Embree L. Robinson

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

TRC is saddened to announce the passing of Embree Robinson, co-founder and current TRC Chairman of the Board. In 1980, Embree was one of the original founders of TRC Staffing along with friend and business partner Roy Cannon. As a pillar in the Staffing community, both locally and nationally, Embree helped build TRC on principles and values that reflect the highest level of service to candidate and client alike. TRC became one of the fastest-growing temporary staffing companies in the US, helping Embree earn Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1987.

Through his leadership, acute knowledge of the marketplace, and ability to embrace change, Embree built an organization that has remained profitable each of its 40 years, even in tough market conditions. In January of 2009, he stepped out of the day-to-day operations of the company, handing over that responsibility to his son Brian Robinson as President and CEO. Throughout these last 11 years, Embree still remained on as Chairman of the Board of Directors and continued to serve as a close advisor.

Although he is no longer with us, Embree’s legacy will forever remain in both the organization and the lives of so many people that he mentored and invested in throughout the years. He is survived by Karen, his wife of 50 years, their children Christina and Brian, and grandchildren Tyler, Katie, and Emma.

To learn more about the life and legacy of Embree Robinson, please click here.

About TRC Staffing Services, Inc.

TRC Staffing Services, Inc. is a full-service workforce solutions provider with 40 years of industry experience. Established in 1980, TRC is one of the largest privately-held staffing firms in the country. Like his father, President and CEO Brian Robinson remains focused on the idea that the marketplace continues to need a business built on principles and values, committed to providing the highest level of service in the industry. TRC has 38 locations in 12 states, providing traditional staffing services, professional and technical staffing, and management services to some of the country’s leading companies. For more information, visit http://www.trcstaffing.com.

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Welch

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

The Executive Council of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), the leading public sector human resource organization in the world, selected Cara Woodson Welch, Esq., to serve as the Association’s new executive director.

In announcing the appointment, 2020 IPMA-HR President Cheryl Cepelak said, “We are thrilled to welcome Cara to our organization. Cara will be joining the organization at a pivotal time in our country’s economic history, including unprecedented challenges to the public sector. With her broad and deep association and nonprofit executive management experience, she is the thought leader and organizational strategist that IPMA-HR needs to flourish and grow.”

Welch is a member of the DC Bar, and she joins IPMA-HR with nearly 30 years of experience in association management and leadership. Most recently, Welch was general counsel for WorldatWork, a total rewards HR membership association. She was also vice president for external affairs and practice leadership at WorldatWork.

Welch’s other association service includes being general counsel and vice president of advocacy at the Design-Build Institute of America, and the director of government affairs and legal counsel for the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Welch also comes to IPMA-HR with public sector experience. Early in her career, she completed a fellowship with the human resources division of the Social Security Administration. Many of her former positions involved handling regulatory issues, state and local government affairs, and legislative affairs.

Welch holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and she earned a B.A. in international studies and French with a minor in political science from Macalester College.

“I am honored to join such a distinguished organization.” Welch said. “I believe that IPMA-HR has a vital role to play as the premier organization for public sector human resource professionals, and I look forward to leading IPMA-HR into the future.”

Welch succeeds Neil Reichenberg, who is retiring from the organization. “Neil has provided excellent leadership of IPMA-HR for over 24 years,” Cepelak said. “We can’t thank him enough for laying the foundation for this change.”

About IPMA-HR

The International Public Management Association for Human Resources is the leading public sector human resource organization in the world. We represent the interests of human resource professionals at all levels and strive to promote excellence in HR management. Since 1906, IPMA-HR has been a resource for comprehensive and timely HR industry news, jobs, policies, resources, education, professional development opportunities and tools for assessing job applicants and candidates for promotion. Email: ipma@ipma-hr.org

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“Our People Drive Tech program was personally curated to ensure that candidates are prepared for the digital transformation companies are leading,” – Cathy Light, CEO of Liderança Group

PALO ALTO, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 07, 2020

With the global skills gap expecting to cost $8.5 trillion dollars, job seekers face the need to become more marketable with an influx of workers projected after COVID passes and one global firm wants to add clarity to individuals wondering their next move.

Liderança Group, a business and workforce acceleration firm witnessed first-hand the need for workers to demonstrate adaptability and created a first-of-its-kind program for individuals seeking to develop and showcase their skills in I.T., one of the highest-growing sectors of the job market.

With the world of work rapidly changing, World Economic Forum recently found, “More than half (54%) of all employees will require significant reskilling [by 2022]… as 133 million new roles are generated as a result of the new division of labor between humans, machines, and algorithms.”

“For many of us working from home due to COVID-19 pandemic, this is a unique opportunity to up-level and sharpen our technical skills as we get ready to enter the New World of Work when this is all behind us,” explained Frank Tawil, Chief Technology Officer at Liderança Group. “Afterall, People Drive Tech was designed to work around busy schedules, but now with most of us sheltered-in-place, it is the ideal time to actually sign up and learn networking, programming or any new skills you have been wanting to develop.”

With remote work on the rise, employers are actively seeking candidates who are, “remote-ready” to face other challenges ahead. According to Human Resources Today, “Global trends show that remote work has increased 159%” and employers are sourcing candidates that are not only more resilient, but more technologically-savvy.

Right now, job seekers can become a part of the future of work by augmenting their knowledge and skills with a proven set of lessons and learning tools in technology and IT, with a dashboard of over 3,000 course titles and online modules at People Drive Tech, located at http://www.peopledrivetech.com.

The People Drive Tech Solution

“Our People Drive Tech program was personally curated to ensure that candidates are prepared for the digital transformation companies are leading,” shared Cathy Light, CEO of Liderança Group. “The World Economic Forum believes the human race is on the verge of a technological revolution and we’re committed to equipping job seekers with skillsets for the future.”

Each module provides an abundance of training resources to help individuals prepare for certification exams and acquire new technical skills; all through a model of continual learning. With a focus on up-leveling candidate skillsets, Liderança Group is ensuring the next century brings parity between the genders and better-equipped jobseekers than ever before.

From a Human Resources perspective, companies are turning to their employees to drive their own growth, to take control of their learning—all in an effort to stay ahead. The Learning Experience Platform, or LXP, has risen rapidly as the technology of choice to facilitate key education and drive innovation.

Jobseekers Can Join the Digital Talent Demand at PeopleDriveTech.com

About Liderança Group

Liderança Group is a unique consulting firm that applies the principles that have made some of Silicon Valley’s most famous companies so successful – helping new and mature organizations navigate the waters of disruption or expansion. Combined in four intention brands that ignite great leaders out of workplaces, Liderança is the parent company of:

•     Diversity Equity & Inclusion
•     Assessment Leaders
•     Leadership Balance

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BALTIMORE (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

The LaunchPort™ announced today that Brevitest Technologies (Houston, Texas, http://www.brevitest.com) will become the latest out-of-state company to partner with the device accelerator located in the Port Covington region of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Brevitest has developed a point-of-care analyzer capable of accurately performing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), the gold standard for measuring concentrations of molecules in solution. Unlike ELISAs done in laboratories, the technology is portable with a run time of less than 15 minutes. Developed as a platform technology, capable of performing a wide variety of tests with laboratory-quality sensitivity and specificity, the assays are targeted at numerous clinical, forensic, environmental and lifestyle applications. The newest version of the device is currently undergoing review to allow rapid point-of-care COVID-19 testing.

The unique nature of the relationship – which involves both LaunchPort and Engineering Medical Systems – gives Brevitest immediate access to design control and manufacturing protocols that will allow their internal development team to convert the functional prototypes to a marketable product in a little over a month. Simultaneously, those reviews are preparing the product for the eventual broader launch into opioid testing and other infectious diseases.

Robert Storey, Managing Partner of The LaunchPort™, noted that Brevitest is a portfolio company of Fannin Innovation Studio (fannininnovation.com), a life sciences venture development firm that was the brainchild of Leo Linbeck, CEO of Houston’s Aquinas Companies. Storey commented, “Fannin has put together a portfolio of therapeutics and devices technologies that have come out of the Houston medical ecosystem and they bring a creative approach to venture development. We feel the LaunchPort concept is equally innovative and we’ve been looking for ways to collaborate for a number of years. We’re excited at this first step, particularly in an area that is so crucial to our current fight against the pandemic.”

About Brevitest (Houston, TX)

Founded in 2013, Brevitest Technologies is an early-stage life sciences company that has developed a biomedical assay platform technology to perform ELISAs in a microfluidic environment. The patented technology has been developed to function as a point-of-care device in a clinician’s office or as a rapid, low-labor assay in a certified lab. Using their specialized microfluidic cartridges, Brevitest can run a fully automated, quantitative assay in under 15 minutes.

About The LaunchPort™ (Port Covington, Baltimore, MD)

The LaunchPort™ (http://www.thelaunchport.com) is a manufacturing accelerator that allows Medtech start-ups and emerging technology developers the ability to co-locate at an experienced, regulated manufacturing center. Located at the “City Garage” in Baltimore’s Port Covington, it is in close proximity to two of the Country’s premier medical schools (Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland) and at the center of the Nation’s largest urban investment project.

About Engineered Medical Systems (Indianapolis, IN; Baltimore, MD; Penang, Malaysia)

Established in 1986, Engineered Medical Systems (http://www.engmedsys.com), does contract manufacturing and private label medical devices for a variety of private and multi-national medical devices manufacturers and distributors. Engineered Medical Systems – Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia was established in 2014 to support international products and markets. All EMS facilities are ISO-13485 certified facilities.

A sister company of EMS, Pulmodyne, Inc., develops, markets and sells a proprietary line of products in the Critical Care, Airway Management and Emergency markets, with a worldwide sales network of over 70 global distributors and 15 domestic distributors.

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Flynn Cochran Groundworks Companies Senior Vice President of Operations and Training

Former Navy Seal officer Flynn Cochran joins Groundworks Companies as the Senior Vice President of Operations and Training where he will lead Groundworks University and Training Department.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Groundworks Companies®, the nation’s largest privately held foundation services company, announced today that Flynn Cochran will join Groundworks as the Senior Vice President of Operations and Training. In this role, he will lead Groundworks University and Training Department to continue to develop, grow, and mentor world-class leaders throughout the organization. He will also play a major role in both Operations and the company’s Merger & Acquisition initiatives.

Cochran is no stranger to the Groundworks Tribe. He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for Echelon Front, a leadership development partner of Groundworks for many years. Flynn worked alongside the men and women of Groundworks to offer a unique training regimen focused around battle-tested concepts of combat and business leadership. The partnership with Echelon Front has helped shape the culture at Groundworks, where the company exemplifies Extreme Ownership principles daily.

Prior to joining Echelon Front, Cochran served eight years as a U.S. Navy Officer with six of those years in elite Navy SEAL units. He deployed three times to combat zones in support of the Global War on Terror. After leaving the Navy, he attended Harvard Business School where he received a Master’s in Business Administration. After Harvard, Cochran joined one of the nation’s leading business and strategy consulting firms McKinsey & Company.

“Flynn is a leader with a wealth of experience in both business strategy and leadership training. He exemplifies everything that is vital within the Groundworks culture. This move is yet another example of Groundworks’ investment in the professional development for our most important asset – our Team. While many companies talk about development, we at Groundworks invest in our Team like no other company in home services,” said Matt Malone, Groundworks CEO. “We look forward to the one-of-a-kind leadership, development, and training principles Flynn will bring to the Groundworks Tribe as we continue to build a national platform and evolve an industry.”

“I have spent the last three years watching the unprecedented growth of Groundworks. It is not often that you see companies focused on the frontline team members in the way that Matt and the leadership at Groundworks are. The opportunity they provide for blue-collared men and women to have advanced their careers is incredible,” stated Cochran. “I am excited to take the concepts that I learned as a young SEAL Officer and taught as a Leadership Instructor at Echelon Front and share them with my new brothers and sisters at Groundworks. By directly implementing these principles to the challenges we face, our team will grow beyond what any of us can imagine.”

First and foremost, Cochran is a husband and a father of three. He and his family are in the process of moving from Seattle to the Virginia Beach area, where Groundworks Companies is headquartered. As a third-generation sailor, the Hampton Roads area is one he and his family are familiar with. Cochran is a former college football and baseball player, a lifelong athlete, and spends much of his time outdoors. Cochran is looking forward to his future with Groundworks Companies.

About Groundworks

Groundworks® is the nation’s largest privately held foundation services company. Headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, the company provides foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and encapsulation, and concrete lifting. Groundworks is comprised of Complete Basement Systems®, Florida Foundation Authority™, Foundation Recovery Systems™, Foundation Repair of Western Colorado™, Indiana Foundation Service™, Innovative Basement Authority™, JES Foundation Repair™, Mount Valley Foundation Services®, Ohio Basement Authority™, Ohio Basement Systems™, Tar Heel Basement Systems®, A-1 Sewer & Drain™, Independence Materials Group™, and Bizwiz Software™. Since 1986, the combined companies have helped over 250,000 homeowners protect and repair their most valuable asset, their home. Groundworks operates over twenty offices that serve Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minneapolis, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The company has been named numerous times to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work. For more information about Groundworks, please visit https://www.GroundworksCompanies.com.

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Doug Sinclair, Woolpert

Doug has helped advance the use of innovative technologies to improve operations for multiple industries, and his expertise in the collection, aggregation and analysis of data align well with the firm’s goals.

HOUSTON (PRWEB)
May 06, 2020

Doug Sinclair has joined Woolpert as a senior program director who will support lifecycle asset management strategies and services for clients across public and private sectors. Sinclair has more than 33 years of experience working in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, with a focus on information technology and data collection, management and integration.

Throughout his career, Sinclair has excelled in many positions—from managing project controls and construction QA/QC activities to application development and defining software requirements. He also has experience leading marketing and sales initiatives.

These roles have contributed to Sinclair’s comprehensive view and understanding of lifecycle asset management and helped him develop and implement numerous innovative technology platforms that span the capital program and asset lifecycle. These platforms support digital transformation initiatives throughout the lifecycle to maximize profit, reduce risk and improve lifecycle decision support for transportation, facility and utility infrastructure assets.

Sinclair also served 12 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and is active in the International Facility Managers Association, serving on the group’s Information Technology Community Strategic Advisory Board.

With his move to Woolpert, Sinclair said he plans to contribute to the growth of a world-class asset management practice, with an emphasis on consulting and technologies that support the full asset lifecycle. These include capital programming, design and construction delivery, and commissioning, as well as operations and maintenance.

“I’m looking forward to helping and guiding our team and our clients as we improve the use of data throughout the lifecycle of assets, which is something that’s sorely needed in the architecture, engineering and geospatial industries,” Sinclair said. “I’m excited that I can work across the firm’s business sectors and multiple markets to help them each be successful. Woolpert reinforces the benefits of data-driven asset management. That support for what I’m doing and what I care about means more to me than anything.”

Woolpert Technology Services Market Director Jen Kouns said Sinclair’s extensive background makes him an ideal candidate for a leadership role at Woolpert, since the firm works with clients to apply the latest technologies and innovative consulting to most efficiently manage infrastructure.

“A full lifecycle asset management practice takes into consideration not only geospatial work, but programming and planning, which help influence and impact the design process,” Kouns said. “Doug has helped advance the use of innovative technologies to improve operations for multiple industries, and his expertise in the collection, aggregation and analysis of data align well with the firm’s goals.”

About Woolpert

Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting firm, and one of the best companies in the world. It’s a vision we’ve been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions and offers our employees unrivaled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees and is America’s fastest-growing AEG firm. With more than a century of experience, close to 1,000 employees and 30 offices, Woolpert supports public, private, federal, and U.S. military clients nationally and around the globe. For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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