NFI is thrilled to welcome Richard Jung to the family and we look forward to expanding our drayage service offerings to round out our end-to-end suite of supply chain solutions.

CAMDEN, N.J. (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

NFI, a leading supply chain solutions provider, recently welcomed Richard Jung to the company as Vice President of Sales. With over 30 years of international transportation experience in the ocean carrier and logistics service provider arena, Jung will provide sales leadership to promote and grow the company’s drayage portfolio.

NFI continues to expand its port drayage and transloading solutions, most recently acquiring G&P Trucking Company in 2019 and California Cartage Company in 2017 to enhance its drayage presence throughout major ports, rail terminals, and logistics hubs. Integrated with a full suite of solutions that includes transloading, consolidation, deconsolidation, and customs exams, Jung’s extensive experience and expertise will help grow NFI’s port drayage portfolio.

“NFI is thrilled to welcome Richard Jung to the family and we look forward to expanding our drayage service offerings to round out our end-to-end suite of supply chain solutions,” said Bill Mahoney, Senior Vice President of Sales at NFI. “Richard will be a valuable asset to NFI as we continue to grow, particularly in today’s complex port environment.”

Prior to joining NFI, Jung has held senior management positions at Crane Worldwide and Mitsui OSK Line. Jung has also worked for Maersk Lines in various sales management roles for over 13 years, in addition to working at Evergreen Line for a six-year span at the beginning of his career. Richard received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern Illinois University in Business Administration, and has participated in executive training in supply chain at Ohio State University.

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About NFI — NFI is a fully integrated North American supply chain solutions provider headquartered in Camden, N.J. Privately held by the Brown family since its inception in 1932, NFI generates more than $2 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 12,600 associates. NFI owns facilities globally and operates approximately 50 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space. Its dedicated fleet consists of over 3,000 tractors and 12,500 trailers operated by 2,700 company drivers and leveraging partnerships with 400 owner operators. NFI has a significant drayage presence at nearly every major U.S. port, leveraging the services of an additional 1,500 owner operators. The company’s business lines include dedicated transportation, distribution, brokerage, transportation management, port drayage, intermodal, global logistics, and real estate. For more information about NFI, visit http://www.nfiindustries.com or call 1-877-NFI-3777.

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Wochele work collaboratively with Alera Group’s sales teams in order to help more businesses and individuals manage their risks in employee benefits, property & casualty, wealth management and retirement services.

DEERFIELD, Ill. (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

Alera Group is excited to announce that Jim Wochele has recently been appointed as its national Vice President of Sales Development, effective June 29, 2020. Wochele will oversee sales training & development, strategy and execution across the United States.

Wochele is an accomplished consultant, sales manager and keynote speaker who has provided proven activity-based and process-driven selling strategies to agencies and brokers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining Alera Group, Wochele spent nine years at MarshBerry, moving from Sales Management Consultant to Vice President of Consulting.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome Jim Wochele to the Alera Group team, and we look forward to all the great work he will be doing leading our sales team,” said Jim Blue, President of Alera Group. “Jim’s leadership skills and sales expertise will make a powerful impact on Alera Group firms across the country.”

“As Vice President of Sales Development at Alera Group, I look forward to strengthening our organic growth efforts throughout the country,” said Jim Wochele. “Alera Group has an amazing brand already, and I will work collaboratively with our sales teams to get that message out to future clients so we can help more businesses and individuals manage their risks in employee benefits, property & casualty, wealth management and retirement services.”

Wochele will be based out of Cleveland, Ohio. He joins Alera Group as the latest member of an industry-leading team of professionals across the United States.

About Alera Group

With over 80 locations across the country and nearly 2,000 teammates, Alera Group works together to deliver solutions in employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management. Built on a unique model of collaboration, Alera Group is now the 17th largest independent insurance agency in the United States. For more information about Alera Group, visit http://www.aleragroup.com.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

Gilbane Building Company is pleased to announce that Aaron Bishop has joined the Rhode Island business unit as a business development manager.

Aaron brings over seven years of industry experience and engagement within Rhode Island, most recently serving as a commercial real estate broker and corporate advisor for CRESA in Providence. In his new role, Aaron will work to strategically enhance Gilbane’s presence within all major markets by expanding upon existing relationships, as well lead business development strategies throughout the state, including advocating for K-12 school districts to develop state-of-the-art education construction programs for the future.

Aaron is actively involved in economic development and community initiatives that include memberships to the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and RI Executive Roundtable. As a lifelong Rhode Islander and father of two, he remains committed to his community as a coach of youth athletics and actively volunteers his time to numerous charitable organizations throughout that state, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Aaron holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and conservation biology from the University of Rhode Island.

“We are very excited to have Aaron join our team,” said Senior Vice President and Division Leader Steve Duvel. “His reputation, knowledge, and relationships from his years in the industry and community will be a tremendous asset to our efforts as we continue to work to develop Gilbane’s business strategy and our people.”

About Gilbane Building Company

Gilbane provides a full slate of construction and facilities-related services – from pre-construction planning and integrated consulting capabilities to comprehensive construction management, close-out and facility management services – for clients across various markets. Founded in 1870 and still a privately held, family-owned company, Gilbane has more than 50 office locations around the world.

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It’s been an absolute honor and an undeniably historic feat for a company of our size to help this many small businesses—most of whom were unable to apply elsewhere–in such a short period of time…

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

Kabbage, Inc., a data and technology company providing small business cash-flow solutions, approved a landmark number of applications in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), demonstrating the true power, scale and reach of its technology platform. Over the three-month period of the program, Kabbage approved over 209,000 small businesses for $5.8 billion, making it the third-largest PPP lender in the country by application volume. The result is the single-largest PPP lending accomplishment by a FinTech company, outperforming some of America’s largest banks to ensure the country’s smallest businesses received relief.

“It’s been an absolute honor and an undeniably historic feat for a company of our size to help this many small businesses—most of whom were unable to apply elsewhere—in such a short period of time,” said Kabbage CEO Rob Frohwein. “The PPP validated the criticality of FinTech. Most of the small businesses we reached would have been ignored had this crisis taken place just 10 years ago. These businesses can only be served in mass by an automated platform that places need in front of privilege and levels the playing field that has too long been unequal in our financial system. Millions of small businesses will now turn to FinTech solutions before traditional banks when seeking even the most basic financial services.”

Prior to the PPP, Kabbage had never processed a loan for the SBA. In less than two weeks, Kabbage entirely restructured its lending platform and developed new automated systems to ingest, analyze, verify, and approve PPP applications. Its long-term investments in technology and data analysis were the differentiation that allowed it to become a top-three lender in the largest program in the Administration’s history. Kabbage accepted applications from any business of eligible size, industry, and structure, and reached companies in all corners of the nation, which was critical to successfully fulfilling Congress’s intent of making relief funding available to those who need it most.

To date, Kabbage has provided over $1.9 billion to businesses in low and moderate-income (LMI) areas, representing 255,000 jobs restored in traditionally underserved communities. In total, Kabbage helped maintain an estimated 782,000 jobs for small businesses.

Kabbage’s results in the program include:

●    97% of all SBA-approved applicants were new customers to Kabbage.

●    93% of all applicants had 10 or fewer employees; 62% had one employee, and 58% were self-employed.

●    Kabbage’s total average loan size was $28,100 and 50% of all loans were under $13,500.

●    Over 75% of all applications were processed without human intervention or manual review.

●    The median time from applying to approval was 4 hours.

●    Kabbage served businesses in over 1,000 different industries.

●    $150 million was delivered to America’s farmers, restoring an estimated 27,000 jobs.

●    Kabbage processed PPP loan applications on behalf of 135 community banks, 80% of which served small businesses in non-urban regions.

In the last week of the program, Kabbage saw a surge of demand, approving over 46,000 applications for $1.1 billion. There continues to be an appetite to apply among small businesses as more than 25 million have yet to receive funding. Kabbage will continue processing PPP applications if Congress approves the 5-week extension.

Kabbage issued PPP loans as an SBA-authorized lender and in partnership with Customers Bancorp (Pa.) and Cross River Bank (N.J.) to serve small businesses in all 50 U.S. states and territories. Of the loans processed, 55 percent were directly funded through Kabbage, with 23 percent funded through Customers Bancorp, and 22 percent funded through Cross River Bank. A complete report of Kabbage’s PPP results is available here.

About Kabbage

Kabbage, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is a data and technology company providing

small business cash flow solutions. Its suite of products includes Kabbage PaymentsTM, helping small businesses get paid and access the money they earn faster; and Kabbage InsightsTM, calculating small businesses’ real-time cash flow. In response to COVID-19, the company launched http://www.helpsmallbusiness.com to help small businesses generate more revenue by selling online gift certificates. Kabbage is funded and backed by leading investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, BlueRun Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and others. Kabbage Payments, LLC, a subsidiary of Kabbage, Inc., is a registered Payment Service Provider/Payment Facilitator sponsored by Fifth ThirdBank, N.A., Cincinnati, OH. For more information, please visit http://www.kabbage.com.

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Beverly Jennings, Founder & CEO, SEE Company

SEE Company enables diversity-forward and inclusion-focused enterprises to achieve significant growth. Our vision is to ‘see everyone elevate.’

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

Beverly Jennings, former Head of Global Supplier Diversity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson, has launched SEE Company to enable diversity-forward and inclusion-focused enterprises to achieve significant growth.

As Founder and CEO, Jennings brings her C-level business knowledge, values-driven leadership and supplier diversity expertise to corporations and business owners, preparing them to succeed in an ever-changing environment.

With her signature approach and energy, Jennings is leading SEE Company with her vision to “see everyone elevate.” As a trusted advisor and certified business coach, she offers strategies and guidance for executives to deliver measurable success. Her three decades of experience span customer service, process excellence, end-to-end supply chain management and business development.

Jennings also extends her knowledge to Boards of growth-oriented organizations. She is Vice Chair and Executive Committee member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable (BDR), a non-profit of companies spending $1 billion or more annually with diverse suppliers, which J&J joined as the first healthcare company. She co-chairs the BDR Global Committee and leads the BDR Triad, which connects corporations, diverse businesses and investors for growth.

She is a member of the Board of Directors for Turtle & Hughes, one of the largest independent electrical and industrial distributors in the nation, and serves on the Board of Rose International, one of the leading minority- and woman-owned providers of workforce and technology solutions.

Her previous role at J&J was Vice President, Worldwide Process Excellence, Consumer Group. Earlier, she was Director of Manufacturing at Vistakon, now Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, with responsibility for 1,200 employees. Prior to that she served in a variety of Director positions including Quality, Customer Service and Distribution. For eight years, she co-chaired the African American Leadership Council National Employee Resource Group with 35 chapters and 1,500 members. In addition to healthcare, Jennings’ management experience encompasses the retail and food industries.

Jennings previously served as a board member to the Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance, the Women Presidents’ Education Organization (WPEO), Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), Community First Credit Union and the Girl Scouts of Gateway Council.

She has been recognized as a champion, sponsor, mentor and advocate for business and community. These include J&J’s Top 25 People of the Year, the Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance (DMSCA) Legacy Award, the WBE Hall of Fame and a Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneur (LWE) in New Jersey. She also received the WBENC Applause Award, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Masked Award, and was a Gateway Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction.

Jennings holds an MBA in Industrial Management from the University of Dallas; she is a Certified Master Business Coach from Fowler School of Business, and she earned a BS degree in Management from the University of West Florida.

For more information, visit http://seecompany.co

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Betsy Pimentel, Stellar Solutions

Betsy Pimentel has provided Stellar Solutions with invaluable technical expertise in defense policy, program management and in-depth knowledge of customer and contractor relations. — Celeste Ford, Stellar Solutions’ Founder and Board Chair

PALO ALTO, Calif. (PRWEB)
July 01, 2020

Silicon Valley aerospace company Stellar Solutions has announced that longtime Vice President for Defense Programs Betsy Pimentel will transition to a consulting role for the company effective July 1. Pimentel, who was part of the first U.S. Air Force Academy class of women in 1976, has amassed forty years of proven experience in all aspects of space systems planning, acquisition and operations as well as systems engineering and defense program management.

“Betsy has provided Stellar Solutions with invaluable technical expertise in defense policy, program management and in-depth knowledge of customer and contractor relations. We are incredibly grateful for Betsy’s illustrious leadership and presence over the past 17 years,” said Celeste Ford, Stellar Solutions’ Founder and Board Chair.

Succeeding Betsy Pimentel is Janet Grondin, who joined Stellar Solutions as Director of Emerging Space Capabilities in 2018 after supporting Northrop Grumman Corporation as Director for Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Exploitation Systems as well as Operations Director for MILSATCOM and National Program ground systems. Before that, Grondin served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force in numerous leadership, project management and technical roles, developing significant expertise in command, acquisition, program management, and systems engineering for space and ground systems. These positions included Chief of the Range and Network Division that oversaw the Eastern and Western Ranges; Air Force Satellite Control Network and Standard Space Trainer; Program Manager for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Operational Control Segment; Program Element Monitor for Space Situational Awareness and Special Access; and a Director of Engineering supporting the National Reconnaissance Office.

As VP for Defense Programs, Grondin will assume leadership and oversight of Stellar Solutions’ robust technology, management, and expert solutions for Department of Defense customers related to space and missile systems for national protection and security. These efforts include space superiority, launch enterprise integration, and web services development programs; major programs like GPS and the Space-Based Infrared System; and related capabilities that serve the Air Force in missile warning, weather, precision navigation and timing, and communications. Stellar Solutions has established an exemplary breadth of engagement to ensure continuity of operations across the globe in the event of a threat. The company, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020, is recognizing and leveraging this legacy of success resulting from the decades of commitment by dedicated leaders like Betsy Pimentel, while positioning its team and capabilities for the next 25 years of satisfying customers’ critical needs.

Chief Executive Officer Michael Lencioni remarked, “We are also pleased to further Stellar’s rich history as a woman-owned company by maintaining our comparatively high percentage of women in top leadership positions. There are five points of the Stellar ‘star’: intelligence, defense, civil, commercial, and international. As of today, Stellar’s eight technical Vice Presidents include three women—in addition to Janet, we have Melissa Ferrell as VP for Commercial Programs and Amy Chaput as VP for Civil Programs. Women are responsible for a majority of these key technical lines of business, in addition to Celeste Ford and Betsy Pimentel remaining in vital executive positions—yet another example of our company ‘Leading the Way’.”

Stellar Solutions: Delivering High-impact Performance on Earth and in Space

Founded in 1995 by Celeste Ford with the vision to satisfy critical customer needs while realizing employee dream jobs, Stellar Solutions is a small business that delivers high-impact engineering expertise to government and industry customers across a range of professional and technical disciplines. Named one of the best small and medium workplaces in the U.S. by Fortune Magazine and Great Place to Work® since 2014, Stellar Solutions recently received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor in performance excellence and sustainability.

Serving the intelligence, defense, civil, and commercial sectors, Stellar Solutions provides rapid-response capabilities related to global surveillance and cyber-security, space exploration, risk management, and technology optimization. These solutions to clients’ critical needs involve satellites in space, sensors on Earth, and intricate technology connections across multiple frontiers. This agile business has forged a competitive advantage by crossing boundaries among vital programs and applying the expertise of its entire seasoned workforce to technical challenges. We offer global reach through international sister companies and programs in the UK and continental Europe, and social responsibility with our foundation and QuakeFinder humanitarian research and development effort.

For more information, visit http://www.stellarsolutions.com.

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