PathFactory CEO Dev Ganesan at the 2019 NVTC Tech 100 Awards in McLean, VA

“I’m honored to be included on this list of innovative companies and successful executives who are transforming Northern Virginia into one of the top tech centers in North America.”

MCLEAN, Va. (PRWEB)
December 10, 2019

PathFactory, one of the fastest-growing B2B marketing technology companies in North America, announced that its CEO, Dev Ganesan, was named a Tech 100 Executive by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC). NVTC’s Tech 100 list includes companies and individuals demonstrating outstanding dedication, vision, and innovation within the region’s technology industry.

“We are excited to announce that Dev Ganesan is an NVTC Tech 100 honoree. His unique vision and dedication to industry innovation truly make him a stand out leader in the region and beyond,” stated Bobbie Kilberg, President and CEO, Northern Virginia Technology Council.

One hundred tech companies and 25 executives comprise the 2019 NVTC Tech 100 awards list. The honorees were celebrated last night at an exclusive ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia.

“I’m honored to be included on this list of innovative companies and successful executives who are transforming Northern Virginia into one of the top tech centers in North America,” Ganesan said.

Ganesan has experience in building and scaling companies in the digital, mobile, content, and data analytics industries. He was the recipient of the Ernst & Young 2017 Entrepreneur-of-the-Year award, Future 50 award in 2014 and 2013, and was recognized as a Washington Tech Titan in 2013. Ganesan also enjoys philanthropic pursuits as a mentor with MindShare and a long-serving board member of DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C.

About NVTC

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. As one of the largest technology councils in the nation, NVTC serves about 1,000 companies from all sectors of the technology industry, as well as service providers, universities, foreign embassies, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies. Through its member companies, NVTC represents about 350,000 employees in the region. NVTC is recognized as the nation’s leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events; specialized services and benefits; public policy advocacy; branding of its region as a major global technology center; initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas; and the NVTC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that supports the NVTC Veterans Employment Initiative and other priorities within Virginia’s technology community. Visit NVTC at http://www.nvtc.org.

About PathFactory

Established in 2012, PathFactory removes friction from B2B marketing and sales by delivering intelligent content across the customer journey. PathFactory’s proprietary content consumption data tells marketers exactly which content and channels are producing the deepest engagement, which prospects are ready to buy, and which customers are likely to be retained or ready to be upsold. PathFactory was recently recognized by Deloitte as one of North America’s Technology Fast 500 and Canada’s Technology Fast 50 companies. It was also named the only Top-Rated Award Winner in Content Marketing Software by TrustRadius and a 2019 Cool Vendor in Technology Marketing by Gartner.

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Olivier Pignault

As the IT security compliance burden reaches new highs across all industries, we now have the opportunity to start a transformation of equal scale and impact with Continuous IT Controls.

AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)
December 10, 2019

Neverfail announced today that it has hired Olivier Pignault as Vice President of Product Management. Pignault brings more than 25 years of customer-focused product management and IT innovation expertise to Neverfail. He also holds multiple patents and has become an expert on “whole product collaboration”.

Prior to Neverfail, Pignault served as Director of Product Portfolio Management for Axway, a Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant leader in life-cycle API management. Pignault managed Axway’s AMPLIFY platform foundation services and coordinated with the product lines supporting its hybrid integration solution for their enterprise customers.

“Olivier will be instrumental in advancing our revolutionary Continuous IT Controls + Agile Audit Management offering, that will drive automation throughout the compliance ecosystem,” said Brian Hierholzer, Chairman and CEO, Neverfail. “His enterprise-level experience and deep understanding of cross-functional team planning, development, and product launch will ensure we continue to drive product innovation to our clients and key ecosystem stakeholders.”

“I have experienced first-hand how Agile, DevOps, and Cloud have radically transformed IT. Today, most businesses aim for Continuous Delivery as a best practice and those who get there usually enjoy a substantial competitive advantage. As the IT security compliance burden reaches new highs across all industries, we now have the opportunity to start a transformation of equal scale and impact with Continuous IT Controls.” said Pignault.

About Neverfail

Neverfail delivers Continuous IT Controls + Agile Audit Management and High Availability solutions to some of the most highly recognizable brands in the world. With a history of providing highly compliant, mission-critical services to organizations burdened by SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, and FedRamp requirements, more than 4,000 customers in over 60 countries trust Neverfail to automate continual compliance and continuity without the worry, time, or cost of traditional methods. Founded in 2007, Neverfail is headquartered in Austin, Texas with offices in Scotland, England, Romania, and Costa Rica.

To learn more, visit http://www.neverfail.com.

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Ken has done a great job leading Macmillan Learning, especially in this quickly evolving market. He is a driven leader, a constant learner and an unrelenting supporter of education.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
December 10, 2019

Macmillan Learning today announced the resignation of CEO Ken Michaels. Mr. Michaels was appointed Chief Executive to Macmillan Learning in April 2015, following his tenure as Chief Operating Officer for Macmillan’s global education unit. After Mr. Michaels’ appointment, Macmillan Learning has enjoyed a period of solid growth and innovation.

Following Mr. Michaels’ departure, Macmillan Learning General Manager Susan Winslow will lead the company with the group’s senior leadership team. They will report to Macmillan CEO John Sargent.

Mr. Sargent commented, “Ken has done a great job leading Macmillan Learning, especially in this quickly evolving market. He is a driven leader, a constant learner and an unrelenting supporter of education. He has modernized the company and put us on stable footing. He leaves with the company taking significant steps forward with a new courseware platform and a fantastic lineup for 2020. I am grateful for all he has done.”

“It has been a tremendous honor and privilege to lead this team for the past five years,” said Mr. Michaels. “Our mission is to build solutions that ensure each student can reach their fullest potential. Although the industry is changing rapidly, we remain laser-focused on supporting the needs of educators and to creating innovative products using evidence-based research to increase student success.”

He added, “My deepest gratitude goes out to those who work every day to make a difference in education. I believe Macmillan Learning’s brightest and most impactful days are ahead and I look forward to their success.”

Mr. Michaels joined Macmillan in 2013 from Hachette Book Group (HBG), where he was President and COO. Mr. Michaels is a former Chairman of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG). He has more than 30 years of industry-changing accomplishments at the top trade, educational, and scholarly publishing companies, with senior roles at The McGraw Hill Companies and Hachette Book Group.

About Macmillan Learning

Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned company that improves lives through learning. By linking research to learning practice, we develop pioneering products and learning materials for students that are highly effective and drive improved outcomes. Our engaging content is developed in partnership with the world’s best authors researchers, educators, administrators, and developers. Visit macmillanlearning.com, see us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or join our Macmillan Community.

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Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly, at its 17th annual Readers Choice Awards Gala

“I’m honored to be recognized with this incredible award. Cruise Planners has been giving people the gift of entrepreneurship for 25 years. Our Cruise Planners travel advisors are truly making a positive impact in the travel industry and seeing their incredible success is beyond my wildest dreams.”

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (PRWEB)
December 13, 2019

Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2019 Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards Gala held at the Conrad New York.

The Lifetime Achievement Award pays tribute to individuals whose efforts have led to extraordinary results within an organization and who have also made significant contributions to the industry as a whole.

“I’m honored to be recognized with this incredible award. Cruise Planners has been giving people the gift of entrepreneurship for 25 years,” says Fee. “Our Cruise Planners travel advisors are truly making a positive impact in the travel industry and seeing their incredible success is beyond my wildest dreams.”

Fee, a 40-year travel industry veteran, founded Cruise Planners in 1994 in Coral Springs, Fla. and reimagined the travel world. She was a co-owner of a traditional storefront travel agency and was a trailblazer well before her time. Her visionary leadership spearheaded Cruise Planners to become the nation’s largest network of home-based travel agents with more than 2,500 travel advisors across all 50 states in the U.S. today. The company has evolved to sell all types of travel from all-inclusive resort vacations, guided land tours and cruises. As an American Express Travel Representative, Cruise Planners sells well over half a billion dollars in travel annually.

Fee is a mover and shaker within her community and beyond. She has been a major player in transforming South Florida into a dynamic marketplace, which brings more than four million cruisers sailing from Port Everglades each year. Cruise Planners hosts large trainings six times a year in Fort Lauderdale for new travel advisors from around the U.S. and also hosts 800 travel advisors and industry representatives annually for specialty training at the company’s annual convention, held recently at the Diplomat Resort Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Cruise Planners corporate office, known as Home Office, employs 135 team members and has consistently been voted “Top Workplaces in South Florida” by the Sun Sentinel with jobs in technology, marketing, sales and business development all within the hospitality industry.

As an award-winning CEO and industry leader, her recognitions include:

• 
  Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Hall of Fame Honoree
• EY Entrepreneur of the Year® for Hospitality and Leisure
• Florida Trend’s Florida 500 Most Influential Business Executive in Hospitality
• South Florida Business Journal’s 250 Power Leaders
• South Florida Business & Wealth’s Distinguished CEO Apogee Award Winner
• Godmother of AmaWaterways’ AmaSerena
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Woman of the Year

“Michelle is a true travel agent advocate and inspiration in the travel industry. I love seeing her success being recognized with this honor,” says Vicky Garcia, COO and Fee’s business partner as co-owner. “I’m very proud of my side kick and BFF. I feel incredible to be on this journey with her and to celebrate this moment. We’ve accomplished so much together and I’m looking forward to what the future holds.”

The legacy of the recipients of the Travel Weekly Lifetime Achievement Award collectively defines the environment that the travel industry operates in today and provides a model of vision and accomplishment for tomorrow’s leaders. Other notable recipients include:

• Bob Dickinson, Carnival Cruise Lines
• Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.&
• Jimmy Murphy, AmaWaterways

Stay in Touch: Media can stay up-to-date with Cruise Planners by visiting our ([media room or Socially Yours page for social media updates and handles. For additional information or to make reservations, vacationers should locate a travel advisor near them. For those interested in becoming a franchise owner, please visit the Cruise Planners franchise website.  

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G&A Business Roundtable Signatory Companies Publishing Sustainability Reports 2019

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
December 13, 2019

In August 2019, almost all the Business Roundtable CEO members (181) signed on to an updated BRT definition of “the purpose of a corporation” which expanded the definition to include a focus on other stakeholders other than investors.

Following this announcement, Governance & Accountability Institute’s research team examined the ESG / sustainability reporting practices of the BRT signatory corporations to examine trends and create a baseline for tracking progress and actions going forward. Today, G&A released these initial benchmark results in a resource paper available on our website.

The original definition followed the Professor Milton Friedman doctrine from the 1970s which said — “…the paramount duty of management and of boards of directors is to the corporation’s stockholders.” The BRT’s updated statement is very different from that approach and embraces the idea that stakeholders really do matter (also including shareholders). The BRT’s updated statement of purpose includes commitments to customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and shareholders. Each of these is “essential,” say the CEO signatories, who commit “to deliver value to all, for the future success of the companies, our communities and our country.”

HIGHLIGHTS OF G&A’S TOP LINE RESULTS

• 
  93% (181 of 193) of BRT member companies’ CEOs are signatories to the updated statement of corporate purpose (at time of research in November 2019)
• 93% (150 of 160) of CEOs of public company members signed on
• 94% (31 of 33) of CEOs of privately-owned company members signed on
• 85% (154 of 181) of CEO signatories’ companies publish sustainability /ESG reports
• 15% (27 of 181) of companies are signatories — but not yet publishing reports

Additional perspectives from G&A; detailed analysis of reporting practices (such as trends in usage of reporting standards like GRI, SASB, TCFD, and the SDGs), and links to external resources are included in G&A’s Resource Paper. Download at: http://www.ga-institute.com/research-reports/resource-papers/gas-analysis-of-the-business-roundtable-companies-esg-reporting-practices-resource-paper.html

G&A Institute Chair Hank Boerner notes: “The January 2019 communication to corporate CEOs by Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, head of the world’s largest asset manager and himself a signatory of the BRT statement in August, was an important catalyst in the widening discussion on the role of the large company in the broader society. The BRT statement provided an important focal point for joining in the conversation by stakeholders, including investors. As that discussion continues, we believe it is helpful to understand what the signatories’ companies are doing in terms of ‘walking-the-talk’ of purpose and one way to do this is to examine the public reporting activities.”

Louis D Coppola, VP & Co-Founder of G&A Institute, who designs and manages the corporate reporting research and analysis, adds, “We congratulate the CEOs who have made this commitment through BRT and we look forward to tracking the progress of these companies on aspects of these commitments.”

“It makes sense that these CEOs have now taken this new wider view on the purpose of a corporation, especially as an increasing number of investors are understanding and factoring key ESG data points into their strategy-setting and decision-making. This inaugural report from G&A Institute on the BRT signatories serves as the initial benchmark to examine future progress and momentum for companies in these areas!”

Led by G&A Institute’s Senior ESG Analyst/ Team Leader Elizabeth Peterson, G&A’s research team of talented analyst interns made significant contributions to this study and we proudly recognize them: Julia Nehring, Reilly Sakai, and supporting analyst Yuyou Chen.

G&A plans to continue to track the public disclosure and reporting activities of the BRT companies to detect trends and will share results periodically. For more information, download the complete research paper at: http://www.ga-institute.com/research-reports/resource-papers/gas-analysis-of-the-business-roundtable-companies-esg-reporting-practices-resource-paper.html

ABOUT GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE, INC.

http://www.GA-Institute.com

Founded in 2006, Governance & Accountability Institute is a sustainability consulting and research firm headquartered in NYC, advising corporations and investors on devising and executing winning strategies that help to maximize return on investment at every step of the sustainability journey.

G&A Institute is the Data Partner for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the US, UK, and Republic of Ireland. G&A’s team performs this pro bono work on behalf of GRI. Over 8+ years, G&A has analyzed more than 7,000 sustainability reports.

G&A’s sustainability-focused consulting and advisory services are organized into three main pillars: (1) Sustainability/ESG Strategies & Consulting Services; (2) Communications & Recognitions; and (3) Investor / Capital Markets Relations. The resources available within each category include sustainability/CSR reporting assistance; materiality assessments; stakeholder engagement; strategy setting; ESG survey responses; ESG benchmarking; investor ESG data review & enhancement; investor relations ESG programs; investor engagement; sustainability communications; manager coaching; team building; training; advice on third-party awards, recognition, and index inclusions; ESG issues monitoring and customized research. G&A’s corporate sustainability leadership package includes many of the above service offerings.

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