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PERSONNEL TOUCH: Joyce Fastino, president of The Personnel People, says the weak job market has brought added significance to her work. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

A better job let her help others find one, too

When Joyce Fastino took over as the new owner of The Personnel People more than a decade ago, she brought with her a penny-wise...
FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS: Jessica David’s career rests on her ability to generate ideas to help solve major problems in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

New initiatives with eye to maximizing resources

Jessica David, vice president for strategy, planning and special projects at The Rhode Island Foundation, has been making things happen since the day she...
UP FOR A CHALLENGE: Linn Foster Freedman’s career has been defined by high-profile cases locally and across the nation. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Freedman strives for online security

Medical records, credit card data, your Social Security number – all that information is stored in computers. Passwords and firewalls protect that information, and...

Woonsocket is latest to weigh bankruptcy option

Bankruptcy is no easy way out for Rhode Island’s cash-strapped cities and towns, and taxpayers should not see it as a way to avoid...
ON THE RIGHT COURSE: Alan R. Lord, South Kingstown's municipal finance director, began working for the town in 1980, when he was hired as town accountant. A year later, he was promoted to finance director. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Municipal finance done the right way

While some Rhode Island cities and towns are teetering toward bankruptcy, South Kingstown is on sound financial footing – and has been for years....
STAR SIGHTING: Burt Jagolinzer, general manager of Access Tours of Newport, has given tours to many celebrities, including Bill Cosby and Tony Bennett. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Good times ahead for R.I. convention industry

Burt Jagolinzer, general manager of Access Tours of Newport, never hides his pride when he recounts the celebrities who’ve climbed into his company’s vans...
HEAD ABOVE WATER: Aram Garabedian, co-managing partner of the Warwick Mall, in the shopping center's food court. In 2010, massive flooding pushed 5 feet of water into the mall. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERSSON

In managing crises, CEOs must lead the way

One of Aram G. Garabedian’s earliest memories is from 1938, when he was just three years old. His mother took him along on a...
PERFECT PITCH: Easy Island founders, from left: Nishant Sharma, Satyan Kalkunte and Kristen Legge. The trio hopes to use the pressed leaves from palm trees to manufacture biodegradable tableware. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Budding entrepreneurs seeing green

(Corrected, Dec. 19, 25) Someday soon the hosts of a backyard cookout could clean up by ripping their disposable plates in half and tossing them...
NINE FINALISTS were named for the sixth annual Elevator Pitch Contest held Dec. 7, the kick-off event of the Business Plan Competition of 2012.

Medical device takes top elevator pitch prize

(Correction, Dec. 13) PROVIDENCE – The top prize in this year’s Rhode Island Elevator Pitch Contest went to a Pawtucket company with a product that...
RIGHT ON TRACK: A2B Tracking Solutions President Peter Collins works alongside Tim Collins, green shirt, and Beck Bennett, red shirt. The company does work for the Department of Defense and leading companies in the education and financial-services fields. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERSSON

This firm is gold standard in equipment tracking

A small Portsmouth company, A2B Tracking Solutions, is engaged in a daunting task: they’re marking every piece of equipment owned by the U.S. military...
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