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Justin Fulcher’s career path is unusual. He built and scaled a telemedicine company across Asia, then stepped into public service to work on defense acquisition reform and technology modernization. That trajectory gives his thinking about AI in government a practical grounding that pure-policy perspectives often lack. His core argument is that AI’s value in public […]
The payments industry is undergoing structural change at a pace that challenges even the most informed observers to keep their understanding current. New technologies, evolving regulatory frameworks, the continued digitization of business processes, and the changing expectations of both merchants and consumers are all reshaping what payments infrastructure needs to do and who is best […]
When Michael Polk stepped down as CEO of Newell Brands in 2019, he briefly retired after a long career running some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies. That retirement did not last. Within a year, Polk agreed to lead Implus LLC, a fitness accessories business backed by Berkshire Partners a company considerably smaller than […]
The philosophy behind Colcom Foundation’s philanthropic work has its roots in one of the most consequential moments in modern environmental history. On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day galvanized a generation of Americans around the urgent need to protect natural ecosystems and rein in environmental degradation. That event produced measurable results. Stricter regulations on […]
Patients who consult facial plastic surgeons often carry the same concern: they want to look younger without looking as though they have had surgery. For most of the specialty’s history, delivering on that request reliably proved difficult. Dr. Andrew Jacono built his practice and his reputation around solving precisely that problem through a technique that […]
Justin Fulcher has spent more than two decades building in environments where technology and institutions collide. From a telehealth platform active across fifty countries to advisory work inside two federal agencies, Justin Fulcher career has generated a consistent set of observations about what it takes to build things that last. What Entrepreneurship Actually Teaches Justin […]
Kelcy Warren has long seen infrastructure problems as infrastructure opportunities. When natural gas flows needed to be redirected from the Appalachian region’s Marcellus shale south to Gulf Coast markets, many operators saw logistical headaches. Kelcy Warren saw the situation differently. He described it plainly as a pipeliner’s dream, a chance to repurpose assets in ways […]
Leadership at the top of a company rarely looks the same twice. Former Newell Brands chief executive Michael Polk has experienced this firsthand, moving from overseeing a sprawling multinational corporation to running a leaner, private equity-backed firm. The contrast, he says, reveals just how varied executive leadership can be. The Public Company Playbook At large […]
Environmental philanthropy is at the heart of Colcom Foundation‘s identity, but the Pittsburgh-based organization has also made a lasting mark on the cultural and social life of its home region. Since its founding in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, the Foundation has provided funding for arts organizations, historic preservation, and educational programs that have helped […]
The Renaissance ideal of the universal artist — skilled across disciplines, informed by history, driven by the pursuit of beauty as a form of truth — has lost none of its relevance in the five centuries since it was first articulated. For Debby Gomulka, it remains an active model for contemporary design practice, a standard […]
