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Evolv Technology Launches First Free-Flow Weapons-Detection System Designed to Stop Active Shooters and Other Threats


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Applications for Express include addressing workplace gun violence and school shootings, protecting iconic landmarks and keeping sports and entertainment venues safe. Venue managers no longer have to choose between effective security and a positive visitor experience.

Evolv Technology, the leader in free-flow weapons detection, launched Evolv Express™, the first no-stop weapons-screening system built to automatically screen groups of people as they walk through without slowing or stopping. With hundreds of systems deployed globally that have screened more than 25 million visitors to-date, Evolv continues to deliver innovative threat detection products. Express screens visitors individually or together, while automatically differentiating weapons from personal items.

Express is the fastest weapons-screening system on the market, consistently screening 60 people every minute for firearms and other threats. That’s 3,600 people per hour – 10X faster than a traditional checkpoint system. Express is designed to address the active shooter epidemic by detecting potential shooters before they enter a venue, without slowing the flow of visitors. Applications for Express include addressing workplace gun violence and school shootings, protecting iconic landmarks and keeping sports and entertainment venues safe. Venue managers no longer have to choose between effective security and a positive visitor experience.

“We live in an era of viral violence which has created a mass vulnerability problem. There is a clear need for a better way to deter or detect firearms and other threats before they enter a safe space, all while maintaining a positive experience for visitors and employees. Since the vast majority of visitors pose no threat, how do you allow them to walk right through while simultaneously identifying and separating those few individuals who may require a closer look?” stated Mike Ellenbogen, Chief Executive Officer, Evolv Technology. “We’re dedicated to solving the protection paradox. Today’s facilities need a solution that can quickly identify a threat but still welcome the crowds. We’re proud to have developed the first weapons-detection system capable of preventing the mass slaughter of innocent people without subjecting visitors to the traditional prison-like security experience.”

Using a new patented method of threat detection, Evolv’s Cortex AI™ software platform can instantly detect and identify a person carrying a weapon without slowing the flow of visitors who are carrying their personal items and bags. By fusing the latest high-speed sensors and Cortex AI, Express is the only weapons-detection system to deliver:


  • 10X Faster Throughput than Traditional Checkpoints: Screening more than 3,600 people per hour. Visitors and employees walk one at a time or in groups through multi-lane entrances up to eight feet wide.
  • Free-Flow Screening: Only with Evolv, groups of people are screened simultaneously without removing personal items. Visitors no longer must stop and empty their pockets or remove their bags. They simply walk through naturally.
  • Real-Time Weapons Detection: The Evolv Cortex AI software instantly distinguishes between threats and personal items such as keys, coins, belts, and cell phones on their body or in their bag. Weapons include firearms, explosive devices, and knives.
  • Targeted Searches: Express provides guards with a real-time image on a local tablet, highlighting the individual with the potential threat and the location on the visitor’s body or in their bag.
  • Smarter Over Time: Stay ahead of the threat landscape. With the Evolv Cortex AI software platform, Express becomes more intelligent as new threat profiles are discovered.

Evolv is being used by iconic venues worldwide to screen people for threats in a free-flow operation. Express debuted at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) Conference in September, enabling security teams to experience the system live in action for themselves. View our GSX video.

Evolv reduces the burden on security teams and takes the hassle out of people screening. Contact us to Experience Evolv.

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About Evolv Technology

Evolv Technology has screened more than 25 million people to-date, preventing visitors from bringing over 5000 weapons into public venues and places of work worldwide. Organizations such as Lincoln Center, Oakland Airport, Gillette Stadium, and LL Bean use Evolv’s free-flow weapons detection to prevent active shooters and terrorists from entering their venues. By fusing the latest sensors and Cortex AI, Evolv delivers the only weapons detection smart enough to screen thousands of people per hour, without the need to stop, and empty pockets or remove bags. Evolv eliminates the need to choose between safety and convenience reducing the burden on security teams and taking the hassle out of people-screening at places of work, schools, transportation hubs, sports stadiums, entertainment venues, hotels and conference centers, airports, houses of worship, and government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.evolvtechnology.com.

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Give Unique, Handmade Presents and Stocking Stuffers, and Give Back to Inclusive Communities


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Shop for Camphill-made pottery, home goods, textiles, toys, candles, and other handmade gifts that give back to communities supporting people with disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome.

“During the holiday season, especially, it is a delight to see how much joy and personal fulfillment are sparked when people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are empowered to share their many talents with the world,” said Karen Murphy, Executive Director of Camphill Foundation.

If a kinder, more accepting world for diversely-abled people is on your wish list, take heart! This holiday season, you can use your purchasing power to help make that wish a reality.

Shop for artisanal gifts handmade by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who live in Camphill communities in the United States and Canada. Proceeds support the Camphill movement’s work to nurture the many talents and abilities of people with autism, Down syndrome, and other cognitive disabilities.

Top Camphill-made gifts for the 2019 holiday season include:

  • For the Holiday Hostess: Pottery Platters and Wooden Cutting Boards
  • The Camphill School Transition Program in Glenmoore, PA, prepares 18- to 21-year-olds with developmental differences for adulthood, while empowering them to learn vocational skills like pottery making and woodworking. Students craft a variety of high-quality products—including brightly-colored pottery platters and locally-sourced wood cutting boards—sold in the Beaver Farm Crafts Etsy Shop. Students also help with shop marketing and fulfillment, enclosing a personal thank you note with each order.
  • For The Light of Your Life: Toxin-Free Beeswax Candles
  • Residents of Camphill Village Copake in Copake, NY, and Glenora Farm in Duncan, Canada, create gorgeous candles to make the season merry and bright. Camphill Village Copake’s candles come in holiday designs, such as fir trees, pine cones, and angels. Glenora Farm’s hand-dipped taper candles are sold in assorted sizes and colors, ideal for illuminating a festive meal or for lighting a Hanukkah menorah. Made of 100% pure beeswax, candles are free of toxins emitted by commercially-made paraffin candles and use cotton wicks, with no wires or chemical treatments.
  • For the Fashionista: Woven Scarves, Market Totes, and Home Goods
  • At Camphill Soltane’s Entwine Textile Design, young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities create trend-setting tote bags, cosmetic pouches, and home goods using handwoven fabrics. Goods are sold online and in Entwine’s Phoenixville, PA-based store. Diversely-abled textile artists participate in every stage of product development, including designing, weaving, and sewing. Meanwhile, Camphill Hudson’s Artisan Shop in Hudson, NY, sells knitted scarves, woven scarf wraps, and woven table runners and napkins. Community residents select colors and designs, and weave items while socializing together. The designs are vibrant, unique, and lovingly created, reflecting daily life at this bustling urban lifesharing community.
  • For Someone Who Deserves to Be Pampered: Eye Pillows and Organic Herbal Teas
  • Artisans at Entwine Textile Design also make soothing eye pillows filled with organic lavender and flax seed in your fabric of choice. For the ultimate relaxation-themed gift, pair an Entwine eye pillow with organic tea from Camphill Village Kimberton Hills in Kimberton, PA. Made of ingredients harvested from the village’s biodynamic garden, these loose leaf teas are free of additives or exposure to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Top sellers include Clear Thinking Herbal Tea, Sweet Dreams Herbal Tea, and the festive Candy Cane Tea.
  • For the Sweet Tooth: Pure Maple Syrup and Organic Cookies
  • Residents of Camphill Communities Ontario in Barrie, Canada, and Camphill Village Copake in New York make pure maple syrup the traditional way, collecting sap from maple trees and boiling it down in community sugar houses. When the sap finally becomes a thick, rich syrup, it is bottled without additives or preservatives—perfect for pancakes on Christmas morning or as a sugar substitute in holiday baking. Bakers at Camphill Village Copake also sell organic cookies, mixed and baked in small batches to ensure quality and freshness. Choose from four different varieties: chocolate chip, hazelnut, coconut chocolate, and oatmeal raisin. Supporting your favorite cause never tasted so good!
  • For the Eco-Warrior: Reusable Shopping Bags and Hand Felted Dryer Balls
  • Fiber artists at Plowshare Farm in Greenfield, NH, turn recyclables into treasure with upcycled reusable shopping bags sold in their Local Share store. These eye-catching totes are woven from cotton and plastic grocery bags. Camphill Village Kimberton Hills also sells colorful hand-felted wool dryer balls in sets of three. Useful for fluffing down jackets, comforters, and sleeping bags, they reduce drying time and save energy, too.
  • For Kids With Amazing Imaginations: Handmade Wooden Blocks and Stuffed Animals
  • For decades, woodworkers at Camphill Village Copake have crafted interlocking wooden blocks that provide hours of imagination-fueled entertainment. Made from finely sanded oak and finished in raw linseed oil, blocks come in two sets: 46 or 92 pieces. You can also give the gift of fun-filled play with an adorable “Cascadia Critter” from Cascadia Society in North Vancouver, Canada. Created from material handwoven on a Saori loom, these high-quality stuffed animals are collaboratively designed by diversely-abled weavers. Like your little love, each is one-of-a-kind.
  • For Anyone Who Needs a Guardian Angel: Heirloom-Quality Wool Angels
  • The signature product at Camphill Hudson’s Artisan Shop is a decorative wool angel. People of all abilities are involved in the creation of each angel, helping to tear the correct lengths of wool, cutting threads that tie it together, and selecting the star and crown that each angel wears. Angels are crafted in various skin tones and hair colors, and styled so each creation takes on a personality of its own. These heirloom-quality decorations can be displayed for the holidays or all year round.
  • For The Person Who Has Everything: A Tribute Donation That Supports Camphill Communities
  • Celebrate your hardest-to-shop-for loved ones with a gift that keeps on giving! Make a tribute donation to Camphill Foundation in his or her name at http://www.camphillfoundation.org/donate/. One hundred percent of your gift goes directly to Camphill communities and initiatives through Foundation grants, programs, and services.


Why Shop Camphill?

There are 15 Camphill communities in the United States and Canada, and more than 100 worldwide. These groundbreaking communities are part of the global Camphill movement, founded almost eight decades ago by Dr. Karl König and other refugees from Nazi-occupied Austria, who sought to create a new model for community life that was inclusive of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Within Camphill communities, people of all abilities live, work, and enjoy daily life together. Community members are empowered to share their talents. Weaving textiles, woodworking, pottery making, painting, baking, and other artistic and creative activities are at the heart of daily life.

“For almost 80 years, the Camphill movement has nurtured the dignity, self-worth, and abilities of each and every person through its unique lifesharing approach,” said Karen Murphy, Executive Director of Camphill Foundation. “During the holiday season, especially, it is a delight to see how much joy and personal fulfillment are sparked when people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are empowered to share their many talents with the world.”

Where Can I Buy Camphill Products?

Sales are handled by each individual Camphill community. Proceeds support the community where products are purchased, improving access to inclusive and meaningful vocational opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Find contacts and a guide to purchasing charitable gifts that support Camphill communities at http://www.camphillfoundation.org/shop-camphill/.

About Camphill Foundation

Founded in 1966 to support two fledgling Camphill communities in New York and Pennsylvania, Camphill Foundation has grown dramatically over the past five decades. Today, its mission is to grow, strengthen, and safeguard the Camphill movement at 15 Camphill communities and affiliates in the United States and Canada. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Camphill Foundation primarily accomplishes this mission by providing strategic grants and low-interest loans that help grow and sustain the Camphill movement. Visit http://www.camphillfoundation.org for more information.

Please e-mail amy@camphillfoundation.org with photo or product sample requests.

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nQ Medical Ranked #4 from 3,500 applicants from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School List of Most Fundable Companies® for 2019


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The Most Fundable Companies is a highly competitive initiative that provided us with a data-driven analysis to vet our company strategy and business planning

nQ Medical, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, was recognized in the top 5 at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s 2019 Most Fundable Companies List which was announced at a showcase event yesterday in Los Angeles. nQ competed against 3,500 early-stage U.S. companies with less than $10 million in annual revenue, strong business plans, and impressive near-term growth projections to be named one of the most fundable companies in America. The Graziadio School invited the top 15 Most Fundable Companies to its Malibu campus for the final pitch event.

“The Most Fundable Companies is a highly competitive initiative that provided us with a data-driven analysis to vet our company strategy and business planning,” said R. A. Bavasso, nQ Medical Co-Founder. “We are excited that Pepperdine Graziadio Business School is recognizing entrepreneurs from across the country, providing resources to assist startups in realizing their market potential, and support in securing private investment to accelerate growth.”

nQ Medical is a computational biotechnology company with expertise in digital phenotyping through AI-aided analysis of personal device interactions. It has developed digital biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease in early and newly diagnosed/untreated stages of disease. In addition to PD, it is currently conducting a number of separate clinical trials to develop digital biomarkers individually relevant to Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, and mTBI (concussion) with industry partners and academic centers including Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. Our AD trial has advanced to yield early and promising results measuring early detection of cognitive decline and delineating PD and AD symptomatology.

As a winner on the Most Fundable Companies List, nQ will be featured in the December 2019 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.

The Most Fundable Companies initiative involved a multi-phase assessment that evaluated several company variables including financial projections, market opportunity, intellectual property and the strength of the management team, all of which were used to produce a fundability score. Companies were evaluated and selected in partnership with The Venture Alliance (TVA) based on their readiness for private investment.

More than 3,500 early-stage U.S. companies spanning 46 states participated in the Most Fundable Companies initiative. Honorees on the list are located across the country and come from a variety of industries, including medical devices, software services, and agriculture technology.

“One of the most challenging aspects of transforming an idea into a viable company is securing adequate funding,” said Craig Everett, assistant professor of finance and director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project. “The Most Fundable Companies initiative is designed to help exceptional entrepreneurs secure the visibility they need with the investment community as well as help angel and venture capital investors identify startups that are worthy of investment. We’re proud that companies named to the list last year so far have raised close to $17 million in aggregate.”

The Most Fundable Companies assessment evaluates several company variables including financial projections, market opportunity, intellectual property, and the strength of the management team, all of which are used to produce a fundability score for every company that participates.

Pepperdine Graziadio 2019 Most Fundable Companies List ®

#1: Enertiv (New York)

Enertiv is a real estate technology company that leverages the IoT and machine learning to bring a data-first approach to building performance in commercial properties.

#2: IronYun, Inc. (Stamford, CT)

IronYun provides the next generation of artificial intelligence video surveillance and video analytics software, ensuring the safety of individuals and businesses across multiple industries.

#3: Lumedica Vision (Durham, NC)

Lumedica is developing an affordable, accurate, and accessible retinal imaging device to assist eye care professionals across the globe with early detection of eye disease.

#4: nQ Medical (Cambridge, MA)

nQ Medical is a computational biomarker using AI and passive data from personal electronic devices to detect, monitor, and manage neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

#5: Purlin Co. (Torrance, CA)

Purlin is the first company that uses AI to make it easier for buyers to find the right home.

#6: MyShoperoo, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA)

Offered as a perk by employers, MyShoperoo is a digital shopping concierge service that runs errands for employees while they are at work.

#7: Hue.Ai (Tysons, VA)

Hue.Ai combines AI with chemistry expertise to develop the next generation of lens products for optimal visual acuity, visual health, and visual performance.

#8: Moving Analytics (Los Angeles, CA)

Moving Analytics is a convenient and cost-efficient telehealth cardiac rehabilitation service and prevention program for heart disease, increasing lifespan and health.

#9: Carii, Inc. (Pilesgrove, NJ)

Carii is a B2B community and market networking platform that enables organizations to engage stakeholders, connect members, manage their brand, and, importantly, own their data.

#10: Catapult HQ, Inc. (Charlotte, NC)

Catapult streamlines the request for proposal (RFP) process for both creators and responders, helping both businesses and government agencies achieve better outcomes and standardize workflows.

#11: Prenatal Hope (Gurnee, IL)

Prenatal Hope is a biotech innovations company that has developed an in utero testing device that reads fetus pH levels to reduce risk during childbirth.

#12: Giftz (Westlake Village, CA)

Giftz is a platform where shoppers can liquidate points, miles, and eGift cards for cash or exchange between programs, increasing perceived rewards value and customer satisfaction.

#13: Vection Group, Inc. (West Hollywood, CA)

Vection Group’s data intelligence platform uses real-time services to collect, store, analyze, and secure information critical to both the private and commercial sectors.

#14: echoAR, Inc. (New York, NY)

echoAR is a cloud platform for augmented reality that provides tools and server-side infrastructure to help developers and companies quickly build and deploy AR apps and content.

#15: IPG (Infrastructure Proving Grounds) (Buellton, CA)

IPG is pioneering IoT Defined Networking through its flagship product GearBox. GearBox is an on-premises computer appliance that manages, synchronizes, orchestrates, and secures networks.

The New England Center for Children to Host Children of Promise Gala to Support Children with Autism


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The New England Center for Children

Join more than 400 influential business and philanthropic leaders from Massachusetts and New York at the annual Children of Promise Gala, an evening of music, awards, auctions, and stories of inspiration hosted by NESN’s Jenny Johnson.

What: Children of Promise Gala fundraiser to support children and families with autism.

Who: The New England Center for Children®                

When: Friday, Nov. 15, 6:00 pm                                

Where: InterContinental Boston Hotel, 510 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA                                                    

Why: Join more than 400 influential business and philanthropic leaders from Massachusetts and New York at the annual Children of Promise Gala, an evening of music, awards, auctions, and stories of inspiration hosted by NESN’s Jenny Johnson. This annual fundraiser supports children and families with autism by providing resources for autism education and research. Awards will be presented to Andrew Roberts, for Outstanding NECC Alumnus; and Erland Construction, Inc., for Community Autism Champion.

Tickets and more information available at http://www.necc.org/gala or by calling Robin Drew at 508-481-1015.

Media Contact: Michele Hart, (508) 481-1015 x4049, media@necc.org                 

Background: The New England Center for Children® (NECC®) is an award-winning autism education center and research institute. Our community of teachers, researchers, and clinicians have transformed the lives of thousands of children with autism worldwide through education, research, and technology. The Center provides comprehensive services to maximize independence: home-based, day, and residential programs, partner classrooms in public school systems, consulting services, the ACE® ABA Software System (http://www.acenecc.org), teacher professional development, and research on educational best practices.

NECC is committed to staff professional development, partnering with local colleges to provide on-site graduate training and degrees at little to no cost to the NECC teacher. The result is a growing pool of exceptional teachers trained in best-in-class methodologies, whether they continue their careers at NECC or move on to public schools or private agencies. The New England Center for Children is based in Southborough, MA, and operates a center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Learn more at http://www.necc.org.

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Breathe Life Emerges as the Insurance Industry’s Enterprise Commerce Platform for Driving New Business


“The insurance industry needs a change agent and Breathe Life has the right product at the right time to help the industry transform. Moreover, the Breathe Life team has the experience and the vision carriers need to be successful in the digital age.” –Henri de Castries, formerly head of AXA Global

Breathe Life, the only enterprise commerce platform for the individual insurance industry that is 100 percent focused on delivering new business, today announced a number of major milestones in the company’s rapid ascent to InsurTech leadership in 2019. Since launching at the beginning of 2018 and announcing a seed round earlier this year, Breathe Life has secured several new customer wins, successfully launched and deployed new AI-driven products, and doubled headcount to keep pace with growing demand for its platform and mission to protect families around the world.

“The past year has been a whirlwind of activity and progress at Breathe Life, all fueled by an exponentially growing business opportunity as insurers look to meet consumer demand for a fast and seamless digital buying experience,” said Ian Jeffrey, Co-Founder and CEO at Breathe Life. “We’ve rolled out the Breathe Life Enterprise Commerce Platform which has been adopted by several innovative insurance carrier partners, officially embarking on our mission to bring financial peace of mind to families worldwide.”

2019 Highlights

Attracting A-list Investors

In 2019 to date, Breathe Life has secured $7 Million CAD to aggressively pursue its mission to bring financial security to millions of people, whoever and wherever they are. Investors include Henri de Castries, former CEO and Chairman of the Board of AXA Global; Scott Cochran, former EVP of RGA, US; and others, as well as Diagram Ventures and Real Ventures.

“The insurance industry needs a change agent and Breathe Life has the right product at the right time to help the industry transform,” said Henri de Castries, former CEO and Chairman of the Board of AXA Global. “Moreover, the Breathe Life team has the experience and the vision carriers need to be successful in the digital age.”

Building Momentum with Insurance Carriers Across North America

Breathe Life has gained significant traction with insurance carriers including National Bank of Canada, the first to deploy Breathe Life’s API-driven Enterprise Commerce Platform. La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services has also recently rolled out the Presto solution to its advisor channel. In addition, Viaction Assurance, a Montreal-based online life-insurance carrier, has deployed the Breathe Life platform to accelerate online sales of life insurance products. Breathe Life has a number of additional North American carriers deploying its platform and will be announcing details of these engagements over the next few months.

A Single Platform Serving Multiple Channels

Breathe Life has continued to build out its API-driven platform to provide an end-to-end solution for the insurance industry to convert leads to policies across products and channels. A flexible and modular enterprise commerce platform, Breathe Life uses advanced analytics and AI to deliver the only solution that is 100 percent focused on driving new business for insurance distributors. Notable features include:

–Single View of the Customer: Customers often have many touchpoints with a brand that are often across disparate systems, making it hard to get a complete picture of where they are in the buying process. The Breathe Life platform unifies customer data into a single view of the customer, streamlining the buying experience for advisors and consumers.

–Smart Dispatching: When leads are generated, the Breathe Life platform automatically dispatches them to the right channel, no matter how complex or simple the products. As a result, leads are converted to policies much more quickly.

–Seamless Experience for Advisors and Consumers: The white-label Breathe Life Platform is completely customizable to ensure a consistent brand experience.

Expanding Our Team and Office Space

Over the past year, the Breathe Life team has more than doubled from 15 to 35 as the company aggressively pursues its mission of bringing financial security to all people, whoever and wherever they are. This includes expanding the company’s sales operations, engineering, data science, and product teams. The rapid growth in headcount necessitated a move to larger office space in July, and the Breathe Life team is still scaling up. For more information on open positions, please visit: https://boards.greenhouse.io/breathelife.

Concluded Jeffrey: “There is a seismic shift underway in the insurance industry as more carriers recognize the benefits of partnering with technology experts to solve business-critical challenges. The Breathe Life Enterprise Commerce Platform is proven to help increase life insurance sales while decreasing costs by leveraging data and analytics. We’re committed to partnering with industry incumbents to ensure that everyone wins, especially consumers.”

About Breathe Life

Breathe Life is helping protect families around the world by transforming the way personal insurance is bought and sold today. The API-driven Breathe Life Enterprise Commerce Platform is the only one in the insurance industry that is 100 percent focused on delivering new business, using advanced analytics and AI to unify customer data into a single view of the customer and dispatch leads to the right channel with the right insurance product at the right time. Using the Breathe Life platform, carriers can sell more policies through advisors, direct, or anywhere in between. Breathe Life is venture-backed by Diagram Ventures, Real Ventures and a variety of industry-renowned angel investors. Learn more about Breathe Life at breathelife.com or on our Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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PerformLine Releases Report With Risk Signals from CFPB Complaint Database to Help Financial Institutions Improve Regulatory Compliance Efforts


We’re excited to release yet another report that empowers companies to identify risk signals and avoid costly penalties and settlements.

PerformLine, the leading technology company that empowers organizations with a first-line of defense compliance solution, has released the 4th edition of it’s Complaint Risk Signal Report, an analysis of data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Complaint Database and their enforcement actions from July 2011 to August 2019. The report uncovers observations about the nature of recent complaints and how the CFPB uses them to help guide regulatory actions. Its purpose is to help financial institutions understand their risk and improve their regulatory compliance efforts, customer experience and overall operational effectiveness.

The Fall 2019 Complaint Risk Signal Report dives into several trends regarding consumer complaints, the potential amount of monetary liability based off of various complaint thresholds, what happens to submitted complaints, top issues surrounding each financial product, how quickly companies are responding to complaints and the outcomes of company responses.

“We’re excited to release yet another report that empowers companies to identify risk signals and avoid costly penalties and settlements,” says Alex Baydin, Founder & CEO of PerformLine. “Understanding the nature of consumer complaints provides a competitive edge for those companies who monitor them. This report serves as a valuable tool by highlighting important trends and insights around consumer complaints so that companies can be proactive in their compliance programs.”

Richard Cordray, former Director of the CFPB, discussed the importance of utilizing information and data to help mitigate risk during COMPLY, the Compliance and RegTech Conference held each year in May, by saying “Customer feedback, litigation, regulatory oversight, both supervision and enforcement and the sheer data on how your business is fairing and what the trends are—these are all valuable building blocks for sensing the risks you face in compliance.”

Also during COMPLY2019, several State AGs discussed the importance of consumer complaints for detecting and mitigating risk. “When I was at the CFPB, complaints factored heavily into the enforcement actions that we brought,” says Chris D’Angelo, former CFPB Associate Director of Supervision and current Chief Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice at the Office of the New York State AG. “I think businesses do themselves a real disservice if they don’t pay attention to [the complaints] we’re sending them. Compliance people should really be on top of that,” says Sam Mirarchi, Senior Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

For more trends and insights from the Fall 2019 Complaint Risk Signal Report, download here.

Companies can find PerformLine at the Online Lending Policy Summit on October 23, Money20/20 October 27-30 or at American Banker’s RegTech Conference 2019 November 12-13 to request a hard copy of the report.

ABOUT PERFORMLINE

PerformLine is the only multi-channel compliance solution that empowers leaders with a first-line of defense solution to mitigate risk across major consumer touchpoints: digital, voice, chat, email and social. By combining scalable tools and intelligent automation into one integrated platform, PerformLine creates a clear path to discover, monitor, act on, and mitigate regulatory risk and ensure brand safety.

The PerformLine SaaS platform features full workflow capabilities, real-time analytics, remediation, and monitoring while providing clients with significant time and cost savings by automating compliance activities across channels and departments. For more information, visit http://www.PerformLine.com or follow PerformLine on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Advances Learning Center Hosts Grand Opening of Learning Center in Newton, MA


When Advances first started offering services in 2002, we began in Newton. It is wonderful to be back in this community and to now be able to offer more in-home and center-based services to the Boston community.

The event invites local families, businesses and community leaders to see the center and learn more about resources and services available to the community. Advances has been serving people with autism and other special needs since 2002 in the Boston area with centers in Wilmington and now in Newton.

The new center is located at:

85 Chapel Street

Newton, MA 02458

Phone: (617) 923-7575

Advances Learning Center, one of Boston’s most respected providers of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), offers the most widely researched and empirically validated treatments available for individuals with autism. ABA supports many of the necessary skills for school, including communication skills, behavior goals, social skills and making friends. Advances is proud to offer center-based services, social skills groups, in-home ABA services, parent training, and school-based services.

Advances’ Executive Director Ginette Wilson Bishop, Ph.D., BCBA-D shared, “When Advances first started offering services in 2002, we began in Newton. It is wonderful to be back in this community and to now be able to offer more in-home and center-based services to the Boston community.”

The new center provides services to children of all ages, as well as adults. The focus is to build critical communication, social and independent living skills as well as feeding services. These goals are achieved through a range of methods including discrete trial teaching and natural environmental teaching, but always with a heavy focus on play-based strategies to keep clients engaged and having fun. Programs are available year-round with individual one-on-one support from a highly trained Behavior Interventionist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst who tailors program goals to each client’s specific needs.

About Autism:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 1 in 68 children is on the autism spectrum. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as unique abilities.

About Advances:

Advances Learning Center was established in 2002 by Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Katherine Johnson. Advances is committed to serving children and young adults with a variety of diagnoses by teaching them appropriate and functional alternative behaviors, increasing their confidence and social agility, and providing an accepting environment that fosters independence. Advances Learning Center is a part of the LEARN Provider Network. advancesonline.com.

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Dale R. Minor’s newly released “Homesick for Eden” is a stirring book that takes the man to an exploration from the beginning to end.


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“Homesick for Eden”: a compelling exploration that draws the readers to discover the edifice of the garden where man started its leap on the earth. “Homesick for Eden” is the creation of published author Dale R. Minor, a person who experienced a move of the Holy Spirit upon which eventually led to stepping aside from a responsible secular position to help start a new church and then to seminary after which he was ordained its priest and pastor.

Minor writes, “Homesick For Eden proclaims and explores the idea that mankind has within him a primordial memory of his beginning, and a strong desire to return there. The search for utopia, for paradise, for the idyllic is ever-present with us, and if we are to embark on this search, we ought to start with what we know about our beginning. This can only be found in the biblical story of creation and from the word of the Creator himself. We begin in Genesis, but we can’t stay there. Our search takes us from the beginning to the end, from Genesis to Revelation as we discover the Eden, God created for Adam. In the process, we may discover a bit more about ourselves and a lot more about God as the story of creation, Genesis 1 and 2, is not a ‘how-to-book’ for building a universe. It is a love story written by the one who is love and who created us to love Him.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Minor’s new book takes the readers back to the era where God created the Garden of Eden as stated in the book of Genesis until to the book of revelation and allows them to see what it looks like and why God created it for mankind.

This book rediscovers the book of Genesis of the Holy Bible to see what the readers can learn about the structure of the garden of Eden and why God considered it all necessary.

View a synopsis of “Homesick for Eden” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Homesick for Eden” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Homesick for Eden,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Kimble Announces New Workflow for Iterative Project Planning in Winter 20 Release


Kimble Applications, a global leader in professional services automation, today announced another update to its Intelligent PSA. The latest release introduces multiple enhancements that support the needs of Kimble’s growing base of global, enterprise customers, including a new iterative planning workflow that makes planning projects with teams of any size much easier, encouraging more accurate forecasts as well as more proactive resourcing.

Kimble unveils its Winter 20 release – the company’s largest release yet, with over 100 enhancements coming directly from customer input – at the Technology Services World Conference in Las Vegas this week. There, visitors can attend “How to smash the bottlenecks that prevent services success”, a presentation by Kimble Managing Director Sarah Edwards, and Marc Lacroix of Kimble partner RTM Consulting.

“We want to help businesses answer a crucial question: ‘How do we become more efficient and scalable in decision making?’” says Edwards. “What we want to call out, is that businesses can use technology like Kimble to predict and to prevent bottlenecks, and make decisions closer to the customer. Our mission is to help our customers drive success with services, and we think the new features in Winter 20 certainly further that mission.”

Kimble’s iterative planning enhancements in Winter 20 help break through a bottleneck that plagues many services organizations – how do we arrive at a realistic plan for a project without worrying too much about the small details too far out, and then how do we keep that plan up-to-date and achievable based on what’s actually happening? Kimble has built out its suite of project planning workflows based on an understanding that planning is not something that’s undertaken in one sitting; instead planning starts from the moment an opportunity first comes into view, and it evolves continually as that deal gets closer.

“I think of project scoping as similar to tackling a golf course – you’re not going to use one club the whole time,” says Kimble product marketing manager Charles Gustine. “What approach you use depends on how far you are from a hole or how difficult the terrain is. Sometimes you need the power of a driver and sometimes you need the finesse of a putter. And with Winter 20, Kimble PSA completes its set of clubs.”

Model assignments, introduced to Kimble PSA in Winter 20, provide salespeople and project managers a scoping tool with unprecedented power. Kimble users can leverage one easy-to-manage Model Assignment to represent the need for multiple assignments that meet a common requirement, such as a team of developers that will need to contribute to a project. In this way, a large group of resources can be added to the scope early with minimal detail required and minimal effort; more detail can be added when the user is ready to apply the model assignment and generate the underlying resource demand.

Users can also shape the requirements for the team – this means that they can quickly specify the number of resources that will be required in each month or each week, refining their requirements with one simple change to the model assignment. Kimble’s new iterative planning workflow applies this aspect of assignment profiling throughout the project lifecycle, because planning not only continually evolves as a deal takes shape; planning also never stops until work on a project is done. Project managers constantly replan throughout delivery, and Kimble’s enhancements to assignment profiling make it easier than ever for project managers to take the reins and adjust usage in a spreadsheet-like interface at the daily, weekly, or monthly level.

“Kimble is working with larger and larger businesses,” says Sean Hoban, co-founder and CEO of Kimble, “and those large businesses typically deploy very large project teams. We’re working diligently with our customers to innovate new ways to streamline their planning processes, reflecting the ways they work while also developing market-leading functionality that might very well change and improve the way they work.”

Many of the enhancements in Winter 20 help users at large companies maintain alignment across their global enterprises. In Winter 20, Kimble introduces support for consolidated enterprise currency reporting, as well as intercompany invoicing which allows legal entities within an organization to transfer revenue when sharing resources. In support of its global reach, Kimble has now translated its application into four languages – French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German – with plans to undertake further languages.

New features and new partnerships also underscore Kimble’s success across a wide spectrum of businesses. New micro-scheduling functionality supports the planning needs of businesses deploying field service teams. Kimble’s Supplier Portal API allows customers to build and integrate a portal where suppliers can view and maintain their resource records and skills. The Kimble Avalara Connector, created in partnership with automated tax compliance software vendor Avalara, uses Avalara AvaTax to generate accurate tax code information when generating invoices in Kimble. Kimble will be announcing connectors to other industry-leading third party applications later in the year.

About Kimble Applications

Kimble Applications helps professional service organizations run their project-based businesses better. Global leaders in consulting, software and hi-tech such as NTT Data, TCS, Sage, and Canon use Kimble to optimize resource utilization, profitability and business scalability. Kimble is the only leading software vendor that focuses exclusively on professional services automation (PSA), putting all its energy into innovating features and easy-to-use functionality that improve team collaboration and efficiency around the key services processes. Built to work seamlessly with CRM, Kimble drives a forward-looking focus and more timely decision making with intelligent insights and guidance.

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Creation Technologies Finalizes Global Deployment of Kinaxis Rapid Response


It is critical to our success to be able to generate fast and accurate supply and demand planning scenarios to provide timely responses to our customers’ requests for product deliveries,

Creation Technologies LLC has teamed up with Kinaxis, a leader in empowering people to make confident supply chain decisions, to gain end-to-end visibility of its $500M+ global supply chain, generate fast and accurate what-next planning scenarios and optimize and manage inventories. With a company-wide deployment of Kinaxis RapidResponse® live in all nine business units, Creation Technologies has built improvements across all functions in customer response times and supplier constraint visibility.

“It is critical to our success to be able to generate fast and accurate supply and demand planning scenarios to provide timely responses to our customers’ requests for product deliveries,” said Ana Cantu, Executive VP Supply Chain. “With Kinaxis we can do that and more. With everyone looking at the same data, we now spend our time on things that matter the most, analysis and decisions, instead of gathering and challenging data. We’re able to be even better business partners to our customers by passing on additional insights and proposing new solutions that best fit their business needs.”

A global provider of end-to-end solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Creation helps customers accelerate time-to-market, reduce operating costs and grow revenues. Creation is using Kinaxis to provide a scalable solution that brings together data from nine manufacturing locations, two design centers, a prototyping center and its Oracle enterprise resource planning system (ERP). Kinaxis will also help Creation to standardize its practices across all operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Additionally, Creation has been rapidly analyzing the impact of supply and demand changes along the entire supply chain, mitigating risk to its growing inventory, increasing revenue realization, automating communications and improving customer and supplier response times.

“With hundreds of customers and thousands of inputs flowing through its supply chain, Creation Technologies needed a solution that allowed them to stay flexible as customer demands evolve, and help to improve responsiveness to customers and suppliers,” said John Sicard, CEO of Kinaxis. “The agile Kinaxis planning experience ensures companies like Creation use holistic data to evaluate what-next scenarios, which leads to confident decision-making. We are pleased to see Creation continue to expand its use of Kinaxis across its organization.”

About Creation Technologies

Creation (http://www.creationtech.com) provides total product lifecycle solutions including turnkey design, rapid prototyping, manufacturing and fulfillment to its customers around the world. Since 1991, Creation has been focused on making it easy for OEMs to ‘say yes’ to their customers. The company of approximately 3,000 people operates nine manufacturing locations, two design centers and a rapid prototyping center in the USA, Canada, Mexico and China. Its OEM customers are in the Industrial & Instrumentation, Medical, Communications, Transportation, Aerospace, Defense & Security, and Energy & Environmental markets.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements as to Kinaxis’ growth opportunities and the potential benefits of, and demand for, Kinaxis’ products and services. These statements are subject to certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including our view of the relative position of Kinaxis’ products and services compared to competitive offerings in the industry. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Kinaxis’ actual results, performance, achievements and developments may differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such statements. Risk factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or developments of Kinaxis to differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such statements can be found in the public documents filed by Kinaxis with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Kinaxis assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by law.

SOURCE Creation Technologies

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