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Lacrosse Unlimited scores three all stars in continued Team expansion


Lacrosse Unlimited is proud to announce the continued expansion of the Institutional Sales and Production Team with the addition of Kevin Simmons and Rob Rochford in Sales and Mitch Mendel in Production.

Kevin comes to Lacrosse Unlimited after 6 years with Maverik Lacrosse where he served as Sports Marketing Manager. Kevin earned a BS in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College where he served as team captain his Senior year. Kevin is a resident of Ridgefield, NJ and attended Don Bosco Prep where he was a three-sport athlete. Kevin joins the team as Director of Institutional Sales, will be based in New Jersey, and will play a key role in expansion our of Institutional footprint in a region we currently enjoy a strong retail presence.

Rob brings with him nine years of experience in Institutional Sales, E-Commerce, and Webstore design, having previously worked at several smaller companies in the industry prior to joining our team. Rob is a graduate of Manhattanville

College and received a MA in Education from Adelphi University. Rob joins LU as Team Store Director of Institution Sales and will be tasked with drawing from his experience to continue to grow our customer base, create strategic solutions to our current team webstore offerings, and support strategic initiatives as we expand the offerings from UNLTD TEAM.

Simmons and Rochford will report to Sean Haggerty, EVP of Institutional Sales and will play a key role in the ongoing expansion of Lacrosse Unlimited institutional and team sales efforts.

“We are excited to have Kevin and Rob join our team and leverage their deep industry knowledge, relationships, and skillset to continue our expansion into the marketplace” says Haggerty. “In addition, being former collegiate athletes and current coaches, Rochford and Simmons bring a unique understanding of customer expectations, which combined with their capabilities, will serve our expansive and growing customer base well.”

Mitch joins Lacrosse Unlimited after growing his own Print and Embellishment company for the past 10 years. Mitch’s brings a deep technical industry knowledge, combined with a unique understanding of customer expectations and sense of urgency that will benefit our production team greatly. As the Head of Production, Mitch will be immediately tasked with improving quality while decreasing turnaround times. Mitch will report to Sean Haggerty and work closely with his team to streamline and improve all aspects of the order management and production process.

“We couldn’t be happier how we’ve been able to add three consummate professionals to our Intuitional effort. Kevin, Rob, and Mitch each personify the values that have come to define Lacrosse Unlimited and I am looking forward to having them part of our family”, said Joe DeSimone, CEO and Founder of Lacrosse Unlimited.

About Lacrosse Unlimited:

Founded in Long Island, New York, Lacrosse Unlimited has been a go-to resource for all things in the popular sport. Launched in 1990 by Joe DeSimone and his family, the company has become the most innovative tastemaker in lacrosse, now with 43 stores across twelve states. Lacrosse Unlimited is renowned for its genuine passion for the sport, and for its relentless focus on providing an “always-custom” experience to its clients.

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MIT Professional Education Opens Registration for Trailblazing New 2020 Courses


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MIT Professional Education is leading the way by continuing to anticipate the market and provide timely, relevant learning opportunities in highly specialized fields, such as biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering and beyond.

MIT Professional Education is adding ten new, trailblazing summer courses to its 2020 Short Programs portfolio. The cutting-edge summer classes, led by MIT faculty, fill industry’s skills gap by providing training and development opportunities in key areas such as AI, ML, innovation, healthcare, nanotechnology, business strategy, innovation and more.

“From today’s in-demand knowledge and skills to tomorrow’s trends – MIT Professional Education is leading the way by continuing to anticipate the market and provide timely, relevant learning opportunities in highly specialized fields, such as biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering and beyond,” said Bhaskar Pant, Executive Director of MIT Professional Education.

MIT Professional Education’s new 2020 course offerings include:

1.    Digital Transformation and Applied DevOps – June 1-2, 2020: Increase your organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity to compete against other digital ready companies.

2.    Digital Transformation, Value Creation, and Breakthrough Innovation – June 1-3, 2020: Learn the Four-Phase Digital Transformation Framework and how to leverage it to realize the potential of digital technologies ranging from the IoT, AI, ML and robotics.

3.    Nanoscience and Nanotech: Industrial Application and Transformation – June 8-10, 2020: Learn an intellectual framework for thinking about, applying and commercializing the power of the nanoscale.

4.    Solving Complex Problems: Structured Thinking, Design Principles, and AI – June 22-26, 2020: Develop high-level systems thinking principles for tackling your most complex challenges.

5.    Reinforcement Learning– July 6-8, 2020: Acquire the skills you need to identify and manage the problems in your organization that can be solved with reinforcement learning tools.

6.    Bioprocess Data Analytics and Machine Learning – July 13-15, 2020: Translate biopharmaceutical data into reliable models and enable better, data-informed decisions for your organization.

7.    Engineering Leadership in the Age of AI – July 20-24, 2020: In a shifting technological paradigm, develop a strategic vision for your organization that embraces and exploits artificial intelligence applications.

8.    Applied Inclusive Business: Scaling Technology in Low-Income Markets – July 20-24, 2020: Discover how to build long-term, sustainable solutions that benefit both your bottom line and local communities.

9.     Device Manufacturing: From Energy to AI – July 27-29, 2020: Successfully tackle the challenges of solid-state materials processing, from manufacturing techniques to property design to energy transfer.

10.    Enabling Innovation: Designing Research Facilities – July 27-30, 2020: Explore workspaces that stimulate creativity, productivity, and innovation.

Registration for all 2020 courses is now open. For more information or to enroll, visit our course page.    

About MIT Professional Education

For 70 years, MIT Professional Education has been providing technical professionals worldwide a gateway to renowned MIT research, knowledge and expertise, through advanced education programs designed specifically for them. In addition to industry-focused, two-to-five-day on-campus Short Programs, MIT Professional Education offers professionals the opportunity to take online-blended learning courses and programs through Digital Plus Programs, attend courses abroad through International Programs, enroll in regular MIT academic courses through the Advanced Study Program, or attend Custom Programs designed specifically for their companies. For more information, please visit: professional.mit.edu.

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Romacorp, Inc. Announces New Talent to Executive Team to Oversee the Brand’s Global Collection of Casual Dining Concepts


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Having worked with Romacorp for the past eight years and counting, I’m dedicated to the growth and success of the brand, its talented team and worldwide customers, and I look forward to taking on this new leadership role.

Romacorp, Inc., the parent company of Tony Roma’s®, proudly appoints new talent and executives to its leadership team, including the promotion of brand-veteran, John Brisco, to president & CEO. This announcement sets the foundation for the next phase of growth for Romacorp, as it looks to expand its restaurant portfolio and dining offerings.

Romacorp is best known for its globally-recognized restaurant brand, Tony Roma’s, which is a full-service, family-friendly dining destination that serves World-Famous Baby Back Ribs and beloved menu classics, such as premier burgers, steaks and seafood. This year, Romacorp plans to unveil a new concept that is fast-casual, providing the same quality ingredients and fresh preparations in an authentic quick-service space for guests on-the-go.

“Having worked with Romacorp for the past eight years and counting, I’m dedicated to the growth and success of the brand, its talented team and worldwide customers, and I look forward to taking on this new leadership role,” said John Brisco, new president & CEO of Romacorp. “Romacorp will continue to build its leadership capacity and has plans for unveiling new and exciting dining experiences for customers this year.”

Today, Romacorp announces its leadership team, including the following recent appointments and internal promotions:

John Brisco – President & CEO / Board of Directors

Formerly the President of Global Franchise for Romacorp, Brisco has recently been promoted to president & CEO and is one of two new board members for the company. John is an industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience in the hospitality and restaurant realm, previously serving as president of international development for Ruby Tuesday, president of international franchise for Sbarro’s, and vice president of international development for TGI Fridays.

Alan Rosen – Board of Directors

Rosen joins Romacorp’s new board members team with more than three generations worth of knowledge in the restaurant industry. Graduating from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, Alan has grown his profile from director of marketing for Junior’s Restaurants and Bakery to becoming a co-owner of the company, alongside his brother. Alan has helped grow a small, local Brooklyn bakery into an internationally renowned bakery, selling world-famous cheesecake.

Dan Cronk – Executive Vice President, Legal Administration

Cronk was named executive vice president, legal & administration, as of November 2019, and was recently appointed as a director of Roma Systems, Inc. and Roma Franchise Corporation in January 2020. Cronk has worked with the Romacorp brand since 2016, serving in various positions including special counsel, general counsel and secretary. He also engages in the private practice of law (Law Offices of Daniel T. Cronk, PLLC) in Lucas, Texas.

Ramon Bourgeois – Senior Vice President, Global Franchise

Bourgeois is a restaurant industry veteran with more than 25 years of industry experience. Recently, he was named senior vice president, global franchise of Roma Franchise Corporation, Romacorp, Inc. and Roma Systems, Inc. as of November 2019, and was appointed a director of Roma Systems, Inc. and Roma Franchise Corporation in January 2020. Having worked for Romacorp for five years, Bourgeois has also held previous titles such as vice president and regional vice president for the brand. Prior to that, Bourgeois was the director of operations for areas USA.

Darren Gino – Vice President, Information Technology & Marketing

Gino was appointed vice president, information technology & marketing of Romacorp, Inc., Roma Franchise Corporation and Roma Systems, Inc. as of December 2019. Before that, Mr. Gino was the director of information technology for Romacorp from January 2016 until November 2019. Before working with Romacorp, Gino was a project leader and project manager for Darden Restaurants for more than nine years.

Nina Bishop – Vice President, Accounting & Human Resources

Bishop was appointed vice president, accounting & human resources of Romacorp, Inc., Roma Franchise Corporation and Roma Systems, Inc. as of December 2019. Before that, she was the director of accounting for Romacorp for three years. Previously, Ms. Bishop was the controller for NMA Accounting LLC from September 2008 until August 2016.

About Romacorp, Inc.

Romacorp, Inc., is the parent company of Tony Roma’s restaurants, the world’s largest casual dining concept specializing in ribs. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Romacorp, Inc. has more than 135 restaurant locations in more than 25 countries and is one of the most globally recognizable names in the industry. The first Tony Roma’s restaurant opened 46 years ago in North Miami, Florida. For more information about Romacorp, Inc. and Tony Roma’s, visit http://www.tonyromas.com.

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Ephesoft CEO and CFO Selected to Present to Innovators and Investors at The Montgomery Summit


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The Montgomery Summit 2020

“Ephesoft has seen tremendous global growth in its first 10 years, and we are poised to grow our recurring revenues by more than 75% this year, as we set our sights on a new approach to the content capture industry called Context Driven Productivity.” — Ike Kavas, founder and CEO at Ephesoft

Ephesoft, Inc., a leader in content acquisition and data enrichment solutions, today announced that its founder and chief executive officer, Ike Kavas, and Naren Goel, chief financial officer, will present as an Emerging Company at The Montgomery Summit, March 4-5 in Santa Monica, Calif. Kavas was selected to present Ephesoft’s data enrichment and workforce productivity vision, while Goel will speak as a panelist during The Montgomery Summit, which gathers entrepreneurs, investors and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology.

Kavas, who founded Ephesoft in 2010 with a vision to modernize and disrupt the content capture space with intelligent technology and scalable business models, is one of 140 CEOs selected to present his company vision from a pool of over 4,000 fast-growing organizations. Companies are evaluated based on their sector, growth stage, metrics — including size, expansion and industry engagement — as well as their overall story and vision. Kavas will share his roadmap for Ephesoft in 2020 and beyond, including the company’s new discipline, Context Driven Productivity, during his 11:00 AM presentation on Thursday, March 5 in Wilshire III at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel and Bungalows.

“Ephesoft has seen tremendous global growth in its first 10 years, and we are poised to grow our recurring revenues by more than 75% this year, as we set our sights on a new approach to the content capture industry called Context Driven Productivity,” said Kavas. “We are revolutionizing digital transformation projects to bring true autonomy to organizations by transforming flat data into semantic data — creating context and relationships to disparate data points.” Kavas will focus his presentation on Ephesoft’s mission, vision, growth, market dynamic, executive team and strategy for explosive success. “We are looking for the right investors to join our productivity revolution, helping companies turn their massive troves of enterprise data into empowering assets that lift the entire organization and ultimately fuel a next-generation workforce,” Kavas added.

Goel, Ephesoft CFO since early 2018, will speak on a panel titled “How to Secure Funding,” presented by Moss Adams at 9:30-10:30 AM on Wednesday, March 4 in Jones Library at the Fairmont Miramar. The panel will explore insights and analyses from venture capitalists, private equity experts and C-Suite visionaries as they discuss best practices for technology companies aiming to raise funding rounds and prepare for exits.

In addition to launching Context Driven Productivity as a new technology discipline in February, Ephesoft has claimed several industry honors in recent months, including CRN’s Top 100 Coolest Cloud Software and HousingWire’s Tech 100, as well as two top workplace honors in Orange County, Calif., where it is based. Kavas was an “Unstoppable” finalist in EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award and was named best CEO of a small company by OCTANe. Goel was a CFO of the year finalist in Orange County.

Kavas is also scheduled to present at two other upcoming investor conferences. At the 32nd Annual ROTH Conference, March 15-17 at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel, Calif., Kavas will present Ephesoft’s history, vision and strategic plans. Kavas will also present at the JMP Securities Emerging Technology Conference in July 2020.

About Ephesoft

Ephesoft is the leader in Context Driven Productivity solutions, helping organizations maximize productivity and fuel their journey towards the autonomous enterprise through contextual content acquisition, process enrichment and amplifying the value of enterprise data. The Ephesoft Semantik Platform turns flat data into context-rich information to fuel data scientists, business users and customers with meaningful data to automate and amplify their business processes. Thousands of customers worldwide employ Ephesoft’s platform to accelerate nearly any process and drive high value from their content. Ephesoft is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., with regional offices throughout the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit ephesoft.com.

Kavas and Goel are also open to press and VC meetings and can be contacted at investorrelations@ephesoft.com or press@ephesoft.com.

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Kabbage Launches Kabbage Insights™, Allowing Small Businesses To Take Control of Their Cash Flow With Just a Few Clicks


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Kabbage is pleased to launch Insights, taking on this burden for small business owners and providing them with cash flow analyses that large enterprises have at their fingertips. We will continue to level the playing field for the small business owner.

Kabbage, Inc. today launched Kabbage Insights, a fully automated tool that calculates and predicts cash-flow patterns to help small businesses identify cash surpluses and deficits. With the launch, Kabbage addresses one of the most vexing problems faced by small business owners. The new product comes just one month after the public launch of Kabbage Payments™, continuing the company’s rapid innovation to build a suite of integrated products that simplify cash-flow management for U.S. small businesses.

In less than 10 minutes, any small business can connect their real-time financial data to Kabbage Insights and access an analysis of their company’s historical, current and future cash-flow 24/7. The product continually evaluates the transaction activity of a customer over a 90-day period and organizes it in an easy-to-understand dashboard, allowing customers to quickly visualize their net growth without taking the time to calculate it themselves. Kabbage’s customer base of over 220,000 small businesses has immediate access.

As a leader in predictive analytics and artificial intelligence for small businesses, Kabbage Insights produces personalized forecasts to predict the future cash position of a business. Customers can then set a desired low-balance threshold and receive automated alerts if accounts are predicted to dip below it, empowering small businesses to identify, act upon and prevent cash deficits before they occur.

Paired with the Kabbage Small Business Revenue Index, Kabbage Insights is also the first product available that allows small businesses to compare their company’s performance to similarly-sized businesses operating in their state and industry. The result is an unparalleled cash-flow tool that’s free for small businesses, helping them to anticipate changes, benchmark their growth, plan ahead and make more confident business decisions like when to cut expenses, invest or borrow.

With Kabbage Insights, small businesses can:

  • Review cash-flow on the go via the intuitive mobile dashboard.
  • Analyze daily performance and review money movement at a glance.
  • Borrow strategically with forecast data to inform funding decisions.
  • Save time, as studies show 91 percent of small business owners spend as many as 20 hours per week manually calculating cash flow.

“As a small business owner for many years, I spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out whether I’d have the cash to pay my various expenses, including payroll at the end of the month and it’s been a mission of mine to solve this ubiquitous problem for all small business owners ever since,” said Kabbage CEO Rob Frohwein. “Kabbage is pleased to launch Insights, taking on this burden for small business owners and providing them with cash flow analyses that large enterprises have at their fingertips. We will continue to level the playing field for the small business owner.”

About Kabbage

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

small businesses cash flow solutions. Its suite of products includes Kabbage Payments, helping small businesses get paid and access the money they earn faster, Kabbage Funding, providing access to flexible lines of credit in minutes, and Kabbage Insights, a powerful and predictive tool to calculate cash flow. To date, Kabbage has provided more than 220,000 U.S. small businesses access to over $9 billion of working capital. Kabbage is funded and backed by leading investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, BlueRun Ventures, WildCast Venture Partners, Thomvest Ventures and others. All Kabbage U.S.-based loans are issued by Celtic Bank, a Utah-Chartered Industrial Bank, Member FDIC. 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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Murray Vince Joins XSENSOR to drive new opportunities in Intelligent Dynamic Sensing


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We are passionate about helping companies solve problems in continuous skin monitoring, sleep improvement, and product design.

XSENSOR Technology Corporation, the Intelligent Dynamic Sensing company, is announcing that Seattle-based ex-Microsoft senior executive Murray Vince has joined XSENSOR as the Chief Strategy Officer.

XSENSOR is the industry leader in Intelligent Dynamic Sensing, a platform to reveal surface performance and dynamic data, and adapt to actionable insights, continuously and in real-time.

“At XSENSOR we are focused on providing intelligent dynamic sensing solutions to the best customers around the world,” said Ian Main, CEO/Founder of XSENSOR. “Murray’s impressive track record in delivering business results in both startups and the world’s top technology companies will help drive new strategic partnerships and open up new market opportunities.”

“We are passionate about helping companies solve problems in continuous skin monitoring, human performance, sleep improvement, and product design scenarios” says Murray Vince, Chief Strategy Officer at XSENSOR. “I look forward to driving new strategic partnerships across intelligent dynamic sensing applications and bringing new innovative products to market.”

Murray Vince served in senior executive roles at various US-based startups, as well as at Intellectual Ventures and Microsoft in Seattle, WA, and at Apple in Cupertino CA. Murray has a JD from Osgoode Hall (York University) and an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College.

About XSENSOR

XSENSOR is the industry leader in Intelligent Dynamic Sensing, which reveals hidden data across clinical, product design, and human performance applications. Intelligent Dynamic Sensing enables maximum precision measurements, highest quality visualization, and AI-powered data analysis, resulting in optimized levels of performance, comfort, and safety. Follow us on LinkedIn or connect with Murray Vince on LinkedIn.

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Seersite Acquires StreetReader, Appoints Boris Markovich as CEO


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Seersite is a new social content platform where users can access news, data, insights, and trends on companies, competitors, and markets they follow.

Seersite announced today that it has acquired StreetReader, the curated communications platform for executives. As part of the transaction, Boris Markovich, founder and CEO of StreetReader, has joined Seersite as CEO.

Rob Pflieger, Chief Investment Officer of Palm Ventures, Seersite’s lead investor, stated: “We are excited that Boris has joined Seersite to execute on our vision of becoming the platform for company and market analysis. Seersite is building a unique community which offers a better way to deliver insight and expertise to corporate professionals, investment managers, consultants, and analysts, and StreetReader helps accelerate that strategy.”

“Seersite is a new social content platform where users can access news, data, insights, and trends on companies, competitors, and markets they follow,” commented Markovich. “I am thrilled to join the Seersite team and build a platform that solves real challenges for the industry. We will soon be opening our platform for select domain experts, research analysts, expert networks, and data providers who are focused on finding new clients and increasing engagement with existing ones. If you fit this profile, I encourage you to request access on seersite.com.”

Seersite empowers research analysts, industry experts, and other service providers to share their insights regarding the companies and markets that they follow. These contributors can showcase their expertise, learn from peers, generate client leads, and more effectively execute on their content marketing strategies. As the platform grows, there will be multiple ways for contributors to be compensated and generate new revenue opportunities.

Markovich brings over 20 years of experience to Seersite, and has served in entrepreneurial, general management and leadership roles, including the management of the two largest institutional investment research platforms. Prior to StreetReader, Boris was the Head of Research and Corporate Products at Bloomberg, and GM and Head of Research Products at Thomson Reuters.

About Seersite, LLC

Seersite is the home of shared company and market analysis for investors, analysts, and business leaders. Our community is built on a social content platform where domain experts share their insights in the markets and sectors they follow. Contributors are rewarded in different ways as users discover new ideas, insights and sources on the topics that matter to them. For more information, please visit seersite.com.

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Isaac Esparza Named Food & Beverage Manager and Executive Chef Of Casa Velas in Puerto Vallarta


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responsible for the hotel’s two restaurants – the AAA Four Diamond restaurant Emiliano and the private Ocean Club; 24-hour insuite dining program; and culinary experiences for guests

Isaac Esparza has been named Food & Beverage Manager and Executive Chef of Casa Velas, an adults-only boutique hotel and private ocean club in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In his new role, he is responsible for the hotel’s two restaurants – the AAA Four Diamond restaurant Emiliano and the private Ocean Club; 24-hour insuite dining program; and culinary experiences for guests. The appointment is effective immediately.

For the past 12 years, Esparza has held various positions on the culinary team within Velas Resorts. Most recently, he served as Executive Sous Chef of sister property Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit which houses four AAA Four Diamond restaurants. Prior to, he was Head Restaurant Chef of Sen Lin restaurant at Grand Velas Riviera Maya on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast. Prior to joining Velas Resorts, Esparza has worked at the Laguna Grill and Iki restaurants in Cancun. He studied Culinary Arts in Lécole des Chefs and has been decorated as a member of the Culinary Academy of France in Mexico.

For reservations or more information on Casa Velas, call 1-888-407-4869, email reservations@velasresorts.com or visit http://vallarta.grandvelas.com/.

About Casa Velas

A member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the AAA Four Diamond Casa Velas is a luxury all-inclusive boutique hotel with pool and Private Beach Club for adults only in Puerto Vallarta. Reminiscent of a Spanish hacienda, the hotel features 80 spacious suites, some with private pools and Jacuzzis. Nestled on the greens of Marina Vallarta’s 18-hole golf course, this Puerto Vallarta hotel offers guests complimentary golf at three nearby signature-designed 18-hole courses. Its serene, exclusive setting provides an ideal backdrop for a Puerto Vallarta wedding ranging in size from 2 to 300. ABJA Spa encompasses treatment rooms for singles and couples, a hydrotherapy area, garden-view fitness center equipped with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, and a beauty salon. A novel service is a handbag bar where guests can enjoy use of a “loaner” designer handbag at no extra charge. Emiliano restaurant is in the hands of one of the area’s leading chefs serving Mexican and international cuisine. Eduardo Vela Ruiz, founder and president of Velas Resorts, operates Velas Resorts with brother Juan Vela, vice president of Velas Resorts, by his side. Explore tips, recipes, lifestyle and travel trends, and the latest news about Velas Resorts on the digital mag: http://www.velasmagazine.com.

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Saddleback Communications Grows Product, Engineering & Provisioning Teams


From Left to Right: Jeff Kramarczyk, Nick Makil and William Tucker

“Saddleback is excited to add these product, engineering and provisioning specialists to our growing team. They will enable us to develop additional product and service offerings and to continue to provide exceptional support for our valued customers.”

Saddleback Communications, a provider of world-class, fiber-based voice and data communications to business and residential customers in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), has grown its team with the addition of three communications professionals who will support the company’s Voice, Internet, Ethernet Transport and Cloud Communications services for businesses.

Saddleback’s new team members include:

Jeff Kramarczyk, Product Manager: Kramarczyk, a 20-year veteran of the telecom industry, is responsible for product management across Saddleback’s service portfolio. He joins Saddleback after more than 15 years of experience in product management for several companies, including Fairpoint Communications, Windstream and McLeod USA.

William Tucker, VoIP Engineer I: Tucker brings extensive industry experience and troubleshooting skills to his new role where he supports Saddleback customers with provisioning, implementation and technical support as part of the NOC team. Previously, he spent 15 years with CenturyLink (and predecessors Global Crossing and Level 3). Most recently he was an IP Tech 3 working in Managed Services Activations for the company.

Nicholas Makil, LNP Specialist: Makil, a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) where Saddleback is based, joined the company from Casino Arizona, a sister SRPMIC Community Enterprise. As a Local Number Portability (LNP) Specialist, Makil directly supports Saddleback’s number porting department.

“Saddleback is excited to add these product, engineering and provisioning specialists to our growing team,” said Ray Napoletano, Vice President of Sales at Saddleback. “They will enable us to develop additional product and service offerings and to continue to provide exceptional support for our valued customers.”

About Saddleback Communications

Saddleback Communications delivers advanced voice and data communications services over a carrier-class, redundant network to business and residential customers on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). Saddleback Communications provides custom business communications solutions, including Unified Communications as a Service, Contact Center as a Service, Collaboration, SIP Trunking, point-to-point Ethernet and dedicated Internet Access. The company also leverages its state-of-the-art Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to deliver high-quality voice and high-speed Internet to residential customers. Learn more at http://www.saddlebackcomm.com.

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WorkStride Named a 2020 Stevie Award Winner


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We are dedicated to providing world class solutions that empower employees to live their core values every day and build a positive company culture.

WorkStride, a leading provider of channel incentives, employee recognition, and reward solutions, is the 2020 Bronze Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service winner in the Incentive, Rewards, or Recognition Provider of the Year category.

The Stevie Award in the Incentive, Rewards, or Recognition Provider category recognizes the incredible achievements of solution providers around the world. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners in Las Vegas on Friday, February 28. More than 2,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 48 nations, were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 180 professionals worldwide, working in seven specialized judging committees.

WorkStride’s entry, “CHeeRs to Cone Health,” a program powered by WorkStride, showcased the employee recognition solution of Cone Health, a leading national healthcare network. Tom Silk, WorkStride CEO, said, “We are ecstatic to be a Bronze winner in the 2020 Stevie Awards, particularly in the Incentive, Rewards, or Recognition Solution Provider of the Year category. We are dedicated to providing world class solutions that empower employees to live their core values every day and build a positive company culture. A big shout out to Cone Health for their focus and efforts in driving positive change in their organization.”

“Stevie Award winners from around the world should be very proud of their achievements. The judges were impressed with the vast range of nominations submitted for 2020 and have agreed that their accomplishments are worthy of public recognition,” said Stevie Awards executive chairman, Michael Gallagher.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Winners in all categories are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/Sales.

About WorkStride

WorkStride provides clients configurable incentives, recognition, and reward programs, through powerful software, strategic program design, and modern rewards experiences. The company provides best in class incentive, recognition, and reward solutions to over 2 million end users worldwide across multiple industries. Our mission is to provide the most effective and results-driven programs, centered around client needs and positive behaviors that produce results and growth. Learn more about WorkStride.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors of the 14th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include HCL Technologies, Sales Partnerships, Inc., and ValueSelling Associates, Inc.

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