Mary Lhowe
Preparing workers for power-ful future
The average National Grid line worker is age 53, and he may have started his career when meter-reading tools were a pencil and notebook,...
A mentor and ‘voice of reason’ to aspiring women
For decades, Mary Jo Kaplan, president of Kaplan Consulting LLC in Providence, has served as a kind of wise and sure-footed guide through the...
Aloisio’s plan boosted efficiency at LGC&D
Renee Aloisio says her 22-year rise through the ranks of an accounting and business consultancy firm began with her childhood pastime of watching her...
Success of married co-owners begins with respect
When a wife and husband own and run a business and do it well, they work like a pair of hands: not identical, but...
Even in recession, whimsy a big seller with women
Lolita Healy, president and CEO of Designs by Lolita Inc., producers of hand-painted glassware and giftware, has apparently found the recession-proof formula: products for...
Spending cuts force Navy to reshape; opportunity for contractors
Imminent spending reductions by the Department of Defense combined with a mix of different types of international security threats will require the Navy to...
Dash of theater keeping conventioneers coming
Conventioneers are plenty used to the goodie bags, the “Hello! My name is …” noose, and the chicken lump entrée. But few people attend...
RI-CIE’s Brendan McNally, a matchmaker for innovators and marketing gurus
A bright idea for a new high-tech product, a laboratory, a factory, an investor, a patent lawyer, a market researcher and a publicist: Bring...
Focus on staff strengths builds powerhouse team
When Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West began in Providence four years ago, the founding partners decided the firm would not straitjacket itself by imposing...
Atmosphere of cooperation is instilled from the top at KLR
Kahn, Litwin, Renza and Co. could almost qualify as a great place to work on the basis of one benefit alone: during tax season,...

















