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STUFF Executive Editor,
Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com
News Editor,
Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com
(Real estate, higher education)
Staff Writer,
Zachary Comeau, zcomeau@wbjournal.com
(Manufacturing)
Contributors,
Sarah Connell, Jacqueline Houton,
Ryan Lessard, Livia Gershon, Matthew Wright
STUFF Profiles Editor,
Phyllis Hanlon
Research Director,
Stephanie Meagher,
smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
Research Assistant,
Heide Martin,
hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com
Creative Director,
Liz Saltzman, lsaltzman@hartfordbusiness.com
Production Director,
Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com
Art Director,
Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com
Senior Accounts Manager,
Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com
Senior Accounts Manager,
Christine Juetten,
cjuetten@wbjournal.com
Senior Special Accounts Manager,
Mary Lynn Bosiak,
mlbosiak@wbjournal.com
Marketing & Events Manager,
Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com
Distribution and Database Coordinator,
A Guide to STUFF, a publication
of New England Business Media
Patty Harris, pharris@nebusinessmedia.com
Chief Operating Officer,
Mary Rogers,
mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com
Accounting Manager,
Valerie Clark,
vclark@nebusinessmedia.com
Accounting Assistant,
Rae Rogers,
rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com
Collections Manager,
Raki Zwiebel,
rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com
Human Resources,
Jill Coran,
jcoran@nebusinessmedia.com
Publisher, CEO,
Peter Stanton
pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com
Associate Publisher,
Mark Murray
mmurray@wbjournal.com
President,
Joseph Zwiebel
jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com
CON T EN TS
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A division of:
Welcome to STUFF ....................................... 4
Letters from our sponsors
Advice: How to deal with different bosses
........................................................................ 11
Making it in the music business................ 12
Massachusetts is home to some of the oldest and most
renown instrument makers in the country
Making a difference....................................18
Early in their careers, young manufacturers want to follow
their passion and work with fun products and machines
Living your life, your way ..........................22
Manufacturing jobs offer higher pay
12
18 35
Get paid while you learn ............................ 24
Eastern Mass. manufacturers pay employees to get
training and degrees
Advice: 9 tips for a rewarding
internship ...................................................... 34
Salaries of highest-paid
manufacturing executives .......................... 35
Sponsor manufacturer profiles ............ 36-64
Manufacturers' resource guide .................. 66
EASTERN MASS. EDITION
