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For Dan Happe, saying that his company had a busy and successful past 18 months would be a huge understatement. In fact, during that time, the company probably did its most important work ever, he says. Shoreview, Minnesota-based TSI Incorporated makes respirator testing devices that gauge the fit of N95 masks—one of the most reliable […]

He’ll be telling his own story soon, Bruce Jackson’s memoir—“Not Far From Home”—to be released next year by Atria Books, a division of publishing giant Simon & Schuster. Indeed, he’s not far from home in the literal sense. Jackson grew up in Amsterdam Housing projects, less than a mile from Microsoft’s New York office. But […]

When you’re preparing a company to go public, the demands can be overwhelming: burning the midnight oil, drafting and editing disclosure documents, meeting with key players—all in an effort to launch a new company. That makes success even sweeter when the piece come together, says Courtney Kamlet, vice president, associate general counsel and corporate secretary […]

Tom Greco didn’t see this coming when he was in law school. But 40 years later, he says the internship opportunity at the American Bankers Association allowed him to build a varied and enriching legal career. Now senior vice president and senior counsel for contracts and technology, Greco helps the ABA and its members move […]

In an industry known for hedging against the risk of financial loss, SiriusPoint America’s Bob Kuehn says he’s here to stir things up. “I see myself as a disruptor—but in a good way,” Kuehn says. “With the advent of new technologies, we’re changing the model for conducting business that we’ve used for years by streamlining […]

In running the legal team serving seven manufacturing businesses, Chris Correnti—president, CEO and general counsel for AGC America—says there’s one thing he values now more than ever: flexibility. That sentiment was put to the test during the pandemic. Given the economic variables during COVID-19, Correnti says making sound business decisions is a matter of information […]

In a way, it’s a tale of two worlds merging, and at the center of both is attorney Kaniah Konkoly-Thege, a member the Osage Nation of Oklahoma. She recently helped secure one of the largest quantum computing deals in history, projected to launch a $100 billion industry. As general counsel of Honeywell Quantum Solutions, Konkoly-Thege […]

A technologically proficient lawyer with a team to match, Alejandro Arias continues to support and advice colleagues by going outside the usual legal parameters at the regional subsidiary of the German technology giant Siemens A.G that recently launched its new sustainable framework DEGREE in which legal perspective plays a crucial role in supporting environmental, social […]

A young lawyer who had just achieved partnership in his second go-around with a prestigious Toronto firm, Chris Figel began to feel like the de facto general counsel of AirBoss of America Corp. during the late 2010s. The Canadian-based company supplies compounded and engineered rubber products to heavy industries and North America’s armed forces. It had […]

For nearly as long she can remember, Valeria Plastino has wanted to connect the world though business and communications. Coming of age in Argentina, she was fascinated with globalization and the development of the internet. And she was just as interested in how legal traditions would be applied to global business changes. Now vice president, […]