SVP Worldwide

With Recession Pressure Mounting, More Than 1 in 3 CFOs Worry about Paying Employees on Time

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The imminent threat of a recession is increasing worry among CFOs, forcing them to make short-term business decisions that may significantly impact growth levers for the long-term.

Key Points: 
  • CFOs will continue to face mounting hardships among today's economic uncertainty and increasingly look to cut costs.
  • Many have already resorted to layoffs, despite 86% saying layoffs are a last resort to cut costs and 87% recognizing layoffs create long-term issues.
  • It's how CFOs will help their companies survive a recession and come out of it ready to accelerate growth."
  • The survey was carried out online with an email invitation between November and December 2022 by Wakefield Research.

Ditto™ launches digital pattern projection, the first disruptive sewing technology in 160 years

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
Butterick, SVP Worldwide, New York Fashion Week, DIY, McCall, Frustration, Leg, Freedom, Engineering, Simplicity, Research, Printing, Hundred, Creativity, PDF, Fashion design, Telescopic sight, Sewing, Ditto

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ditto™, a joint venture between JOANN (NASDAQ: JOAN) and SINGER®, launched the first-ever digital pattern projection system for home sewists that combines algorithmic intelligence with digital projection to make patterns paperless, customizable, and adaptable to specific body measurements – all in real time. This system is the first evolution of paper patterns since their invention in 1860. The Ditto platform will feature original Ditto patterns and options from major pattern producers.

Key Points: 
  • The Ditto platform will feature original Ditto patterns and options from major pattern producers.
  • The system:
    Creates a custom fit – Pattern dimensions adjust in real time using measurement inputs, reflecting the reality that no two bodies are the same.
  • Includes a digital sewing gallery (i.e., pattern library) – Hundreds of customizable Ditto patterns and more from top brands and indie pattern makers will be available at launch, with more added monthly.
  • These homespun options require ceiling or wall mounting, are not movable, and are highly challenging to calibrate for accurate pattern dimensions.

PFAFF® SEWING BRAND INTRODUCES THEIR NEW GLOBAL WEBSITE

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
CMO, E-commerce, SVP Worldwide, Translation, Online shopping

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SVP Worldwide parent company of PFAFF® sewing brand launched their new PFAFF.com global website with eCommerce for North America. PFFAF.com was built to give our consumers easier access to PFAFF products as well as strengthen the PFAFF brand presence.

Key Points: 
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SVP Worldwide parent company of PFAFF® sewing brand launched their new PFAFF.com global website with eCommerce for North America.
  • PFFAF.com was built to give our consumers easier access to PFAFF products as well as strengthen the PFAFF brand presence.
  • The new and improved PFAFF.com offers an elevated new website design, with fresh and updated content expanding our consumer experience globally.
  • New product finder tools to guide consumers through the process of selecting their new machine or supported sewing accessories.

FREYR Battery Announces Appointments of Dan Steingart and Jason Forcier to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Other Manufacturing, Environment, Technology, Packaging, Alternative Energy, Manufacturing, Green Technology, Energy, Batteries, Hardware, Battery, SVP Worldwide, Financial compensation, Professional Football Compensation Committee, Koch Industries, The Co Founder, A123 Systems, NYSE, Columbia University, Growth, Stanley Thompson, Research, Chemical metallurgy, Board of Management St. Molaga's National School v The Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science, Industrialisation, Management

FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or “the Company”), a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has appointed Jason Forcier and Dr. Dan Steingart as independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors effective December 21, 2022, and January 9, 2023, respectively.

Key Points: 
  • FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or “the Company”), a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has appointed Jason Forcier and Dr. Dan Steingart as independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors effective December 21, 2022, and January 9, 2023, respectively.
  • The appointments are intended to fill vacancies created by the departures of Jeremy Bezdek and Jon Christian Thaulow from FREYR’s Board of Directors.
  • On January 9, 2023, FREYR’s Board appointed Dr. Dan Steingart as an independent director of the Company, effective January 9, 2023.
  • “I want to extend a warm welcome to Dan as he joins our Board of Directors,” commented Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, FREYR’s Founder and Executive Chairperson.

Everbridge Appoints Bryan Barney as Chief Product Officer and Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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Everbridge , Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning software solutions, today announced the appointment of Bryan Barney as Chief Product Officer, responsible for leading the company’s global product development strategy.

Key Points: 
  • Everbridge , Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning software solutions, today announced the appointment of Bryan Barney as Chief Product Officer, responsible for leading the company’s global product development strategy.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230104005599/en/
    Everbridge Appoints Bryan Barney as Chief Product Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
    With over 30 years’ experience in enterprise software and 20 years in cybersecurity leadership, Mr. Barney has led product research and development for some of the largest security organizations in the world.
  • Mr. Barney joins Everbridge, effective immediately, and reports to Chief Executive Officer David Wagner .
  • “Everbridge is synonymous with organizational resilience and continues to innovate and deliver differentiated capabilities for the world’s leading brands,” said Mr. Barney.

Consilio Wins Comparably Awards for Best Company for Women and Best Company for Diversity

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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Consilio, the global leader of legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, announced today the company was recognized by Comparably as winners of the awards for Best Company for Women and Best Company for Diversity for large companies.

Key Points: 
  • Consilio, the global leader of legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, announced today the company was recognized by Comparably as winners of the awards for Best Company for Women and Best Company for Diversity for large companies.
  • Winners of the Comparably awards for Best Company for Women and Diversity are based on anonymous employee feedback submitted by current female employees and employees of color, respectively, between November 2021 and November 2022.
  • The company has evolved our inclusive culture in 2022 through company-wide diversity education and inclusive leadership learning programs for managers and leaders.
  • Comparably Awards is an annual series highlighting the best companies and CEOs in 16 different workplace culture categories throughout the year.

Newly Launched Anagram Announces Expanded Leadership Team of Industry Veterans & Performance Branding Leaders

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Publishing, LatinWorks, Health, Advertising, ISPD, Marketing, J. Walter Thompson, SVP Worldwide, Human, SVP, Growth, Strategic planning, Sales, Management, Media, Anagram

These new hires have been made alongside the appointment and expansion of the leadership team at the recently launched Anagram, with the addition of Seinn Schlidt , Sandra Abi-Rashed , and Jordan Galbraith .

Key Points: 
  • These new hires have been made alongside the appointment and expansion of the leadership team at the recently launched Anagram, with the addition of Seinn Schlidt , Sandra Abi-Rashed , and Jordan Galbraith .
  • The appointment and expansion of Anagram’s leadership team arrive on the heels of the company’s recent launch to help brands thrive in a changing media landscape.
  • “In establishing Anagram as a leader in evidence-based marketing, finding the best leaders with deep expertise in performance, brand building, and decision science was absolutely essential,” said Raquel Rosenthal, CEO at Anagram.
  • Anagram’s leadership team has been stacked with agency veterans known for turning deep human understanding into evidence-based marketing strategies that create uncommonly human connections between humans and brands.

SINGER® and SUPREME partner for Coolest Sewing Machine Ever

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Partnership, SVP Worldwide, Cruella, Social media, Marketing, LCD, Cut, Cruella (film), Fashion, Sewing

LA VERGNE, Tenn., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keeping a historic brand modern is no easy task, but maintaining a sense of power across all age groups is something that SVP Worldwide has sought to accomplish as it moves beyond the simple sewing trends. This month it announced a partnership between SINGER® and SUPREME to produce what is undoubtedly to be dubbed as one of the fashion industry's must-have products for the holiday season.

Key Points: 
  • This month it announced a partnership between SINGER and SUPREME to produce what is undoubtedly to be dubbed as one of the fashion industry's must-have products for the holiday season.
  • We've embraced social media through sewing education, built a digital library of inspirational projects, and created fashion collaborations with Amazon Prime Original Making the Cut, Disney's Cruella, and now SUPREME.
  • Combining the iconic performance of SINGER with the SUPREME design provides a new consumer experience.
  • SUPREME is the preeminent modern American skateboarding lifestyle brand established in New York City in April 1994.

Ginkgo Bioworks Launches Ginkgo Enzyme Services, Enabling Applications across Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics, Food and Agriculture, and Beyond

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
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BOSTON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today announced the launch of Ginkgo Enzyme Services. Ginkgo Enzyme Services is powered by ultra high throughput screening and machine learning-guided protein design, as well as optimized proprietary bacterial and fungal host strains. Ginkgo Enzyme Services solves challenges for R&D teams developing enzymes, from discovery of novel enzyme activity through optimization of enzyme function and large scale manufacturing. A virtual event on Dec. 15 will give an overview of Ginkgo's Enzyme Intelligence approach to machine learning-guided enzyme engineering, a core element of this offering.

Key Points: 
  • Ginkgo Enzyme Services is powered by ultra high throughput screening and machine learning-guided protein design, as well as optimized proprietary bacterial and fungal host strains.
  • Ginkgo Enzyme Services solves challenges for R&D teams developing enzymes, from discovery of novel enzyme activity through optimization of enzyme function and large scale manufacturing.
  • Enzymes are valuable biocatalysts used across a wide range of industries including in the production of medicines, food, materials, and beyond.
  • Ginkgo has supported enzyme R&D programs across a wide range of industries, including biopharma manufacturing and discovery.

Angie Klein to lead Verizon's value business

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Chief Revenue Officer of TracFone and Verizon Prepaid and CEO of Visible Angie Klein has been appointed to the new role of SVP and President of the Verizon Value organization within the companys Consumer Group division, beginning January 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Chief Revenue Officer of TracFone and Verizon Prepaid and CEO of Visible Angie Klein has been appointed to the new role of SVP and President of the Verizon Value organization within the companys Consumer Group division, beginning January 1, 2023.
  • In this role, Angie will be responsible for bringing a holistic approach across Verizons value and prepaid brands - Verizon Prepaid, Visible and the portfolio of TracFone brands including StraightTalk, Safelink and Total by Verizon.
  • Angie Klein brings the experience of overseeing go-to-market efforts for all value and prepaid brands in her current CRO role, as well as an increasingly critical role leading Visible, an all-digital wireless carrier owned by Verizon.
  • "This evolution further positions us to win in a complex and continuously changing market with customer-centric products and an agile mindset," said Angie Klein.