{"id":8577,"date":"2023-03-27T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=8577"},"modified":"2023-04-10T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T14:11:59","slug":"control-rooms-come-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2023\/control-rooms-come-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Rooms Come to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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North Kingstown-based Constant Technologies is made up of 20 percent 溏心vlog免费B站 grads who bring their innovative thinking to the drawing board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you think of a mission control room, you might think of the USS Enterprise\u2019s bridge in Star Trek. Or a NASA room filled with engineers and scientists huddled around screens as they anticipate a launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these hubs might seem like spaces relegated to movies or aerospace centers, there is a local business, flush with 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates, that makes mission-critical ops centers a reality for clients like Meta, Citibank, and the U.S. Department of Defense. <\/p>\n\n\n

Welcome to the Fold<\/h1>\n\n

We’re thrilled to introduce our new department, The Fold, with this story about Constant Technologies, where 20 percent of the team is made up of 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, we will feature stories of organizations and companies where 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni flock. If that sounds like your workplace and you’d like to be featured here, let us know. Send an email to urimag@uri.edu<\/a> <\/strong>and tell us about the place you work and the 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni who work there.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Constant Technologies specializes in audiovisual integration and technology furniture for 24\/7 command center environments in the public and private sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, as Heather Conover \u201900<\/strong>, Constant Technologies\u2019 director of global business development, says, \u201cPicture where NASA launches space shuttles: multiple people focused on a centralized display wall. That\u2019s an operations center. Whether it\u2019s satellite launches, critical cyber threats, criminal activity, or keeping our country safe, we integrate a multitude of technologies to bring these centers to life for companies and government agencies globally.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North Kingstown-based company helps clients build out advanced control rooms with audio and visual components to help them monitor critical data. Back in the day, this kind of work was done mainly for highly secure government operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But today, control rooms are used across the public and private sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the world has gotten more complicated, operations centers have evolved from monitoring physical threats to the complex world of cybersecurity,\u201d says company president Brad Righi \u201996<\/strong>. \u201cAdd-itionally, some of the rooms we build cover security issues that can range from social media and brand monitoring, managing large fleets, or even national and international threats.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company, founded in N.J. by George Morabit, got its start in the late \u201980s, specializing in building computer monitor enclosures. When Morabit relocated to R.I, he met then-溏心vlog免费B站-student Righi, who became a partner and now leads the company. Like some other well-known, forward-thinking startups you may be familiar with, its first R.I. headquarters was a garage. Over time, it has become a leader in mission-critical audiovisual integration, and today, the rooms the company builds could be right out of a sci-fi movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe provide touch controls that manipulate sources of information that are viewable on the video wall. Operators need to be able to quickly navigate between large amounts of sensitive data,\u201d Righi says. \u201cSo, we\u2019re not too far off from what you see in the movies, at this point.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as more and more companies look to securely monitor data, business for Constant Technologies is booming. According to Righi, the biggest problem the company faces is its own popularity. \u201cOur main challenge, which is a good one, is keeping up with rapid growth,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constant Technologies often looks for 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates to fill roles, a practice that has built up a winning team over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI get to work alongside two of my best friends from college, Tom Sheeran \u201996<\/strong> and Dan Kment \u201996<\/strong>, who have been instrumental to Constant\u2019s growth and success,\u201d says Righi. \u201cWe\u2019ve had an incredible journey together. I get to enjoy the highs and lows with some of the people I\u2019m closest to. When you have success with team members from 溏心vlog免费B站, it\u2019s a natural place to go when you\u2019re expanding the team.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top: Constant Technologies’ 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni staff members at the company’s Wickford, R.I. headquarters.
Seated in front: Abigael Peckham ’19 and Gip Sisson ’01.
In back, left to right: Dennis Langley ’99, Josh Borczynski ’21, Carolyn Morabit ’15, Benjamin Watkins ’98, Heather Conover ’00, Tom Sheeran ’96, Brad Righi ’96, Dan Kment ’96, Zachary Hanners ’11, and Jonathan Hammett ’98.
Not pictured are: Robert O’Dell ’98, Leya Ferrazzoli ’05, and Joe Zavota ’15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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