Worcester Business Journal

www.wbjournal.com August 29, 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 3 Welcome to what is typically the most- read WBJ issue of the year. While we have a variety of features and enterprise stories that move the needle for Central Massachusetts businesses, nothing com- pares to the annual release of our 40 Under Forty winners, which lets young professionals know what it takes to make the cut and lets the established business community know who will be impacting the future. To make this recurring feature – my personal favorite – remarkable from start to finish, we began extensive planning for it in March. With 40u40, everyone wants to know who the win- ners are and see their profiles. The problem, though, with the 40u40 is there are 40 honorees. That means 40 names, 40 job titles, 40 (or more) photos, 40 bios. Asking any reader to stick with 40 similarly written-and- displayed articles is quite the heavy lift, much less retaining all that information. Yet, since my goal every issue is to have every reader learn from (and love) every inch of WBJ content, we embraced the challenge. What I love most about the 40u40 honorees is with an aver- age age somewhere in the mid-30s, they are more willing to be playful with how we display their lives to the business world, as you can clearly see, starting on page 10. If we asked an Outstanding Woman in Business or a Business Leader of the Year to send selfies with them doing their favorite hobby (as we have done with the 40u40 in the past), that might take much more convincing. As a 36-year-old editor, though, I am constantly mindful that the average reader age is nearly 15 years older than me, and WBJ has a tradition and a professionalism with its audience that shouldn't be crossed. I rely on Publisher Peter Stanton and Events Manager Kris Prosser, who know our audience and have been doing this for awhile, to keep me from crossing that line. To their great credit, when we pitched the idea of taking our most-read feature of the year – that typically puts 40u40 win- ners in very professional settings to introduce them to the Central Massachusetts business community – and have the honorees climb trees and ropes, jump off stages, ride kiddie trains, play with blocks and compare themselves to Elsa from "Frozen," John Wayne and Winnie the Pooh, the reaction from Stanton and Prosser was simply, "Aw, cool." - Brad Kane, editor This Week In The WBJ Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is published bi-weeky, 24x per year, including 5 special issues in April, July, September, November and December, by New Engand Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA. Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Worcester Business Journal, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920- 9894. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $54.95. For more information, please email wbjournal@cambeywest.com or contact our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Fax: 845.267.3478 Advertising: For advertising information, please call Mark Murray at 508-755-8004 ext. 227. Fax: 508-755-8860. Worcester Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Worcester Business Journal • 172 Shrewsbury Street • Worcester, MA 01604 • 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com A division of: CORRECTION: A Photo Finish item in the Aug. 15 edition had the incorrect caption on a photo of plastic-box manufacturer Alpha Rho opening its new, 238.4-kilowatt solar energy system with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In the photo were Jim Elkind, CEO, New England Clean Energy; Rep. Stephan Hay (D-Fitchburg); Stephen DiNatale, mayor of Fitchburg; and David Tall, president, Alpha Rho. Embracing the youth behind the 40 Under Forty NEWS & ANALYSIS DEPARTMENTS 4 Briefing 5 Real Deal 8 Ticker 32 List: Top human service nonprofits 33 Networking 33 Fresh Beginnings 35 Know How 38 Movers & Shakers ISSUE HIGHLIGHT: 40 Under Forty Class of 2016 This year's class includes a doctor, a hardware executive, a manufacturing plant manager, banking executives and winners from all over Central Massachusetts. Meet the young people pushing the business community toward further success. See page 10. Tweet of the week "anks @WBJournal - covering our new building for #autism research, training & education!" - New England Center for Children (@ NECCforautism) Aug. 15, on the announcement of its new center Top social media comment "But the problem is Obamacare, right?" - Natalie O'Hayre, Aug. 18, on news that UMass Memorial Health Care's President and CEO Eric Dickson received a 75-percent pay increase in 2014 to more than $1.6 million Top comment of the issue "Always a safe bet you'll come across a @ClarkUniversity grad or two when you're flipping through @WBJournal" - Jeff Valois (@jeffvalois) Aug. 4, on a story detailing Skyscope's journey from founding to acquisition. Most read stories on WBJournal.com Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wjournal.com Digital Editor, Sam Bonacci, sbonacci@wbjournal.com (Real estate, construction, retail) Staff Writer Laura Finaldi, lfinaldi@wbjournal.com (Health care, energy, higher education, finance, nonprofits) Contributors Susan Shalhoub, sshalhoub@wbjournal.com Livia Gershon Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Associate Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Matt Majikas, mmajikas@wbjournal.com Custom Publishing Project Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Kim Vautour, kvautour@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com From WBJournal.com to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, the Worcester Business Journal offers breaking news and thoughtful analysis throughout the Internet. WBJournal .com Worcester Business Journal Online 34 Financial training for salespeople Rainmaker Columnist Ken Cook advises companies that want to be successful at business-to-business sales to get their salespeople training on financial statements and return-on-investment analysis. 41 Overtime adjustments This issue's editorial from the WBJ editorial board calls on the U.S. Department of Labor to phase in the new overtime-exemption rule, instead of making one drastic change on Dec. 1. Top social story Movers & Shakers (from the Aug. 15 issue) WBJ Facebook post: Congratulations to everyone for their promotions, appointments and other accolades. (Pictured: Michael Covino of Niche Hospitality) • The story reached 3,572 people and had 137 reactions, comments and shares on Facebook. 38 Accolades 39 Incorporations 40 Flash Poll 41 Editorial 41 Viewpoint 42 Photo Finish WBJ 1. Saint Vincent claims wrong patient kidney surgery not its fault 2. Southborough autism nonprofit completes $10.5M building 3. Worcester ranked 2nd worst for retirement 4. Marlborough company supplying 85% of Olympic soccer cleats 5. Providence & Worcester railroad to be bought for $126M

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