE: $41.2 million 2011 REVENUE: $34 million REVENUE GROWTH: 21%

Longtime broker finds opportunities abound

PBN Award Winners 09/13/2014

When manufacturer James Starkweather and insurance professional George Shepley decided to join forces back in 1879 in an attempt to change the way people...

FAST TRACK, BIG CHALLENGES: Taking the role of CFO of GTECH Americas earlier this year is not the most challenging role that Sandra W. Beaver took on in the last year. The diagnosis and treatment of daughter Kiley for acute lymphoblastic leukemia has helped her handle work-related stress more easily. / PBN PHOTO/JAIME LOWE

New GTECH CFO provides leadership, stability

PBN Award Winners 05/31/2014

After completing her studies in California back in 2002, Sandra W. Beaver decided to move back to the East Coast to look for a...

POWERFUL PIECES: Sandar Osorio assembles capacitors for East Providence-based Evans Capacitor, a producer of electronic components with exacting customers in the aerospace and defense industries. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Capacitor builder invents its way to success

Capital Goods 04/26/2014

The brainchild of cousins Dave Evans and Charlie Dewey, the Evans Capacitor Co. in East Providence has been inventing, developing and producing unique, high-energy,...

BIG GROWTH FOR SMALL PRODUCT: Towerstream has increased its market share in Wi-Fi and small-cell rooftop tower network products, something that Chief Financial Officer Joseph Hernon must keep a handle on. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Hernon leads Towerstream to new successes

Entrepreneurship 03/29/2014

Since Joseph Hernon joined Towerstream Corp. as chief financial officer in 2008, its gross annual revenue has more than tripled, from $10 million in...