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Pioneering Financial AI-Solutions Provider MindBridge Analytics Names Stephen DeWitt Chief Executive Officer

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Stephen also led Cobalt Networks from its earliest stages through its IPO and subsequent acquisition by Sun.

Key Points: 
  • Stephen also led Cobalt Networks from its earliest stages through its IPO and subsequent acquisition by Sun.
  • At scale, Stephen has held senior executive positions at leading global technology companies including HP, Cisco, Symantec, and Sun Microsystems.
  • "Stephen is the best of all worlds for MindBridge at this stage in the company's growth", said Eli Fathi, Chairman of the Board.
  • "MindBridge possesses the unique potential, technology, adept team, and seasoned experience to spearhead this market well into the future."

Digimarc Appoints Tom Benton as Chief Revenue Officer

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), the pioneer in product digitization and leader in digital watermarking, today announced former Salesforce enterprise sales leader Tom Benton has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), the pioneer in product digitization and leader in digital watermarking, today announced former Salesforce enterprise sales leader Tom Benton has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231004016961/en/
    Digimarc (Nasdaq: DMRC) appoints former Oracle and Salesforce enterprise sales leader Tom Benton as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • I’m beyond thrilled to join Digimarc as we chart the way for consumer brands, retailers, content creators, and major enterprises to embrace digitization – both physical products and digital assets,” said Tom Benton, Digimarc's Chief Revenue Officer.
  • Building on achievements at Oracle and Salesforce, Benton assumed the role of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Workmarket, an ADP company, where he successfully identified the company’s product-market fit and a new business model.

Three Technologies to Support Growth in a Slow Economy

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Economists are forecasting continued slow growth in the economy throughout 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Economists are forecasting continued slow growth in the economy throughout 2023.
  • Invest in composable technologies to leverage a better match between technology use and technology spend leading to improved financial return to the organization.
  • In periods of growth, we often don’t have time to work on the business, because we’re so busy meeting the demands of customers and market growth.
  • But businesses still have the opportunity to reduce costs and to invest wisely in growth technologies in ways that honor and protect workers.

Ada appoints new Chief Marketing Officer and VP of People to help scale company growth and culture

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ada, the customer-focused conversational AI leader, today announced the addition of Diego Lomanto as chief marketing officer and Ruby White as vice president of people to the Canadian unicorn's growing executive team.

Key Points: 
  • Most recently, Lomanto was the vice president of product marketing and industry marketing for UiPath.
  • He joined UiPath during their Series B at $50M in ARR, guiding the company to $1B+ in revenue and an IPO.
  • In addition, he has built marketing organizations as CMO of Talent Inc, and vice president of marketing for Work Market, which was acquired by ADP.
  • At Ada, she will continue to leverage her knowledge of growing diverse, high-performing teams to help Ada further its mission and IPO-readiness.

HR Technology Company Justworks Opens First Canadian Office in Toronto, Ontario to Accelerate Product Innovation

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Justworks, the NYC-based HR technology company providing U.S. small businesses access to benefits, payroll, HR tools, and compliance support, today announced the opening of its first Canadian office in Toronto, Ontario. The company plans to leverage the Toronto Region's unique mix of high-quality tech talent, thriving technology ecosystem, and entrepreneurial business community to hire and build out local product and engineering teams over the next year.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Justworks , the NYC-based HR technology company providing U.S. small businesses access to benefits, payroll, HR tools, and compliance support, today announced the opening of its first Canadian office in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Led by Daniel Williams and Greg Burgoon, the new Toronto-based team will work in parallel to Justworks Labs' U.S.-based office.
  • "Justworks has always taken a thoughtful approach to its product strategy," said Williams, who will lead product management as Group Product Manager for the Toronto office.
  • Justworks is an HR technology company providing small businesses access to benefits, payroll, HR tools, and compliance support all in one place.

VR Pioneer Raises $35M to Help Workers Explore Careers in High-Growth Industries

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transfr VR (Transfr), best known for pioneering the use of virtual reality to simulate on-the-job training, today announced $35 million in Series B funding as it expands into regions and industries most heavily impacted by skills gaps and unemployment. The round was led by Lumos Capital Group, a leading growth equity firm focused on education technology and workforce development. Lumos Capital Group's co-founder and Managing Partner Victor Hu will join Transfr's board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • The round was led by Lumos Capital Group , a leading growth equity firm focused on education technology and workforce development.
  • "Employers are looking for undiscovered talentbut high potential workers often are unaware of the on-ramp to in-demand and high-paying careers," said Bharani Rajakumar, founder and CEO of Transfr.
  • "VR allows us to deliver on-the-job training at a massive scale to meet the economic development needs of states, communities and employers.
  • Together, we are creating pathways from classroom to career that can help workers and learners access new skillsand better jobs."

Leading Benefits Experience Platform Nayya Expands Leadership Team with New CRO and CMO to Accelerate Rapid Growth

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Monday, December 20, 2021

NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nayya , a leading benefits experience platform, announced today two new additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Bryan Caplin as Chief Revenue Officer and Dan Murdoch as Chief Marketing Officer.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nayya , a leading benefits experience platform, announced today two new additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Bryan Caplin as Chief Revenue Officer and Dan Murdoch as Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Bryan Caplin, the newly appointed CRO, brings more than 20 years of international experience leading, scaling, and developing high-performing organizations within both venture-backed startups and publicly traded companies.
  • "We are thrilled to have such extremely talented executives join Nayya at such a pivotal time in our company's journey," said Sina Chehrazi, Co-Founder and CEO at Nayya.
  • Their decades of experience will help us empower even more people ensuring employees' physical and financial wellbeing."

Sendoso Accelerates Global Growth with Key Executive Hires

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sendoso, the leading Sending PlatformTM, today announced it has expanded its C-Suite, leadership, and European HQ team. These key executive hires will support the ongoing expansion of Sendoso's customer and partner base, logistics & supply chain operations, brand, and product innovation. This news comes on the heels of the company's $100 million Series C funding announcement and the opening of its new European headquarters.

Key Points: 
  • These key executive hires will support the ongoing expansion of Sendoso's customer and partner base, logistics & supply chain operations, brand, and product innovation.
  • "At Sendoso, we embrace those personal touches that go a long way to build valuable relationships with customers and clients,"said Kris Rudeegraap, CEO and co-founder of Sendoso.
  • The senior executives joining Sendoso are:
    Alex Ortiz , Chief Marketing Officer is responsible for global marketing and partner organization and will focus on category leadership, brand strategy, and customer growth.
  • He will help Ortiz in developing the company's global brand presence and marketing strategy geared towards customer growth and category leadership.

ADP's WorkMarket Gets a New Look and New Features

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

WorkMarket provides visibility into many areas of a freelance workforce, including total spend and worker performance.

Key Points: 
  • WorkMarket provides visibility into many areas of a freelance workforce, including total spend and worker performance.
  • That's exactly what WorkMarket does: assists companies to organize, manage and pay an extended workforce efficiently and compliantly.
  • "WorkMarket looks and works better than ever before," said Chaayanath Mysore, SVP/GM of WorkMarket.
  • When assignments are completed, WorkMarket again assists with payments, assisting in making sure workers are paid conveniently and on the company's terms.

RAEL Fire Protection Selects UtilizeCore to Power National Expansion

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --UtilizeCore, a service management technology provider, announced an expanded client partnership with RAEL Fire Protection, a leading full-service fire protection company based in New York.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --UtilizeCore, a service management technology provider, announced an expanded client partnership with RAEL Fire Protection, a leading full-service fire protection company based in New York.
  • "UtilizeCore has proudly collaborated with RAEL over the past four years to expand its regional footprint in the New York area, and we're excited to help power the national rollout of RAEL's premium fire protection services across the United States."
  • Today, RAEL deploys intelligent compliance and service validation technology, differentiating them as leaders in the fire protection industry.
  • RAEL's proprietary REDi technology platform for service validation and compliance management differentiates RAEL as a leader in the fire protection industry.