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Imagine picking up Las Vegas and moving it to London, all while keeping the Vegas nightlife, retail and hospitality running smoothly. That’s essentially what cruise ships do every day. Now imagine keeping all of the information that flows through Vegas—personal records, credit card info, health records—safe in that metaphorical transit. Cruise ships do that, too. […]

Cordova Electric Cooperative Inc. (CEC) is the sole electrical utility for the coastal community of Cordova, Alaska, and CEC has gradually established itself as a trailblazer for reliable, green, clean, renewable energy production. In fact, the cooperative was founded in 1978 after visionary town members voted to establish a community-owned electric cooperative capable of lighting up […]

Every day, on her short eight-block commute, Brenna Berman sees the impact of her work. Berman joined the City of Chicago in 2011 as deputy budget director, and in 2012 she was made chief information officer. Today, when a bicycle rides by as she walks to work, Berman knows that data accessible through the city […]

How do you renovate one of America’s busiest and most beautiful places? You get some friends to help, of course. Dennis Kennelly, project manager for the engineering firm T.Y. Lin International, says that to win the bid to renovate facilities at Niagara Falls State Park, it turned to long-standing partners and architectural landscaping experts, The […]

In the works for nearly a decade, The New York Wheel on Staten Island broke ground in spring 2015. The project, featuring a prominent 630-foot observation wheel, is the culmination of joint efforts between a number of New York City developers, contractors and investors. Led by Rich Marin, CEO of The New York Wheel, the […]

Health care can be like spring weather—it’s always subject to change. Finding success in the market means finding an efficient way to help customers in the present, while anticipating changes on the horizon. Adam Bruckman anticipated a particularly big change in 2000, when he realized that the internet would allow online services to disrupt traditional […]

“At this point, we can read each other’s minds,” says attorney Shan Bhati of her co-counsel Peter Petros. The two attorneys may not have super powers, but after 11 years of working together to build the legal department of the world’s largest public relations firm, Bhati and Petros have formed a partnership that’s unique in […]

A bedding company bent on expansion is no place to rest easy, something Kindel Elam knew from the outset in 2012 when she became Mattress Firm’s first and only general counsel. As an in-house lawyer with the Houston affiliate of the Fulbright & Jaworski international law firm, Elam assisted with the company’s previous acquisitions. She […]