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Pacsun Launches "Pre-Loved Pac," a 360-Resale Platform Enabled by thredUP's Resale-as-a-Service®

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ANAHEIM, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacsun, the leading specialty retailer offering emerging brands and trending fashion through the lens of youth culture, and thredUP (NASDAQ: TDUP), one of the largest online resale platforms for women's and kids' apparel, shoes, and accessories, today announced "Pre-Loved Pac," a 360-resale program allowing Pacsun customers to clean out their closets for Pacsun credit and shop pre-loved clothing directly through Pacsun's website.

Key Points: 
  • Pacsun leveraged thredUP's Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) to build a white-labeled resale channel, including a digital shop, clean out program and cash out offerings for its customers.
  • Pacsun is one of the world's leading youth retailers, delivering customized, scalable resale experiences to their customers through thredUP's RaaS.
  • "At Pacsun, we are committed to digital innovation and delivering services that our customers will love and use.
  • Our community already embraced sustainable fashion, and we wanted to incorporate that into our brand experience," said Mimi Ruiz, Vice President of eCommerce at Pacsun.

Lucas Moody Joins Alteryx as Chief Information Security Officer

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IRVINE, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Automation company, today announced the appointment of Lucas Moody as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) where he will lead the security organization, oversee the protection of customer, partner, and employee data and assets, and contribute to product innovation. Moody will report to Alteryx Chief Executive Officer Mark Anderson.

Key Points: 
  • IRVINE, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Automation company, today announced the appointment of Lucas Moody as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) where he will lead the security organization, oversee the protection of customer, partner, and employee data and assets, and contribute to product innovation.
  • Moody will report to Alteryx Chief Executive Officer Mark Anderson.
  • "I am thrilled to welcome Lucas to the Alteryx executive bench as our Chief Information Security Officer," said Anderson.
  • With strong technical and operations roots, Moody brings decades of extensive security and technology experience to Alteryx.

AiCure Bolsters Global Presence and Team to Expand its Reach and Foster Diverse Perspectives

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AiCure, an AI and advanced data analytics company focused on improving clinical trials, today announced it is expanding its global presence through partnerships, a new employee base, and key events. Through its contract research organization (CRO) partnership program, AiCure Partners for Excellence (AiPEX), AiCure is partnering with Qwince, an Italy-based technology and services company focused on helping organizations implement innovative solutions and advance healthcare. Leveraging Qwince's consulting experience in data science, pharmaceuticals and technology, the partnership will aim to foster clinical and commercial opportunities for the deployment of AiCure's AI platform with pharmaceutical sponsors and government healthcare departments. It will also work with network pharmacy associations to leverage local pharmacies as an alternative to sites during clinical trials to improve convenience for patients. This partnership will empower Italian organizations to explore new endpoints and ways to assess patient behavior, as well as provide holistic, predictive insights for faster, more precise clinical trials and real-world observational studies.

Key Points: 
  • In an effort to attract new talent and perspectives, AiCure also opened its first international office in Nanjing, China.
  • AiCure is also increasing its presence abroad by participating in conferences across Europe.
  • In her role at AiCure, Sondra will oversee the product management team by supporting data-driven decision-making, streamlining cross-functional communication and optimizing processes for scalability.
  • AiCure is an AI and advanced data analytics company that monitors patient behavior and enables remote patient engagement in clinical trials.

Armis Appoints Tom Gol as CTO for Research

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PALO ALTO, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Armis, the leader in unified asset visibility and security, today announced the appointment of Tom Gol as CTO for Research, reporting directly to Nadir Izrael, Global CTO and Co-founder at Armis. In this role, Tom will lead and oversee all research efforts as the company continues to solidify its place as a security leader and expert in threat and vulnerability research. His team will work to bolster the Armis platform and enhance product development, effectively integrating research to make a substantial impact on the product.

Key Points: 
  • PALO ALTO, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Armis , the leader in unified asset visibility and security, today announced the appointment of Tom Gol as CTO for Research, reporting directly to Nadir Izrael, Global CTO and Co-founder at Armis.
  • A respected technology leader, Tom has extensive experience leading research and development teams specializing in managing unconventional research endeavors.
  • Prior to joining Armis, Tom led research and development at Convexum, Team8 and Cellebrite.
  • "Tom will work with all Armis research teams - from data science teams to security research and more - to empower them, energize our strategy and roadmap, and ensure that Armis continues to deliver.

Anaconda Welcomes Python Thought Leaders to Advance Technical Frontier

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Anaconda Inc. , provider of the worlds most popular data science platform, today announced the appointments of two long-time Python leaders, Russell Keith-Magee and Antonio Cuni.

Key Points: 
  • Anaconda Inc. , provider of the worlds most popular data science platform, today announced the appointments of two long-time Python leaders, Russell Keith-Magee and Antonio Cuni.
  • Keith-Magee founded the BeeWare Project in 2014, a project designed for developing tools and libraries for cross-platform native user interfaces in Python and expanding the availability of Python to mobile and browser platforms.
  • I look forward to my future with Anaconda as I help the organization become more deeply involved with my true passion: advancing the Python community.
  • Cuni, Principal Software Engineer Team Lead at Anaconda, remarked, Joining Anaconda provides an excellent opportunity for me to shape the future of Python.

Zelros Changes the Insurance Game with New Customer Engagement Intelligence to Proactively Prevent and Protect Customers

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

NEW YORK and PARIS, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Zelros, a pioneer in InsurTech providing insurers personalized product recommendations across channels, announces today the availability of their Milky Way product release. Personal line insurers can now easily leverage actionable insights to create fair product recommendations, assess risks and prevention loss and proactively protect customers. Its platform accelerates decision-making for executives and marketers with intelligent customer engagement and insights, while enabling data science teams to leverage the AI models to drive faster innovations.

Key Points: 
  • Personal line insurers can now easily leverage actionable insights to create fair product recommendations, assess risks and prevention loss and proactively protect customers.
  • A new level of customer engagement insights is available to inform and prioritize audience segmentation and marketing campaign strategy.
  • Zelros' unique customer insights are now directly reported through existing enterprise BI solutions such as Tableau, PowerBI, Dataiku.
  • Christophe Bourguignat, CEO and Co-Founder of Zelros stated, "The insurance industry is in the middle of a customer experience transformation.

Quickcode.ai Announces Release of Revolutionary SaaS Product

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

FULTON, Md., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Quickcode.ai publicly launched their SaaS product for unstructured text, designed to help users realize the power of their data and optimize training the best machine learning models. Because great machine learning requires great training data, QuickCode.ai helps data scientists save time and train more accurate models by improving the quality of unstructured text datasets before they are labeled.

Key Points: 
  • FULTON, Md., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Quickcode.ai publicly launched their SaaS product for unstructured text, designed to help users realize the power of their data and optimize training the best machine learning models.
  • Because great machine learning requires great training data, QuickCode.ai helps data scientists save time and train more accurate models by improving the quality of unstructured text datasets before they are labeled.
  • QuickCode.ai is able to process any language, any topic, and any size text, producing domain-specific data rather than traditional generic training data.
  • "Bad training data limits the potential of machine learning, and traditional methods of hand labeling brings its own set of challenges.

Benson Hill Investor Day Highlights Innovation-based Growth Strategy

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

ST. LOUIS, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, the "Company" or "Benson Hill"), a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, will host its 2022 Investor Day today to demonstrate how its unique innovations can meet the growing demand for plant-based ingredients in food, animal nutrition, and edible oil markets. The in-person event at Benson Hill's headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri includes presentations, tours, exhibits, and discussions with Matt Crisp, Chief Executive Officer, Dean Freeman, Chief Financial Officer, Jason Bull, Chief Technology Officer, and other members of leadership in an insightful and engaging format to highlight Benson Hill's growth strategy, sustainable business model, and financial outlook.

Key Points: 
  • "Benson Hill's recent accomplishments have set the stage for an exciting futureas a leading integrated food technology company," said Matt Crisp , Chief Executive Officer of Benson Hill.
  • Business execution: Led by Bruce Bennett, Benson Hill's President of its Ingredients Business segment, the Ingredients operations and commercial teams are executing a strategy focused on market share growth with a portfolio of proprietary soy ingredients in the food, oil, and aquaculture markets.
  • A live video webcast of today's Benson Hill Investor Day executive management presentations is accessible via the Company's website at Benson Hill Investor Relations under "Events & Presentations."
  • Benson Hill moves food forward with the CropOSplatform, a cutting-edge food innovation engine that combines data science and machine learning with biology and genetics.

Lineage Logistics Next-Generation Automated Cold Storage Facility to Provide Global Food Chain Hub for JBS USA

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Lineage Logistics, LLC (Lineage or the Company), the worlds largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced the construction of a next-generation automated cold-storage facility in Windsor, Colo., on behalf of JBS USA (JBS), a leading global food company.

Key Points: 
  • Lineage Logistics, LLC (Lineage or the Company), the worlds largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced the construction of a next-generation automated cold-storage facility in Windsor, Colo., on behalf of JBS USA (JBS), a leading global food company.
  • Through this tremendous partnership, we will construct a new, world-class automated cold storage facility that leverages our industry-leading technology and expertise and builds a more efficient supply chain for JBS.
  • The new facility will be built on land purchased by Lineage within the 3,000-acre Great Western Industrial Park (GWIP).
  • ( www.lineagelogistics.com )
    JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality food products for sale to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents.

Denofa and Benson Hill Partner to Enter the Northern European Aquafeed Market

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

ST. LOUIS, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, the "Company" or "Benson Hill"), a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, and Denofa, the leading protein producer in Scandinavia, today announced a plan to form a strategic alliance to introduce sustainable soy protein ingredients into the Northern European aquaculture feed market.

Key Points: 
  • "The European aquaculture market is growing rapidly, and Benson Hill's proven performance soy ingredients will be an important ingredient in fish feed.
  • "Benson Hill shares our commitment to reliability and provides traceability throughout the value chain from the farm through ingredient production.
  • Benson Hill uses advanced breeding techniques to leverage nature's diversity within plants and develop improved ingredients beginning with better seed.
  • "Our partnership will deliver a sustainable portfolio of innovative soy ingredients that create value in the European aquaculture market.