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SURPrISINGLY PLEASANT: Because working at a law firm can be stressful, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder makes an effort to keep the atmosphere light and employees congenial. Pictured, from left, are: John Pariseault, associate; Eneida Diaz, paralegal; Chris McCarty, partner; Lori Brien, legal secretary; and Rachel Mathias, end-user services manager. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

Treating workers well pays off for law firm

Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP believes a good employee is more than just part of the team – a good employee is a valuable...
MAKING CONNECTIONS: Cindy Erickson has made a career of recruiting and developing talent. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Challenging, then getting the best from her charges

One major role of business executives – maybe especially those in human resources – is to teach. Many successful people say they owe the...
TO THE POINT: GTECH Senior Director of Corporate Communications Angela Geryak Wiczek delivers the company’s messages clearly, a habit she learned from years as a journalist. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

GTECH communicator pitches clear connections

The broadcast-news business in four states helped Angela Geryak Wiczek earn her chops in communications before it lost her in 1999 to the staff...
FROM SHOT IN THE DARK TO ROLE MODEL: CVS Caremark executive Helena B. Foulkes built the retail/pharmacy giant’s affinity retail program from scratch, and today it is the largest of its kind in the nation. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A leap into the unknown proves loyalty matters

Helena B. Foulkes took a big risk in 1997. The Harvard-educated MBA was doing well at CVS Caremark Corp., working her way up the...
EVERYDAY MENTORING: Kati C. Machtley, second from right, meets with Bryant students who helped her put together the Women’s Summit, from left, Renee Lawlor, Kelsey Nowak, Gabriella Badaracco and McCall Peltier. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Using education to develop sustaining life plans

It is clear from the sound of her voice that Kati C. Machtley is having a good day. The founder and director of the...
EXPANSIVE ROLE: DiPrete Engineering Associates CFO Christopher J. Ready has spent a significant amount of time teaching staff how to think more strategically and has emphasized applying industrial-efficiency concepts to the firm’s business. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

For DiPrete CFO, new skills aid success formula

Being an effective chief financial officer is as much about people as it is about numbers. DiPrete Engineering Associates Inc. founder Dennis L. DiPrete...
GETTING TO YES: Warwick Finance Director Ernest Zmyslinski has helped Rhode Island’s second-largest city weather some difficult fiscal times through creativity, diligence and artful negotiations. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

Finding creative solutions to mounting fiscal issues

If you want to know what kind of guy Ernest Zmyslinski is, ask his boss, longtime Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian. The mayor nominated the...
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Magician Mat Francoed performs during a Feb. 27 Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce event. Chambers are using such social events to lure new members. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Social events key to growth for chambers

There are two major misconceptions about the nature of business in America. The first is that business is mostly done during business hours. The...
WELCOME TO THE INFORMATION AGE: Community Prep computer-science teacher Brendan Corley, right, helps sixth-graders Michael Johnson III, left, and Jeffrey Gao set up email with their new iPads. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Winning formula for academic success continues

When it came time for Stephanie Ogidan Preston to send her daughter to middle school, there was only one choice, as far as she...
BROAD BASE: Barry Hinckley, the Republican challenger for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sheldon Whitehouse, says that Rhode Island needs a tax structure that is competitive both regionally and nationally. / PBNPHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Poor leadership has contributed to economic malaise

PBN: What is the No. 1 issue affecting Rhode Island and what would you do specifically to address it? HINCKLEY: It’s jobs and the...
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