Rheo Brouillard, president and CEO of Willimantic-based Savings Institute Bank and Trust Co., travels to Washington, D.C., about every other month to advocate on behalf of community banks and reasonable regulations.
As president of Manchester-based Northeast Family Credit Union, with nearly 35 years in the industry, Joanne Todd is no stranger to regulations. But since the economic downturn of 2008, she says, the ripple effects of increased regulations have created unnecessary burdens that small credit unions are ill-resourced to handle.
In the year since Tomz Corp. got tired of the quality of its applicant pool and developed its own training institute, the Berlin medical device manufacturer has graduated 21 students and hired 16 as full-time employees.
Stan Valencis concedes to one vice when it comes to his professional focus on all things digital. He still likes to read his daily newspaper the old-fashioned way; not online.
To replace its aging and retiring workforce, Connecticut manufacturers must find an untapped cache of younger workers, and workforce development professionals say urban schools offer the best solution.