DALLAS (PRWEB)
November 05, 2019

SEOblog.com, a website providing the latest SEO news, tips and resources and helping business owners connect with leading SEO agencies, has released its exclusive 2019 ratings naming the best SEO companies in Seattle and Portland.

SEOblog.com ranked SEO service providers in both Pacific Northwest cities. SEOblog analysts determined the 10 best SEO companies in Seattle and Portland based on dozens of key quantitative and qualitative factors. SEOblog industry experts examined each digital marketing agency’s website, industry experience, market presence, client list, portfolio, expert certifications and authorship among other factors in its ranking system.

SEOblog has provided an in-depth view of companies in a particular city or focus area on various directory pages to help business owners find the expert help they need to grow. This was a new, free offering added by SEOblog earlier this year.

Seattle has several of the nation’s top SEO agencies that provide a very competitive digital marketing landscape.

“SEO in Seattle is unique in a couple of ways: We have a wide variety of tech firms and old economy businesses that need SEO and digital marketing,” said Kyle Alm, founder of Seattle-based SEO Bandwagon. “Seattle’s geography poses some unique challenges, including two major bodies of water, ferry schedules, bridge closures and other traffic congestion, but understanding that behavior and how to target and reach customers at home, at work, during the commute, etc., is all part of marketing to the modern consumer.”

SEOblog.com rankings are updated regularly as the market shifts and new players emerge. SEOblog.com has published more than 1,500 agency listings with more added every day. There is no fee to participate, and the website welcomes all qualified agencies to apply.

“Seattle is an incubator for modern tech and search engine optimization, thanks to industry leaders such as MOZ,” said Kyle Willis, founder of Seattle-based N2Q Consulting. “With a majority of local businesses familiar with SEO, agencies need to be able to reveal the wizard behind the curtain that so often masks what SEO really does and be able to deliver tangible results that last.”

SEOblog leaders’ lists below recognize the best SEO companies in Washington and the best SEO companies in Oregon:

SEOblog.com’s 10 Best SEO Companies in Seattle in 2019:

Steelsmith Haus, SEO Bandwagon, Bizango, Hero Creative, N2Q Consulting, Add3, All Seattle Web Design, coolblueweb, iLocal and Maintaingo.

Link: https://www.seoblog.com/best-seo-companies/seattle/

SEOblog.com’s 10 Best SEO Companies in Portland in 2019:

Anvil Media, Fish Marketing, Decoder, EMERGE, Obility, Intuitive Digital, Mad Fish Digital, Sq1, Webfu and Delmain.

Link: https://www.seoblog.com/best-seo-companies/portland/

About SEOblog.com

SEOblog.com is a leading thought leadership site with a rich history of publishing educational and informative articles about SEO and digital marketing topics. In early 2019, SEOblog.com answered the call from buyers of digital marketing services that lacked unbiased, informative online resources and launched a comprehensive directory to highlight the best SEO companies in the United States. SEOblog’s mission is to connect businesses with qualified digital marketing agencies while also offering further SEO education, best practices and industry trends.

SEOblog.com is a one-stop shop for educational SEO and digital marketing content, research, ratings and reviews for the best agencies in each local market across the United States. The website will be increasing its coverage of agencies in North America and accepting more guest posts in the coming months. Contact SEOblog if interested in getting involved.

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LEXINGTON, Mass. (PRWEB)
November 04, 2019

The 11th annual Women’s Alternative Investment Summit will take place November 13-14, 2019 at its new venue, The Plaza in New York City. Conference producer Falk Marques Group anticipates the Summit will attract more than 450 senior-level women from the world’s leading institutional investors, private equity and venture capital firms, and other alternative investment fields such as real estate, credit, hedge funds, infrastructure, and real assets.

“Our New York Summit continues to be the premier place for women across the broad spectrum of private equity, venture capital, and other alternative investments to connect with peers and colleagues on topics of critical importance to fund managers and allocators,” commented Beth Falk, Summit founder and president of Falk Marques Group. “We’ve brought together an inspirational and accomplished group of more than 100 speakers – including experts on the economy and foreign affairs, and leaders in private markets investing – to discuss top-of-mind issues such as successfully navigating geopolitical risk, new approaches to generate returns, and what lies ahead for investors in 2020.”

The Summit features a full schedule of keynote plenary sessions, moderated workshops and panel discussions, facilitated roundtable conversations, and networking opportunities. Included among the presenters are powerhouse Limited Partners and General Partners including: Carla Brewer, Trustee, Dallas Employees’ Retirement Fund; Anne Dinneen, CIO, Hamilton College; Suzanne Brenner, CIO, Brown Brothers Harriman; Jenny Chan, CIO, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Pam Chan, CIO, BlackRock Alternative Solutions; Jane Dietze, CIO, Brown University Investment Office; Elizabeth Hewitt, CIO, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Julia Butler, KKR; Lydia Jett, SoftBank Vision Fund; Suzanne Kriscunas, The Riverside Company; Kathy Rosa, JP Morgan Chase & Co.; Maria Boyazny, MB Global Partners; Alifia Doriwala, RockCreek; Sam Rosenstock, Man FRM; Geetanjali Gupta, CIO, The New York Public Library; and others.

The 11th annual Summit is supported by: Lead Sponsors, Kirkland & Ellis and KPMG; Gold Sponsors, BlackRock, Coller Capital, KKR, and Wellington Management; Silver Sponsor, Walkers; and Specialty Sponsors, Grasshopper Bank and United Healthcare.

For a complete list of sponsors, exhibitors, partners, and supporters, visit the Summit website at http://www.womensalternativeinvestmentsummit.com. For more information about the conference, visit the conference website or call +1.781.652.0900.

About Falk Marques Group

Falk Marques Group LLC develops and produces professional conferences, insightful industry news and event content, and unmatched networking opportunities for an international audience of senior-level decision makers in private equity, venture capital, and other alternative investments.

The highly acclaimed Women’s Private Equity Summit and Women’s Alternative Investment Summit are the cornerstones of the firm’s success. These annual industry events attract more than 700 and 450 attendees, respectively, bringing together institutional investors, fund managers, and advisors to the industry for an honest exchange of business ideas and information, invaluable networking, and unrivaled dealmaking.

In September 2019, Falk Marques Group launched a new conference, Women’s Leadership Unbound Summit, a two-day interactive Summit for up to 200 GPs, LPs, and industry advisors that already play a key role within their firm and are ready to break through to the next level of power. The firm also publishes a weekly e-newsletter, Women’s PE Briefs, which showcases the achievements of women in private equity and venture capital. For more information, visit the Falk Marques Group website.

Note to media: The Women’s Alternative Investment Summit is closed to the press. We would be pleased to facilitate interviews with Summit speakers or organizers before or after the conference. Contact Stephanie Schwartz at Stephanie.Schwartz@FalkMarquesGroup.com or +1.781.652.0900, to make arrangements or with questions regarding the Summit.

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TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB)
November 04, 2019

MGT Consulting Group (MGT), a national leader in public sector management consulting and technology services, announced today that Carla Luke, an accomplished C-level finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) leader, has joined MGT as Chief Financial Officer. She will lead the execution of the company’s financial operations and inorganic growth strategy. Luke brings more than 25 years of experience in public and private equity-backed companies pursuing growth and market leadership.

“As an employee-owned enterprise dedicated to serving public sector leaders with transformational solutions, MGT’s daily quest is to power the work of the public professional to advance the lives of the citizens we serve. By expanding our team and capabilities, we continue to elevate the solutions we offer our clients, enabling us to enhance the social impact our state, local and education (SLED) management consulting and technology services provide. Acquiring talent-rich organizations that align with our culture, client-focus, and market strategy is a key priority and Carla is an expert in creating the financial and transactional conditions that foster and sustain strategic growth,” says MGT CEO and Chairman, Trey Traviesa.

Leveraging a stellar 45-year track record serving thousands of public sector agencies and communities, MGT has experienced tremendous growth and transformation since a strategic restructuring in 2016. This year, the company grew its Cyber Security Solutions practice by 450%, acquired Chicago-based municipal solutions leader Fiscal Choice Consulting, and extended its leadership position in education transformation and turnaround. MGT also expanded national technology partnerships and grew its workforce by 30%. As MGT’s clients seek uniquely qualified partners to address their most strategic challenges and opportunities, Luke’s deep expertise and SaaS experience will support the development and execution of MGT’s market leadership strategy.

Before joining MGT, Luke worked at Vector Solutions as Chief Financial Officer. Vector is a $100 million private equity-owned provider of online education, safety, compliance, and performance-optimization solutions for the commercial, education and public sectors. There, she drove double digit growth in revenue and EBITDA (both organic and inorganic) while implementing critical infrastructure for scalable growth.

Prior to Vector Solutions, Luke served as the CFO at Greenway Health, a $400 million, private equity-owned provider of technology enabled software and services to the physician ambulatory market. There, she drove significant improvement in EBITDA margins, successfully refinanced a syndicated debt facility, and implemented new cloud-based systems to drive efficiency and improve performance.

Prior to her nearly 14 years with Greenway Health, Luke worked in financial leadership roles at Comdial Corporation, Vicorp, and Danka Business Systems after starting her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She graduated from Arizona State University Honors College with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

About MGT Consulting

MGT is a national public sector management consulting and technology services firm that delivers diverse consulting services to a wide range of state, local and education clients across the U.S. and abroad. Leveraging a 45-yer track record and reputation, our industry subject matter experts partner with thousands of public agencies to provide trusted solutions that improve government performance and help communities thrive. Visit us at http://www.mgtconsulting.com or find us on social media.

Media Contact

Tiffanie Reynolds

MGT Media Relations

(813) 480-9749 (c) treynolds@mgtconsulting.com

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CHICAGO (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

Chicago United will honor Oscar Munoz, CEO of United Airlines at its annual Bridge Awards Dinner at the Hilton Chicago on Nov. 7. Munoz will receive the Bridge Award, which recognizes a corporate chief executive officer who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in achieving diversity and inclusion, especially at the board level. The selection process includes a rigorous review of publicly available data by prominent executives who are highly respected members of the Chicago business community

Chicago United also will officially introduce top executives selected to appear in the organization’s 2019 Business Leaders of Color publication to the anticipated nearly 1,000 attendees. The biennial publication profiles 50 remarkable, diverse business professionals who are ready to step onto corporate boards. Chosen from a highly competitive field of 182 nominees, the individuals selected for the publication demonstrate a broad range of professional experiences and proven track records of success in numerous industries.

For 15 years, the Bridge Awards dinner has elevated the visibility of corporate leaders committed to inclusion. The event will exemplify Chicago United’s 2019 theme, Leading Boldly, by connecting attendees with Chicago’s most influential business executives and civic leaders who share the value of advancing inclusion and are leading the charge in their organizations and communities.

The dinner is presented by Greeley and Hansen, a global leader in developing innovative engineering solutions for a broad scope of water challenges. The firm collaborates with clients in the water sector to develop sustainable water resources programs to create better urban environments that improve the quality of life in communities worldwide.

“Through our Bridge Awards recognition, Chicago United proudly salutes corporate CEOs who have implemented effective measures to ensure diversity on their boards of directors and in their executive ranks,” said Gloria Castillo, president and CEO of Chicago United. “Oscar Munoz is an exemplary example of that kind of corporate leadership and vision, and we are so proud to have him as our honoree.”

Castillo added, “Since its first release in 2003, the Business Leaders of Color publication has served as a resource to increase inclusion of diverse candidates on the boards of Fortune 1,000 corporations. Between 2003 and 2019, the publication has featured 420 individuals who dispel the myth that there are not enough qualified, dynamic, visionary and talented executives of color to step into corporate board directorships in Chicago and beyond. Executives featured in the publications over the years have been elected to more than 300 directorships.”

To reserve tickets or tables for the Bridge Awards, contact Gail Arrigo, Chicago United Director of Operations, at 312-977-3066 or garrigo@chicago-united.org.To download the 2019 Business Leaders of Color publication, go to http://www.chicago-united.org.

About Chicago United

Chicago United is a corporate membership and advocacy organization whose mission is to achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, executive level management, and business diversity. Founded in 1968, the organization is focused on transforming the Chicago region into the most inclusive business ecosystem in the nation by engaging the top publicly and privately held corporations in leading talent management and inclusive diversity practices. Chicago United’s signature programs include its Business Leaders of Color publication, which showcases a diverse pool of corporate director candidates, the Five Forward Initiative™, designed to invigorate job creation in communities of color by increasing the scale of large Minority Business Enterprises in the Chicago region, Inside Inclusion featuring the Corporate Diversity Profile, and the Corporate Inclusion Institute, the first-ever citywide business talent development program. http://www.chicago-united.org

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

ZVerse Inc., developer of the only CAD as a Service (CADaaS) platform for digital manufacturing, is partnering with 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD), a provider of parts manufacturing services. The strategic alignment will provide 3D Systems’ customers with access to ZVerse’s network of certified designers who can lend their expertise to optimize file formats – facilitating desired final parts. These services include everything from design modifications to revising file formats to ensure the final part matches the customer’s requirements.

“The customer is at the center of everything we do,” said Thomas Donahue, vice president of global sales for 3D Systems On Demand. “The combination of ZVerse’s expertise and 3D Systems’ design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) processes will allow us to provide advanced design capabilities to our customers. This partnership enables a seamless customer experience, helping them achieve the final part they need, as efficiently as possible.”

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  Users will gain process-specific guidance throughout their manufacturing project’s design phase with file optimization for their specific manufacturing needs and pre-production quality checks.
• Because the ZVerse technology and designer network can handle high volumes of projects, it also offers increased speed of service for 3D Systems’ On Demand customers.

The news reflects the evolving needs of the fast-growing additive manufacturing industry, which anticipates growth to $35.6 billion by 2024 according to the Wohlers Report 2019.

“We’re excited to grow our relationship with 3D Systems as they leverage our CAD as a Service platform to improve customer experiences,” said ZVerse founder and CEO John Carrington. “The desired and proven outcome is providing the fastest path from idea to finished product at the scale required for on-demand manufacturing customers, particularly those who may not have 3D printable files or ready access to a design team to create them.”

The partnership will enable even more innovators, creators and manufacturers to use integrated design and manufacturing solutions within the 3D Systems On Demand services. To start a new order with ZVerse and 3D Systems, log in to your 3D Systems On Demand portal or visit us at https://3ds.layr.co.

About ZVerse

ZVerse bridges the design gap for digital manufacturers at scale through our AI-enabled CAD as a Service (CADaaS) platform and certified designer network. Our modular solution of services, fully configurable to specific customer needs, aims to disrupt the traditional manufacturing landscape with vast efficiency by providing the fastest path from idea to finished product. To learn more, visit http://www.zverse.com, connect on LinkedIn or email info@zverse.com.

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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB)
October 30, 2019

Traliant, an innovator in sexual harassment training for the modern workforce, today announced the appointment of Jeff Weinstein as Chief Growth Officer. In this newly created position, Weinstein will lead the company’s initiatives to expand its technology and business partnerships and international presence.

“Jeff’s entrepreneurial mindset and experience in accelerating startup growth is a great fit for Traliant,” said Mike Pallatta, Traliant CEO and Co-Founder. “He will be key to our growth strategy into new markets and partnerships around the world.”

Prior to joining Traliant, Weinstein held senior executive positions at several technology companies in the Greater New York City area. He served as president and CEO of RightAnswers, an enterprise knowledge management provider, where he established the company’s market leadership position and its successful acquisition by Upland Software. He also served as CEO for Valiant Solutions, a human capital management SaaS firm, focused on the hospitality and security market.

“I’m delighted to take on the role of chief growth officer and help guide Traliant through the next phase of growth as it transforms the online compliance training industry,” said Weinstein.

Weinstein is active with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the TechLaunch incubator. He is also an adjunct professor at Monmouth University’s School of Business, where he teaches strategic management and entrepreneurship. Weinstein earned his MBA from Monmouth University.

About Traliant

Traliant was founded by industry veterans from some of the world’s most successful compliance training companies to meet the challenge of transforming compliance training from boring to brilliant. Backed by Martinson Ventures, Traliant delivers award-winning, bite-sized compliance training on an eLearning platform that enables fast and easy customization. Courses are available on numerous workplace topics including Preventing Discrimination and Harassment, Diversity Training and Sensitivity Training. For more information, visit: http://www.traliant.com.

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