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TransUnion Partners with Samooha, by Snowflake, to Drive Privacy-First Data Collaboration in Advertising

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

The partnership paves the way for a privacy and data-driven future in the advertising industry.

Key Points: 
  • The partnership paves the way for a privacy and data-driven future in the advertising industry.
  • This also represents a significant step forward in TransUnion's pursuit of interoperability everywhere, making its industry-leading consumer data and identity resolution capabilities available across the marketing technology landscape.
  • "TransUnion’s leading identity data and enrichment augment our data clean room and enable seamless data collaboration across marketing channels, without the need to directly share sensitive customer data," said Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, Co-Founder, Samooha.
  • "This native identity management and collaboration solution deepens our integration into the Snowflake platform and Media Data Cloud, building on our transfer-less identity resolution capabilities.

AutoManager Holdings Group Announces New Executive Leadership Roles

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

AutoManager Holdings Group (“AutoManager”), a leading provider of software and tech-enabled services to 5,000+ dealerships in the automotive industry, has announced new executive leadership roles:

Key Points: 
  • AutoManager Holdings Group (“AutoManager”), a leading provider of software and tech-enabled services to 5,000+ dealerships in the automotive industry, has announced new executive leadership roles:
    Jake Morley – Chief Executive Officer.
  • Mr. Morley brings over a decade of senior leadership experience in the auto software industry to AutoManager.
  • He has also held roles at several other software companies, including a tech-enabled automotive lender, before joining AutoManager.
  • Dan Tehrani, CPA is a seasoned finance executive and previously held roles at Soothe, Serviz, and Neustar.

InvestCloud Appoints Shawn Donovan as Chief Revenue Officer

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

InvestCloud, a global provider of wealth and asset management solutions, today announced the appointment of Shawn Donovan as Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”), responsible for the company’s sales and account management strategy globally with a key focus on enhancing value creation and delivery for clients.

Key Points: 
  • InvestCloud, a global provider of wealth and asset management solutions, today announced the appointment of Shawn Donovan as Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”), responsible for the company’s sales and account management strategy globally with a key focus on enhancing value creation and delivery for clients.
  • Mr. Donovan brings extensive experience in the financial services and technology industry to his new role at InvestCloud.
  • “For more than three decades, Shawn has been leading sales and operational teams serving the financial services industry with a focus on driving outstanding sales and revenue growth,” said Jeff Yabuki, Chairman and CEO, InvestCloud.
  • “InvestCloud brings a suite of modern, enabling technology solutions to complement the more than $80 trillion in assets expected to pass between generations over the next decade, which we believe will address the changing expectations of a new generation of clients,” said Shawn Donovan.

TransUnion Spoofed Call Protection Wins Juniper Research Gold Award for Best Robocall Mitigation Solution

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

TruContact™ Spoofed Call Protection received a Gold Award for “Best Robocall Mitigation Solution” in the Security and Fraud Innovation category.

Key Points: 
  • TruContact™ Spoofed Call Protection received a Gold Award for “Best Robocall Mitigation Solution” in the Security and Fraud Innovation category.
  • We thank Juniper Research for this important recognition,” said James Garvert, senior vice president of communications solutions for TransUnion.
  • TransUnion previously won a Gold Award for “Best Robocall Mitigation Solution” in the Security & Fraud Innovation category for its Enterprise Certified Caller (ECC) solution (as Neustar, a TransUnion company).
  • In 2022, the company received the highest accolade possible—a Platinum Award—for “Best Robocall Mitigation Solution” in the Security & Fraud Innovation category for its Branded Call Display (BCD) service.

AT&T and TransUnion Launch the Industry’s First In-Network Branded Call Display with Logos

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The branded calls with logos are verified with STIR/SHAKEN, a set of standards used to help confirm the number has not been illegally spoofed.

Key Points: 
  • The branded calls with logos are verified with STIR/SHAKEN, a set of standards used to help confirm the number has not been illegally spoofed.
  • Both of these are industry firsts for branded call displays, thanks to TruContact™ Branded Call Display , powered by Neustar®.
  • “The delivery of Branded Call Display logos represents the culmination of years of collaboration between AT&T and Neustar, now part of TransUnion,” said James Garvert, TransUnion senior vice president and general manager, TruContact™ Communications Solutions.
  • “We have delivered Caller ID for landlines, evolved to the first generation of branded calling, and now we’ve set the stage for Branded Calls Display logos.

Vercara Adds Private Data Lake Feature to UltraDNS

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Vercara , a leading provider of cloud-based services that secure the online experience, is introducing a new Private Data Lake feature to its industry-leading UltraDNS product.

Key Points: 
  • Vercara , a leading provider of cloud-based services that secure the online experience, is introducing a new Private Data Lake feature to its industry-leading UltraDNS product.
  • The UltraDNS Private Data Lake offers a novel approach to managing and analyzing DNS data, providing businesses with access to their entire DNS query data and advanced analytics capabilities over this data.
  • The UltraDNS Private Data Lake allows businesses to easily perform deep analysis of their DNS data at scale, all while maintaining security and compliance standards.
  • "The UltraDNS Private Data Lake sets a new standard in DNS data management,” said Enrique Somoza, Director of Product Management for UltraDNS.

TransUnion Announces Enhanced Identity Graph for Marketing Solutions

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

CHICAGO, Jan. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) announced today the enhancement of its TruAudience® marketing solutions line with the newly improved TransUnion identity graph that delivers more accurate identity resolution and robust demographic enrichment.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Jan. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) announced today the enhancement of its TruAudience® marketing solutions line with the newly improved TransUnion identity graph that delivers more accurate identity resolution and robust demographic enrichment.
  • TransUnion’s identity graph serves as the single backbone for an interoperable suite of identity-driven marketing products.
  • The suite of TruAudience marketing solutions leveraging the TransUnion identity graph include:
    Identity Resolution: Allows clients to deduplicate and unify customer records by resolving identities across channels and devices to a single individual or household.
  • “This approach ultimately ensures more scalability and precision.”
    TransUnion’s marketing solutions business, TruAudience® , transforms marketing and media effectiveness with an integrated set of identity resolution and enrichment, consumer insights, audience activation, marketing mix modeling, and attribution solutions for brands, agencies, publishers, and technology providers.

Zapata AI Welcomes Jon Zorio as Chief Revenue Officer

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Zapata Computing, Inc. (“Zapata AI” or the “Company”), the Industrial Generative AI company, today announced that Jon Zorio has joined the organization as Chief Revenue Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Zapata Computing, Inc. (“Zapata AI” or the “Company”), the Industrial Generative AI company, today announced that Jon Zorio has joined the organization as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • Jon’s track record and successful leadership in scaling global analytics and solutions companies will help Zapata AI accelerate revenue growth while continuing to evolve its enterprise sales and partner relationships to meet the surging market demand for Industrial Generative AI.
  • Zorio brings over two decades of go-to-market leadership experience forged across a range of technology and analytics companies.
  • “We’re excited to have Jon join our company at this critical juncture in our journey to becoming a public company in Q1 2024,” said Christopher Savoie, Zapata AI CEO and co-founder.

2U, Inc. Announces Leadership Transition

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Friday, November 17, 2023

LANHAM, Md., Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a leading online education platform company, today announced a change of leadership to spearhead the next stage of its evolution as it focuses on improving operational efficiency and delivering profitable growth and cash flow. The Board of Directors has appointed Paul Lalljie, the company's current Chief Financial Officer, to succeed Christopher "Chip" Paucek as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Additionally, Matt Norden, the company's Chief Legal Officer, will also assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Paucek will remain an employee of the company through December 15, 2023, at which time he will transition to Special Advisor.

Key Points: 
  • Paucek will remain an employee of the company through December 15, 2023, at which time he will transition to Special Advisor.
  • "The Board and Chip have mutually determined that this is the right time for a leadership change," said Paul Maeder, Chair of the Board of Directors of 2U.
  • Continuity of leadership is important, and Paul has been a key member of the team at 2U for more than four years.
  • I am confident that under Paul's leadership, the company is well positioned to take the necessary steps to deliver profitable growth in the future."

TransUnion Announces Third Quarter 2023 Results

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion was $(400) million for the quarter, compared with $79 million for the third quarter of 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion was $(400) million for the quarter, compared with $79 million for the third quarter of 2022.
  • Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion margin was (41.3) percent, compared with 8.4 percent in the third quarter of 2022.
  • Our third quarter 2023 net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion, diluted loss per share and net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion margin were impacted by a $495 million non-cash goodwill impairment expense for our United Kingdom reporting unit, as described in “U.K.
  • Adjusted Net Income was $177 million for the quarter, compared with $180 million for the third quarter of 2022.