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When seeking donations, the device matters

Most charities aren’t tailoring their online fundraising strategies to the electronic device donors may use when they decide whether to click a “donate” button....

Tech trouble?

How often does your company experience technology-related issues? Sometimes: 80% Often: 20% Never: 0% Have you had technology problems impact an entire day’s work? Yes: 60% No: 40% Who is your...
GETTING TECHNICAL: Rhode Island Foundation Chief Technology Officer Kathleen Malin is currently focusing the nonprofit funder’s efforts on two major areas: cybersecurity and understanding artificial intelligence. 
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Kathleen Malin

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Kathleen Malin | Rhode Island Foundation | Chief technology officer FOR KATHLEEN MALIN, leading the technology efforts at the...
TECH-SAVVY: Robinson & Cole LLP partner Linn Foster Freedman chairs the firm’s data privacy and cybersecurity and artificial intelligence teams. 
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Linn Foster Freedman

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Linn Foster Freedman | Robinson & Cole LLP | Partner and cybersecurity chair LINN FOSTER FREEDMAN KNEW she wanted...
THINKING GREEN: Rongyu Na is one of the founders of EcoForge, a startup based in Providence that is aiming to get the construction industry to use its plant-based composites, which Na says have advantages over traditional building materials such as being more sustainable. 
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Mastering tech to make buildings out of plants

When Rhode Island took the lead in the American Industrial Revolution, it sparked more than a boom in business and production – with that...
CO-BOT CONVERSATION: Mike Rielly, head of public relations at igus Bearings Inc. in East Providence, discusses one of the robots that the company produces, which are known as collaborative robots, or co-bots, along with other automation technology that it sells to manufacturers.
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ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper

Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...
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THE LOAD: igus Bearings Inc. spokesman Mike Rielly, with one of the company’s collaborative robots, or co-bots, that it produces. 
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Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too

Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency. There’s no...
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Elizabeth McDonnell holds a Lightspeed point-of-sale hardware system, representing her occupation, and a case of Pizza Wine, which is 
her side business she launched last month.

Elizabeth McDonnell

40 Under Forty Awards 2024 Elizabeth McDonnell | 39 Senior Group Product Manager, Lightspeed HQ What is the biggest challenge currently facing your industry and how...
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Gian Gentile poses with his wife, Ines; his two daughters, Gabriella and Cali; his triathlon medals; and racing sneakers.

Gian Gentile

40 Under Forty Awards 2024 Gian Gentile | 35 CEO, SecurityRI.com What is the biggest challenge currently facing your industry and how are you responding to...
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Steve Iannazzi holds the Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure, the rulebook for how legislative bodies operate.

Steve Iannazzi

40 Under Forty Awards 2024 Steve Iannazzi | 39 Director of Government Affairs, Cox Communications Inc. What is the biggest challenge currently facing your industry and...
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