Hartford Business Journal

www.HartfordBusiness.com decemBer 26, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 17 BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 In cybersecurity role, House eyes gov't, biz needs By Matt Pilon mpilon@HartfordBusiness.com A n uncommonly diverse profession- al background in higher education, national intelligence, internation- al finance, health insurance and state government has given Arthur House a healthy appetite for new challenges. Now House, 74, faces his next big test as the state's first-ever chief cybersecu- rity risk officer. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appointed House for the position in October, based not on any superior technical skills, but because he has experience conven- ing industry groups to collaborate on strengthening cyber defenses. At the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), where House was a commission- er since 2012, he oversaw the creation of a cybersecurity plan for utility companies. The plan calls for confidential meetings in which utilities — which are already quite aware of cyber risks — share information with a limited number of state officials. In some ways, House's new job is an expansion of the utility cybersecurity work he did at PURA, a role he openly admits to missing, though he is also enjoy- ing having a sole focus, as opposed to handling countless cases involving elec- tric, gas, water and telecom providers. He wanted to be reappointed to PURA, but Newell tools integration, deal-making top Loree's challenges By John Stearns jstearns@HartfordBusiness.com I t didn't take Jim Loree long to make a splash as the new president and CEO of New Britain-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc., a position he ascended to Aug. 1. Barely two months later he engi- neered plans to buy Newell Brands Inc.'s tool business for $1.95 billion. The deal, announced Oct. 12, could close in the first quarter of 2017, Loree said, and integrating Newell tools and its Lenox and Irwin brands will be next year's No. 1 challenge. But Loree, 58, at the company since 1999, is no stranger to big acquisitions, having par- ticipated in then-Stanley Works' $4.5 billion purchase of Black & Decker in 2010 when he was chief operating officer. He became HSC's Ricci faces tough healthcare environment after year of major successes By John Stearns jstearns@HartfordBusiness.com H ospital for Special Care (HSC) chief executive Lynn Ricci knows the hospital was handed a valuable gift — financially and image-wise — in August as a beneficiary of funds raised through the Travelers Championship golf tournament. New Britain-based HSC received more than $300,000 to apply toward research- ing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, which took the life of Travelers Executive Chairman Jay Fishman shortly after the tournament, and hiring more ALS clinicians. "This Travelers exposure for us was so extraordinary," Ricci said, anticipating to capitalize on that in 2017 and beyond. "It raised the bar for the team and we need to stay in front of that. I think for us to leverage those experiences is going to be very important." The attention the tournament gave HSC follows other recognition for its out- patient and inpatient program for autistic youth, including becoming the nation's first Patient-Centered Specialty Practice and one of 10 U.S. inpatient units offering inter-disciplinary treatment. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D H B J P H O T O | J O H N S T E A R N S H B J P H O T O | M A T T P I L O N Continued on page 18 Continued on page 19 Continued on page 19 Jim Loree became president and CEO of New Britain-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. in August. Arthur House, Connecticut's first chief cybersecurity risk officer, at DAS' Farmington Avenue facility in Hartford. Lynn Ricci, president and CEO of Hospital for Special Care and its parent, Center of Special Care Inc., seen outside the New Britain hospital.

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