Hello Tech & Innovation Community Members,

I typically use this area to showcase upcoming events or highlight some of the Tech & Innovation Community content, but I know that many of your fellow engineers, your colleauges, peers, and friends are in Urkraine or have been forced to leave their homes.

If you have anything you would like to share with the MassTLC Tech & Innovation Community that can help, please send it and we will amplify it.

In the meantime, we will continue to do our part and ensure that this community has the resources to help you continue to grow and learn.

Best regards,
Sara Fraim
Vice President
MassTLC
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  • Tech & Innovation Community: CTO & VP of Engineering Virtual Connect. A trusted forum for engineering leaders to ask questions, share insights, or get feedback for programs & ideas. This roundtable is for MassTLC Member CTO/VP of Engineering role only. Learn more and register.

  • Understanding the ROI of R&D. In this SaaS Conversations with Lauren Kelley, Lauren is joined by Andrew Lau, CEO & Co-Founder of Jellyfish. They will be discussing how engineering executives can explain their teams' value to the boardroom as well as how engineering executives can use benchmarks to effectively and efficiently communicate their business impact with validated data. Learn more and register.

  • PegaWorld iNspire 2022. Not all our biggest challenges are behind us, but bolder solutions lie ahead. Get ready to switch up your perspective at our upcoming virtual event, where you’ll find expert guidance, insightful strategies, and powerful tools fit for interrupting the expected as we know it. Learn more and register.
Industry News and Resources
  • Definitive Healthcare Launches Definitively Speaking Podcast: Four Takeaways from Episode 1. Michael Greeley, cofounder and General Partner at Flare Capital Partners, joined Justin as the inaugural guest on Definitively Speaking. Michael shared how data drives his investment strategy, how healthcare today compares to the tech industry 20 years ago, and how the democratization of healthcare impacts everyone. Read more. 

  • Modularity in FOLIO — Describing the Architectural Vision of the Library Services Platform. What makes FOLIO so exciting is its design that anticipates a marketplace of apps on the platform. With its focus on well-defined, versioned APIs between modules, individual teams create apps on the platform that both interoperate with each other and guard against inadvertent data corruption. This honest analysis of the challenges and the potential solutions give an in-depth picture of where FOLIO is going. Read more.

  • Innovative, Low-Cost Inhalers Enable Access for Millions: 3D Printing Powers Lean R&D for Medical Devices. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 262 million people around the world suffer from asthma, leading to almost half a million deaths. For sufferers of breathing issues such as asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an inhalation device is required to make breathing easier. In this post, we talked to Vinnay Chhabildas, Industrial Designer at Coalesce, to learn how the team has expanded its use of 3D printing over the past five years. Read more.

  • Digital Transformation and Project Management. In this post, we cover how digital transformation is changing how organizations address strategy optimization, why it is important to harness the power of tech, how digital migration impacts project managers, and why selecting the right solution is the key to realizing significant business upside. Read more. 

  • GO! Magazine by Pega Showcases Influential Insights, Global Thought Leadership. Pega is beyond thrilled to announce the launch of GO! Magazine, a quarterly publication showcasing influential insights, original storytelling, and dynamic thought leadership from diverse voices across the globe. Our inaugural issue, The Future of IT, is available in two formats – digital and print. Read thought-provoking features from world-renowned journalists as well as stories from Pfizer, Deutsche Bahn, and EY. Read more.

  • Extending Staff in a Labor Shortage with Self-Driving Equipment. The labor shortage for distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing organizations started long before the 2021 “Great Resignation” of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs. For these organizations that are crucial to our livelihood, technology not only has been hugely impactful in enabling better throughput for companies and increased quality of products for consumers, but it has also significantly impacted job retention and satisfaction for factory workers – here’s how. Read more. 
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