Cannella Insurance Services was founded in 2003 by Joseph H. Cannella. The firm has just under 900 insurance clients in the Tampa region as well as Lee, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. The firm specializes in auto, car, home, boat, business, commercial, and flood insurance, including insurance for religious organizations, churches, museums, private schools, and builders’ risk.
Achieva Credit Union manages $2.7 billion in assets with 25 branches serving 160,000 members across 15 Florida counties. Joe Cannella will serve as Director of the newly named Achieva Insurance Agency, LLC.
“Achieva’s proactive acquisition search program started with refining their external growth strategy before shifting to the development of a robust prospect pipeline and ultimately, the successful acquisition of a strategic privately held, not for sale insurance agency,” said Capstone Partner John Dearing. “Achieva’s CUSO now benefits from an exciting new leaping off point for growth acceleration while credit union members will enjoy another solution. All parties are excited about the future together.”
About Capstone Strategic, Inc. Capstone Strategic, Inc. is the leader in mergers and acquisitions for credit union service organizations (CUSOs). The firm helps CUSO and credit union leaders develop, evaluate, and implement growth initiatives. Established in 1995 by CEO David Braun, Capstone specializes in strategic not-for-sale acquisitions and corporate growth strategies and has facilitated over $1 billion in transactions in more than 100 industries. For additional information go to the Capstone website at https://www.capstonestrategic.com or call 703-854-1910.
Shop LC Holiday Sweepstakes includes thousands of dollars of prizes
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Shop LC announced its Holiday Sweepstakes, launching on November 1st. This 18-day event includes daily prizes for customers and fans alike.
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Winners will be announced daily on the contest website, as well as on live programming and social media. The sweepstakes ends on November 18th.
About Shop LC Based in Austin, Texas, home shopping channel Shop LC operates as a full subsidiary of Vaibhav Global Ltd. (VGL), a company with extensive global sourcing and manufacturing resources. Serving as a budget-aware, interactive retailer, Shop LC offers a variety of products spanning fine jewelry, beauty, fashion, home decor and lifestyle categories. Since its establishment in 2007, Shop LC has extended its reach to over 70 million American households, providing live high-definition programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the year. Additionally, the Your Purchase Feeds Program ensures that with every purchase made, a meal is provided to a child in need. For further details, visit http://www.shoplc.com or download the interactive app available on iTunes, Google Play, and other streaming devices or televisions.
Carahsoft leverages its extensive experience in the industry, its reseller partnerships, Government contracts and status as an AWS managed service company to deliver advanced cloud solutions for the Public Sector. Holding the prestigious title of AWS Advanced Tier Partner, Carahsoft’s unwavering commitment to excellence is evident through its portfolio of successful AWS implementations and managed services that empower organizations to maximize cloud capabilities.
Carahsoft serves as the distributor for Foghorn Consulting’s range of AWS Marketplace services. Foghorn Consulting offers expertise in various aspects of public cloud engineering, including strategy, migration, design, implementation, and ongoing support via FogOps. With multiple AWS competencies, such as AWS Security, DevOps, and Migration, Foghorn is a trusted guide for clients at every stage of their cloud journey. This collaboration ensures access to Foghorn’s specialized offerings, including the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) for smooth migrations, cloud security assessments, and FinOps support for cost optimization. Together, they provide a comprehensive solution for navigating AWS Marketplace.
This strategic partnership aims to provide SLED and Federal clients with a comprehensive suite of cloud solutions that directly address their unique requirements. By combining Foghorn’s prowess in cloud engineering with Carahsoft’s expertise in managed services, the partnership aims to offer Public Sector customers end-to-end solutions that streamline operations, enhance security and optimize resource utilization within the AWS ecosystem.
“We are excited about the opportunities this partnership with Carahsoft brings to our SLED and Federal clients,” said Alex Roosakos, CEO at Foghorn Consulting. “Together, we can provide targeted solutions that navigate the complexities of these sectors and drive successful cloud adoption.”
“We are pleased to add Foghorn’s cloud services to our portfolio,” said Sehar Wahla, Director of Partner Business Development at Carahsoft. “By working with Foghorn and our reseller partners, we enable our joint customers to leverage the power of AWS through expert engineering and managed services, facilitating a seamless transition to the cloud.”
For more information about this partnership and the tailored AWS cloud solutions it offers to the SLED and Federal sectors, please visitFoghorn Consulting’s website andCarahsoft’s website.
Spawn added, “Among the more than 54,000 total fully remote jobs published to the Virtual Vocations job board in Q3, 80% were for experienced workers with previous relevant work experience in a given role. Also, the majority of job postings (52%) were for full-time jobs. Educated applicants were also in high demand, with 40% of all fully remote job postings requiring a bachelor’s degree.”
Ranked by the total number of 100% remote job postings shared to the Virtual Vocations database during Q3 2023, the following companies, industries, and locations are best for fully remote hiring:
Top 5 Companies for Fully Remote Jobs: 1. VocoVision, Inc. 2. UnitedHealth Group 3. Maximus, Inc. 4. CVS Health Corporation 5. Humana Inc.
Top 5 Industries for Fully Remote Jobs: 1. Information Technology 2. Healthcare 3. Marketing 4. Sales 5. Financial
Top 5 Locations for Fully Remote Jobs: 1. Florida 2. Texas 3. North Carolina 4. Georgia 5. Virginia
Virtual Vocations also named its top 10 Employer Partners for the quarter. Employer Partners represent more than 3,600 vetted businesses that collaborate with Virtual Vocations to share fully remote job openings directly to its job board. From July through September, the following companies were among the best for 100% virtual work:
Top 5 Employer Partners for Fully Remote Jobs: 1. BairesDev 2. TTEC Holdings, Inc. 3. eXp Realty 4. Littera Education Inc. 5. Achieve Test Prep
The third quarter of 2023 also marked the addition of six new Employer Partners to Virtual Vocations’ program, joining companies like Susan G. Komen and Intuit Inc.
New Q3 2023 Employer Partners: 1. Groomers Friend, LLC 2. Halsey Resources 3. Nevada Autism Center 4. Instruction Partners 5. ROOK 6. PRIMUS Business Management
ABOUT VIRTUAL VOCATIONS Founded in 2007 by CEO Laura Spawn and her brother, CTO Adam Stevenson, Virtual Vocations is a small company with a big mission: to connect jobseekers with legitimate remote job openings. To date, Virtual Vocations has helped more than four million jobseekers in their quests for flexible, remote work.
In addition to providing a database of current, hand-screened, and 100% remote job openings, Virtual Vocations offers jobseekers a number of tools to aid in their job searches, including exclusive career courses, downloadable jobseeker content, and career coaching and resume writing services. Virtual Vocations also releases several data-driven reports each year on current trends in remote work.
Virtual Vocations, Inc. is a private, family-owned, and 100% virtual company incorporated in Tucson, Arizona.
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There are currently 80 STEM Scholars representing middle schools in 33 states, from Hawaii to New York and Alaska to Florida. Each successful Scholar applicant receives the following:
Advanced STEM education and leadership training on the campus of WKU May 26 – June 1, 2024. All expenses – travel, lodging, meals – are included
A notebook/tablet (Chromebook or similar) to facilitate ongoing collaboration
A generous stipend for technology and supplies to implement a classroom Challenge Project
Sponsored attendance at the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) National Conference in March/April 2025. All expenses – registration, travel, lodging, meals – are included
Year-long mentorship and support provided by WKU faculty
The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) funds adult stem cell and regenerative medicine research, underwrites the National STEM Scholar Program for middle school science teachers nationwide inspiring the next generation of STEM pioneers, and covers copays and deductibles for children participating in clinical trials for rare diseases when those out-of-pocket costs are beyond a family’s means. We build partnerships and collaborations in research, education, and advocacy to solve problems, eliminate silos and maximize donor impact. For more information, visit www.nationalstemcellfoundation.org.
About The Gatton Academy
Established in 2007, The Gatton Academy is Kentucky’s first residential two-year program for gifted and talented juniors and seniors. The Gatton Academy’s students enroll as juniors and are full-time WKU students pursuing their interests in advanced science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Gatton Academy has been named to Jay Mathews’ list of top-performing schools with elite students for eleven consecutive appearances and received the National Consortium for Secondary STEM School’s Innovation Partnership Award.
“We are thrilled to extend our reach into Africa’s captive contact center and BPO industry,” said Ray Naeini, Chairman and CEO at OnviSource. “Our mission is to enable organizations to achieve excellence in the three most impactful areas of their business – workforce performance, customer loyalty, and business productivity. With our AI-powered analytics and automation ecosystem, we are confident that African BPOs and captive contact centers will gain a distinct competitive advantage and contribute to the nation’s growth and success.”
With an office in Johannesburg, led by Clinton Stebbing, Director of Business Development for the Africa region, and strategic partnerships with local and regional renowned hi-tech companies such as Zilo, OnviSource has pledged continued support for this growing economic sector. Zilo, a leading software and business development firm based in Sandton, will partner with OnviSource to deliver local technical support that caters to the unique business needs of the contact center and BPO market.
As part of OnviSource’s commitment to global expansion in Africa, the company has also partnered with Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA), South Africa’s foremost advocate and contact point for the Global Business Services (GBS) & BPO sector, catering to both national and international markets. OnviSource will participate in special panel discussions and is also sponsoring two key awards at this year’s Annual BPESA GBS & BPO Conference and Alchemy Awards 2023 in November including the Top GBS Collections Professional Award and the Top BPO Operator Award.
About OnviSource:
OnviSource is a global innovator delivering intelligent transformation for contact centers and enterprises. We enable organizations to achieve excellence in the three most impactful areas of any business – workforce performance, customer loyalty, and business productivity. Our AI-driven analytics and automation solutions provide the unparalleled insights that drive business decisions for exceptional business outcomes. OnviSource’s solutions connect, unify, analyze, and automate enterprise 3rd party siloed data and processes to bring together a holistic view of the business and operation for improved customer experiences, enhanced employee performance and engagement, and increased business productivity. All tailored to fit customers’ business: functionally, operationally, financially, and emotionally.
The acquisition of Stack Intelligence’s Atlassian practice advances the pureplay Atlassian growth strategy being pursued by Isos and backed by Acacia. In December 2022, Acacia acquired Isos and brought it together with the Atlassian practice of MajorKey Technologies, another Acacia company at the forefront of enterprise digital transformation. In February 2023, Isos combined with HyperVelocity, an Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner with deep public sector and agile experience, and a strong working relationship with Stack. The addition of Stack’s team to Isos deepens the company’s expertise and experience in Atlassian migrations and ITSM, and brings its tally of Atlassian-accredited specialists to over 170.
“We are thrilled to welcome Stack Intelligence’s team that is focused on Atlassian solutions to Isos,” said Isos CEO Thad West. “We’ve come to know them well through their relationship with HyperVelocity. Stack’s specialists are all superstars in their field, and there is such a strong cultural alignment between our two companies. They share our commitment to excellence, and we know their clients hugely value their expert guidance, engineering expertise, and problem-solving ethos. That client focus, and the way they nurture the team to be their best, makes this acquisition a no-brainer for us. We can’t wait to get our teams working together to create new possibilities for our clients.”
“Joining forces with Isos unleashes so much potential in our business,” said Najam Irshad, Founder and CEO of Stack Intelligence, who is joining Isos as the Vice President of Federal Sales. “It creates boundless opportunities for our team to learn and grow alongside their new colleagues and to apply their skills and experience to solving problems for some of the biggest companies in the world. We love that we can now operate on a bigger scale, but as part of a company that retains the agility and creativity of a small business. That’s the ideal combination for us. It ensures that we can grow while staying true to what our clients really value from us.”
“This is an exciting time in the Atlassian Partner community, as many organizations are uniting to offer more sophisticated and robust professional services for Atlassian customers,” said Julio Chez, Head of Americas Channels for Atlassian. “The combination of Isos’ and Stack’s expertise will enable our biggest enterprise customers to accelerate their business transformation and adoption of Atlassian cloud solutions.”
The investment strategy on which Isos and Acacia are partnering is grounded in the market traction of the Atlassian suite of products that enables scalable, cost-effective digital transformation. This is fueled by the growing need to bring software development and business operations closer together, increasing nontechnical engagement with agile tools and practices. The simplicity of Atlassian tools makes this challenge much easier to meet.
Stack Intelligence has a Salesforce practice which is not part of this acquisition, and which will continue to operate independently under the Stack brand led by President Ayesha Najmi and Vice President Shantanu Bhardwaj.
About Isos Technology
Isos Technology is a world-class consulting services provider that helps organizations become the best version of themselves through technology, people, and practices. As an Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner with ITSM, Cloud, and Agile at Scale specializations, we thrive on solving your toughest business agility and service management challenges while accelerating business transformation and outcomes. Founded in 2005, Isos became a portfolio company of The Acacia Group in 2022, with the original founders continuing to drive the mission and strategy for Isos going forward. Isos has since acquired MajorKey Technologies’ Atlassian practice, HyperVelocity Consulting, and Stack Intelligence’s Atlassian practice, cementing its status as one of the largest Platinum Solution Partners in the Atlassian ecosystem. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and with offices across the U.S., Isos has been recognized as an Atlassian Partner of the Year in the ITSM and Enterprise categories for the last five out of six years, an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company, and a CIOReview Most Promising Agile Consulting Company. For more information, visit isostech.com.
About Stack Intelligence
Founded in 2019 and based in Beachwood, Ohio, Stack Intelligence specializes in helping its public and private sector clients to seamlessly connect IT operations with business teams using the Atlassian solution suite. Stack has achieved Atlassian Gold Solution Partner status and has extensive experience in Atlassian migrations and ITSM services and support. Stack has worked with over 100 clients across the U.S., focused on organizations in the public sector, financial services, education, healthcare, retail, IT, and manufacturing.
About The Acacia Group
The Acacia Group is a specialist investment firm building stronger businesses by harnessing the power of digital transformation. We work closely with management teams as engaged and supportive partners, fostering resilient cultures of collaboration and innovation to make our portfolio companies more valuable to their clients, employees and co-investors. By empowering skillful leaders, nurturing exceptional talent, investing in innovation and building distinctive brands, we create the qualities businesses need to achieve lasting success. For more information, visit The Acacia Group or follow us on LinkedIn.
NAMC membership includes 500+ innovative organizations, including academia, nonprofits, and traditional and non-traditional defense contractors. These organizations provide specific expertise in developing manned and unmanned autonomy-enabled Ground Vehicle Systems and related technologies for US military personnel on the front lines.
About the National Advanced Mobility Consortium: The National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) provides professional opportunities and connections that result in cutting-edge technology for the United States Military. As one of the longest-serving Department of Defense (DoD) consortiums and a non-profit organization, NAMC is a bridge between the DoD and the member organizations that can complete high-priority government projects. NAMC exists to foster member-driven innovations that ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and victory for the US Military. For more information, visitwww.NAMConsortium.org.
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About Pasternack:
A leader in RF products since 1972, Pasternack is an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturer and supplier offering the industry’s largest selection of active and passive RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products available for same-day shipping. Pasternack is an Infinite Electronics brand.
About Infinite Electronics:
Infinite Electronics has a global portfolio of leading in-stock connectivity solution brands. Infinite’s brands help propel the world’s innovators forward by working urgently to provide products, solutions and real-time support for their customers. Backed by Warburg Pincus, Infinite’s brands serve customers across a wide range of industries with a broad inventory selection, same-day shipping and 24/7 customer service. Learn more at infiniteelectronics.com.
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Earning a Leader title in this study shows that users can trust CobbleStone as a contract lifecycle management software provider that can efficiently and effectively streamline the contracting process from start to finish for business professionals.
CobbleStone was named a leader based on the 6 key capabilities vendors were evaluated against:
CobbleStone was also noted as a Top Performer as well as having a strong market presence and a consistent track record, particularly in the enterprise customer segment.
This recognition serves alongside many other awards and nominations CobbleStone has received to date.
“CobbleStone Software has received strong ratings across the parameters of technology excellence and customer impact and has been placed as a leader in the SPARK Matrix™: Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Q3, 2023 owing to its comprehensive & innovative CLM platform, a compelling vision & roadmap, an extensive CLM vendor ecosystem, year-on-year growth, complete product offerings with support services, and in-depth domain experience,” says Akshat Shah, Analyst at Quadrant Knowledge Solutions.
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Quadrant Knowledge Solutions is a global advisory and consulting firm focused on helping clients as the strategic knowledge partner in achieving business transformation goals with Strategic Business and Growth Advisory Services. Quadrant’s research and consulting deliverables are designed to provide comprehensive information and strategic insights for helping clients formulate growth strategies to survive and thrive in ever-changing business environments.
About CobbleStone Software:
CobbleStone Software is a celebrated leader in contract management software solutions whose flagship CLM software solution – CobbleStone Contract Insight – expedites contract management, vendor management, eProcurement, and eSourcing processes while offering seamless integrations, ease-of-use, and high scalability. CobbleStone’s contract lifecycle management solutions provide simplified contract and vendor tracking, highly configurable email alerts, user-friendly calendar notifications, intelligent contract workflow automation, highly robust security options, streamlined authoring of contract templates with dynamic clauses, centralized revenue/cost management, detailed text indexing and searching, future-minded vendor/client ratings, robust document version control, custom contract management reports, speedy IntelliSign® electronic signatures, more intelligent contracts with VISDOM® artificial intelligence and machine learning, and more.
