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Luis Porrello, John Fisher Bolster WSP's West Leadership Team

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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To support continued growth and success in the firm's West region, Porrello has been named California district leader; Fisher will serve as West region development director.

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  • To support continued growth and success in the firm's West region, Porrello has been named California district leader; Fisher will serve as West region development director.
  • IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - WSP, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy, has promoted Luis Porrello and John Fisher to new senior leadership roles in the firm's West region.
  • Porrello, a WSP senior vice president who previously served as West region development director, assumes the California district leader role.
  • Fisher, a senior vice president who is currently leading WSP's state and local government affairs for the West region, will succeed Porrello as West region development director.

Quantic® Electronics Names Alan Sikarskie Vice President & General Manager of Quantic BEI and Quantic Thistle Business Units

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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MAUMELLE, Ark., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantic® Electronics ("Quantic") today announced that Alan Sikarskie has been named Vice President & General Manager of Quantic™ BEI and Quantic™ Thistle .

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  • MAUMELLE, Ark., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantic® Electronics ("Quantic") today announced that Alan Sikarskie has been named Vice President & General Manager of Quantic™ BEI and Quantic™ Thistle .
  • The company's position sensing business units provide advanced optical encoders and accelerometers, including ARA encoders, AIME-II, MKE and tracker solutions.
  • Alan Sikarskie has been named Vice President & General Manager of Quantic™ BEI and Quantic™ Thistle.
  • "Alan brings decades of leadership experience in the aerospace and defense markets leading both business & military units worldwide," said Ross Sealfon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Quantic Electronics.

Arcade Therapeutics and UT Austin Jointly Announce a $3.8M NIMH Grant to Fund Large Clinical Trial Testing the Efficacy of ABM-02, The First Game-Based Digital Therapeutic for Major Depressive Disorder

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcade Therapeutics, a leading developer of game-based therapies for mental health, and University of Texas Austin's Institute for Mental Health Research, a leading research center in the field of depression, jointly announced the closing of a $3.8M grant from the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) to support clinical investigation and validation of ABM-02 as a game-based treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

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  • The study will assess 600 participants suffering from depression across these three, randomly-assigned arms, and will be the largest and most rigorous test of ABM for depression ever completed.
  • Arcade intends to use findings from this ambitious clinical study to support their FDA submission of ABM-02 as the first game-based treatment for Major Depressive Disorder.
  • This news follows the recent success of a clinical trial investigating Arcade's flagship therapeutic game, StarStarter Rx (aka ABM-01) as the first game-based treatment for the most prevalent anxiety condition, Social Anxiety Disorder.
  • Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Arcade Therapeutics, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary PhD added, "Only half of those suffering from depression seek and receive treatment.

Hormel Foods Executive Leslie Lee Recognized as One of Top Women in Grocery

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Thursday, June 15, 2023
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AUSTIN, Minn., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, today announced that Leslie Lee, vice president of digital experience, was named one of the 2023 Top Women in Grocery (TWIG) by Progressive Grocer magazine.

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  • Under Lee's leadership, Hormel Foods has made significant investments in its omnichannel approach.
  • She has succeeded in combining customer and consumer insights with the latest technology to deliver an outstanding experience across all sales touchpoints.
  • Lee has been able to advance the company in key initiatives, including creating an inhouse search-strategy team and a digital content-syndication process, and her efforts led Hormel Foods to set a record for online sales in 2022.
  • The Progressive Grocer Top Women in Grocery program recognizes the integral role women play across all segments of the North American retail food and grocery industries.

Corscale Promotes Nic Bustamante to Chief Technology Officer

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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HOUSTON, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Corscale, a hyperscale data center developer, is pleased to announce the promotion of Nic Bustamante to Chief Technology Officer. Nic has been an instrumental member of the Corscale team since the company's founding two years ago, and his promotion is a testament to his exceptional contributions and leadership.

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  • HOUSTON, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Corscale , a hyperscale data center developer, is pleased to announce the promotion of Nic Bustamante to Chief Technology Officer.
  • As the Chief Technology Officer, Nic will continue to serve as the development and technical lead for Corscale, overseeing the advancement of our data center platform and ensuring that we remain at the forefront of innovation in the data center space.
  • "We are thrilled to promote Nic to the position of Chief Technology Officer," said Robert Fields, President and CEO of Corscale Data Centers.
  • "I am honored to be promoted to Chief Technology Officer of Corscale," said Nic Bustamante.

DIII-D National Fusion Facility Completes Highest-Powered Negative Triangularity Experiments in History of U.S. Fusion Research Program

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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It produced the highest-powered negative triangularity experiments in the history of the U.S. fusion research program.

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  • It produced the highest-powered negative triangularity experiments in the history of the U.S. fusion research program.
  • DIII-D is an Office of Science scientific user facility, operated by General Atomics (GA) for the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • This is known as “positive triangularity” and is the configuration used in nearly every experiment at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility.
  • “The negative triangularity research team deserves a lot of credit for their planning and execution of this research campaign,” said Dr. Richard Buttery, Director of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility.

Business and Academia Leaders Join to Host Inaugural Blockchain Research Symposium

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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ByteTrade Lab , infrastructure provider for the decentralized and user-controlled web, has partnered with the University of Texas-Austin, Blockchain Initiative to host the inaugural Blockchain Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the University of Texas-Austin’s Mulva Auditorium.

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  • ByteTrade Lab , infrastructure provider for the decentralized and user-controlled web, has partnered with the University of Texas-Austin, Blockchain Initiative to host the inaugural Blockchain Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the University of Texas-Austin’s Mulva Auditorium.
  • The day-long academic conference with top researchers in Blockchain technology and Web 3.0 aims to bring together builders, developers and industry leaders who are driving the creation and adoption of Blockchain.
  • “Our goal for the Blockchain Research Symposium is to bring together bright Blockchain enthusiasts working on the development of the next era of the internet,” said ByteTrade Labs CEO Dr. Lucas Lu.
  • “For Bytetrade Lab, that is building infrastructure for Web3 and enabling users to control their own data.

Robinson Pharma Inc. [RPI] Announces Mr. Rick L. Beatty as Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robinson Pharma Inc. [RPI] is pleased to announce Mr. Rick L. Beatty as its new Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory.

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  • SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robinson Pharma Inc. [RPI] is pleased to announce Mr. Rick L. Beatty as its new Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory.
  • Beatty has held prior leadership roles as Superintendent, Chief Technical Manager, Operations Manager, Chief Metallurgist, Chief Scientist, Chief Chemist, and Head of Quality, Design and Engineering.
  • Rick Beatty was educated at SUU and received his graduate education at the University of Texas - Austin.Mr.
  • Robinson Pharma Inc. welcomes Rick with great pleasure and enthusiasm and wishes Rick many successes in the years to come.

Mudrick Capital Management Names Tom Bachner President

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Monday, September 12, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mudrick Capital Management, L.P., an institutional investment firm focused on event-driven and special-situation investing in the global credit markets, today announced that Thomas Bachner has joined the firm as its President.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mudrick Capital Management, L.P., an institutional investment firm focused on event-driven and special-situation investing in the global credit markets, today announced that Thomas Bachner has joined the firm as its President.
  • Mr. Bachner previously was Global Head of Institutional Partnerships and Distribution at Bridgewater Associates, the asset management firm he joined in 2003.
  • As Mudrick's President, Mr. Bachner will be responsible for managing the non-investment functions of the firm.
  • Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. is an institutional investment firm with a focus on event-driven and special-situation investing in the global credit markets.

Ansa Biotechnologies Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Jeremiah Hanes, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President of R&D

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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Ansa Biotechnologies , today announced the appointment of Jeremiah Hanes, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Research & Development (R&D).

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  • Ansa Biotechnologies , today announced the appointment of Jeremiah Hanes, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Research & Development (R&D).
  • He joins Ansas Senior Executive Team and will be responsible for the advancement of all research and development activities.
  • Dr. Hanes joins Ansa from PacBio, a leading developer of highly accurate and comprehensive DNA sequencing technologies, where he was most recently Vice President of Reagents R&D.
  • Ansa Biotechnologies is building a fast and reliable DNA synthesis service to accelerate synthetic biology research.