Dee is a welcome addition to Dematic’s global leadership team. Her experience in engineering, research & development and business leadership will help fuel continued industry innovation and growth for Dematic.

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
April 16, 2020

Dee Cusack has recently joined Dematic as SVP of Global Products & Solutions. The GPS team defines logistics solutions by combining the efficiencies and effectiveness of automation, intelligent software and reliable support to drive industry-leading innovation. Cusack is working closely with current SVP Pete Devenyi to ensure a smooth transition prior to his retirement in June 2020.

Hasan Dandashly, President and CEO of Dematic stated, “Dee is a welcome addition to Dematic’s global leadership team. Her experience in engineering, research & development and business leadership will help fuel continued industry innovation and growth for Dematic.”

“Dematic’s strength is innovation and I couldn’t be more excited to join the team,” stated Cusack. “It’s already become evident to me that this company is unified by a culture of collaboration. I look forward to leveraging the impressive strength and talent within the GPS team, and I’m excited to see what we can all do together.”

Cusack joins Dematic from ABB, where she most recently held the role of Group SVP and Global Product Group Manager. While there, she oversaw the P&L, strategy and operational performance of more than a dozen development and manufacturing sites in more than 13 countries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in optics from the University of Rochester and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University. Cusack has also been issued four U.S. and international patents.

About Dematic

Dematic is an intralogistics innovator that designs, builds and supports intelligent, automated solutions for manufacturing, warehouse and distribution environments for customers that are powering the future of commerce. With engineering centers, manufacturing facilities and service centers located in more than 25 countries, Dematic’s global network of 8,000 employees have helped achieve more than 6,000 worldwide customer installations for some of the world’s leading brands. Headquartered in Atlanta, Dematic is a member of KION Group, a global leader in industrial trucks, supply chain solutions and related services, and a leading provider of warehouse automation.

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Denver-based Alpine’s mission is to achieve returns correlated to the S&P 500 while reducing volatility.

“We think of our firm as the anti-quant quant,” Glauser said.

DENVER (PRWEB)
April 15, 2020

Chad Glauser has announced the launch of Alpine Quantitative Management (Alpine), which commenced operations on December 1, 2017. Alpine’s strategy is to achieve returns correlated to the S&P 500 while reducing volatility. Investments will be based on his principle of avoiding excessive volatility to prevent significant losses and smooth overall portfolio returns.

Mr. Glauser brings to the role of Founder and Portfolio Manager extensive professional experience. This includes his position as Partner in The Glauser Group, featuring a diversified portfolio of public and private equity funds; Managing Partner of Glauser Mercedes-Benz, a chain of dealerships with locations in Sarasota, FL, Houston, TX, and Denver, CO which have all been acquired by public and private companies; and President of Homebridge Bank’s Southeastern division.

Alpine utilizes a quantitatively-driven process that is designed to respond to volatility, dynamically rotating between equities and bonds in an effort to earn returns with reduced risk. In its first 28 months ending March 31, 2020, Alpine greatly exceeded the return of the S&P 500 Target Risk Conservative Index.

“We think of our firm as the anti-quant quant,” Glauser said. “We believe markets are both efficient and organic. Our philosophy is based on straightforward, conservative investment strategies which help avoid big losses and deliver ‘winning by not losing.’ While several other managers are relying solely on hypotheticals, Alpine is focused on strategies and return profiles which are steady and reliable.”

In addition to Mr. Glauser, Alpine’s quantitative team is composed of individuals with varied specialties, including a Harvard-educated mathematician and a computer scientist. Operations and compliance are supported by PINE Advisor Solutions. PINE provides institutional tailored services to private funds, mutual funds, and investment advisors.

Visit https://www.alpine-quant.com/ for more information.

About Alpine Quantitative Management

Founded in December 2017, Denver-based Alpine’s mission is to achieve returns correlated to the S&P 500 while reducing volatility. Led by Chad Glauser, the firm takes a straightforward and conservative approach to its investment strategy.

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Eric Sigler, Chief Executive Officer of IMT

“I am honored to assume leadership of IMT and am resolved to realize its potentialhelping customers successfully deliver their solutions for cell therapy, optical communications, autonomous vehicles, DNA sequencing, IoT sensing and many other important fields.” Eric Sigler, Chief Executive Officer

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (PRWEB)
April 15, 2020

Innovative Micro Technology (IMT), one of North America’s leading microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology companies, announces that Eric Sigler has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Johan Denecke, who previously led manufacturing and quality at Illumina and Thermo Fisher, has joined IMT as its new Senior Vice President of Operations. This completes the company’s rapid transformation initiative, which was launched with Cerium Technology’s lead investment in late 2018.

Eric Sigler joined IMT in late 2018 as senior vice president of strategy and business development. In addition to his deep knowledge of the MEMS industry, he has worked in strategy, product management, M&A and venture capital for over 20 years. He was previously VP of corporate development, production management, and business development with Tessera Technologies. Eric was also a partner with Scale Venture Partners, where he led semiconductor investments. He started his career as a strategy consultant with Mercer Management Consulting. He holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

“We are thrilled to have Eric serve as IMT’s new chief executive officer,” said Eldon Klaassen, chairman of the board. “He has an incredible passion for the promise of MEMS to empower the future and a clear vision to make IMT one of the world’s premier MEMS technology companies.”

“As a venture investor in IMT in the 2000s, I always felt the company had amazing potential to help solve the great problems of our time,” said Eric. “I am honored to assume leadership of IMT and am resolved to realize its potential helping our customers successfully deliver their solutions for cell therapy, optical communications, autonomous vehicles, DNA sequencing, IoT sensing and many other important fields.”

Johan Denecke also joins IMT as its new senior vice president of operations, where he now leads the quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations departments. He comes to IMT from leading biotech company Illumina, where he was vice president of life cycle management and vice president of manufacturing. Prior to Illumina, he managed 300+ quality professionals as the VP of quality assurance of Thermo Fisher’s Life Sciences Division. Johan began his career at Allied Signal and Lockheed Martin driving lean manufacturing and Six Sigma transformations. Over the years, he has applied best-in-class operational practices as a consultant, most recently in the life science industry. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a certified lean production expert and a Six Sigma master black belt.

Eric regards Johan as a key player in taking IMT to the next level: “He brings a diversity of experience in both the biomedical and advanced engineering fields. We are thrilled to leverage his decades of success leading and scaling manufacturing teams in both high growth and regulated industries.”

“I have a deep passion and experience creating life-changing technologies in aerospace, automotive and the life sciences. IMT has an incredible future providing cutting-edge solutions for a similarly diverse set of applications and in industries that are rapidly growing,” said Johan. “I am energized by the opportunity to apply lean and Six Sigma to transform our operations and deliver world-class capabilities to our customers.”

Rounding out the transformation of IMT’s new leadership team is the promotion of Brian Maertz to lead IMT’s development team as vice president of engineering. Maertz began at IMT in 2018 as a technical program manager. Before joining IMT, he was the principal process engineer at Freedom Photonics, where he improved the processes and performance of photonic devices including lasers, photonic integrated circuits and high-speed photodiodes. He began his career at Intel as an integral member of the eNVM MRAM development team, a technology for which he holds eight patents. He also worked on a transistor technology node, from early development through product launch. He has a PhD in physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a bachelor of science in physics from the University of California at San Diego.

About IMT

Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. (IMT) designs and manufactures microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and wafer-level optics for sensing, communications and biomedical applications. The company partners with innovative customers to solve challenging technical problems and deliver breakthrough MEMS-based solutions. IMT is the largest MEMS foundry in the US, serving customers from its 30,000 square-foot class-100 wafer fabrication facility in Santa Barbara, supported by a dedicated staff of over 110 MEMS experts. IMT’s extensive experience spans the full spectrum of MEMS, including optical benches, sensors, mirrors, relays and RF switches, and microfluidic biochips. Visit http://www.imtmems.com.

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With its global presence, industry-leading pipeline and experienced team of innovators, Corteva is ideally positioned to meet its goal of ensuring progress in the agriculture industry for generations to come, driving value for all of its stakeholders.

WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB)
April 14, 2020

Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) announced today that Anne L. Alonzo will join Corteva Agriscience as Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, effective April 20, 2020. A widely recognized global food and agriculture leader, Alonzo will report to Chief Executive Officer James C. Collins, Jr. She will have responsibility for setting strategy and leading the External Affairs function, which includes Corporate Communications, Global Corporate Responsibility, Government & Industry Affairs, and Product Advocacy.

“I am delighted to welcome Anne Alonzo to Corteva. As a highly experienced leader in our industry she has a unique blend of experience across the public, not-for-profit and corporate sectors that will greatly benefit us as we work to advance a sustainable global agriculture ecosystem,” said Collins. “We established Corteva as a new kind of agriculture company and Anne’s expertise and experience will accelerate the progress we have already made to drive more sustainable, collaborative practices across our business.”

Most recently, Alonzo served as President and CEO of the American Egg Board (AEB), the marketing arm of the U.S. egg industry, directing national campaigns in advertising, public relations, consumer education, retail, foodservice, export marketing and egg nutrition. Prior to joining the AEB in 2016, Alonzo was appointed by the White House to serve as Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, the federal marketing agency at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). She previously served as Vice President, Global Public Policy, Corporate Affairs at Kraft Foods (now Mondelez International) leading all global corporate affairs work in the areas of sustainability, tariffs, tax, trade and health and wellness, as well as global issues management.

Alonzo said, “With its global presence, industry-leading pipeline and an experienced team of innovators, Corteva is ideally positioned to meet its goal of ensuring progress in the agriculture industry for generations to come, driving value for all of its stakeholders. Corteva has set out to lead the industry and I am excited to join a team that is already demonstrating its commitment to building an agricultural ecosystem that supports people, progress and the planet.”

Prior to her roles at the AEB, USDA and Kraft Foods, Alonzo was a Senior Vice President at the National Foreign Trade Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce and Environmental Attaché to the U.S. Embassy, Mexico City coinciding with the NAFTA negotiations as well as a Senior Regional Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, Chicago, IL.

Alonzo recently served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Council on Agriculture, Small Business and Labor; Board of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) and is a Member of The Chicago Network of Chicago’s leading professional women and Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Anne is also part of the Latino Corporate Directors Association and is a Fellow, National Association of Corporate Directors. She has also received many recent awards including Chicago United’s People of Color Award, Latino Leaders “Maestro” Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, named to the prestigious Who’s Who in Hispanic Chicago” by Negocios Now for two consecutive years, Corporate Excellence Award by Remy Martin and recognized by LATINO Magazine with its Brava (courage) award for exemplary leadership supporting and mentoring Latinas across the United States.

Alonzo holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a JD from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law.

About Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Agriscience is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that provides farmers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry – including a balanced and diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions focused on maximizing productivity to enhance yield and profitability. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and an industry-leading product and technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the company is committed to working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Corteva Agriscience became an independent public company on June 1, 2019 and was previously the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont. More information can be found at http://www.corteva.com.

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Greg Abel, CEO and Gina Richmond, President

“Obviously we are all living through challenging times, but with an improved leadership structure, we feel better positioned than ever to support our clients and ensure the long-term success of the firm.”

BALTIMORE (PRWEB)
April 14, 2020

Today, Abel Communications announced promotions of its senior leadership, as founder Greg Abel has taken on the new role of CEO and longtime agency leader Gina Richmond has been named President.

As CEO, Abel will shift his full-time focus to leading the firm’s growth strategy through business development, new partnerships, and special projects, including writing and speaking about business and public relations leadership.

In Richmond’s new role, she will oversee the firm’s day-to-day operations, lead staff, and develop new service lines to drive company growth. A valued member of the Abel team since 2010, Richmond previously held positions including Account Manager, Director of Client Service, and Senior Vice President.

“Gina earned this promotion through a decade of exceptional client service, mentoring of staff and overall leadership,” Abel said. “For myself, it’s also an exciting new chapter and I’m looking forward to leading from a high level while giving Gina the support she needs to maximize the potential of our exceptional team.”

He continued, “Obviously we are all living through challenging times, but with an improved leadership structure, we feel better positioned than ever to support our clients and ensure the long-term success of the firm.”

In addition to his role as CEO, Abel is a member of the Executive Committee of PRSA Counselors Academy, a section of the national organization focused on the success of independent firms, and a member of the GBC Leadership Class of 2019. Richmond was named a Baltimore Business Journal 40 Under 40 recipient in 2016, and is former President of the Baltimore Public Relations Council. She also regularly speaks at industry events and, in 2019, launched the firm’s Innovation Lab, a workshop that helps clients uncover unique solutions to their biggest challenges.

“I am energized and motivated to help make Abel Communications the best and most forward-thinking PR firm in the Mid-Atlantic,” Richmond said. “While we continue to look ahead and plan for the future, we remain focused on helping our clients manage through the current crisis today.”

Abel Communications also announced two additional promotions as Jessica Fast has been promoted to Director of Client Services and Amanda Mantiply has been promoted to Senior Account Manager.

Founded in 2005 by Greg Abel, Abel Communications has evolved into one of the top PR firms in the region. The firm was recognized most recently by the Baltimore Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work and by PRSA Maryland, where the team received seven awards for its work in creative tactics, media relations, public service, and events.

About Abel Communications

Abel Communications is a full-service public relations firm, delivering strategic communications programs for its regional and national clients. We provide strategic counsel to help clients navigate that vast intersection of media relations, content development, social media and digital strategy. We are not just a publicity shop. We unleash the power of relationships and connections. We deliver great ideas and get results for clients including The Bainbridge Companies, Loyola University, National Apartment Association, UnitedHealthcare and WorldAware. For more information, visit https://www.abelcommunications.com.

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