Features Region: Northeast

The semiconductor industry is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2030 with Entegris standing to reap more benefits as a supplier of the sophisticated materials necessary to support electronic equipment and devices.  All the more reason for this Massachusetts-headquartered multinational to protect its intellectual properties, says Erika Singleton, whose vigilance on that front Entegris retained […]

There are always opportunities for those willing to take a risk. A calculated risk, that is, with Emily Canelo having been two-for-two in helping launch a couple successful innovative insurance operations. In late 2019, she cast her lot a third time for the prospective role of chief legal officer and one of three founders of […]

When IBM separated its managed infrastructure services business to create Kyndryl, over 80,000 employees transferred to the new company. Among them was Ed Sebold, Kyndryl’s general counsel and corporate secretary. “It’s been a career goal of mine to be a general counsel, especially for a public company,” he says. “Working with Kyndryl represents a great […]

While she doesn’t claim to be psychic, Eve Bolkin says she can see global trends well in advance. It’s one of the necessities, she says, for effectively serving Capgemini North America. “I feel I’m aware of what’s happening in this world at least six months before it’s reported in the newspaper,” she tells Vanguard in […]

Few things frighten Americans like unexpected health care expenses. A 2018 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found 67 percent of respondents worry about unexpected medical bills more than they worry about prescription drug costs, insurance deductibles, or even paying for rent, food and gas. Though Eric Gross can’t prevent those bills from occurring, he’s helping people […]

The highest-ranking security clearances handed out by the U.S. Department of Justice: secret and top secret. Elicia Pegues Spearman has held both. She received top-secret security clearance while working at the FBI. More recently, in her last position, she received secret security clearance at Groton, Connecticut-based General Dynamics Electric Boat, which—among other things—builds nuclear submarines. […]

Edward Sturchio doesn’t spend his time in a lab like the researchers, technicians and scientists responsible for the life-saving innovations developed by the biotechnology companies he works for. But he has made a science of advising and growing those companies. As he chatted with Vanguard in June 2020, Sturchio was enjoying his second day as […]

Medical device manufacturers beset by an array of unanticipated issues in the face of an unprecedented pandemic might benefit from virtual get-togethers. Such was the point raised earlier this year by the legal team at Integra LifeSciences, a leading global manufacturer of medical technologies and solutions. Companies could find middle ground between competition and cooperation, […]

Emma Channing says about 70 percent of Americans have less than $5,000 in their 401(k) accounts—and that’s not OK. In fact, the CEO and general counsel of Satis Group says the numbers amount to a ticking time bomb. The casualties? They’re more likely to be women—and those earning less income. That situation is among the […]

For most general counsels, shepherding four acquisitions over the course of a year would be a milestone. Evan A. Michael routinely oversees 10 times that number. As general counsel and executive vice president for NFP—one of the nation’s largest insurance brokers and consultants—Michael has made mergers and acquisitions the centerpiece of his 13-year-plus tenure at […]