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Rare Disease Market Access Consulting Firm Alkemi Ranks No. 395 on the 2023 Inc. 5000

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The Inc. 5000 class of 2023 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth while navigating inflationary pressure, the rising costs of capital, and seemingly intractable hiring challenges. Among this year’s top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate ticked up to an astonishing 2,238 percent. In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 1,187,266 jobs to the economy over the past three years.

For complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, location, and other criteria, go to www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, available on newsstands beginning Tuesday, August 23.

“This distinguished honor propels us forward with renewed zeal to deliver nothing short of excellence to our clients. Our journey doesn’t end here; rather, it gains momentum,” says CEO Betsy Lahue.” At Alkemi, we remain firmly aligned with our clients’ goals – enhancing patient healthcare access, elevating health outcomes, and delivering quantifiable value to all healthcare stakeholders. This achievement serves as a potent reminder of our mission, inspiring us to continue innovating, collaborating, and pushing boundaries.”

ABOUT ALKEMI:

Alkemi is a leading consulting firm for rare disease and innovative technology market access and evidence strategy. We leverage our outcomes and economics expertise, unmatched real-world experience, and trusted customer relationships to provide our clients with a clear competitive advantage.

Alkemi specializes in executing value assessments, evidence planning, and value communications for innovative medicines throughout the product lifecycle. With our extensive health economics, outcomes research, and market access expertise spanning US and global markets, we can develop effective evidence communication strategies for all decision-makers in the healthcare industry, including payers, regulators, reimbursement agencies, hospital c-suites, and policymakers.

At Alkemi, we are aligned to our client goals – increased healthcare access for patients, improved health outcomes and quantified value for all healthcare stakeholders.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology

Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2019 is $100,000; the minimum for 2022 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.

About Inc.

Inc. Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award-winning work reaches more than 50 million people across a variety of channels, including events, print, digital, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

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Robert Lahue, COO, 1 8024304599, [email protected], www.alkemihealth.com

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Science: Biology

Wursta Lands on the Inc. 5000 for 4th time, Expands to LATAM Market, Debuts New Offerings for Tech Stack Innovation

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With strategic investments in new markets, several new leadership roles and additional service offerings, Wursta continues to prove itself as the leader in enterprise technology consulting.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17th, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Wursta, the cloud consulting firm helping clients humanize their cloud technologies to maximize the impact on their employees, customers, and overall business performance, continues through its rapid growth plans for 2023. This includes the addition of several new service offerings, expansion into Latin America and a 20 percent headcount increase. These achievements come on the heels of Wursta’s notable three-year 488 percent revenue growth and the addition of several new leadership roles.

A Google Premier Partner, Wursta has now ranked four consecutive times on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing American companies, offering digital workplace expertise that empowers companies to adopt highly optimized and secure cloud or hybrid operations. Services include digital workplace design, migration and onboarding, virtual helpdesk and administration, and application integration. Wursta’s expertise extends beyond digital workspace design to cloud strategy and infrastructure, custom app development, managed services, cybersecurity services and consultation on innovative technologies like web3.

To keep enterprises ahead of the curve, Wursta is introducing several new offerings including:

  • Virtual CISO: Wursta’s on-demand virtual CISO helps companies of all sizes develop and implement ironclad strategies to guard against the multitude of complex cybersecurity risks threatening businesses today.
  • Responsible AI: Wursta will launch services that advise clients on the responsible adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence, including Google’s new Bard AI chatbot, PaLM API for generative AI use and Duet AI for Google Workspace.
  • Salesforce services: Wursta is introducing Salesforce optimization services, including Salesforce integration with existing business applications and managed services for Salesforce administration.
  • Crypto compliance: In 2022, Wursta was the first in the industry to launch a web3 innovation studio last year called WRST Collabs, to test the business use cases for new and emerging technologies like web3, non-fungible tokens and the blockchain. Building on this effort, Wursta plans to launch a cryptocurrency compliance program to assist companies accepting crypto payments in 2023.

“At Wursta, we evaluate the economic and societal trends that influence technology adoption to strategically expand to new markets and provide service offerings that have driven our business growth,” said Matt Wursta, founder and CEO of Wursta. “We’ve been able to do this because we truly put customers first. Technology executives are facing increased pressure to maximize cost efficiency and productivity while simultaneously staying ahead of the curve on cutting-edge technologies like web3 and artificial intelligence. We are proud of the value we add as a partner to leading companies that want to maximize their technology investments and understand what is around the corner.”

In addition to announcing new service offerings, Wursta recently expanded into Latin America with a new office headquartered in Quito, Ecuador. The company is also working with Ecuador’s Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT), a state-owned telecom operator that provides fixed line telephony, mobile, satellite TV and internet services, to help CNT adopt the cloud. Additionally, in partnership with CNT the government of Ecuador, Wursta is chartering the first Cloud Academy training program for cloud architects in the region.

“Research shows that 40% of Latin America’s top 5,000 companies will become dependent on cloud services this year,” said Miguel Castro, VP of Expansion at Wursta. “Wursta is proud to partner with Google, CNT and the government of Ecuador to expand access to critical cloud technologies and job training in Latin America to meet this need head-on.”

As service offerings and global offices have expanded, so has the Wursta team. Wursta has hired or promoted new senior roles that are pivotal in expanding the business to new markets and implementing a strategy that ensures superior client service as the company moves through this exciting growth stage. With their individual experiences, these leaders bring decades of enterprise technology expertise to the business.

To learn more about careers at Wursta, visit wursta.com/about/careers. To learn more about how Wursta’s growing cloud consultancy and professional services can better support your business today, visit https://wursta.com/.

About Wursta
Founded in 2014, Wursta is a technology industry organization that fosters, builds, and shapes the leveraging of technology to grow businesses. The company’s mission is to maximize the use of the cloud, providing continuous support for the appropriate technological decision-making that allows its clients to grow through the development of cultures of continuous innovation. As a global premier Google partner, Wursta handles cloud migrations, managed services, infrastructure modernization, custom application development, digital workplace optimization, and cybersecurity and risk management. The Austin, Texas-based company was founded in 2014 by Matt Wursta and has ranked toward the top of Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies for four consecutive years. Wursta currently ranks number 24 on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Southwest Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and 1209 Nationally.

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Samantha Stone
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More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology
Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2019 is $100,000; the minimum for 2022 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.

About Inc.
Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award-winning work reaches more than 50 million people across a variety of channels, including events, print, digital, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit http://www.inc.com. For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, slated for October 31-November 2 in San Antonio, visit http://conference.inc.com/.

Media Contact

Samantha Stone, Wursta, 9797776045, [email protected], https://wursta.com/

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Technology: Computer

SalesIntel Announces B2B Buyer Intent Data Expansion; Adds to Unlimited Pricing Package

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SalesIntel’s PredictiveIntent leverages modern AI models ingesting multiple data sets including:

  • Proprietary contact data including 18 million human-verified decision markers and an additional 90 million email verified and machine verified contacts
  • Proprietary news data and alert triggers
  • Proprietary account firmographic growth signals, technology install and adoption Proprietary research, survey, and interview data
  • Exclusive partnership data that tracks the interaction between buyers and sellers through the buying journeys (e.g., online and in-person events)

PredictiveIntent data is available as part of SalesIntel’s Unlimited Everything package – a revolutionary pricing approach announced in May 2023 that offers go-to-market teams unlimited access to data and enrichment for over 100 million contacts and 300 million account data details covering 22 million accounts.

Go-to-market teams will benefit from PredictiveIntent’s ability to:

  • Capture more leads earlier, ahead of the competition
  • Shorten sales cycles and increase deal velocity
  • Build better ABM marketing efforts
  • Deliver targeted paid ad strategies
  • Streamline overall GTM efforts with better RevOps knowledge

“We drink our own champagne at SalesIntel and use every intent signal available to drive ABM efficiency in partnership with sales,” comments James Lamberti, CMO of SalesIntel, “Our philosophy is the more intent data, the better – it simply makes our jobs easier across marketing, sales, and revops.”

To learn more or get free trial access, including our new PredictiveIntent data, visit us at http://www.salesintel.io and get started today.

About SalesIntel. Find Your People. Build Your Pipeline.
SalesIntel is a revenue intelligence platform that helps marketing, sales, and revenue operations teams deliver up to a 5x improvement in pipeline efficiency.

  • We identify your ideal customers (ICP) from among 22 million accounts profiled by 300 million unique technology install data points.
  • We surface accounts that are actively in-market for your product or service by using best-in-breed intent, company news, and web-visitor data.
  • We provide verified contact information for decision-makers from our database of 100+ million contacts with emails and mobile phone numbers.
  • We act as an extension of your team to fill any contact or account data gaps by leveraging our 2,000+ person research team.
  • …all while providing world-class customer service.

Our customers are savvy revenue teams from industry-leading companies – ServiceTitan, ProGlove, Cvent, Alleyoop, and Veranex – who understand that improving pipeline efficiency in today’s challenging economy is key to revenue growth.

We’ve provided quality data to the industry for over 15 years and only recently made it available directly to you.

See us in action at http://www.salesintel.io.

Media Contact
Ariana Shannon, SalesIntel, 8656545604, [email protected], http://salesintel.io

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Society: Social Services

European Interoperability Initiative to Launch at 1EdTech Europe

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Members of the European Commission’s Higher Education Interoperability workgroup will gather at 1EdTech’s Europe Conference

LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — 1EdTech® Consortium is honored to join the European collaboration in promoting interoperability in higher education.

Thought leaders from the education sector will gather at 1EdTech’s Europe Conference, September 14-15 at the University of Nottingham, where the European Commission’s Higher Education Interoperability workgroup will launch the initiative to an international audience from almost 20 different countries. The group will focus on the first phase of its plan: drafting architecture design for interoperable European Higher Education infrastructures.

“The final goal of this initiative is to create practical interoperability guidelines for implementation, maintenance, and governance,” explained Evelien Renders, international education advisor for SURF (the national research and education network for the Netherlands). “Our students are looking for more mobility. Creating interoperable systems will make it easier and more secure for students to move between institutions as they take advantage of all the opportunities available to them across Europe.”

This work will be of significance to all stakeholders in European higher education, whether from the public or private sector. The workgroup coordination team will meet with 1EdTech and EUNIS members for a pre-conference Think Tank on September 13, prior to the 1EdTech Europe Conference.

“We plan to ensure that higher education institutions, learners, and suppliers in Europe benefit from the best that digital technology can offer and remain globally competitive whilst aligning with European public values,” said Anthony Camilleri from the group coordination team. “We appreciate 1EdTech’s willingness to bring education stakeholders from the public and private sectors together in one place for a truly collaborative effort.”

1EdTech brings a unique perspective to these conversations after working alongside educational institutions, edtech suppliers, and government organizations for more than 20 years.

“1EdTech’s mission is to promote an open, trusted, and innovative edtech ecosystem across the globe,” said 1EdTech CEO Rob Abel, Ed.D. “1EdTech has experience working with international governments and public bodies to profile open standards while fitting national infrastructure constraints. We are thrilled to bring our experience of realistically scaling interoperability standards to power learner potential to this collaborative initiative.”

About 1EdTech

1EdTech is a member-based non-profit community partnership of leading education providers at all levels, government organizations, and edtech suppliers who collaborate to accelerate an open, trusted, and innovative digital learning ecosystem. We power learner potential by creating the foundation for a learner-centered and future-ready ecosystem where products work together to improve teaching and learning for all.

1EdTech hosts the annual Learning Impact conference and other engagement opportunities to advance the leadership and ideas that shape the future of learning. The 1EdTech Foundation, an affiliated public charity, puts philanthropic funds to work in support of 1EdTech’s vision. Visit our website at 1edtech.org.

Media Contact
Nora Murray, 1EdTech, 2622270617, [email protected], https://www.1edtech.org/

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Science: Biology

HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management Entrusted to Improve Service Levels and Enhance Forecasting and Replenishment for Brookshire Brothers Inc.

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Brookshire Brothers was using the BICEPS software successfully, but the company wanted to move away from UNIX. To find a solution that best fits their needs, the company conducted an extensive RFP in which Herlitz IM was asked to submit responses and perform a demo. After thoroughly reviewing several systems and vendors, HIMPACT was ultimately selected.

“We reviewed several providers, but HIMPACT checked the boxes on our list,” commented Bryan Tyler, Vice President of Audit at Brookshire Brothers Inc. “After seeing what HIMPACT can do, we are very confident we made the right choice and look forward to using it as soon as possible.”

With the addition of Brookshire Brothers to the Herlitz family, the company noted another client previously using BICEPS has made the switch to HIMPACT. Herlitz added, “We are grateful to have been chosen, and even more thankful to have other great clients who referred us to the Brookshire Brothers team.”

“The HIMPACT solution fits our needs the most,” stated Ron Cook, Corporate Systems Director at Brookshire Brothers Inc. “It also addresses some key functional gaps we identified in our current solution. From what we have seen, HIMPACT will help improve our service and further our goal of providing the freshest food and products to our shoppers.”

To learn more about Herlitz Inventory Management, visit https://herlitzim.com/ or call (617) 871-9001.

About Brookshire Brothers

Founded in 1921, this regional grocery chain operates more than 100 retail locations from Texas Hill Country in the west to Lake Charles, Louisiana in the east. Though its focus is traditional grocery and pharmacy, Brookshire Brothers has complimentary formats that include fuel and tobacco operations. Brookshire Brothers is committed to quality and service in their stores and is known for its good food and its good people who do good deeds in the communities they serve. https://www.brookshirebrothers.com/

About Herlitz Inventory Management

Founded in 2009, Herlitz Inventory Management (Herlitz IM) provides tightly integrated Demand Forecasting, Order Optimization, Promotion, and Forward Buying. Herlitz’s innovative designs are an industry standard; used by thousands of companies to optimize inventory.

With end-to-end visibility and new insights, HIMPACT® is uniquely suited to today’s marketplace, delivering optimized buying quantities, highly satisfied customers, and tighter inventory management.

Media Contact

Sam Hoffman, Creative Stream Marketing for Herlitz Inventory Management, 1 3303332738, [email protected], https://herlitzim.com/

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