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Enhance Health Hires Leadership Team to Drive Strategic Growth in Expanding Insurance Markets

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
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SUNRISE, Fla., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enhance Health, LLC, a technology-enabled, digital health insurance brokerage and care navigation platform, recently added a deep bench of health insurance veterans to steer the organization as it rapidly scales operations. Enhance Health has enrolled more than 600,000 people in Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual and family plans and Medicare Advantage plans.

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  • Enhance Health has enrolled more than 600,000 people in Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual and family plans and Medicare Advantage plans.
  • "They have hands-on experience to scale the business so we can help more people access affordable, quality health insurance."
  • Enhance Health also plans to expand into additional insurance business lines and strategic partnerships.
  • "They have hands-on experience to scale the business so we can help more people access affordable, quality health insurance."

Know Your Customer Celebrates Double Client Win with Volopay and Coda Payments in Singapore

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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SINGAPORE, April 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading RegTech provider Know Your Customer is proud to announce its latest strategic client wins in Singapore: Volopay and Coda Payments.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, April 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading RegTech provider Know Your Customer is proud to announce its latest strategic client wins in Singapore: Volopay and Coda Payments.
  • Volopay was founded in 2020, in Singapore, to help businesses better manage their finances to achieve their strategic growth.
  • Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Singapore, Coda Payments is one of the world’s leading providers of secure, cross-border monetisation solutions for digital products and services.
  • The event marks another significant milestone for Know Your Customer in Singapore, as it continues to drive RegTech innovation in the region.

Tagboard Launches Industry-Leading Cloud Production Studio at NAB, Delivering World's Most Efficient Cloud Graphics Workflow

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Monday, April 10, 2023
QR code, Riot Games, Advertising, Fox Sports, Amazon Web Services, Sport, Workflow, API, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Social media, NAB Show, Riot, NBA, Adobe, Architecture, Digital, SVP, AWS, Adobe Photoshop, Television, Typesetting, Online shopping, Entertainment, Video game, Industrial design, Engineering, Tagboard

SEATTLE, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tagboard, the world's leading audience engagement and cloud production platform used by 500 sports and media partners, today announced a series of new product releases for its cloud production studio designed to create the single most efficient production workflow in the world. New features include:

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  • New features include:
    First-of-its-kind integration with Adobe Photoshop featuring a drag-and-drop workflow that eliminates duplicative work to bring graphic designs to screens.
  • "In an industry that works in milliseconds, there's absolutely zero excuse for the inefficiencies of traditional workflows and outdated processes," said Tagboard CEO Nathan J Peterson.
  • "We've taken an absurdly complicated workflow of the past and turned it into the most simple process in the industry.
  • At Tagboard we believe every story deserves to be told, and we'll continue to eliminate anything that gets in the way."

COMPASS DATACENTERS' "HORIZONS" VIDEO SERIES INVESTIGATES THE ROLE OF ESPORTS IN FANDOM AND CULTURE

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Business development, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Defense, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business, Horizon, Culture, Esports, Riot Games, Marketing, Science, Green, Brigham Young University, Knowledge, Somebody to Love Me (Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. song), Marine Corps University, Digital, Video game, CISSP

DALLAS, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compass Datacenters has launched a new episode of its popular video series "Horizons," with a special focus on eSports. Kayla Green, former Head of Cross Channel Strategy and Marketing Insights at Riot Games, discusses how gaming accessibility influences culture. Hear Green discuss how gaming is impacting the future of community-building and the way a wide range of industries approach marketing.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compass Datacenters has launched a new episode of its popular video series "Horizons," with a special focus on eSports.
  • Kayla Green, former Head of Cross Channel Strategy and Marketing Insights at Riot Games, discusses how gaming accessibility influences culture.
  • Hear Green discuss how gaming is impacting the future of community-building and the way a wide range of industries approach marketing.
  • Compass Datacenters' Horizons video series brings together experts from a variety of fields to discuss how our lives will be impacted by internet-based technology in a post-COVID world.

Turtle Rock Studios Continues Its Story, Announces Former Riot Games Principle Narrative Writer, Jared Rosen, as New Narrative Director

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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The longstanding Californian developer of multiplayer shooters, Turtle Rock Studios, today announced Jared Rosen as the company’s new Narrative Director.

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  • The longstanding Californian developer of multiplayer shooters, Turtle Rock Studios, today announced Jared Rosen as the company’s new Narrative Director.
  • An award-winning author who previously worked at Riot Games as Principle Narrative Writer, Mr. Rosen also co-founded and produced the hit YouTube channel Hot Pepper Gaming.
  • At Turtle Rock Studios, Jared is working on a new unannounced project with a focus on constructing and directing that title’s universe and storytelling.
  • “I’m beyond excited to join the talented team at Turtle Rock Studios,” said new Narrative Director, Jared Rosen.

Embroker Appoints Chris Spagnuolo as New Chief Product Officer

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Embroker , the digital insurance platform making it a radically simple single destination to get business insurance, announced that Chris Spagnuolo has come on board as Chief Product Officer (CPO).

Key Points: 
  • Embroker , the digital insurance platform making it a radically simple single destination to get business insurance, announced that Chris Spagnuolo has come on board as Chief Product Officer (CPO).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230314005403/en/
    Chris Spagnuolo, Chief Product Officer at Embroker (Photo: Business Wire)
    Spagnuolo brings nearly 20 years of product management experience to the table, building products for organizations ranging from small seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporations spanning multiple industries.
  • “Embroker is a true innovator in the insurtech space that passionately believes, as I do, in developing products with the customer at the very center of that framework,” said Chris Spagnuolo, CPO at Embroker.
  • “Chris’ impressive portfolio of expertise in product management and user experience will be instrumental in furthering Embroker’s product roadmap and vision,” said Ben Jennings, chief revenue officer (CRO) at Embroker.

HyperX and Riot Games Extend Global Partnership for VALORANT Champions Tour

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
Online, Sports, Mobile, Wireless, Entertainment, Mobile Entertainment, General Sports, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Technology, General Entertainment, Audio, Video, Licensing (Entertainment), Electronic Games, Friends, Riot Games, VALORANT, FNATIC, Ecosystem, Champions (2023 film), Growth, Riot, Valorant Champions Tour, VCT, Mouse, Partnership, Champion, Video game, HP Inc.

HyperX, the gaming peripherals team at HP Inc. and brand leader in gaming and esports, and Riot Games today announced a multi-year partnership extension for the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT).

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  • HyperX, the gaming peripherals team at HP Inc. and brand leader in gaming and esports, and Riot Games today announced a multi-year partnership extension for the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT).
  • First established as a VCT founding partner in 2021, HyperX remains the official partner for gaming keyboard, mice, and mouse pads for one of the world’s fastest-growing esports.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230309005028/en/
    HyperX and Riot Games Extend Global Partnership for VALORANT Champions Tour (Photo: Business Wire)
    “HyperX is excited to continue our Founding Partner role with the VALORANT gaming franchise in bringing better gaming experiences, together,” said Jessany van ’t Hoff, Head of Global Gaming Partnerships for HyperX.
  • “As a founding partner of the VCT, HyperX has been a valuable asset to the growth of our sport from the beginning, and we’re thrilled to extend our relationship as VCT embarks on its third season under a new global league structure,” said Leo Faria, Global Head of VALORANT Esports at Riot Games.

Former Riot Executives Launch The Believer Company with $55 Million in Series A Funding from Lightspeed, Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT, Cleveland Avenue, Riot Games, 1Up Ventures, Michael D. Eisner’s Tornante, and Others

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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The Believer Company, founded by industry veterans obsessed with players and creating worlds worthy of them, has secured $55 million in Series A financing.

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  • The Believer Company, founded by industry veterans obsessed with players and creating worlds worthy of them, has secured $55 million in Series A financing.
  • The round was funded with the key support of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), plus additional seed funding from Bitkraft Ventures, Riot Games, 1Up Ventures, Don Thompson’s Cleveland Avenue, Michael D. Eisner’s Tornante Company, and other venture partners.
  • Believer’s leadership team includes veteran developers, producers, and visionaries responsible for seismic shifts in the video game medium.
  • We’re proud to join them at this moment in history and empower them to find the creativity in nascent technology.”

Riot Games Treasury Team Wins TMI Award, Using ICD

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The treasury team at Riot Games received a 2022 TMI Corporate Recognition Award for Technology Innovation, streamlining their cash and investment processes, using ICD, an independent portal provider of institutional money market funds and other short-term investments .

Key Points: 
  • GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The treasury team at Riot Games received a 2022 TMI Corporate Recognition Award for Technology Innovation, streamlining their cash and investment processes, using ICD, an independent portal provider of institutional money market funds and other short-term investments .
  • We have freed up more time to spend on cash forecasting, liquidity planning and investment portfolio analysis," explains Philip Giron, Riot Games Treasury Manager in the recent TMI article, " Game On!
  • Winning in the category of Best TMS Implementation, Riot Games implemented the Kyriba treasury management system and ICD Portal.
  • Launched nearly two decades ago, the TMI Awards showcase the innovation and best-in-class treasury practices from corporate treasury organizations across the globe.

PANGEA EXPANDS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH NEW CMO

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangea Natural Foods Inc. (CSE: PNGA) (OTCQB: PNGAF) ("Pangea'' or the "Company"), a natural food company, announced it has expanded its executive leadership team with the addition of a senior marketing veteran.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangea Natural Foods Inc. (CSE: PNGA) (OTCQB: PNGAF) ("Pangea'' or the "Company"), a natural food company, announced it has expanded its executive leadership team with the addition of a senior marketing veteran.
  • Louie will serve on the Company's Executive Team and will support Pratap Sandhu, the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
  • The expanded executive leadership team aims to assist Pangea in building on its market position, growing its retailer footprint, sharpening its supply chain and manufacturing practices, and continuing to leverage its proprietary production processes to launch innovative products.
  • AntiSocial was acquired in 2019 and at the time of Louie's exit in 2021, Louie led the company in key client growth, agency strategy, and senior team leadership.