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FourKites Expands Senior Leadership Team to Support Growing Momentum and Global Expansion

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Phil Weir, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Customers, will head FourKites’ global Customer Growth organization, which is responsible for customers’ ongoing adoption of the FourKites platform and ecosystem.

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  • Phil Weir, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Customers, will head FourKites’ global Customer Growth organization, which is responsible for customers’ ongoing adoption of the FourKites platform and ecosystem.
  • “I’m thrilled to join this team, whose creativity, tenacity and strong vision are driving FourKites to amazing heights,” said Basson.
  • I look forward to leading my team in capturing those opportunities.”
    Dan Abramson, Senior Vice President, Americas Market Expansion, will lead FourKites’ net new customer growth in the Americas.
  • Last month , Bo Tao joined as FourKites’ new Chief Technology Officer and Manik Mair joined as Senior Vice President of Corporate Growth.

TransVoyant, the Leader in Supply Chain Orchestration, Hires Powerhouse Supply Chain Executives Allison Fowler as Chief Product Officer and Charles Virden as Senior Vice President of Customer Growth

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Allison Fowler is the firm’s first Chief Product Officer and Charles Virden is the first Senior Vice President of Customer Growth.

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  • Allison Fowler is the firm’s first Chief Product Officer and Charles Virden is the first Senior Vice President of Customer Growth.
  • “Allison Fowler and Charles Virden have deep supply chain expertise, and we look forward to leveraging their experience as we continue to scale and expand our business."
  • Allison Fowler brings 15 years of supply chain and software experience, with specific expertise in leveraging optimization and simulation technologies to drive efficiencies throughout the entire supply chain.
  • As SVP of Customer Growth, Virden will be responsible for driving revenue growth and expanding the company's customer base.

Monitaur Accelerates AI Governance for Insurance

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Monitaur , an AI governance software company, today announced key advancements in AI governance and assurances for the insurance industry.

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  • Monitaur , an AI governance software company, today announced key advancements in AI governance and assurances for the insurance industry.
  • “Building responsible and trustworthy AI is a complex challenge for insurance companies,” said Monitaur CEO Anthony Habayeb .
  • This recognition enables Monitaur to more deeply connect with and deliver AI governance to leading global P&C companies and the broader ecosystem.
  • CAPE Analytics selected Monitaur to build its AI governance protocols within a durable and reportable system that allows the company to respond to its clients’ dynamic regulatory needs.

Optilogic Introduces Converter for Coupa Supply Chain Modeler

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply chain design software company Optilogic announced the availability of its converter for Coupa Supply Chain Modeler© which automatically converts Coupa Supply Chain Modeler models to cloud-based Optilogic Cosmic Frog™ models.

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  • ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply chain design software company Optilogic announced the availability of its converter for Coupa Supply Chain Modeler which automatically converts Coupa Supply Chain Modeler models to cloud-based Optilogic Cosmic Frog models.
  • Cosmic Frog is the industry's first 100% SaaS cloud-based supply chain design solution.
  • Because it's free to get started and enables users to hyperscale their optimization and simulation models of even the most complex supply chains, Cosmic Frog is a simple and risk-free way for users of Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning powered by LLamasoft to start designing supply chains in the cloud.
  • Optilogic's supply chain experts have over 185+ years of experience in the end-to-end supply chain.

Optilogic Launches Cosmic Frog, the Industry's First 100-Percent SaaS-based Supply Chain Design Solution

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply chain software company Optilogic announced the general release of its next-generation Cosmic Frog supply chain design software. Cosmic Frog positions Optilogic as a new leader in the supply chain design market by empowering organizations to design supply chain networks in a cloud-native environment.

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  • Cosmic Frog positions Optilogic as a new leader in the supply chain design market by empowering organizations to designsupply chain networks in a cloud-native environment.
  • "The launch of Cosmic Frog marks a new era for supply chain technology and the supply chain design field," said Hicks.
  • With over 25 pilot projects and early adoption customers, Optilogic's Cosmic Frog is already transforming how enterprises are doing supply chain design.
  • When compared to customers' previous supply chain design software, Cosmic Frog was able to dramatically reduce model solve times, reduce procurement costs by many multiples, and onboard supply chain design teams in a matter of minutes.

PowerFleet Appoints Software Veteran Jim Zeitunian as Chief Technology Officer

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Monday, April 11, 2022

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PowerFleet , Inc. (Nasdaq: PWFL), a global leader of Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions that manage enterprise assets for seamless business operations, has appointed software veteran Jim Zeitunian as the companys new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

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  • WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PowerFleet , Inc. (Nasdaq: PWFL), a global leader of Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions that manage enterprise assets for seamless business operations, has appointed software veteran Jim Zeitunian as the companys new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  • Zeitunian joins PowerFleet from Coupa Software, a multi-billion-dollar provider of business spend management solutions, where he served as Vice President of Engineering.
  • Zeitunian led Coupas engineering and applied research teams, focusing on the development of its global supply chain design and planning SaaS platform.
  • This is an exciting time to be joining PowerFleet, said Zeitunian.

Resilinc Announces Four Executive Hires to Support Strategic Growth

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Over the last decade Resilinc has defined the supply chain mapping, monitoring, and resiliency space; we are the gold standard for supply chain resiliency.

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  • Over the last decade Resilinc has defined the supply chain mapping, monitoring, and resiliency space; we are the gold standard for supply chain resiliency.
  • Im thrilled to have Viraj, Fred, Judy, and Glenn join my leadership team to help us with our mission, and to propel Resilinc into hyper growth mode.
  • Viraj has operational and global experience in helping late-stage growth companies expand and grow, which aligns well with Resilincs growth plan.
  • Resilinc helps our customers protect revenue and turn supply chain risks into opportunities to gain competitive advantage.

project44 Announces Expansion in Japan

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Project44 already has global insight, and expansion directly into Japan will generate additional opportunities to serve Japanese brands, providing additional supply chain visibility.

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  • Project44 already has global insight, and expansion directly into Japan will generate additional opportunities to serve Japanese brands, providing additional supply chain visibility.
  • "As we continue our international expansion, Japan was a priority," said Jett McCandless, Founder and CEO of project44, "Japan is a crossroads for transcontinental trade.
  • Project44 recently hired Yuji Kuwahara as the General Manager and Vice President, Sales, Japan.
  • To build its presence in Japan, project44 will open a Tokyo office in February of 2022.

2021: RECORD SHIPPING VOLUMES, HIGHER RATES AND CARRIERS' CAPACITY ISSUES DROVE DEMAND FOR REVEEL'S SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Carriers, including FedEx, UPS, regional freight companies, Amazon, the United States Postal Service, and others all saw record parcel volumes and more demand than ever before.

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  • Carriers, including FedEx, UPS, regional freight companies, Amazon, the United States Postal Service, and others all saw record parcel volumes and more demand than ever before.
  • Achieved significant industry recognition:Reveel received a BIG Innovation Award for its Shipping Intelligence Platform.
  • "During the most volatile year on record for shippers, our customers secured significant savings on their shipping contracts using the shipping intelligence we provide," adds Dunham.
  • Reveel is the leading Shipping Intelligence Platform that enables companies to level the playing field with FedEx and UPS.

Slync.io Bolsters Leadership Team to Enhance Groundbreaking Logistics Technology Solutions

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

Based in Hong Kong, Herminjard brings more than 15 years of experience leading logistics operations in the Asia Pacific market.

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  • Based in Hong Kong, Herminjard brings more than 15 years of experience leading logistics operations in the Asia Pacific market.
  • Her knowledge of logistics operations at a global scale will be extremely valuable to our customers around the world.
  • It is also important for Slync to have a member of our global leadership team in Hong Kong.
  • Slyncs platform connects disparate systems, ingests structured and unstructured datasets, orchestrates teams, and automates processes seamlessly together to advance the global freight industry forward with logistics technology.