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Dathena Names Industry Veteran as New CTO

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I’m looking forward to leveraging my expertise managing SaaS platforms in fast-growing environments to help Dathena bring its platform to brand new markets — it’s an exhilarating opportunity for me.


SINGAPORE (PRWEB)

Data-security and privacy pioneer Dathena today announced the appointment of veteran software engineer Lylian Kieffer as its new Chief Technology Officer. Kieffer will lead Dathena’s engineering department, overseeing development and technical operations as the deep-tech leader expands its global offerings and uses innovative AI tools to offer global enterprises best-in-class data privacy and protection.

Kieffer brings over 15 years of experience in building and operating large scale SaaS and data platforms, most recently as executive VP for Engineering and Operations at App Annie. During his eight-year tenure at App Annie, Kieffer built a team of 180 engineers across Asia, North America, and Europe, implementing and overseeing platform architecture now trusted by the company’s 1 million global users. His previous experience includes leading mobile engineering at Zandan and Gomez, where he spearheaded the creation of the company’s core mobile monitoring and diagnostic tools.

At Dathena, Kieffer will focus on developing the architecture required to efficiently support deployment and distribution of the Dathena platform via SaaS and other models. Kieffer will also lead a significant expansion of Dathena’s engineering team as the company develops its processes and engineering infrastructure to ensure rapid delivery for current and future clients in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Built with patented natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning technologies, Dathena’s comprehensive toolkit allows users to effortlessly but accurately identify, classify, and protect sensitive information. Dathena’s AI-powered tools can also automatically flag data-access and user-behavior anomalies, allowing the intelligent identification of risk factors in real-time, without the need to establish complex monitoring rules.

“Leading large global engineering teams and managing large-scale analytics platforms, I’ve seen first-hand how challenging it can be to keep data safe while satisfying all the relevant regulatory constraints. Dathena is using cutting-edge technologies to deliver one-of-a-kind tools and functionalities that global businesses urgently need,” Kieffer said. “I’m looking forward to leveraging my expertise managing SaaS platforms in fast-growing environments to help Dathena bring its platform to brand new markets — it’s an exhilarating opportunity for me.”

“Dathena is poised for rapid growth across a range of business sectors and geographies, and Lylian’s experience running large engineering teams in rapidly evolving sectors makes him a perfect fit for us,” said Christopher Muffat, Dathena founder and CEO. “As companies embrace cloud-based operations and grapple with new data regulations, Dathena will be well-positioned to meet their changing needs and provide them with the rigorous, AI-powered data security and privacy tools they need.”

Named a 2018 Gartner Cool Vendor in Data and Application Security and Artificial Intelligence, and selected by Microsoft as a Global Co-Sell Partner, Dathena recently launched its U.S. headquarters in New York to power its growth into North America and global markets. Global enterprise customers across a range of industries trust Dathena’s tools to facilitate compliance with local and international data-protection and privacy regulations, achieve a 30% decrease in data management costs, and drive an 80% reduction in data security operations spend.

About Dathena:

Dathena is a deep-tech company that brings a new paradigm to data privacy and security solutions. In a world of ever-growing information, regulation, and consumer privacy expectations, enterprises around the globe rely on Dathena to identify, classify and control their sensitive data, reduce risks, and enhance the data protection framework.

Leveraging the power of modern AI technologies, Dathena delivers breakthrough, petabyte-scale solutions with unprecedented accuracy, efficiency and speed that build consumer trust in a digital world and ensure the “privacy and data security protection journey.” Founded in 2016, Dathena continues to grow with offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Geneva, Lausanne, Paris, and New York City. Dathena employs more than 70 people, including the world’s top data scientists and information risk experts.

For more information about Dathena, visit http://www.dathena.io and find Dathena on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

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Reid Walker Joins The OCR as Senior Partner

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We’re delighted to have Reid join us. He played a critical role in the founding of The OCR more than 10 years ago. His return demonstrates that we’re doing something right,” -Dr. Craig Carroll, Executive Director


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

The OCR today announced that Reid Walker has joined the company as Senior Partner. Most recently, Walker served as communications director for US Senator Maria Cantwell (D. WA) for six years. Previously he led global communications functions at T-Mobile, Lenovo, Honeywell and GE. He received greenbelt training at GE and earned a blackbelt in Six Sigma at Honeywell.

“We’re delighted to have Reid join us. He played a critical role in the founding of The OCR more than 10 years ago. His return demonstrates that we’re doing something right,” said Executive Director Dr. Craig Carroll. “Reid’s previous work leading global communications functions combined with his political experience further enables us to offer high value services to meet the needs of senior-level executives.

The OCR, a research think tank and peer-driven knowledge-exchange network with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., offers services focused on optimizing the corporate affairs function of leading global companies.

Currently, The OCR offers forums in which senior-level executives can gather with peers to address critical issues and challenges related to enterprise-level social-political risk, sustainability, corporate communications, and performance.

Founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 by Dr. Carroll, the Observatory on Corporate Reputation (OCR) is a research think tank devoted to improving and enhancing the corporate affairs function of the Fortune 500 and Global Forbes 2000. We produce research and supply actionable knowledge that informs and drives the corporate affairs and communications practices.

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Altman Vilandrie & Company Promotes Ryan Dean to Director

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Altman Vilandrie & Company has promoted Ryan Dean to Director.

Ryan’s expertise in wireless, data centers, and Internet of Things has allowed him to provide significant value to our clients and help grow the firm.


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

Altman Vilandrie & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has promoted Ryan Dean to Director. Dean, who joined the firm in 2008, advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector and private equity clients on a range of business strategy and investment issues.

“Ryan has succeeded in every step of his career at our firm and has earned this promotion to Director,” said Altman Vilandrie & Company COO Steve Conway. “His expertise in wireless, data centers, and Internet of Things has allowed him to provide significant value to our clients and help grow the firm.”

Dean is based in Altman Vilandrie & Company’s San Francisco office and works with clients throughout the TMT space, including wireless operators, CSP technology vendors, website/hosting providers and private equity investors.

During recent client engagements in the wireless sector, Dean led the development of a business case for new product development, analyzed and recommended new consumer wireless offers, and supported an organizational redesign. Recently for investor clients, he evaluated several data center and fiber providers.

Dean earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.

About Altman Vilandrie & Company

Altman Vilandrie & Company is a strategy consulting group that focuses on the telecom, media, technology and investor sectors. The company’s consultants are experienced in strategy, marketing, finance, M&A, technology, regulatory and operations disciplines. Based in Boston, with offices in New York City and San Francisco, Altman Vilandrie & Company enables clients to seize new opportunities, navigate mounting challenges, improve business performance and increase investor value within complex and converging industries.

Ninety percent of the boutique firm’s operator clients are large- to mid-cap companies including service providers, technology and software developers and media companies. Altman Vilandrie & Company’s financial clients include many of the largest and most prominent investors in the telecom, media and technology markets.

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TeakOrigin, a Food Data Company, Shows What’s “Inside” the Food We Eat

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The TeakOrigin Guide is a free resource designed to unearth the unique inner qualities of food to help consumers and businesses make the best possible food decisions.

“Shoppers might be shocked to learn the true nutrient quality and value of some of the produce they’re buying and feeding their families. We believe it’s critical that this information be measured and shared with consumers,” said Greg Shewmaker, Co-Founder of TeakOrigin.


BOSTON (PRWEB)

Today, TeakOrigin, a food data company on a mission to help consumers and businesses make the best possible food decisions, unveiled the TeakOrigin Guide (http://www.teakoriginguide.com), a free resource designed to unearth the unique inner qualities of food. Using scientific and data-driven insights, TeakOrigin establishes the true quality, value, and nutritional state of top-selling fruits and vegetables compared to known standards and expectations. The TeakOrigin Guide currently displays results from top retailers in both Los Angeles and Boston, with plans to expand.

The TeakOrigin Guide is free and designed to empower consumers with a wealth of local retail produce data. The guide informs consumers as they make buying decisions and finally answers the question: Are we getting the food we’re paying for? We have expectations of freshness, taste, and nutritional value for all the produce we eat, but these quality expectations are based on subjective and inaccurate sensory-driven judgements, like how things look and feel.

“Shoppers might be shocked to learn the true nutrient quality and value of some of the produce they’re buying and feeding their families. We believe it’s critical that this information be measured and shared with consumers,” said Greg Shewmaker, Co-Founder of TeakOrigin. “We need to know what’s happening inside our food and stop judging our produce by its cover, so to speak. This is why we’ve spent the last six years working alongside some of the world’s top companies and institutions ensuring our methods are scientifically validated and that our approach is helpful to anyone seeking to make better food decisions.”

TeakOrigin is the first company to tackle this massive problem by building a practical, integrated solution—combining analytical chemistry, optical spectroscopy, and machine learning—for rapid, nondestructive, and highly accurate quality assessment of foods’ authenticity, quality, and freshness that can be easily communicated to consumers.

TeakOrgin Guide

The TeakOrigin team assesses thousands of samples purchased at ten top grocers in Los Angeles and Boston every week to gather millions of data points and create up-to-date digital food models. We publish these never-before-seen insights each Friday in the TeakOrigin Guide, organized in an easy-to-use interface with search tools to present data that is accessible, actionable, and easily understood.

The guide features three main ranking categories for produce segments as well as grocers:


  • Quality Score: A measurement of the nutritional content of the produce, or the averaged nutritional content of all produce carried by the grocers.

  • Value Rank: A ranking of grocers delivering the highest quality at the best price.

  • Perception Rank: A ranking of how consumers perceive grocers’ produce quality.

The easy-to-navigate guide features a number of search tools for a deep dive into local produce data, including:

  • Search by Produce or Grocer: Investigate the quality and value of either individual types of produce in your area, or the overall quality and value from ten top grocers in your area (currently offered in Los Angeles and Boston).

  • Grocer Comparisons: Compare overall quality and value of stores in your area with a detailed dashboard that allows you to choose stores by the produce they carry, specific stores you already like, or all stores in your area, to find your most compatible options.

  • Customizable Produce Search: Choose a single type of produce or a selection, and find grocers with the highest quality and value for each individually, or as a collective shopping cart.

  • Produce Profiles: Dive into nutrient profiles of produce (vitamin c, potassium, antioxidants, etc.) to discover which grocers have the produce with preferred quality and nutrient levels.

  • Historical Data: Track how quality and value change over time across all the produce a grocer carries, a specific type of produce at a specific grocer, or a specific type of produce across all grocers.

The initial focus is top-selling fruits and vegetables that include: apples (multiple varieties), avocados, bananas, blueberries, grapes (red/green), spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, with other foods in process.

TeakOrigin also has benefits designed specifically for retailers and is currently conducting early-stage pilot programs with two major grocers. These partners are using the data powering the TeakOrigin Guide to access deeper insights into their own businesses. One major grocer is using TeakOrigin to understand the actual quality of its produce and how it compares to that of its competitors, and its own internal standards. Another is focused on consumer satisfaction and how produce quality is perceived versus how its produce quality is performing.         

If you’re a retailer and interested in learning about the pilot program, please visit: TeakOrigin.com/business.

About TeakOrigin

TeakOrigin (http://www.teakorigin.com) is a Boston-based team of entrepreneurs, and food and data scientists, who are on a mission to help people make better food decisions by enabling them to understand what’s happening inside of food. The TeakOrigin Guide (http://www.teakoriginguide.com) is a free resource that unearths the unique inner qualities of top-selling produce from local retailers. The TeakOrigin Guide is in Beta and currently offered in Los Angeles and Boston.

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Business: Insurance

NFP Ventures Invests in Wealth Technologies Inc., a Provider of Innovative Digital Financial Planning Solutions

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“WealthTech empowers NFP to serve the mass affluent – an often underserved segment of the market – at scale and add breadth to our portfolio of wealth management solutions,” said Shawn Ellis, managing director of NFP Ventures.


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

NFP Ventures, the early-stage investment arm of NFP, today announced a strategic investment in Wealth Technologies Inc. (WealthTech), the creator of a pioneering dynamic financial planning strategies platform. The investment includes plans to deploy WealthTech’s suite of financial planning tools across NFP’s distribution network.

WealthTech’s proprietary fGPS financial planning platform allows customers to offer personalized, client-focused financial services at scale. Through analysis of personal assets, liabilities and cash flows in the context of the user’s financial goals, the fGPS platform provides hyper-customized guidance that puts the client at the center of financial planning. WealthTech’s technology goes beyond financial advice by creating a field of dynamic financial decision making for individuals and households with options ranging from defining and prioritizing goals, managing expenses, making credit and financing decisions, and optimizing insurance coverage.

With the investment, WealthTech will have access to NFP’s current distribution capabilities in insurance and corporate wellness, with a particular focus on those clients who often can’t access sophisticated financial planning solutions due to cost. Partnering with WealthTech demonstrates NFP’s commitment to equipping clients with advanced advice and tools designed to enhance financial wellness.

“NFP continues to explore opportunities that allow us to serve a broader range of clients and needs,” said Shawn Ellis, managing director of NFP Ventures. “WealthTech empowers NFP to serve the mass affluent – an often underserved segment of the market – at scale and add breadth to our portfolio of wealth management solutions. With WealthTech’s offering, we have a path to deliver excellence consistent with the solutions we currently provide to high net worth and ultra high net worth customer segments, while adding diversity to our growing client base.”

“WealthTech’s intelligent solutions represent an opportunity to complement our existing individual and institutional wealth management solutions and serve a broader range of clients,” said Mike Goldman, president and chief operating officer of NFP. “Not all solutions are appropriate for all customers, so providing tools designed for clients who have unmet financial well-being needs, and who may be grow into being ideal candidates for our other wealth management offerings, is an exciting differentiator.”

“NFP’s focus on providing exceptional advice to their clients creates an optimal environment for utilization of our financial planning tools,” said WealthTech cofounder Rohit D’Souza. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with them to deploy our fGPS system across their verticals to expand their capabilities and positively impact the financial wellness of millions of customers.”

About WealthTech

WealthTech is a founder funded digital finance company with deep financial services industry experience, whose principals have successfully developed, deployed and scaled groundbreaking technologies across multiple businesses and financial service sectors. WealthTech has developed innovative technology enabling the creation and operation of dynamic financial planning strategies which are significantly more flexible and powerful than existing planning technologies. WealthTech’s fGPS financial goal positioning system is the first scalable, hyper-customizable implementation of this technology enabling the provision of advisor assisted or fully automated turn-by-turn guidance, encompassing all aspects of financial decisions from strategic goal formulation and prioritization, ongoing budget and expense management, balance sheet and liquidity management, credit and financing decisions, to investment allocations and risk management. WealthTech’s fGPS platform reshapes the personal finance industry by allowing its partners to massively expand their capabilities and reach. For more information, visit wealthtech.com.

About NFP

NFP is a leading insurance broker and consultant providing specialized property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions through its licensed subsidiaries and affiliates. NFP enables client success through the expertise of over 5,600 global employees, investments in innovative technologies, and enduring relationships with highly rated insurers, vendors, and financial institutions. NFP is the 5th largest benefits broker by global revenue, 6th largest US-based privately owned broker, and 8th best place to work in insurance (Business Insurance); 10th largest property and casualty agency (Insurance Journal); and 13th largest global insurance broker (Best’s Review).

Visit NFP.com to discover how NFP empowers clients to meet their goals.

About NFP Ventures

NFP Venture, LLC (NFP Ventures) is a venture fund launched by NFP that focuses on strategic partnerships and investments in the emerging Insurtech, Fintech and HR Tech arenas. NFP Ventures’ mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with expertise to foster long-term success. Typically, NFP Ventures targets companies seeking Seed to Series B investment that can benefit from NFP’s distribution, human capital and other unique assets to accelerate their growth.

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ProMach Names Tom McDaniel as Senior Vice President of Pharma Business Line

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His [Tom’s] vision will help take ProMach to the next level and ensure we are poised to continue our strong growth with our stand-alone and integrated Pharma line solutions.


CINCINNATI (PRWEB)

ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, announced today that Tom McDaniel has been named as the company’s new Senior Vice President for its Pharma Business Line. Reporting to Michel Lapierre, President of ProMach’s Pharma Business Line, Mr. McDaniel will oversee operations and commercial activity for ProMach’s Pharma product brands including NJM and WLS.

Mr. McDaniel joins ProMach from Bosch Packaging Technology (now Syntegon Packaging Technology), where he spent the last year as President of their North American Food Division and thirteen years prior to that as President of their North American Pharma Division. Prior to his 23 total years of experience at Bosch, Mr. McDaniel worked for Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies Nestlé USA and Frito-Lay in engineering and plant management roles.

“I am excited to have Tom join the ProMach organization as SVP of our Pharma Business Line,” said Bret Ranc, ProMach Chief Operating Officer. “Tom’s background in pharmaceutical packaging is unparalleled and his reputation as a strong leader is well known throughout the industry. He has extensive experience leading operations at multiple manufacturing sites, growing sales and service teams, integrating acquisitions, and guiding overall strategic growth. His vision will help take ProMach to the next level and ensure we are poised to continue our strong growth with our stand-alone and integrated Pharma line solutions.”

Mr. McDaniel earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, his M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, and currently serves on the Industry Relations Committee for PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

“I’m excited to join ProMach and help write the next chapter of their tremendous growth story,” said Mr. McDaniel. “I’ve watched ProMach grow into a true industry powerhouse over the years. I believe the best is yet to come as we work relentlessly to bring customers the best solutions across the entire packaging line and ensure they remain satisfied with the ProMach product brands for the life of their investment and beyond.”

Founded in 1998, ProMach is a family of best-in-class packaging solution product brands serving manufacturers of all sizes, geographies, and industries. ProMach product brands operate across the entire packaging spectrum providing solutions for nearly every application, including integration and engineering services for complete turnkey packaging lines.

About ProMach

ProMach is a family of best-in-class packaging solution brands serving manufacturers of all sizes and geographies in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, and household and industrial goods industries. ProMach brands operate across the entire packaging spectrum: filling and capping, flexibles, pharma, product handling, labeling and coding, and end of line. ProMach also provides Performance Services including integrated solutions, design/build, engineering services, and productivity software to optimize packaging line design and deliver maximum uptime.

ProMach designs, manufactures, integrates, and supports the most sophisticated and advanced packaging solutions in the global marketplace. Its diverse customer base, from Fortune 500 companies to smaller, privately-held businesses worldwide, depends on reliable, flexible, technologically advanced equipment and integrated solutions. ProMach is headquartered near Cincinnati, Ohio, with manufacturing facilities and offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. For more information about ProMach, visit http://www.ProMachBuilt.com.

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NJ Legislation Requires Employers to e-file Healthcare Data for NJ Residents

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ACA XML2NJ

XML to NJ efile. Fast and Easy

“Our roots are in state-mandated reporting and e-filing. As early as 2004 we were filing healthcare data while working with the Massachusetts Connector.” Says Kim Phillips, President and CEO “We approach state filing not as an add on to ACA, but as a fully resourced core service.”


NATICK, Mass. (PRWEB)

BenefitScape, a leader in ACA compliance reporting and e-filing solutions, is an authorized e-filer to the state of New Jersey in connection with new legislation called the New Jersey Health Insurance Market Preservation Act (NJHIMPA).

This legislation requires that every New Jersey resident must either obtain health insurance, have a valid exemption, or pay a penalty called the Shared Responsibility Payment (SRP).

Any employer, who provides healthcare, minimum essential coverage (MEC), to a New Jersey resident, is required by this legislation to file electronically (no paper filings are permitted) a verification of this healthcare coverage to the statae of New Jersey. This requirement applies to both in-state and out-of-state businesses and is in addition to an employers’ federal reporting responsibilities established by the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate.

As an authorized e-filer to the NJ DORES system, BenefitScape can e-file the required information for an employer to help them fulfill their responsibility to provide healthcare verification to New Jersey.

Employers have until March 31, 2020, to comply with the NJHIMPA for Tax Year 2019. Employers can file via the same system they use to file their employees’ W-2s or they can seek the assistance of an authorized e-filer.

“As one of the early developers working in 2004 with the Massachusetts Connector, our roots were planted in state-mandated reporting and e-filing. Says Kim Phillips, President and CEO “We don’t approach state filing as an “added on” service but with the recognition that accuracy and reliability are essential, to prevent any unnecessary fines and penalties.”

Filing requirements follow the Federal ACA model

In general, employers need to submit the same 1095-B and1095-C Forms used by the IRS to verify an employers’ compliance with federal ACA requirements. While New Jersey will accept the entire federal filing, best practice will be to only send those Forms and information relating to New Jersey residents, other information should be excluded.

How BenefitScape performs this e-filing

BenefitScape is an authorized e-filer to both the federal IRS AIR system and to New Jersey. We are expert at handling the federal XML file format and can take the filing that was done to the federal government and repurpose it for New Jersey filing. It’s that simple. Have only paper Form 1095..we will convert to XML. Here is a link that explains our process in greater detail.

BenefitScape has been filing healthcare mandate related information since 2005 in Massachusetts. We are experts at handling these filings in a secure reliable manner. We serve hundreds of clients on the federal level and have been preparing for the state-mandated filings that are now required in Massachusetts, New Jersey, District of Columbia and others .Learn More About State Mandates

About BenefitScape

BenefitScape Is the Leading US Employee Benefits Company to Focus Exclusively on Employer Compliance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and derivative filings in connection with state-level legislation. This Singular Focus and Our Dedicated ACATech© Platform Enable Us to Free Employers, with Cost-Saving Efficiency, from All the Pain, Penalty Risks, and Resource Burdens of ACA Compliance.

From Performing an ACA Compliance Assessment, to Tracking and Calculating Eligibility, through IRS Coding and Employee Communications to the Final IRS E-Filing, We Work Seamlessly with Any Client Setup, All Data Formats, and at Any Stage or throughout the Compliance Process. And, We Don’t Stop When Reporting Is Complete. We Assist in Necessary Corrections, Any IRS 226J Responses, and Establishing Go Forward Risk Mitigation Plans.

BenefitScape aspires to the highest level of transparency, partnership, community service and is women owned and operated.

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PrideStaff CEO Named to “Staffing 100 North America” List for Fifth Consecutive Year

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PrideStaff CEO George Rogers Named to "Staffing 100 North America" List for Fifth Consecutive Year.

PrideStaff CEO George Rogers Named to “Staffing 100 North America” List for Fifth Consecutive Year.

I’m proud to have once again been named to SIA’s Staffing 100 North America list and to be the visionary for an organization with such a bright future.


FRESNO, Calif. (PRWEB)

In an evolving, $155.5 billion North American market filled with accomplished professionals, PrideStaff, a national, franchised staffing organization, is pleased to announce that their leader and visionary, Founder and CEO George Rogers, was named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ “Staffing 100 North America” List for a fifth consecutive year.

Rogers has made Staffing 100 for half a decade running by growing a single-office staffing firm, which he founded in 1978, into a nationwide, commercial staffing franchise with more than 80 office locations generating over $240 million in annual revenue. His vision for growth and development also resulted in the launch of three additional divisions – PrideStaff Financial, Rx relief®, and Insurance Relief – each dedicated to serving niche areas within the staffing industry. All of PrideStaff’s divisions have been recognized as multi-year winners of ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Diamond Awards for outstanding client and talent satisfaction.

For nine years, the Staffing 100 has served not as a ranking, but as a modern way to recognize the men and women who are charting a course into the future of workforce solutions. In a complex, changing job market, these CEOs, entrepreneurs, workforce specialists, attorneys, technologists and more have adapted to change, creating efficient processes that satisfy both candidates and end-users without sacrificing the human element in staffing.

“In recent years, the staffing industry has adapted to artificial intelligence, critical talent shortages, new workforce models and a complex regulatory environment,” said Rogers. “PrideStaff has risen to the top of our industry by staying ahead of these changes – and leveraging them as a source of competitive advantage. By using the right technology to improve customer experience while also driving efficiency, PrideStaff has grown to become an organization that makes a meaningful difference to the employers, job seekers and local communities in each market we serve.

“I’m proud to have once again been named to SIA’s Staffing 100 North America list and to be the visionary for an organization with such a bright future,” continued Rogers. “By delivering exceptional service experiences, developing our talented staff members and Strategic-Partners, and leading the digital transformation of staffing, we will remain at the top of our industry in terms of franchise growth, profitability and customer satisfaction for decades to come.”

This honor is the latest of several accolades the national staffing organization has recently received. In addition to being named a seven-time Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Diamond Award winner, PrideStaff was also named to Entrepreneur’s highly competitive Franchise 500® List earlier this year. Rogers attributes PrideStaff’s sustained success to proven processes, world-class technology, commitment to quality service and the exceptional executive team he has built.

About PrideStaff

PrideStaff was founded in the 1970s as 100% company-owned units and began staffing franchising in 1995. They operate over 80 offices in North America to serve over 5,000 clients and are headquartered in Fresno, CA. With over 40 years in the staffing business, PrideStaff offers the resources and expertise of a national firm with the spirit, dedication and personal service of smaller, entrepreneurial firms. PrideStaff is the only nationwide, commercial staffing firm in the U.S. and Canada with over $100 million in annual revenue to earn ClearlyRated’s prestigious Best of Staffing Diamond Award seven years in a row highlighting exceptional client and talent service quality.

For more information on our services or for staffing franchise information, visit http://www.pridestaff.com.

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Lenahan Insurance Agency Earns “Diamond Achiever” Award in Michigan

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(L to R) John Benson, Chairman of the Board & CEO of Frankenmuth Insurance; Dan Lenahan of the Lenahan Insurance Agency; and Fred Edmond, President & COO of Frankenmuth Insurance.

“The members of the agency’s team are excellent business partners, providing quality, professional service to all clients they serve,” says Frankenmuth Insurance President and COO Fred Edmond.


GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. (PRWEB)

The Lenahan Insurance Agency of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan has been named “Diamond Achiever” for the state of Michigan by Frankenmuth Insurance. The award is presented to the state agency that attained the highest overall percentage rating in profitability, growth and policy retention during the past year.

The results achieved by the team at the Lenahan Insurance Agency in 2019 have helped the agency become one of the most successful of Frankenmuth Insurance’s more than 600 independent agencies.

“We are proud to present this award to the management and staff at the Lenahan Insurance Agency,” says Frankenmuth Insurance President and COO Fred Edmond. “The members of the agency’s team are excellent business partners, providing quality, professional service to all clients they serve.”

To learn more about the Lenahan Insurance Agency, find them on Facebook or visit http://www.lenahanagency.com.

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Frankenmuth Insurance has been providing peace of mind for families and businesses for 150 years. Because insurance is both complicated and critical to people’s lives, Frankenmuth works exclusively with 600 independent agents to provide business, home, auto and life insurance policies. With more than 700 employees, the company is headquartered in Frankenmuth, Michigan, and offers insurance products in 15 states. Frankenmuth Insurance is financially sound, with $1.7 billion in assets. The company has an A.M. Best rating of “A” (Excellent) and is a Ward’s 50® Top Performer. For more information visit fmins.com.

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Alternative delivery experts Ed Crooks and David Boss join HNTB

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HNTB’s E. Crooks and D. Boss

“Ed and David bring our clients experienced voices in providing commercial and strategic advice for public owner organizations and helping them advance complex infrastructure projects under public-private partnerships and other alternative delivery models.” — Jim Ray, HNTB corporate president.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (PRWEB)

Ed Crooks and David Boss joined HNTB Corporation as senior vice president and vice president, respectively, in the firm’s strategic infrastructure advisory practice. They provide consulting services to public sector leaders seeking to deliver major infrastructure programs. Crooks is based in HNTB’s Washington, D.C., office and Boss is based in the Plano, Texas, office. Both work with clients nationwide.

“Infrastructure needs continue to grow, but traditional funding streams have become more unstable, leading owners to explore new delivery strategies,” said Jim Ray, HNTB corporate president. “Ed and David bring our clients experienced voices in providing commercial and strategic advice for public owner organizations and helping them advance complex infrastructure projects under public-private partnerships and other alternative delivery models.”

Crooks is an infrastructure finance and project development professional with extensive experience in P3 and alternative delivery strategies. He has more than 30 years of experience, including development of a wide range of infrastructure investment opportunities, project and corporate finance, and P3 project communication strategies. Crooks has worked in multiple market sectors, including highways, water, rail/transit, airports and social infrastructure. He has advanced major projects both as a private developer and investor, and as an advisor to governments.

Before joining HNTB, Crooks was principal and founder of an infrastructure advisory firm where he assisted public and private clients with infrastructure development strategy, project structuring, procurement and implementation.

Crooks received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and an Associate of Applied Sciences degree in civil engineering technology from Purdue University.

Boss is an infrastructure development professional with a broad range of experience in design, design-build and P3s. He also has worked in the industry for over 30 years across multiple sectors, with a particular focus on transportation – highways, bridges, interchanges, transit and airports. He has led teams for final design, toll collection technology, traffic and revenue studies, and design-build, and has participated in developing complex financial, commercial and operations and maintenance components of P3s.

Prior to rejoining HNTB, Boss was a P3 technical manager for a construction and development company where he helped develop and implement some of the largest P3 projects in the U.S. to date.

Boss received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Purdue University and began his career with HNTB through a co-op program while studying at Purdue. After graduation, he joined HNTB’s Dallas office where he worked for eight years as a project engineer.

About HNTB

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors. With 106 years of service in the United States, HNTB understands the life cycle of infrastructure and addresses clients’ most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide deliver a full range of infrastructure-related services, including award-winning planning, design, and program and construction management. For more information, visit http://www.hntb.com, or follow HNTB on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

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