John Larrabee
Company re-creates itself as supply-chain expert
Cheryl W. Snead, owner, president and CEO of Banneker Industries Inc. in North Smithfield, realized in the early 1990s that manufacturing was the company’s...
CFO works with town, state, U.S. and ships at sea
As director of finance at the Quonset Development Corporation, Kevin Barry could boast that he has helped bring thousands of good jobs to Rhode...
No-nonsense, straight talker gets numbers right
Lisa Salerno’s attention to detail makes her a great director of finance, according to her colleagues at XRA Medical Imaging Centers. A second major...
Finance pro guides 25 years of company growth
When Gregory Vickowski was growing up, he sometimes heard his father use an expression that he took as career advice.
“I remember him saying to...
Convention, meetings surge seen continuing in ’14
At Uno Pizzeria in Providence Place mall, the staff is still talking about the national cheerleading competition that took place in the city several...
Bank, workers invest in community
For three months Alysha Brock skipped her job as a business analyst at Citizens Bank in Providence and instead did volunteer work for a...
Engineering company flourishes by going lean
The economic downturn of 2008 was hard on Rhode Island’s civil engineers: construction slowed to a near standstill, jobs disappeared, and firms everywhere were...
Goodwill Industries’ mission a constant
Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island has gone through several name changes over the last century and half, but they’ve always shared the mission of...
Weaving an ancient art with a high-tech future
Weaving is an ancient craft, and one might assume it has largely disappeared in this age of technological innovation.
But that’s just not the...
Reinvention theme of BIF summit
The daughter and granddaughter of veterans, Stacy Pearsall stuck with the family tradition. She joined the U.S. Air Force straight out of high school,...