CHICAGO (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

Logistyx Technologies (https://logistyx.com/), the leader in transportation management for parcel shipping, today announced President Ken Fleming has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.

Fleming was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.

“We are honored to welcome Ken into the community,” said Scott Gerber, Founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Technology Council. “Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world.”

As an accepted member of the Council, Fleming has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence. He will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Fleming will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com, and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Forbes Technology Council,” said Fleming. “This organization offers the ability to connect with likeminded peers to share expertise and help solve current business challenges. Tapping into this innovative community will enable Logistyx to continue its successful growth path and further establish our leading position in the industry.”

About Logistyx Technologies:

Logistyx Technologies is the leader in Transportation Management for parcel shipping, providing an unmatched global multi-carrier network, predictive analytics and full visibility into customer deliveries. Its software boosts parcel shipping efficiencies and other business KPIs for many of the world’s top brands, manufacturers, retailers and logistics providers.

Earlier this year, Logistyx launched its flagship software, TME, the world’s first single engine specifically designed for parcel shipping. With more than 8,500 carrier service integrations globally, TME provides carrier compliance, predictive analytics and tracking on shipping from start to finish.

Headquartered in Chicago, Logistyx Technologies also has U.S. offices in New York, San Diego and St. Louis and international offices in Canada, the Netherlands, the U.K. and Singapore. For more information, visit http://www.Logistyx.com.

About Forbes Councils:

Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.

For more information about Forbes Technology Council, visit forbestechcouncil.com. To learn more about Forbes Councils, visit forbescouncils.com.

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

As the only global industry-wide marketing and media trade group, today the MMA announced the appointment of 14 new industry leaders including marketers, technology enablers, media companies and agencies to the North America Board of Directors. Also, in keeping with the board’s marketer-led commitment, Norm De Greve, CMO, CVS Health Corporation takes the helm as Chair.

“Over the past five years, the MMA has undergone an impressive transformation into a powerful global trade group leading the most advanced thinking around modern marketing, and working hard to restore the stature to marketers and marketing overall,” said Norm De Greve, CMO, CVS Health Corporation and Chair of NA Board. “As the only marketing industry association to bring together senior leaders from all aspects of the industry, we have a unique opportunity to drive enduring business growth by collaboratively building a better channel for marketers and creating more relevant and deeper brand experiences for our customers.”

The North America board aligns its agenda to the MMA Global Board with a regional focus on redefining marketing’s key growth opportunities as well as accelerating business innovation and transformation.

“With our unique and diverse structure of senior leaders across the marketing ecosystem, MMA is setting the standard for a new model of trade group that works collectively and in tandem to solve some of the biggest obstacles facing marketers today and to define the future of marketing,” said Greg Stuart, CEO, MMA. “Our goal is absolutely to bring together pioneering marketers along with leading martech and innovative adtech to change media and marketing for the greater good. I am both humbled and electrified to be working with these leaders to change marketing forever.”

Elected by the MMA’s North America membership, new board members will serve a two-year term beginning immediately. The new and existing North America Board Members include:

New North America Board Members:

Jonathan Beamer, Chief Marketing Officer, Monster

Jim Daily, Global President, Teads

Aditi Gokhale, Chief Commercial Officer, Northwestern Mutual

Tariq Hassan, Chief Marketing Officer, Petco

Jeremy Hlavacek, CRO, IBM Watson Advertising

Les Hollander, Global Head of Audio & Video Monetization, Spotify

Walker Jacobs, CRO, Twitch

Nadine Karp McHugh, SVP, Omni Media, L’Oréal

Scott Kelly, Director Global Digital Marketing, Ford Motor Co., Ltd.

Joshua Lowcock, EVP, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer / Global Brand Safety Officer, UM – Universal McCann

Matt Ramerman, President, Sinch Engage

Stephanie Redish Hofmann, Managing Director, Agency & Partner Development, Google

John Sheldon, Chief Marketing Officer, SmileDirectClub

Dara Treseder, Chief Marketing Officer, Carbon

Re-elected Board Members:

Incoming Chair: Norman De Greve, Chief Marketing Officer, CVS Health Corporation

Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, VP of US Field Sales, Verizon Media

James Kreckler, SVP Digital Media, NBCUniversal

Dave Madden, SVP, Global Media Solutions & Brand Partnerships, Electronic Arts

Amit Shah, Chief Marketing Officer, 1-800-Flowers.com

Mark Wright, VP Media Services & Sponsorships, AT&T

Current Board Members (whose terms continue and/or do not require a membership vote):            

Outgoing Chair & Chair Emeritus: Louis Paskalis, SVP; Enterprise Media Executive, Bank of America

Kristi Argyilan, President, Roundel by Target

Brent Bouldin, VP, Marketing, Choice Hotels International

Bridget Davies, VP, Revenue & Seller Growth, eBay

Brad Feinberg, VP of Media and Consumer Engagement, MillerCoors

Stephen Frieder, President for the Americas, Adobe

Kevin Frisch, Chief Marketing Officer, Wag!

Jennifer Gardner, Senior Director Media, Unilever

Jeff Glueck, CEO, Foursquare

Gail Horwood, Chief Marketing Officer North America, Kellogg Company

Tressie Lieberman, VP, Digital Marketing and Off-Premise, Chipotle

Valentina Marastoni-Bieser, EVP, Marketing, Cuebiq

Duncan McCall, CEO & Co-Founder, PlaceIQ

Maggie Mesa, VP of Business Development – Mobile, OpenX Software Ltd.

Michael Perlman, Chief Revenue Officer, Jumpshot

Jack Philbin, Co-Founder & CEO, Vibes

Suzie Reider, Managing Director, Waze

Mike Romoff, Head of Global Agency and Channel Sales, LinkedIn

Jon Suarez-Davis, Chief Strategy Officer, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Tony Weisman, Chief Marketing Officer, Dunkin’

Chair Emeritus: Michael Donnelly, Former SVP, Digital Experiences Group, Mastercard

“Over the last two years as the North America Board Chair of the MMA, I am genuinely pleased with the accomplishments we’ve made as a team, particularly given the complexities and scale of some of the issues that we’ve tackled,” said outgoing Chair, Lou Paskalis, SVP Customer Engagement and Media Investment at Bank of America. “By engaging leaders from across the ecosystem including marketers, publishers & platforms, technologists and agencies, the MMA is uniquely positioned to create real and positive change by addressing the issues that matter most with greater depth and future-focused thinking. I truly believe that this forum is unrivalled when it comes to tackling the biggest opportunities and challenges the marketing industry faces today.”

Over the past three years, MMA has demonstrated this leadership on critical industry issues with the launch of the Marketing Attribution Think Tank (MATT) to support next-generation measurement as well as a Marketing Org Structure Think Tank (MOSTT) to re-envision the modern marketing organization. In addition, MMA has challenged the notion of time as an audience benchmark through the first neuroscience study of how the brain reacts to advertising in mobile and desktop environments; produces more than 20 marketer conferences annually around the world, including the globally recognized SMARTIES Awards; developed the first Business Impact Index which ranks companies driving the highest level of business impact through their marketing campaigns; and led initiatives to counter marketing fraud (Future of Mobile Fraud Council) and development of leading thinking around Brand Safety (SAVE).

About the MMA:

Comprised of over 800-member companies globally and 14 regional offices, the MMA is the only marketing trade association that brings together the full ecosystem of marketers, tech providers and sellers working collaboratively to architect the future of marketing, while relentlessly delivering growth today. Anchoring the MMA’s mission are four core pillars; to cultivate inspiration by driving innovation for the Chief Marketing Officer; to build the mobile marketing capabilities for marketing organizations through fostering know-how and confidence; to champion the effectiveness and impact of mobile through research providing tangible ROI measurement; and to advocate for mobile marketers.

Members include: 1-800-Flowers.com, Adobe, Ahold Delhaize, Allstate, Ally Financial, American Eagle, American Express, AT&T, Bank of America, Calvin Klein, Campbell’s, Carbon, JPMorgan Chase, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chobani, Choice Hotels, Citi, Clear Channel Outdoor, Colgate Palmolive, Cuebiq, CVS Health, Dunkin’ Brands, eBay, E*TRADE, Electronic Arts, ESPN, Estee Lauder, Facebook, Ford, Foursquare, General Motors Company, Google, Hilton Worldwide, IBM Watson, Jumpshot, Kellogg Company, LinkedIn, L’Oreal, Marriott International, Match Group, Mastercard, McDonald’s, MillerCoors, Monster, NBCU, OpenMarket, OpenX, Pandora, Pfizer, Pinterest, PlaceIQ, Procter & Gamble, RetailMeNot, Salesforce, Samsung, Shire, SITO Mobile, Snap Inc., SUBWAY, Target Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, T- Mobile, Turner Broadcasting, Twitter, Uber, Unilever, Verizon Media Group, Verizon Connect, Vibes, Walmart, Waze, Yieldmo, Zurich and many more. The MMA’s global headquarters are located in New York with regional operations Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM). For more information see http://www.mmaglobal.com.

Media Contacts

Sheryl Daija

Chief Strategy Officer, MMA

917 287 6140

sheryl.daija@mmaglobal.com

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

Ericom Software, a leader in secure web and application access solutions, today announced its achievement of major 2019 milestones, including strong year-over-year growth in its security solutions and the addition of a large number of clients across the financial services, government, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. The company also announced that several key cloud security veterans have joined its executive team to help Ericom continue scaling its global business.

New Customers and Partners

The company specifically highlighted record growth in sales of Ericom Shield, its Zero Trust Browser Isolation solution for secure web access. The increase in demand for remote browser isolation solutions is recognized by Gartner in its most recent Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways report. Gartner “sees growing demand for remote browser isolation (RBI) technology, which renders the image of a website in the cloud and sends an image to a user’s browser (cloud-averse customers can also implement RBI technology in their own data centers). Mostly, customers are implementing RBI as a feature of secure web gateways (SWGs), so that uncategorized or risky websites can be rendered via the RBI technology. However, some highly security-conscious organizations have completely replaced their SWGs with RBI technology.”* Ericom Shield’s RBI capabilities are being used by enterprises to protect their users from web and e-mail delivered malware.

Whether users browse to a malicious site on their own or reach one by clicking a URL embedded in a phishing email, Ericom Shield keeps them secure since no web content is ever executed on the user device. Ericom Shield, winner of two InfoSec Security 2019 Industry Awards, is delivered as either a cloud service or on-premises software, and protects businesses from web-based malware, e-mail threats, and online credential theft.

Propelled by robust market demand for its cloud services and software, Ericom has partnered with some of the largest cybersecurity providers in the world, announcing partnerships this year with Checkpoint, Fortinet, McAfee, and others, to integrate its RBI solution with their web gateways and next generation firewall solutions. To bring these solutions to market, Ericom has aggressively developed its distribution network, partnering with new and existing resellers to promote its security portfolio.

Commenting on his company’s distribution partnership with Ericom in Japan, Tetsuya Tabata, Corporate Officer at K.K. Ashisuto said, “Ericom is a trusted provider of secure web browsing solutions in the rapidly growing web security market in Japan. Our strategic partnership with them allows us to deliver our customers an innovative browser isolation solution that eliminates the possibility of malware reaching their employee’s devices via compromised or malicious websites.”

Ericom’s secure application access solutions, which connect users to corporate applications and resources, are also seeing strong demand, driven by enterprise trends such as flexible employee remote working arrangements and rapid movement of applications from traditional data centers to cloud environments. Discussing Ericom’s secure application access solutions, Ed Blackman, CTO of at Reckon Ltd., an Australian-based provider of financial business software and services, stated, “Ericom provides a great solution that gives our users secure access to our cloud application whenever they need it. They delivered the immediate value our organization expected.”

Additions to Executive Leadership

Ericom has brought a number of key executives into the company since David Canellos was announced as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2019. In addition to cloud cybersecurity veteran Chief Technology Officer Nick Kael, who joined in April, Ericom has added several other security industry leaders in marketing, sales, and research and development in recent months, including:

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  Gerry Grealish, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – Grealish is responsible for Ericom’s global marketing and software partner business development efforts, including strategy and execution for all aspects of the marketing mix and the development of successful strategic partnership relationships. He joins Ericom from Symantec/Blue Coat Systems, where he led product go-to-market strategy and execution for Symantec’s Network Security business. Grealish joined Blue Coat via the acquisition of Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) security leader Perspecsys Inc., where he was CMO.
• Lynne Boyd, Vice President Sales, Americas – Boyd leads Ericom’s sales and channel relationships in the Americas. She brings 20 years of experience across various sales and business development models spanning early-stage start-ups to established corporations, most recently focused on cloud security and CASB sales at Symantec. She has deep experience in building, leading, and scaling sales organizations in cloud security companies like Perspecsys Inc. and security software providers such as Irdeto and Cloakware Systems.
• Zvika Diamant, Senior Vice President of Research & Development – Providing leadership across the company’s product development organization, Diamant is responsible for the development and delivery of the Ericom product portfolio. He brings over 25 years of experience heading engineering teams delivering cloud services and software solutions in highly security-sensitive areas including homeland security and intelligence, and water management systems at companies such as Athena (Mer Group), Peak-Dynamics, and TaKaDu. Earlier in his career, Diamant co-founded and scaled R&D at Synopsis Systems and Cash-U Technologies.
• Leonid Bobovich, Vice President Cybersecurity Engineering – Bobovich is a high-tech industry veteran, with more than 25 years of innovative technological and engineering experience and holds multiple patents in the area of artificial intelligence. He is tasked with design and development of additional innovative cloud-delivered security services for Ericom, which will complement and extend the company’s portfolio of secure web and application access solutions.

“I’m thrilled to have these talented leaders from the cyber and cloud security industries join the Ericom team,” said David Canellos, President and CEO. “They have a proven track record of success in building and scaling development, sales, marketing and customer success organizations, and are a perfect complement to the accomplished team already in place at Ericom.”

Canellos continued “We have a unique opportunity at Ericom, with a large customer base that depends on our solutions to securely operate their businesses every day. I’m excited about the innovative technologies we have brought to market, the cloud-based Zero Trust security solutions we have in development, and the team we have assembled to continue to grow the company.”

*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways, Lawrence Orans, John Watts, Peter Firstbrook, 11 November 2019

About Ericom Software

Ericom Software provides businesses with secure access to the web and corporate applications, in the cloud and on-premises, from any device or location. Leveraging innovative isolation capabilities and multiple secure access technologies, Ericom’s solutions ensure that devices and applications are protected from cybersecurity threats, and users can connect to only the specific resources they are authorized to access.

Ericom’s platform of browser isolation, remote access, secure connectivity, mobility, and virtualization technologies enhances cybersecurity and productivity while reducing cost and complexity for tens of thousands of businesses and millions of end-users worldwide. The company has offices in the US, UK, and EMEA, and a global network of distributors and partners.

For more information about Ericom and its products, visit http://www.ericom.com.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

Emerge is pleased to announce that John Hess has been appointed as new chief technology officer. Mr. Hess was formerly CTO of FRONTSTEPS and brings a wealth of industry knowledge to Emerge.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Emerge executive team,” said Mr. Hess. “It’s exciting to be part of an organization at the forefront of this industry and I’m looking forward to contributing to the innovative technology that is helping companies achieve greater success by reducing their freight spend.”

Mr. Hess brings more than 20 years of experience in technology, development, and engineering to the Emerge team, and is the former vice president and CTO of GlobalTranz.

“John was a key player in helping create some of the best technology in our industry at our first company GlobalTranz,” said Andrew Leto, founder of Emerge. “I am so excited to see where he can take our current platform which is already amazing!”

“John is a proven leader with a unique mix of technical and industry-specific skills,” said Michael Leto, CEO of Emerge. “He will help to solidify our engineering process as we scale to triple our current output in the next 12 months.”

For more information visit https://emergetms.com/.

About Emerge:

Emerge was founded in 2017 by digital pioneers Andrew and Michael Leto after their successful founding and exit from the companies GlobalTranz and 10-4 Systems. In addition to the Leto brothers, the Emerge team is led by company President Grant Crawford, a three-decade veteran of the trucking industry who served as vice president of international operations of FedEx Freight and president of Roadrunner Freight. The Emerge team is supported strategically by Chairman Jack Holmes, the former president & CEO of UPS Freight, and two-time co-chairman of the National Freight Advisory Council in Washington, D.C. Alongside Jack, sits Patrick Reed, the former executive vice president & COO of FedEx Freight, as the newest member of the Emerge Board of Directors.

Emerge offers a suite of features including a dynamic RFP, intelligent route guides, and a spot tool. The award-winning platform provides access to direct capacity through its Digital Freight Marketplace and strategies to utilize or avoid the spot market based on live market conditions. Using Emerge ensures that shippers are making the strongest, most beneficial decisions on everything from day-to-day communication to annual RFPs.

About John Hess:

Since beginning his career in 1999, Mr. Hess has held positions with increasing responsibility in technology, development and engineering. He worked closely with the Leto brothers at their first company GlobalTranz. He has also previously worked with The Highland Group, Med1Online, and DataFlare.

He graduated from Texas A&M University with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

Media Contact:

Andrea Toch

Colter Communications

Andrea@coltercommunications.com

Phone: 602.405.8335

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DETROIT (PRWEB)
November 18, 2019

Detroit-based vehicle telematics firm Guidepoint Systems today announced it has hired Robert C. Jones, a veteran automotive engineering executive, as its new Director of Technology Strategy.

Guidepoint said Jones brings three decades of experience directing Tier 1 automotive-supplier programs for global OEMs including Ford, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Toyota, Nissan and Tesla. A graduate of General Motors Institute (now known as Kettering University), Jones has guided engineering teams and product-line management on a wide variety of high-volume automotive electronics systems, including safety, air-bag controls, child-detection sensors, body control modules, remote keyless entry systems and commercial SPC software.        

Jones joins Guidepoint from Farmington Hills, Mich.-based ZF, where he was responsible for Japanese OEM safety applications. Previously, Jones spent 18 years at engineering and technology supplier Robert Bosch LLC, where he directed programs supplying passive safety electronics and sensor electronics. He also served in senior engineering and operations management roles at Detroit-area automotive suppliers including ZF-TRW, Kelsey Hayes Company and Code-Alarm Inc.    

“We’re very pleased to have Robert join the team,” said Tom Gafford, co-founder and chief technology officer of Guidepoint. “His background working with Tier 1 supplier companies, especially Bosch, provides additional leadership as we expand our work with global OEMs and accelerate our development of automotive CAN bus-enabled applications.”

“I’m excited to join the Guidepoint team because they’ve been a pioneer and innovator in the telematics industry,” Jones said. “The company’s founders and executives have worked in the auto industry for decades and have put Guidepoint in a unique position to serve OEMs, dealerships and drivers with vehicle-centric technology and solutions that go far beyond concierge services and tracking.”

Founded in 1999 as an aftermarket supplier of GPS tracking and stolen vehicle recovery, Guidepoint has evolved into a leader in vehicle telematics. The Detroit-based firm specializes in collecting vehicle, driver and environmental data that can be optimized by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), car dealerships, fleet managers and vehicle owners. Guidepoint’s roots in automotive electronics and its experience supplying hardware and software solutions to automotive OEMs has served it well as it develops solutions built around vehicle data.

“Collecting and leveraging vehicle data is fast becoming the Holy Grail for automakers, but it comes with a variety of challenges because of the increasingly complex and proprietary nature of automotive networks,” Gafford said. “Robert’s addition to the Guidepoint team will help us build on our track record of supplying OEM-level data solutions that integrate hardware, software, cellular networks and emerging CAN FD technology.”

About Guidepoint

Guidepoint Systems, with headquarters in Detroit and main operational facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, owns and operates response centers staffed 24/7/365 in the United States and Mexico to provide a wide range of services for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), dealerships, commercial fleet managers, rental car companies and individual vehicle owners. Guidepoint customer service representatives personally handle notifications of impact, theft, driver emergencies and concierge services. To learn more about how automotive OEMs and vehicle dealerships can use Guidepoint, contact the company by calling (877) 477-3463 or visiting https://www.GuidePointSystems.com.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J., RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and OXFORD, United Kingdom (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

Enterprise Channel Management Leader Zift Solutions has appointed channel sales leader Heather Tenuto as Chief Revenue Officer. Tenuto brings more than 20 years of experience helping B2B, B2C, and SaaS providers accelerate global growth and revenue through both direct sales and channel partnerships to Zift.

“Heather brings proven experience in building global businesses, improving sales performance in emerging markets, and driving record growth to Zift,” said Gordon Rapkin, CEO of Zift Solutions. “We are excited to welcome her to the Zift executive leadership team.”

In her new role as CRO, Tenuto will be responsible for optimizing sales strategy and execution while working closely with the other members of the Zift Solutions executive team to drive continued growth within current and new vertical markets across the globe.

Tenuto has deep industry expertise across multiple markets, including technology, manufacturing, retail, agriculture, and healthcare. Prior to joining Zift, she served as VP of SMB Sales and Indirect Channels at Office Depot, and Vice President of Channels at ShoreTel. Previously, she spent five years leading sales and marketing efforts at the SaaS start-up M5 Networks prior to its acquisition by ShoreTel in 2012.

“I look forward to capturing an even larger share of the channel management market for Zift and helping indirect sales organizations achieve real channel success with ZiftONE – the first and only all-in-one platform to cover the entire channel lifecycle,” said Tenuto.

To learn more about Tenuto and Zift Solutions’ Executive Leadership team, visit https://ziftsolutions.com/about/leadership-team/.

About Zift Solutions

Zift Solutions is the Enterprise Channel Management leader, delivering the people, processes and technology organizations require to drive channel success. Relied on by more than 80% of top channel chiefs, Zift boosts channel partner program productivity, and profitability by automating and aligning marketing, sales, and operational processes. The ZiftONE platform integrates seamlessly with established systems and infrastructure to speed time-to-sales, create an exceptional partner experience, and provide faster ROI. To learn more, visit http://www.ziftsolutions.com, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and join the conversation via Channel Chatter.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (PRWEB)
November 19, 2019

The Harambee Opportunity Fund launches and seeks Opportunity Zone investors for Waste to Energy Fund projects, Industrial Parks, Green Energy and Social Enterprises. The Fund is authorized to raise $150 million and will co-invest in the USWTE Solutions Opportunity Fund to help solve social problems using a market driven approach.

Harambee Opportunity Fund Video: https://Vimeo.com/367104797

Nature of the Funds – Waste to Energy

The Huntsville Network for Urban School Renewal (“HNUSR”) is a social enterprise offering services that support and revitalize communities particularly for north Huntsville through the improvement of educational outcomes for children, youth and adults in those communities. In addition, HNUSR also seeks to intentionally leverage those improved outcomes to engage in community and economic development throughout the City of Huntsville, particularly North Huntsville, as part of an Opportunity Zone. Therefore, HNUSR uses as a framework a model by which it engages in entrepreneurial activities and generates social impact (e.g., investing in technologies that eliminate toxic waste with a focus on waste plastics and end of life tires from the United States and eventually the globe for the betterment of our planet). Funds generated are then used to support educational and other social programs provided to the targeted communities at no cost and to produce high returns for investors.

We are offering investors the opportunity to double the social impact they make and achieve significant returns on their investment by participating in the Harambee Opportunity Fund. The Harambee Opportunity Fund will co-invest in the USWTE Solutions Opportunity Fund and help fund Waste to Energy technology and Industrial Parks. The Fund will initially invest in the creation of WTE projects in Alabama. So not only will the investment allow investors to participate in double the social impact through helping achieve educational, social, and economic uplift in north Huntsville and through the opportunity to create a cleaner globe, but the Harambee Opportunity Fund also allows for significant returns for investors while doing so.

The Fund will not only address the social problem of toxic waste in the environment, but will leverage the WTE investment to address issues of low academic achievement, healthy food scarcity, and unemployment or underemployment in low-income communities by developing a 6-acre property in a Qualified Opportunity Zone that will allow to HNUSR to significantly expand on their social mission of mitigating poverty related factors that contribute to the low academic achievement of children, address healthy food scarcity, and increase employment skills and opportunities for individuals living in low income communities in Huntsville.

The Harambee Center will not only create 115 jobs (70 full-time and 40 part-time ) for the community that are high quality (i.e., all offering wages significantly above the state’s minimum wage), but through its workforce development programs will also create a pipeline of diverse, qualified and skilled workers from traditionally underserved communities for the city’s fast-growing economy. The WTE plants will create 40 to 100 skilled and unskilled local jobs at each facility with an average salary of $60,000, or an annual payroll ranging from $2.4M to $6M.

About Fund Manager

EDWARD L. JONES, PH.D

Fund Manager

Ed is an innovative, passionate and results-driven professional with over 25 years of experience in the field of education, as a public school teacher and professor and administrator in higher education institutions, and in nonprofit leadership. He has remained on the cutting edge of what is possible with social justice achievement when market-based approaches are married with social impact strategies, and leads a team of high-energy professionals who have redefined the possibilities for how the City of Huntsville, particularly, uses innovation to address issues of inequality in education and employment.

Ed holds the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Curriculum, Teaching & Educational Policy from Michigan State University, the Master of Science degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Clark Atlanta University, and the Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Alabama A&M University.

CONNELLE BOONE

Investment Manager

Connelle has brought his technical training and experience in computer science and cybersecurity and combined that with his training and experience in business finance to serve as Investment Manager for the Harambee Opportunity Fund. Throughout his career, Connelle has worked in various positions in cybersecurity and finance for fortune 500 companies such as UPS, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. Among his most recent experiences with Boeing, he assisted in configuring computer and computer networks and communications equipment and networks to facilitate data collection, storage and dissemination and worked to assist the company with a linked budget analysis software tool. He admits to being somewhat of a finance geek proudly proclaiming that profit and loss and profitability are specialty passions of his.

Connelle received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina A&T State University and a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in program management from Colorado Technical University. He is currently completing studies towards a doctoral degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Cyber Security and Information Assurance from Colorado Technical University.

Essence Riley

Investment Analyst

Essence has a vision of helping change the world through financial literacy and financial planning. She recently interned with Monsanto in the area of Internal Audit where she compiled and analyzed financial transactions and prepared audit work papers in compliance with GAAP. She has also interned with the Tennessee Valley Authority in Corporate Business Planning & Analysis to provide analysis and reporting of performance metrics, gap/recovery plans and initiatives as needed, among other duties.

As Investment Analyst, Essence is tasked with researching, collecting and analyzing information which will help the Investment Manager make effective and profitable decisions on behalf of the Harambee Opportunity Fund particularly and HNUSR generally while building a successful investment portfolio.

Essence holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Alabama A&M University.

CHANDA DAVIS

Board Member

Chanda Davis is Licensed Realtor and Real Estate Broker at Chanda Real Estate and Superior School of Real Estate. With her entrepreneurial spirit, flare for innovation and expertise in education, Chanda brings a unique set of gifts to the Harambee Opportunity Fund Board of Managers that strengthens overall fund management for this particular fund. Chanda is also a nationally recognized instructor known for specializing in modern instruction geared towards real world learning.

In 2009, Chanda decided to combine her passion for teaching and real estate by becoming a certified instructor. She created a curriculum organized to target objectives for the licensing exams. She then formulated unique teaching strategies by merging her experience in education with the 17 plus years of experience in real estate. Chanda’s vision was to teach her students in a way that was not only valuable, but exclusive and enjoyable as well. She felt it was imperative that each student inherit the same “life changing” feeling that she did when she decided to start teaching real estate. That vision combined with her business savvy and entrepreneurial spirit produced the Superior School of Real Estate.

Chanda holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Alabama at Huntsville. She also earned a Master of Education degree from Alabama A&M University.

STANLEY B. STALLWORTH

Board Member

Stanley is the managing partner of The Stallworth Legal Group, LLC (“TSLG”), a law firm providing a wide range of transactional advice to clients in a myriad of areas, principally real estate and lending; and offers targeted advice in limited litigation matters and employment matters (including through affiliated law firms). After graduating in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, Mr. Stallworth joined the Commercial Real Estate Practice at Sidley Austin, LLP in Chicago after having completed a summer associate clerkship at Sidley during 1989. As did 100 or so other eager 1989 summer associates, Stallworth served aside the person who would become the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, and his soon-to-be wife and First Lady, Michelle Robinson.

Currently, Stanley performs legal work for third-party owners and developers of real estate and for his own real estate development projects in Chicago and the southern region of the United States. Through his real estate development and consulting company, Stallworth Real Estate Development LLC., Stallworth currently is working to develop an apartment complex in his hometown of Evergreen, Alabama, and is working closely with the Evergreen Redevelopment Council to bring other real estate projects to fruition. He owns, operates and manages several residential, commercial and farmland properties.

DEFER CAPITAL GAINS TAX

Under the program, an investor can defer capital gains taxes until 2027 if realized gains are invested in a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund within 180 days of the sale. Deferred gains owed are decreased by 10% after five years, and another 5% after seven years of investment. The deferred capital gains will be realized Dec. 31, 2026 and due by April 15, 2027.

ELIMINATE TAXES ON INVESTMENT

All capital gains taxes are eliminated after ten years of investment into a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund (QOZF). Note: Investments into a QOZF do not have to be from capital gains to realize the ten year elimination of taxes.

A WIN/WIN SCENARIO

Opportunity Zones were designed to reward investors for investing in underdeveloped communities across America. The opportunity for everyone to win is here.

Investors

Generous incentives. The chance to profit and make an impact inline with the mission of the fund.

Entrepreneurs

Our funded companies receive the capital to execute their business plan and bring cutting edge products and services to market.

Communities

We are developing in areas ripe for revitalization from McMinnville and Medford Oregon, to Salinas, California, Las Vegas and beyond.

Consumers

We aim to deliver life changing products many Americans don’t know exist yet, but soon will.

About Harambee Opportunity Fund

Status: Open To Investors

Type of Fund: Stock (Class A 1:1 Common)

Asset Classification: Multiple Assets

Fund Focus: Waste to Energy & Education

Total Fund Size authorized: Uncapped

Total Fund Stock Available: $150M

Total Fund Stock Round A: $50M

Minimum Subscription: $100,000

Amount of Fund Spent: $0

Current Fund Equity: $0

Current Total Investments: 0

Active Potential Investments: 2

Fund Administration: NES Financial

Targeted Returns: 20%+

About EazyDoit Inc.

EazyDoit, Inc. is an opportunity fund creation company based in Virginia Beach, Va. EazyDoIt works with clients to develop a structured turn-key solution for business owners, real estate development projects, high net worth individuals and family offices looking to set up an opportunity fund experience. EazyDoit is recognized as a Top 10 OZ Influencer and is a leader in the Opportunity Fund Creation industry. CEO David Sillaman is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Counsel and EazyDoIt Funds have been recognized by FinTek News, Business Insider, Market Insider, Senior Housing News & Silicon Review to name a few. Mr. Sillaman is a frequent speaker at National Opportunity Zone Events, including the CDFA Florida Opportunity Zone Conference and past Opportunity Zone Expo Conferences. EazyDoIt has built one sixth (1/6) of all the opportunity funds in the market space today, with a strong emphasis on business based opportunity funds.

Please visit for more information:

Harambee Opportunity Fund: http://www.HarambeeOppFund.com

USWTE Green Industrial Fund at http://www.USWTE-Fund.com

EazyDoIt.com at http://www.EazyDoIt.com

Harambee Opportunity Zone, Inc. is a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund.

Disclaimer:

Articles featured on this press release are for informational purposes only. This is not an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy Harambee Qualified Opportunity Funds. That can only be done by our current Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (“CPOM”). Securities offered by Harambee Opportunity Fund Inc. For accredited Investors only. Limited liquidity. The shares being sold in this offering have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state’s securities division. Nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities department passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the CPOM or the disclosures provided therein. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Harambee Opportunity Fund Inc. and while we endeavor to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

This Fund is 3rd Party Administered by NES Financial.

ST. LOUIS (PRWEB)
November 18, 2019

Christopher Long, founder and Chief Executive of Radius Realty, a top 10 real estate company – with a technology first approach to brokerage, property management and construction, has been accepted into Forbes Real Estate Council, an invitation-only community for executives in the real estate industry.

Chris was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.

“We are honored to welcome Chris into the community,” said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Real Estate Business Council. “Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world.”

As an accepted member of the Council, Chris has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence. He will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Chris will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com, and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.

Finally, Chris will benefit from exclusive access to vetted business service partners, membership-branded marketing collateral, and the high-touch support of the Forbes Councils member concierge team.

“I, and all of Radius Realty, are extremely excited to be part of this prestigious community of experts. I look forward to sharing my thoughts and ideas through Forbes Real Estate Council and learning from other experts.” said Christopher Long, founder and Chief Executive of Radius Realty.

ABOUT FORBES COUNCILS

Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.

For more information about Forbes Real Estate Business Council, visit forbesrealestatecouncil.com. To learn more about Forbes Councils, visit forbescouncils.com.

To learn more about Radius Realty visit http://www.radiusrealty.com or http://www.linkedin.com/company/radius-realty, or reach out to info@radiusrealty.com

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