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After co-owning her medical billing and practice management consulting firm Comprehensive Practice Management Services Inc. for over 15 years, Sylvestre assumed sole ownership in 2018. Under her leadership, the company rebranded as Grey Ledge Medical Management and is now positioned for regional growth. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Find the time to learn

Business Services
Julie Sylvestre | Grey Ledge Medical Management owner and president Time— no one has enough of it. In business, available time decreases each day. As...

Kimberly O’Connell named Chief Transformation Officer at Providence Community Health Centers,...

People on the Move
In this role, O’Connell has oversight of the business transformation initiatives across the organization with a focus on identifying opportunities for growth and innovation...
Thorne Sparkman joined Slater in 2000 as executive director of what was then known as the Slater Center for Interactive Technologies. He focuses on the earliest stage of company creation, including working with university-based teams commercializing research. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Support the founders

Business Services
Thorne Sparkman | Slater Technology Fund managing director As a seed-stage investor, I spend countless hours discovering and courting entrepreneurs, because the founders of today’s...
A career working in the hospitality industry led Laurie Stroll to join Newport Hospitality in 1992. After 12 years in sales and event planning, she purchased the company in 2004. It is the first and only accredited destination-management company in Rhode Island, planning meetings, events and outside activities 
for groups and conventions. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Invest in the team to shine

Entrepreneurship
Laurie Z. Stroll | Newport Hospitality Inc. (a DMC Network company) owner and president The biggest lesson I have learned over the years is that...
SWING OF THINGS: In their leisure time, employees at Parkinson Technologies participate in a golf league at Chemawa Golf Course in North Attleboro. Joe Connelly, Parkinson product development manager, tees off.
 / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Healthy employees keep Parkinson Technologies on cutting edge

PBN Award Winners
Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2019 2-149 EMPLOYEES #1: Parkinson Technologies Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Peter Termyn, CEO and president Number of employees: 80 Woonsocket-based Parkinson Technologies INC....
COURTESY COASTAL MEDICAL INC.

Five Questions With Christopher Ferraro

5Q
5Q: Christopher Ferraro | Chief financial officer, Coastal Medical Inc. 1. Coastal Medical has operated as an accountable care organization since 2012. What led...

Tips for aspiring IT pros

Advice
Looking for a full-time professional job, interviewing and evaluating your options can be daunting for recent college graduates. But with the proper preparation and...
CONFIDENCE WANING? Matt Fair, center, of Hayes & ­Sherry Real Estate Services, listens with colleagues during PBN’s first Economic Trends Summit in Providence on Feb. 15. Panelists said perennial concerns such as rising health care costs and uncertainty about changing federal policies are dampening optimism about an otherwise strong economy.
 / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Optimism tempered by uncertainty

Economy
Rhode Island’s economy is doing well, but a handful of perennial bugaboos, along with actions at the federal level, have dampened the business community’s...
CVS Health CEO Larry J. Merlo announced the company's $100 million Building Healthier Communities initiative today at the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon in Washington, DC. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS Health pledges $100M to Building Healthier Communities initiative

Health Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Health Corp., announced a $100 million, five-year commitment to national community health and...
PASSING IT ON: Ben Giguere, left, founder of Gather LLC, on Atwells Avenue in Providence, shows Jairus Burdick how to make a drinking glass. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Glass blowing for masses

Entrepreneurship
Growing up in New Hampshire and Vermont, Ben Giguere, founder of Gather LLC, a Providence glass blowing studio-cum-community center, drew inspiration for his future...
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