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ON THE RISE: Paul Pinto, The RISE Group Inc.’s chief information officer, has helped the company
transition to data-driven decision-making, leveraging analytics to gain insights and drive business growth. 
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RISE Group’s Pinto makes dramatic impacts through technology

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY: Paul Pinto The RISE Group Inc. | Chief information officer PAUL PINTO ALWAYS THOUGHT he’d end up becoming an accountant....
SEARCH ENGINE: Michael Marrone, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, champions the company’s involvement with Project SEARCH, which supports young people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to address their employment needs. More than 50 Project SEARCH participants have interned at Blue Cross. 
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I.’s Marrone helps others write...

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY: Michael Marrone Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island | Executive vice president and chief financial officer MICHAEL...
ON THE BATTLEFIELD: University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Chief Business ­Development Officer Peter Rumsey graduated from Cornell University with the U.S. Air Force ­Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and served during the Gulf War as an electronic combat officer. 
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URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey was always dedicated to serve

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards CAREER ACHIEVER: Peter Rumsey University of Rhode Island Research Foundation | Chief business development officer Peter Rumsey admits it’s hard to stop the...
STAR ATTRACTION: In the 2023 fiscal year, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Senior Vice President Thomas Riel’s team booked 224 events that will result in more than $102 million in direct spend revenue in future years for Rhode Island. 
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PWCVB’s Riel’s knack makes state a destination again

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY: Thomas Riel Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau | Senior vice president THOMAS RIEL GETS ­EXCITED talking about the...
FAST RESPONSE: David Boscia has helped Newport Mental Health expand its emergency services, including adding a hotline, to respond to mental wellness crises on Aquidneck Island. 
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Newport Mental Health’s Boscia improves health with the right frame of...

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards NONPROFIT/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: David Boscia Newport Mental Health | Chief clinical officer WHEN DAVID BOSCIA ARRIVED at Newport Mental Health in July...
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER: Stacey Messier, general manager of CIC Providence LLC, helped attract companies from various industries, including offshore wind, tourism and tele­communications that now call 225 Dyer St. home. 
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CIC Providence’s Messier maintains good company under one roof

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards RISING STAR: Stacey Messier CIC Providence LLC | General manager PEOPLE AT CAMBRIDGE ­INNOVATION CENTER, or CIC, use the term “creative collisions”...
TOEING THE STREAMLINE: Marstone Inc. Chief People Officer and General Counsel Nisha Cordero helped to streamline technological implementations and brought on performance management operations to maximize the value of the Marstone team’s time while giving them the tools and resources they need to work daily. 
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Marstone’s Cordero the right ‘people’ person at the right time

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY: Nisha Cordero Marstone Inc. | Chief people officer and general counsel TODAY’S COMPANIES ARE CHALLENGED with finding ways for...

Just Breathe wins 2024 Rhode Island Business Competition

PROVIDENCE – Greg Calderiso, founder of Just Breathe, was named the first-place winner of the 2024 Rhode Island Business Competition. Just Breathe, which netted the...

U.S. growth slowed sharply last quarter to 1.6% pace

WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation's economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers...
KRISTIN URBACH has left the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce as its executive director to lead the Connecticut Wind Collaborative. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Urbach departs N.K. Chamber to lead Connecticut Wind Collaborative

NORTH KINGSTOWN – After leading the local Chamber of Commerce for nearly a decade as its executive director and spearheading multiple workforce development initiatives...
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