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Freedman strives for online security
Medical records, credit card data, your Social Security number – all that information is stored in computers. Passwords and firewalls protect that information, and today the law does as well. more
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12
New initiatives with eye to maximizing resources
Jessica David, vice president for strategy, planning and special projects at The Rhode Island Foundation, has been making things happen since the day she launched her career. more
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12
Helping others a commitment Hayes is happy to make
Eileen Hayes, president and CEO of Amos House for the past 11 years, maneuvers through the crowded waiting room of the South Providence social service agency. more
Grief fueled Gemma’s passion promoting cancer awareness
When Maria Gemma officially stepped from behind the desk as property manager of her family’s real estate business in 2009, she firmly planted her feet in front of an issue that had grown out of personal grief into a very public passion. more
Her hair salon doubles as a haven for art lovers
In 2005, Luz Arteaga Pray took over the Hairspray Salon on Wickenden Street where she had worked for a decade, buying both the business and the building it was located in. more
Underwear line finding international admirers
When Julie Sygiel and Eunice Png were undergraduates in 2008, they did what many Brown University students do in their entrepreneurship class. They developed a product to sell. It took four years, but the Sexy Period line of underwear is generating interest in Rhode Island and internationally. more
Kelly L. Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 5/28/12
Finding a home on the business side of art, design
As the director of marketing and new-business development for Union Studio in Providence, Emily Hall is responsible for brainstorming marketing strategy and finding new clients. The work is part of the ongoing evolution of the Rhode Island School of Design graduate and her interest in the business side of art and design, she said. more
Helping others a calling she always answers
Lavinia “Vinnie” Velazquez has spent a career in the human-services field working with the homeless who might have chronic mental-health issues, working with those battling abuse problems or advising prostitutes to straighten out their lives. Some might find it difficult, but not Velazquez. “I consider myself lucky to have the opportunity,” she said. more
Navigating a path to success by collaboration
Textron’s Marie Carlino is a true businesswoman, not just a woman in business. more
By Victor Paul Alvarez
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12
Team player with passion to deliver more value
For Karen Colby, senior project manager at Gilbane Co., her focus on continuous improvement and her abilities to harness the power of collaboration have proven to be the keys to success in all of her work on construction and engineering projects. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 5/28/12
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