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Faulkner Design Group is Recognized in Four Categories for the 2019 SHN Architecture & Design Awards

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Anthology of the Plaza | Photo Credit: Green Sofa Productions


DALLAS (PRWEB)

Faulkner Design Group is pleased to announce receiving three awards and one nomination in the 6th annual Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards, sponsored exclusively by senior living furniture provider, Kwalu.

Recognition includes the following projects and categories: Anthology of the Plaza in Kansas City, MO, first place winner for Renovation or Repositioning; Faith Presbyterian Hospice in Dallas, TX, first place winner for Hospice; Arbor Terrace Fulton in Fulton, MD, third place winner for Assisted Living; and The Vista at CC Young in Dallas, TX, nominated for Skilled Nursing/Post Acute Care.

The Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards recognize cutting-edge design, excellence and innovation in senior living. The awards contest celebrates unique projects and companies that are improving the lives of seniors through innovative design.

“The annual SHN Architecture & Design Awards continue to attract the most exciting projects in senior housing from across the U.S. and around the world,” said George Yedinak, founder of Senior Housing News. “Senior living owners, operators and developers are working with world-class architects and designers to create the next generation of senior living.”

A panel of industry experts judged the projects, evaluating nominees based on design and aesthetic criteria. Not only did judges analyze design elements such as color, light and landscape architecture, they also considered community functionality by analyzing key features that are critical to property type, such as universal design techniques.

About Kwalu

Kwalu is the leading provider of furniture to senior living in the U.S. Its products are Designed to Last® and will continue to look like new, year after year – which is so important right now, given the trend of residents’ rising acuity levels and the resultant ongoing beating the furniture takes from walkers and wheelchairs and the like. When attracting new residents and maintaining high satisfaction levels for existing residents is important, Kwalu’s senior living furniture can make the difference.

About Aging Media Network / Senior Housing News

Aging Media Network is an innovative publishing company based in Chicago, Illinois, and is the publisher of Senior Housing News, Reverse Mortgage Daily, Home Health Care News and Skilled Nursing News. Senior Housing News (SHN) is the leading independent source for news and information covering senior housing and senior living. With a global reach of more than 30,000 industry professionals, SHN boasts an audience that includes senior housing operators, developers, banking institutions, real estate investment trusts, private equity and service providers catering to the industry. Visit http://www.seniorhousingnews.com for more information.

About Faulkner Design Group

Faulkner Design Group, Inc., is a fully integrated and highly-awarded national interior architecture and design firm specializing in multifamily housing and senior living environments, completing over 750,000 units in more than 2,000 communities across 37 states, from Hawaii to New York, and even Canada, working with the largest developers, contractors, real estate investment groups, and management firms in the country for over 27 years. These communities are surpassing the industry standard for creativity and quality, earning a reputation as the most highly sought-after properties on the market. FDG offers comprehensive design services during the architectural development and construction planning phases of projects, leading the industry with cutting-edge virtual tools and technology, approaching each design solution as a fingerprint in which no two are alike.

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Total Resource Management CEO Announces Retirement

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB)

Total Resource Management (TRM) announces that Garner Bennett, the company’s CEO and member of its Board of Directors, has decided to retire effective November 25, 2019. Fellow board members, Don Omura and Jagadisan “Shiva” Shivakumar, have been appointed the company’s new CEO and President, respectively.

“On behalf of Shiva and myself and the TRM Board of Directors, we congratulate Garner on his well-deserved retirement after his 50+ year professional career, including the last 24 years at TRM. Garner was instrumental in the direction of TRM throughout his entire tenure here especially in the last 13 years as CEO. He led the company through several major developments including the new business relationship with IBM when they acquired MRO Software, transition of TRM away from a Federal only business, and most recently, transformation of TRM into cloud-based company. As a result of Garner’s leadership and direction, TRM has been a world-wide leader among Maximo consulting companies for 20 years. Garner has been a great business partner, friend, and mentor and I am privileged and honored to succeed him in this role,” said Don Omura, CEO.

“This is the right time for me personally, and for the company, to transition to the next generation of leadership. Over the last two decades I have seen over 300 employees join the company and in so doing become part of the larger TRM family and legacy. I deeply appreciate the opportunity I’ve had to work with and benefit from so many talented and dedicated colleagues,” said Garner Bennett. “I will miss my time at TRM but I’ve never been more optimistic about our ability to serve our clients effectively and grow in the EAM and Cloud markets. Don is the right person to lead TRM and I know that the organization is in good hands and well positioned for years to come.”

Don Omura’s previously held positions at TRM include President, Chief Operations Officer, and Executive Vice President of Pacific Operations. Prior to joining TRM, in 1999, Mr. Omura was the Director of Information Technology for the Navy Public Works Center in Hawaii where he oversaw all aspects of information technology, including strategic planning, corporate business systems, IT infrastructure, and outsourcing.

Over the past two years, a systematic succession plan was implemented to pave the way for Garner Bennett’s departure which included adding Mr. Bala Balasubramanian to the TRM Board of Directors. “He comes with a wealth of technology leadership and experience and is the founder of several tech companies. We have long sought the counsel and advice that he brings to our Board of Directors,” said Jagadisan Shivakumar, President.

About Total Resource Management

Total Resource Management (TRM) specializes in improving asset and operational performance by delivering strategic enterprise asset management services, EAM cloud services, and tailored software solutions. As an IBM Gold Business Partner, TRM has been using its Maximo expertise to innovate in the EAM space since 1993 from its headquarters in Alexandria, VA. https://www.trmnet.com

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medspa810 announces Greg Longe as President and Chief Development Officer

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medspa810, a leading franchisor of medical aesthetic clinics, names Greg Longe as President and Chief Development Officer.

We are on a mission to reshape the medical spa industry and are delighted to have Greg’s leadership on board.


PRINCETON, N.J. (PRWEB)

medspa810 announced today that Greg Longe has joined the company as its new President and Chief Development Officer. In addition to his other responsibilities, Greg will spearhead franchise sales and development. medspa810 is a leading provider of medical aesthetics services with locations open or in contracted development throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. The company was acquired in early 2019 by principals of Princeton Ventures, a leading private equity firm with experience investing in a number of successful franchisors, including Massage Envy and European Wax Center.

Greg has over 25 years of experience in the franchise industry. He has provided “C” level management to numerous franchise ventures including: Molly Maid, Mr. Handyman and his own companies, Roosters Men’s Grooming Centers, Dryer Vent Wizard, Autoqual, Drive N Style. Most recently, he served as the President and COO of Martinizing International. Greg has extensive knowledge in all areas of franchise management, including: acquisitions, franchise sales, operations, marketing, real estate development and construction, training, team building, conflict resolution, legal and compliance and all administrative disciplines.

“We are very excited to have Greg join medspa810 and lead our development program. He is truly a luminary in the franchise industry and has a strong track record of building successful franchise systems,” states Francis X Acunzo, CEO at medspa810.

“It is highly validating of our vision to have someone with Greg’s experience and reputation join the medspa810 team,” says James Waskovich, Chairman of medspa810 and Managing Partner of Princeton Ventures. “We are on a mission to reshape the medical spa industry and are delighted to have Greg’s leadership on board,” he added.

Greg has been an active member of the International Franchise Associate since 1990 and has contributed to many forums and committees. He is also credited for assisting Northwood University in the development of the first-ever accredited Franchise Management degree.

About medspa810

medspa810 is a leading franchisor of medical aesthetic clinics that provide injectables, clinical skincare services, laser hair removal and body contouring. We are obsessively focused on providing our clients a phenomenal experience and helping people look and feel remarkable. For more information about medmedspa810 or to inquire about a franchise, visit: http://www.medspa810.com

About Princeton Ventures

Princeton Ventures provides capital, strategic resources and expertise to great entrepreneurs that help grow businesses faster and reduce risk. Princeton manages highly flexible capital that makes it among the most accommodating and responsive growth equity investors in the country. Based in Princeton, NJ, the firm invests in leading consumer, healthcare and technology companies at various stages of development.

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Pacific Workplaces Opens New Flexible Office Location in Sacramento, CA

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB)

Pacific Workplaces (PAC) announced today that it’s opening a new 10,200 square-foot flexible office space location in Arden-Arcade at 3626 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Sacramento, California. The location will be known as ‘Pacific Workplaces Watt.’

The San Francisco based shared office space firm features 18 locations throughout Northern California, including four in the greater Sacramento area. The company also manages locations in Bakersfield, CA, and Reno, NV with another location opening in Roseville this February. “Our Sacramento locations are a critical component of the Pacific Workplaces portfolio as many of our Bay Area clients need touchdown space and satellite offices in Sacramento, and vice versa,” says Pacific Workplaces CEO, Laurent Dhollande. “We have deployed a dense portfolio that covers Northern California better than any of our competitors,” Dhollande added.

Pacific Workplaces Watt is located off Highway 50 and Watt Avenue in Arden Town and accessible to all major freeways, close to Rancho Cordova, Folsom, and East Sacramento.The building is ten minutes to California State University Sacramento, minutes from The Pavilion, Loehmann’s Plaza, and near the American River Trail. The new location will offer a mix of private offices, open coworking space, and conference rooms, all of which encompass the PAC approach of offering highly functional workspace solutions to startups and professional firms.

“We are excited about this new location especially because of its proximity to local amenities that our clients use every day. We were also immediately taken by the idea of having our own outdoor patio under the tree canopy Sacramento is so known for. I cannot wait to enjoy my first cup of coffee out on the patio while catching up on emails on my laptop,” says Tracy Wilson, Managing Partner for PAC’s Sacramento region. Wilson also added, “We agree, Pacific Workplaces Watt will bring new meaning to working at the office on a nice spring day.”

PAC’s regional portfolio supports members in their need to access workplaces throughout Northern California. When members need to travel for work, they also have access to nearly 1,000 locations available worldwide via the CloudTouchdown network managed by CloudVO, a sister company to Pacific Workplaces. To learn more about office space, virtual office plans, and meeting rooms at our new Sacramento location, visit https://pacificworkplaces.com/locations/sacramento-watt-office-space/

About Pacific Workplaces

Pacific Workplaces (PAC for short) are great flexible offices and coworking places, with a wide range of part-time and full-time furnished office spaces including virtual offices, private offices, and mini-suites, in a shared infrastructure environment, with curated communities that maximize networking opportunities and serendipity. Members have access to meeting rooms, coworking areas, business lounges, VoIP telephony, phone answering services, IT support, admin support, an online legal library, and preferential access to a network of nearly 1,000 touchdown locations worldwide, under a pay-per-need hosted model PAC refers to as Workplace-as-a-Service. Most of the PAC centers are located in Northern California and all are operated by PBC Management LLC under the Pacific Workplaces, Enerspace Coworking, and NextSpace brands.

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Stonebranch Strengthens Leadership Team Amid Record Growth

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“The IT automation industry is at an inflection point, poised for explosive growth. Each of these individuals have already made enormous contributions to the business. They are the right people to both strengthen our leadership team and guide the business forward.


ATLANTA (PRWEB)

Stonebranch Inc., a leading provider of dynamic IT automation solutions, is pleased to announce the promotion of Felix Lademacher to Chief Financial Officer, Martin Schlothauer to Chief Technology Officer and Rigas Paschaloudis to Senior Vice President Sales, EMEA and APAC. The announcement comes as the company wraps up another strong year of growth. Lademacher, Schlothauer and Paschaloudis will be joining the executive team in order to drive the company’s strategic vision and long-term growth strategy.

“The IT automation industry is at an inflection point, poised for explosive growth. Each of these individuals have already made enormous contributions to the business. They are the right people to both strengthen our leadership team and guide the business forward,” said Giuseppe Damiani, Chief Executive Officer. “These moves are yet another signal that Stonebranch is enhancing our client-centric support model while investing in game-changing innovation for our customer base.”

As the Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Schlothauer is responsible for shaping Stonebranch’s innovation and technology vision for the company’s product and service portfolio. He previously led the successful growth and expansion of Stonebranch’s Professional Services organization. Mr. Schlothauer has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the telecommunications and information technology industry, having held senior management positions at Ericsson and LHS, among others.

As the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Lademacher is responsible for leading the global finance and HR organization. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, he led finance, legal and HR for Stonebranch’s EMEA region. His experience includes progressive roles in both M&A advisory and the corporate finance industry.

As the Senior Vice President Sales EMEA & APAC, Mr. Paschaloudis is responsible for Stonebranch’s strategic sales and partnership initiatives. Prior to joining Stonebranch, he spent over 20 years working in senior management positions delivering profitable revenue growth for Clintworld, HP, Portal Software, Volubill and LHS.

About Stonebranch

Stonebranch builds dynamic IT automation solutions that transform business IT environments from simple IT task automation into sophisticated, real-time business service automation, helping organizations achieve the highest possible Return on Automation. No matter the degree of automation, Stonebranch software is simple, modern, and secure. Using its universal automation platform, enterprises can seamlessly orchestrate workloads and data across technology ecosystems and silos. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with points of contact and support throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Stonebranch serves some of the world’s largest financial, manufacturing, healthcare, travel, transportation, energy, and technology institutions. Learn more at https://www.stonebranch.com/.

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Primex Color, Compounding & Additives Growing and Hiring

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PCCA’s newest production line in Jasper, Tenn.

We continue to grow our business through the development of innovative customer solutions.


JASPER, Tenn. (PRWEB)

Primex Color, Compounding & Additives (PCC&A), a leading supplier of colors, compounds and polymer solutions for plastics processors, is growing business and hiring new staff at its Garfield, N.J. and Jasper, Tenn. facilities. As uncertainty, consolidation, plant closings and layoffs impact the plastics colorant industry, “Primex is stronger than ever,” says Business Unit Director Doug Borgsdorf. “We continue to grow our business through the development of innovative customer solutions, expanded marketing efforts and improved production capabilities.”

“The ‘Now Hiring’ sign is out at both of our locations,” according to Human Resources Director Darin Dubbs. “We’re constantly looking for great people to help us grow, from management, sales, technical and production backgrounds.”

PCC&A is a “One Company” division of Primex Plastics. With facilities in six U.S. locations and one in Europe, Primex resources include warehousing and distribution points, a cross-functional national sales team and several research and development sites that assist customers and its three divisions: Primex Sheet, PCC&A and Primex Design & Fabrication.

PCC&A’s line of colorants, additives and specialty compounds leads the industry. Since its inception, the company has been a stable force in the plastics world. With the financial backing of Primex, PCC&A is constantly upgrading production facilities, creating new products and hiring new staff. In fact, Primex has never experienced a layoff. This stable workforce ensures the highest quality and on-time delivery.

About Primex Color, Compounding & Additives

PCC&A, a division of Primex Plastics Corporation, operates lines in Garfield, New Jersey and Jasper, Tennessee, producing color concentrates, additive masterbatches and specialty compounds. They include high performance custom materials such as TPE/TPO/TPV elastomers, flame retardant olefins and styrenics, anti-stats, ESDs, fully conductive compounds, and structural and wear resistant formulations for injection, extrusion, blow molding and rotational molding applications. For job inquiries please contact HR Manager Shannon Davis at (800) 222-5116. For product inquiries: info-pcca@primexcolor.com.

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National Women’s Business Council Issues 2019 Annual Report

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“As the report and policy recommendations demonstrate, while we have made significant legislative and economic strides in advancing a new generation of women entrepreneurs, much work still lies ahead,” said Sara. “We will continue our efforts with a focus on our three areas of primary importance.”


WASHINGTON (PRWEB)

The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) has submitted its 2019 Annual Report to the President, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the House Committee on Small Business, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.

This report recaps NWBC’s 31st year and provides the findings, conclusions, and policy recommendations of the Council. NWBC Chair Liz Sara, now in her second year at the helm, has concentrated its mission to strengthen women in business on three major areas: improving access to capital for female founders, encouraging more women to start and grow companies in STEM-related fields, and removing obstacles for women business owners in rural areas.

The NWBC also launched a Women in Small Business Roundtable series across the country, which convened over 300 women business owners and stakeholders from New York, NY to Nampa, ID; from St. Petersburg, FL to Los Angeles, CA. The goal was to gain a deeper insight into the challenges and overall landscape in which women founders and small business owners currently operate.

“As the report findings and policy recommendations demonstrate, while we have made significant legislative and economic strides in advancing a new generation of women entrepreneurs, much work still lies ahead,” said Sara. “That is why the work of the Council continues to be vital. In 2020, we will continue our efforts with a laser focus on our three overarching issues areas of primary importance.”

The following are some of the policy recommendations found in the report:

For improving access to capital:

One policy recommendation is to Incentivize New Investments via a Federal Angel Investment Tax Credit: The Council recommends that Congress amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow for a Federal Angel Investment Tax Credit. This would constitute a credit of up to 50% of a qualified debt or equity investment which can be claimed over the first three (3) years of an investment—up to twenty-five percent (25%) in the first tax year, fifteen percent (15%) in the second tax year, and ten percent (10%) in the third tax year—with a lifetime limit of $50,000 and applicable to each firm in which an “angel” invests.

Provide a First Employee Tax Credit to Assist Small Businesses Hiring Their First Employee: The Council also supports a First Employee Tax Credit to assist small businesses, particularly those operating in service industries, to hire their first employee. The credit should equal 25% of the W-2 wages reported, which can be claimed annually, up to $10,000 in a single tax year, with a lifetime limit of $40,000. Given that many businesses do not turn a profit in the first few years of operation, the first employee tax credit should be creditable against the business’ payroll tax liability. However, there should be no earnings cap for this credit. The credit should be designed to also help individuals living in urban areas where the cost of living is higher, as well as new market entrants in the STEM fields.    

For encouraging more women in STEM-related fields:

Further    engage    HBCU’s    Conducting    R&D    in    SBIR Programming and Expand Outreach with Key Agencies: In light of SBA’s plans, NWBC urges the    agency    to    work    toward    increasing    program    participation among those conducting technological innovation research at HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). More specifically, the Council urges the agency to include the eleven (11) HBCUs, identified by the agency’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development (OED) as conducting R&D, in the SBA SBIR Road Tour, as well as develop and/or expand its outreach and coordination efforts with other federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), to name just a few.

For removing obstacles for women in rural areas:

NWBC Supports the Development of a Playbook of Rural Case Studies: The SBA and USDA should develop an online playbook of case studies on rural entrepreneurship. Universities, local chambers of commerce, non-profits, corporations, and other relevant stakeholders are uniquely positioned to contribute informative case studies and valuable success stories, which may be showcased. Additionally, empirical data and best practices could be used to inform the creation of innovative trainings and resource programs for these particularly underserved areas. Due to the vast separation from urban hubs and the inadequate access to federal resources that strengthen them, rural communities are compelled to identify the most cost-efficient, creative solutions to economic hardships.

To access the 2019 NWBC Annual Report, click here: https://www.nwbc.gov/category/annual-reports/

About the National Women’s Business Council

The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) is a non-partisan federal advisory committee created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. To learn more, please visit: http://www.NWBC.gov

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Verge Health Names Connie Moser Chief Executive Officer

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“The Board couldn’t be happier to see Connie assume the role of CEO, particularly as the business completes its second year of record revenue growth,” said Tim Scallen, board member and principal at TT Capital Partners, the control shareholder of Verge Health. “Over the past 4 years, Verge has disti


CHARLESTON, S.C. (PRWEB)

Verge Health is pleased to announce that Connie Moser has been named Chief Executive Officer of Verge Health and member of the Board of Directors. For the past four years Connie has served as Verge’s chief operating officer, playing an integral role in executing Verge’s growth strategy while working closely with former CEO Mark Crockett, who has made the decision to step down in order to spend more time with his family.

Moser brings to Verge Health a wealth of experience serving for over 30 years in the Health IT space, including executive roles at McKesson, Rise Health and Best Doctors. “As COO, Connie was able to transform the organization into a value-added partner to some of the most recognizable names in healthcare,” said Pat Leonard, chairman of Verge’s board. “Connie’s experience as an operator, coupled with her leadership abilities around product strategies, sales, and operations uniquely position her to drive the company to its next phase of growth.”

“The Board couldn’t be happier to see Connie assume the role of CEO, particularly as the business completes its second year of record revenue growth,” said Tim Scallen, board member and principal at TT Capital Partners, the control shareholder of Verge Health. “Over the past 4 years, Verge has distinguished itself as a market leader within the broader healthcare Governance, Risk, and Compliance landscape, and under Connie’s leadership, enters 2020 well positioned to continue to drive value to its nearly 900 health organization clients across the United States. Connie has the full support and backing of both the Triple Tree and Verge Health organizations to lead the company to its next phase of market leadership.”

“We are grateful for the contributions Mark made to the Verge organization, particularly given his passion and experience around patient safety given his experience as an emergency medicine physician,” Scallen continued, “and it’s a rare opportunity where we are able to have such a natural transition of leadership with someone as capable as Connie.”

“I look forward to my role as chief executive officer and wish my friend Mark the best. Verge Health is an exceptional company with a long history of outperforming the market. We continue to create innovative products that enable healthcare to protect patients and margins. And, I’m looking forward to working with an exceptional group of leaders and clients to continue to strengthen those relationships and propel growth in the years to come.” says Moser.

Connie Moser Bio

Connie Moser brings to this position more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare technology industry. Connie has distinctive leadership abilities around predictive analytics, strategic use of data, and delivering operational efficiencies with cloud-based software solutions. She also ran the credentialing business while with McKesson. She has presented on various healthcare topics at meetings sponsored by HIMSS, HFMA and NAHAM, and the HFMA Thought Leadership Conference in Washington DC.

About Verge Health

Founded in 2001, Verge Health is a Governance, Risk, and Compliance software and services company. Verge Health’s software solutions enable healthcare organizations to proactively protect and defend patients, caregivers, and frontline staff, against errors, adverse events, and policy violations. With over 900 facilities and 500,000 active users, the company’s Converge Platform provides hospital and healthcare organizations with a cross-functional, proactive surveillance tool enabling optimal quality and safety results while also leveraging integrated services offerings to enhance performance and achieve success with high reliability initiatives. https://www.vergehealth.com

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The Conference Forum Announces the Chief Medical Officer Summit, Early 2020 Keynotes and Notable Speakers

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)

The Conference Forum announced the 8th annual Chief Medical Officer Summit will take place on April 6 – 7, 2020 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge in Cambridge, MA.

The Summit’s opening Keynote is the former President and CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals, Dr Jeremy Levin. Dr Levin currently serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ovid Therapeutics and Chairman of the Board at BIO. Dr Levin will draw on his vast leadership experience in vastly different settings to help physician researchers and leaders in biotech.

In a Keynote Fireside Chat, Dr Keith M Gottesdiener, CEO, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, will share some best practices with creative FDA interactions; thoughts on leadership, culture and innovation in the changing biotech environment; and advice to CMOs in how they can best support their CEOs.

Dr Jakob Dupont, CMO of Gossamer Bio will deliver a leadership talk on his experience overseeing multiple IPOs and successful IND submissions.

Dr Akshay Vaishnaw, President of R&D at Alnylam, will deliver a Keynote Address on lessons he’s learned during his 14 years of helping grow a platform company.

Returning to the program as the Annual R&D Landscape Keynote is Ken Getz, Director of Sponsored Research, Tufts CSDD, and Founder, CISCRP. Mr Getz will present on the changing R&D landscape in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.

Milind Kamkolkar, Chief Data Officer, Cellarity and perhaps one of the most disruptive minds in R&D will deliver the Zeitgeist presentation on the challenge of evolving a drug development organization’s data and analytics culture and capabilities.

For the first time, the CMO Summit 2020 is featuring representatives from Memorial Sloan Kettering Drug Pricing Lab, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR), and Patient-Driven Values in Healthcare Evaluation (PAVE) to work through the ever increasing complex pricing and reimbursement environment.

Guided by advisors, including co-chairs Dr Zain Kassam, CMO, Finch Therapeutics, Dr Julie Krop, CMO, EVP, Clinical Development & Regulatory Affairs, AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc, and Dr Steven Zelenkofske, EVP, CMO, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, as well as Dr Beth Trehu, CMO, Jounce Therapeutics, and Dr Thomas Wessel, Independent Consultant, Berkshire Drug Development Consulting, the two-day Summit features 20+ sessions and over 35 CMO speakers.

About the Chief Medical Officer Summit

The Chief Medical Officer Summit is designed for Chief Medical Officers of emerging life science companies. The Summit addresses the challenges faced by CMOs in their multifunctional role responsible for all of R&D and many business activities. Learn more about it here.

About the Conference Forum

The Conference Forum is a life science industry research firm that develops conferences primarily around how to get therapeutics to patients faster. The company examines and challenges the complex ecosystem of drug development and delivery, bringing ideas together from a variety of sources to help advance clinical research with common goals that are patient-focused. They are committed to creating the best content, exchange of ideas and solutions among peers, as well as providing high-quality networking.

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Leading Legal Media and Marketing Executives Join Law Business Media

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“With Neil, Jennifer and Matt, who join Kimberly Fine, Managing Director of Programming with CCBJ, we have assembled the finest team in the industry to provide second-to-none programming and service tailored to the unique executive education needs of the corporate community.


DARIEN, Conn. (PRWEB)

Law Business Media (LBM), publisher of Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ), today announced that three legal media and marketing veterans will join the company’s senior executive team. Neil Signore assumes the role of Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Events; Jennifer Coniglio will serve as Vice President for Events and Special Projects; and Matthew Tortora has joined as the company’s Senior Database Director.

LBM simultaneously announced the launch of a new division, Corporate Counsel Business Institute (CCBI), which will serve as the educational arm of CCBJ. The Institute will provide smart and practical interactive programming designed to help general counsel, legal operations professionals, corporate board members and senior business executives identify and navigate the challenges they face today and foresee and prepare for the challenges they will face tomorrow.

According to Kristin Calve, CEO of Law Business Media and editor and publisher of CCBJ, the additions are a continuation of the strategic development of the company that began with the acquisition and rebranding of the former Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, which has published continuously for more than 25 years.

“Neil, Jennifer and Matthew are well-known to us through the excellent work they did at American Lawyer Media and, more recently, Today’s General Counsel,” she said. “They have unparalleled insight into the information and education needs of corporate law departments, as well as the law firms, technology companies, consultants and other providers that serve them. We are delighted to welcome them to our team.”

Neil Signore brings to CCBJ a wealth of experience in conference development, sales and management with some of the most esteemed organizations in the world, including over 10 years in senior leadership positions with American Lawyer Media (now ALM Media), Thomson Reuters, Glasser LegalWorks, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Miller Freeman and Today’s General Counsel Magazine & Institute. Neil has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Pace University. Neil can be reached at 201.560.6591 or nsignore@ccbjournal.com.

Jennifer Coniglio spent more than five years at ALM Media as Group Director of Legal Events and Director of Conference Programming before joining Today’s General Counsel as Vice President of Events. Prior to that, she served as Conference Development Manager with SourceMedia and as a Publicity Coordinator with Sony Music Entertainment, among others. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Colby College.

After seven years serving as ALM Media’s Audience Development Director, Matthew Tortora joined Today’s General Counsel as Database Director. He has also served as Director of Sales Analysis with MicroWarehouse, supporting an 850-person outbound/inbound telemarketing team, Director of Marketing for Planet Crea, an Italian toy company, and Marketing & Sales Project Director with Coldwell Banker. After studying engineering, Matt earned his B.A. in Business Administration/Economics, with a minor in Finance, from Rutgers University.

This influx of smart, experienced, creative talent will help propel us to the next level as we continue to focus on our mission of advancing the interests our in-house customers and the many outside providers who serve corporate law departments worldwide, said Kristin Calve.

“Our events, which range from intimate, bespoke colloquia for some of the world’s most prestigious global law firms to webcasts and live events with leading general counsel and legal ops professionals to our very popular Women in Business and Law series, are the perfect complement to Corporate Counsel Business Journal and our legal ops and in-house tech newsletters,” Ms. Calve said. “With Neil, Jennifer and Matt, who join Kimberly Fine, former Managing Director with ALM Media and now Managing Director of Programming with CCBJ, we have assembled the finest team in the industry to provide second-to-none programming and service tailored to the unique executive education needs of the corporate community.”    

About Law Business Media

Law Business Media, publisher of Corporate Counsel Business Journal, is a leading provider of information and insight focused on the corporate legal ecosystem. Through an array of high-quality digital and print publications, live conferences, interactive colloquia, webcasts, bespoke roundtables, and other products and services, LBM continues to focus on understanding and meeting the information and analytics needs of chief legal officers, general counsel and senior legal executives, operations professionals at corporate law departments, corporate executives and board members, and the many elite law firms, technology companies, law companies, academics, consultants and other individuals and organizations whose mission is to help corporate counsel continuously improve the vital services they provide to their organizations.

About Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Corporate Counsel Business Journal was founded more than 25 years ago as Metropolitan Corporate Counsel by Al Driver, the esteemed longtime General Counsel of JC Penney. Al, with his wife Martha Driver, a senior finance executive with TIAA-CREF, developed, launched and operated MCC for 20 years following their retirements from their very successful corporate careers. Law Business Media acquired MCC in 2014 and rebranded as Corporate Counsel Business Journal in 2018.

About Kristin and Joe Calve

Kristin and Joe Calve are the co-founders of Law Business Media. Kristin, a serial entrepreneur with experience in startups, M&A, joint ventures and new product development, serves as publisher and editor of LBM’s flagship publication, Corporate Counsel Business Journal. A former publisher with ALM Media and business analyst with A&E Television Networks, she is the founder of Topstone Angels, a private investment group, and the former VP, Revenue, for LiftMetrix, a SaaS platform designed to enable brand marketers to maximize ROI across social media channels. (LiftMetrix was acquired by Hootsuite in 2017.) Kristin has an B.A. in English from Fordham University and an MBA in Finance & Marketing from Fordham Gabelli School of Business. Joe, a former practicing lawyer on Wall Street, has served as Chief Marketing & Business Development for four Am Law 50 law firms. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at ALM Media as an editor, publisher, director of business development and vice president. Joe, along with his J.D. from Western New England College School of Law, has a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master’s Degree in Literature from New York University.