Hartford Business Journal

3 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | JULY 26, 2021 BIZ BRIEFS ETL Developer (Farmington, CT): Analyze requirements and design target modules. Develop and maintain standalone applications on Hadoop ecosystem. Integrate autonomous framework for Data Warehousing. Develop and support Talend ETL jobs and components. Improve production stability and infrastructure monitoring resulting in reduced risk. Work with Agile development practices; Data Warehousing and Big Data Hadoop ecosystems; translating functional and technical requirements into technical specifications and design; ETL for Data Lake; ELT/ETL batch, real-time, streaming, and messaging; and Talend. Req's Bachelor's deg. +5 yrs. exp. Mail resume to American General Life Insurance Company, Ref# D20AIG, Attn: Lisa Goldner, 175 Water St., NY, NY 10038. No phone calls. Staff Software Engineer position available with Hartford Fire Insurance Company located in Danbury, CT. Work with ImageRight tool, including the configuration of workflows and web services development; analyze, design, and implement components by applying best practices and coding standards; and, focus on delivering quality applications; Apply online at https://thehartford. wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ Careers_Restricted/job/Danbury- CT/Staff-Software-Engineer-- Danbury--CT-_R214648-1referencing Req#R214648/11474.309. Hartford Fire Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. HBJ Flash Poll Do you feel your company has adequate cybersecurity measures in place? 60% ............................................................................................................................Yes 40% .............................................................................................................................. No 204 total votes Paul Vosper, president and CEO of Connecticut-based JuiceBar, one of a number of electric vehicle charger manufacturers that could benefi t from a new incentive program. PHOTO | PRATT & WHITNEY PHOTO | HBJ FILE Pratt & Whitney to shift 80% of CT employees to hybrid schedules About 80% of East Hartford jet- engine maker Pratt & Whitney's Connecticut employees will work remotely for at least part of the workweek, as the manufacturer shrinks its East Hartford offi ce space by half. Pratt says it will still require in- person attendance for workers in its manufacturing facilities, but the move will allow a large majority of the company's 8,250 salaried employees in Connecticut to work from home or split time between in-offi ce and at- home work. Additionally, the company plans to consolidate its offi ce workers into four buildings on its East Hartford headquarters campus, reducing its offi ce footprint by 50%, Pratt spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said. CNBC: CT 24th-best state for business Connecticut shot up more than 10 places on CNBC's latest ranking of business-friendly states. CNBC's 2021 "America's Top States for Business" report — which evaluates metrics related to costs of doing business, workforce quality, infrastructure and other categories — says Connecticut is the 24th-best state for business in the country, up from 35th in 2019. CNBC did not release a 2020 version of the typically annual ranking. The report says Connecticut improved in several key areas over the last two years, including infrastructure (43rd in 2019 to 18th in 2021), economic strength (43rd to 32nd), technology and innovation (18th to 8th) and overall business climate (21st to 8th). Hospitals hope mandates will boost workers' stagnant vaccination rates Most hospitals in Connecticut will require their workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Sept. 30, though data show the rate of immunization across hospital staff has increased only modestly in recent months. At Yale New Haven Health, 78% of employees were vaccinated as of April 23. As of mid-July – nearly three months later – that number grew to 81%. At Hartford HealthCare, 70% of workers had initiated vaccination as of May 10. As of mid-July, 75% had done so. Hospital leaders are aiming to change that by mandating that all staff be vaccinated by the end of September. Many hospitals are also requiring contractors they work with to be immunized. — CT Mirror PURA greenlights vehicle charging incentives It could soon be cheaper for Connecticut property owners to invest in electric vehicle chargers, thanks to a new program that will potentially dole out hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives over the next nine years. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has approved a plan that directs Eversource and United Illuminating to pay homeowners, employers and apartment building owners incentives for electric vehicle supply equipment and fast-charger installations, and to cover a portion of electrical make- ready costs. The incentives will range from a $500 rebate for homeowners to as much as $250,000 per workplace site for locations in underserved areas installing fast chargers. The program is meant to help Connecticut achieve an ambitious target of having 500,000 registered electric vehicles by 2030. The state's electric vehicle count jumped 36%, to 17,217 over the past year, but the pace remains well short of what is needed to hit the 500,000 target, EV Club of Connecticut reported. Hartford Land Bank names new CEO The deputy commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection has stepped down from his role to take the reins at the Hartford Land Bank. The land bank's board of directors announced that Arunan Arulampalam has been appointed CEO. He will take over for Carey Shea, who has served as interim executive director since February. The land bank identifi es and acquires abandoned, tax-delinquent and otherwise distressed properties in the city to facilitate their rehabilitation and return to productive use.

• Cover