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Iscential Welcomes Cruse & Dice Insurance Agency to its Portfolio

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Cathy Dice and Warren Barhorst

We are excited to have Cruse and Dice join the Iscential family. We believe their approach will align nicely with Iscential’s promise of providing trusted advice and peace of mind to our clients.


HOUSTON (PRWEB)

Iscential Inc. is pleased to announce Cruse & Dice Insurance Agency of Northwest Houston, Texas has joined Iscential Inc. The Cruse & Dice team will remain under the operational leadership of Cathy Dice.

Cathy Dice, Owner and Agent, of Cruse & Dice Insurance Agency, said “We are thrilled to be partnering with Iscential! Cruse & Dice clients will reap the benefits of our new partnership as we will offer additional top insurance carriers, extended hours for customer service, and continue the knowledgeable and personalized service that our clients are accustomed to.”

“The number one thing we look for when considering prospective agencies to add to our team is that they align with our values,” said Chief Executive Officer Warren Barhorst. “They must align with our corporate vision and goals. I am happy to say Cruse & Dice does.”

After founding the agency from scratch in 1993, Warren Barhorst has evolved Iscential Inc. into the industry-leading financial service, risk management, insurance, and consulting firm it is today. He started the company with the goal to make it someplace he would want to work. This meant building a company that truly cared for its clients and associates.

“We are excited to have Cruse and Dice join the Iscential family. Since 1964, Cathy Dice and her father Tommy Cruse have built a business focused on helping their valued clients with their insurance needs. We believe their approach will align nicely with Iscential’s promise of providing trusted advice and peace of mind to our clients,” said Chief Sales Officer Devin Wisener.

Through the partnership, Iscential Inc. will also be adding Central Insurance Companies to its carrier product offering. “Central Insurance Companies is a wonderful carrier that our agents are very excited to begin placing clients with,” said Chief Executive Officer Warren Barhorst.

Throughout the Covid-19 outbreak, Iscential Inc. has remained steadfast in its commitment to provide trusted advice that leads to peace of mind. Iscential Inc. has remained open and fully operational throughout the pandemic. This was made possible by adopting technologies and strategies allowing their staff to work from home, providing their customers with virtual consultations and private appointments, and facilitating virtual weekly communication meetings to maintain their company culture. This operational commitment made the new partnership with Cruse & Dice possible during the pandemic.

“Since the Covid-19 outbreak, I feel as an organization our communication has never been better,” said Chief Implementation Officer Brad Sorensen. “We have weekly meetings led by our CEO with all 150+ associates we never had before. We have worked hard to not lose those lines of communication, and we succeeded more than we could have imagined.

While Iscential Inc. manages the successful merging in of Cruse & Dice, the company will still focus on serving its client base and being a great place for its associates to work. With this partnership, leadership believes the organization is one step closer to achieving its corporate vision. A vision of a world where all of their client’s claims are covered, and they have the financial wherewithal to retire financially independent, leading the life of their dreams.

About Cruse & Dice Insurance Agency

Cruse & Dice Insurance Agency has operated in Northwest Houston since 1964. Founded by Tommy Cruse, the agency expanded when his daughter Cathy Dice joined the business in 1992. Cruse & Dice pride themselves on being an independent agency, allowing them to review multiple policies and pricing and help clients understand and meet their needs through personal consultation.

About Iscential Inc.

Iscential was founded in 1993, and in 27 years the agency has grown to more than 125+ employees and 30+ market locations across the US. Iscential is licensed and hires in over 40 states and represents over 140 insurance companies. The agency provides a full range of risk management, insurance, and financial & consulting services for individuals, families, and businesses.

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On-Demand Pay Enters the Small and Mid-Size Business Market Through New Benefits and Rain

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DALLAS (PRWEB)

All businesses can now empower their employees with earned wage access via My Instant Pay, made possible through the newly announced partnership between New Benefits, the leading non-insured benefits provider, and Rain Instant Pay, the on-demand pay platform. The New Benefits “My Instant Pay” service, powered by Rain, allows employees to withdraw up to half their earned wages, reducing reliance on high-interest payday loans.

“New Benefits aims to improve employee well-being through valuable, convenient benefit solutions,” said Amanda Franklin, EVP of Operations at New Benefits. “Personal finance is a leading source of employee stress. Instant access to earned income is an innovative way to alleviate financial anxiety. Enabling employers of all sizes to promote a platform to improve employee’s financial and mental health makes Rain Instant Pay an ideal partner.”

My Instant Pay integrates with the employer’s payroll system to provide employees with real-time access to the wages they’ve earned. Whether they need to pay a bill, cover an unexpected expense, or are worried about overdrafting their bank account, employees can withdraw up to half of their wages when needed.

“At Rain Instant Pay, we empower employers to better their people’s financial health and wellness, and since New Benefits has been the pioneer in the wellness benefits space, a partnership with them was an obvious win-win,” said Jen Terrell, Rain’s VP of Employer Partnerships. “Historically, pay-on-demand benefits have only been available to employees of very large enterprises. Now, New Benefits enables small and medium-sized businesses to access this cutting-edge benefit through their network, helping them effectively compete with larger enterprises. It’s game-changing.”

Rain is the only pay-on-demand platform able to scale their services to small and medium-sized companies, creating an exclusive opportunity for New Benefits’ clients to provide earned wage access to employers.

Employee benefits brokerage and consulting firms can contact NewSales@NewBenefits.com to add My Instant Pay to their benefits portfolio.

ABOUT NEW BENEFITS

New Benefits, Ltd. has been disrupting the benefits marketplace since 1990 with innovative products, cutting-edge technology, and first-class service. As the leading wholesaler of non-insured benefits, we aggregate the most sought-after healthcare and lifestyle solutions for over 4,000 groups and millions of members. Our clients strengthen their health plans with a customized blend of 30+ non-insured benefits to help members navigate healthcare, find affordable care, reduce stress, and save time, all conveniently packaged in an easily accessible mobile app and web platform. Through regular use of their benefits, our members save millions of dollars annually on healthcare and everyday living expenses, increasing their happiness and productivity at work and home. Learn more at http://www.newbenefits.com/.

ABOUT RAIN INSTANT PAY

The Rain Instant Pay app provides early wage access for employees at mid to large-sized organizations across the United States to improve financial wellness and increase employee productivity.

With 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, financial wellness tools are an important part of any employee benefits package. Rain works by giving advances on upcoming paychecks; it is not a loan and there is no interest. Employees pay a small fee for this service, which is healthier than payday loans.

Rain’s mission is to regrow financial freedom by giving people full control over their income and to put an end to predatory financial products, replacing them with on-demand pay.

Find out more at https://rain.us, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Justpoint Raises $1 Million Seed Funding to Redesign the Medical Malpractice System

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Our goal is to ensure that the medical malpractice system fulfills its promise with the help of artificial intelligence…


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Justpoint, a startup that uses artificial intelligence for faster analysis of individual medical malpractice claims, announced today $1 million in seed funding led by Vivek Garipalli, founder and CEO of Clover Health, with participation from Amino Capital, Whoa Ventures and Harry Langenberg of Optima Tax Relief.

Medical errors are currently the third leading cause of death in the US and often lead to the financial ruin of those who survive. The medical malpractice system exists to ease the lives of those afflicted and provide actionable feedback to doctors and hospitals—but this industry has one of the highest levels of dissatisfaction and distrust due to the perceived randomness of lawsuit payouts. Justpoint is redesigning the medical malpractice litigation process from both sides: by allowing plaintiffs that have legitimate claims to identify and retain the best attorney for their case, even if their claim would have been previously dismissed by attorneys who considered its value too low, and by quickly identifying claims that don’t have legal merits to decrease frivolous lawsuits against healthcare providers and insurers.

Justpoint’s artificial intelligence platform offers consumers a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of their claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount. With this technology, plaintiffs will be able to understand how each law firm performs for their specific type of claim. Additionally, Justpoint connects the two parties—helping plaintiffs find the best lawyer for their case, and helping law firms quickly find cases with merit. The investment will be used for scaling the company, including the hiring of more engineers and designers, as well as expanding customer acquisition channels, customer support, and developing partnerships with medical malpractice insurance companies and self-insured hospitals.

“Justpoint has identified a big inefficient market in medical claims and malpractice that is ripe for disruption. Leveraging their deep experience in healthcare and technology, they have put together a brilliant team of engineers and scientists to turn their vision into reality. Their ability to leverage technologies such as AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics will add tremendous efficiencies and cut wasteful processes across the value chain, improving payouts and transparency for consumers and reducing search times and costs for law firms,” said Harry Langenberg of Optima Tax Relief.

To build these machine learning models, the company created a database of over 300,000 historic and active claims to quickly decipher the medical merits of a claim and improve the efficiency and transparency of the system. By introducing technology to this typically manual process, Justpoint is, for the first time, analyzing over 900 plaintiff law firms’ performance in a scalable manner and increasing attorney’s efficiencies by helping them focus on cases with merit. Ultimately, this platform’s goal is to fulfill the medical malpractice system’s intended goal of incentivizing the whole healthcare industry to strive for higher quality – providing a positive incentive for high-quality providers and negative incentives to providers who disproportionately harm patients.

“Our goal is to ensure that the medical malpractice system fulfills its promise with the help of artificial intelligence,” said Victor Bornstein, CEO & Co-founder at Justpoint. “We believe that better distinguishing lawsuits with merits and those without, as well as the future application of our technology in the clinical setting, will contribute to an improvement of health care provided to patients while providing a safety net for families that have suffered the consequences of medical mistakes. This additional capital will allow us to further impact the world of medical malpractice and meet the needs of our customers.”

About Justpoint

Justpoint is an AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry, offering consumers and law firms a faster and better way of understanding the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant prediction of the likely settlement amount. To advance the medical malpractice industry, Justpoint has put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence. For more information, visit Justpoint.com.

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National Fellowship for Education Leaders of Color Welcomes 2021 Chicago Cohort

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Surge elevates the gifts that have always been ours, the stories that can only be told by us, and the love that only we can continue to give each other among all the hate, violence, and oppression.


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

The Surge Institute, a national non-profit organization, whose mission is to elevate and invest in leaders of color who create transformative change in urban education, has selected 15 leaders for the 2021 cohort of their signature program, the Surge Fellowship, within their Chicago branch.

Since its inception, the Surge Institute has worked with 184 leaders of color across the nation, all of whom have since joined Surge’s nationwide alumni network of mission-driven leaders. Though several aspects of Surge’s work have shifted this year due to the pandemic, the national Surge movement has traversed and persevered. The 15 Black and Latinx geniuses of the 2021 Chicago cohort come with vast experience as leaders in the education and youth-serving landscape and are connected by the collective goal to reimagine and rebuild systems so that they best serve youth, families, and communities of color in Chicago and beyond.

“During this unprecedented time when communities of color are facing two pandemics – COVID-19 and racism – cultivating a safe space for leaders of color to tap into their collective power, to enhance their skills and knowledge to navigate and change complex systems, and to focus on personal growth and healing is more critical than ever,” shared Surge Chicago Executive Director, Tamara Prather.

The following is a list of the 2021 Chicago Surge Fellows:

The Surge Fellowship is a best-in-class, spirited experience for emerging leaders of color in education. For this program, the Surge Institute identifies and elevates promising education leaders to dream big, focus inward, know the landscape, and make an impact to transform the education ecosystem. Traditionally, the fellowship has transpired through monthly in-person sessions held at Chicago-based organization venues focused on generating social impact for the surrounding communities, such as Chicago Scholars, Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts, and NEIU El Centro. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Surge sessions will be held virtually to ensure the safety of the community, but the gatherings will remain sacred community spaces for building critical leadership skills, collective and personal healing and galvanizing systematic shifts rooted in justice and liberation for communities of color.

There exists a common narrative amongst Surge Fellows and Alums, one of an uphill battle and of having to navigate a white supremacist system that casts off the genius present within them. Yet, they have continued to be in the fight because it is necessary for the well-being of Black and Latinx communities. This October, the Surge Institute will be celebrating five years as a national movement, which originally began in Chicago. Their ongoing story of resilience and community continues to write itself, and with the welcoming of the seventh Chicago cohort into the Surge Fellowship, the Surge team is excited to continue elevating and championing leaders and visionaries who are already having a multigenerational impact with their communities. Liz Gutierrez, 2021 Chicago Surge Fellow and Program Director at The Posse Foundation, explains what this experience will mean for her:

“My hope is to walk the Surge journey with intentionality and grace. Transformational change is not always easy; it forces us to recognize privilege, to explore where intentions are rooted, and demands that we name anti-indigeneity, racism, classism, ableism, and everything else that lies deep in the darkest parts of ourselves and our communities. Surge invites us to process that discomfort while thinking about ways Black, Latinx, and professionals of color have immense power. It asks us to think about liberation not through the eyes of white culture, but through the lens of those we aim to serve and those whose chains are the heaviest. Surge elevates the gifts that have always been ours, the stories that can only be told by us, and the love that only we can continue to give each other among all the hate, violence, and oppression. This is what Surge is to me.”

About the Surge Institute:

The Surge Institute was established in 2014 with a simple but important mission to develop and elevate leaders of color who create transformative change for children, families, and communities. Founded by Carmita Semaan in 2014, the organization’s signature program, the Surge Fellowship, was designed to empower emerging diverse leaders to change the landscape of education by providing them with a unique, authentic leadership development experience.

To learn more about The Surge Institute, please visit: https://www.surgeinstitute.org/

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Slone Partners Places Dan T. Monahan as President and Chief Executive Officer at NMS Labs

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“He brings extraordinary passion, energy, and devotion to his work, and is well suited to lead NMS Labs as the company continues growing in volume and importance in the market,” said Slone Partners CEO Leslie Loveless.


SOUTH RIDING, Va. (PRWEB)

Slone Partners, a nationwide executive search firm for life sciences, biotechnology, and diagnostics companies, has announced the placement of Dan T. Monahan as President and Chief Executive Officer of NMS Labs. Monahan will build upon NMS Labs’ record of success, providing leadership in advancing the organization’s strategic growth and expansion initiatives.

Monahan has extensive experience in various leadership positions during the past nine years with Thermo Fisher Scientific. Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager within Unity Lab Services, where he led a $200 million global services business line with 1,100 employees. Prior to that, Monahan served as Vice President and General Manager of a $1.3 billion global distribution business. Earlier in his career, Monahan held positions in various functional areas including commercial operations, marketing, business development, finance, and product development.

Founded in 1970 under the direction of experts renowned throughout the medical, forensic, and legal fields, NMS Labs provides a unique and impressive menu of more than 2,500 tests—all readily available to clients ranging from hospitals and universities to law enforcement, attorneys, and medical examiners. The company is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

“Dan Monahan is an accomplished industry executive with extensive experience in commercial and business operations,” said Slone Partners CEO Leslie Loveless. “He brings extraordinary passion, energy, and devotion to his work, and is well suited to lead NMS Labs as the company continues growing in volume and importance in the market.”

“Daniel Monahan has a strong analytical mindset and compelling vision for the future of our company. We are confident in his ability to build upon the many successes NMS Labs has already achieved and look forward to his leadership in advancing our strategic growth initiatives,” stated Michael F. Rieders and Eric F. Rieders, owners of NMS Labs.

“It is a great honor and incredibly humbling to have the opportunity to lead a successful, purpose-driven organization,” said Monahan. “NMS Labs has tremendous expertise and is poised for growth in the industries we serve. When you couple that with our accomplished colleagues who have a passion for the work they perform, we will achieve true success together.”

Monahan earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, and a Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.

ABOUT SLONE PARTNERS

Slone Partners delivers the leaders who build amazing scientific healthcare organizations – People Are Our Science®. Since 2000, Slone Partners specializes in delivering world-class C-suite leadership, executive, and upper management talent to the most promising and established life sciences, biotech, diagnostics, precision medicine, CRO, and laboratory services companies. With coast-to-coast presence in the most active healthcare industry hubs of Boston, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Research Triangle Park NC, and Washington DC, Slone Partners uniquely and precisely provides an array of executive search and advisory services to innovative scientific healthcare companies. To learn more about Slone Partners’ value proposition and processes, visit http://www.slonepartners.com or call 888.784.3422.

ABOUT NMS LABS

NMS Labs is a leading bioanalytical toxicology and forensic sciences laboratory providing esoteric clinical and forensic services to physicians, attorneys, the criminal justice system, clinical reference labs, pharmaceutical companies, and consumer products manufacturers. As part of our services, NMS Labs’ professionals interpret our laboratory testing results to resolve client-specific issues and provide expert witness testimony and consulting support for both civil and criminal judicial proceedings. To learn more, visit http://www.nmslabs.com.

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Building Technology Executive Tina D’Agostin Joins Alcatraz as CRO

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Alcatraz CRO Tina D’Agostin

Tina’s deep enterprise security experience, business acumen, and leadership skills will help guide Alcatraz as it innovates a traditional market.


REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (PRWEB)

Security industry leader Tina D’Agostin has joined Alcatraz as Chief Revenue Officer. D’Agostin brings deep enterprise security and building technology experience that will accelerate Alcatraz’s go-to-market strategy for its revolutionary facial authentication platform for physical access control. D’Agostin will oversee sales, marketing, and customer success for Alcatraz’s enterprise customers.

“I am thrilled to have Tina D’Agostin join Alcatraz as CRO,” said Alcatraz Chief Executive Officer and Founder Vince Gaydarzhiev. ”Tina’s deep enterprise security experience, business acumen, and leadership skills will help guide Alcatraz as it innovates a traditional market. Her successes and leadership with the largest security company and system integrator in the world – as well as her work with startup and F100 environments – are an incredible asset to our team.”

Tina D’Agostin comes from Johnson Controls, where she most recently was the General Manager of Building Technology & Solutions for Northern California. In her tenure with Johnson Controls, D’Agostin continually grew annual revenues, while expanding profitability and working with leading Silicon Valley companies across a multitude of verticals. She has held management positions at other security companies, including Niscayah (now part of Stanley).

“It’s exciting to be on the ground floor of such an innovative company like Alcatraz that’s truly disrupting the industry by delivering technology that will create a new category of autonomous access control,” said D’Agostin. “I’m drawn to solutions that deliver intelligent buildings, integrated infrastructure, and next-generation access control systems that work seamlessly together to deliver on the promise of smart cities and buildings. Our Alcatraz Rock edge device, powered by AI, is a solution that delivers in these areas and in so much more.”

Alcatraz, founded by Apple alumni, has changed the way that companies leverage access control systems, by providing a facial authentication solution that leverages 3D, artificial intelligence and analytics to modernize their existing access control technology. Enterprises are choosing to deploy the Alcatraz Rock as their first line of defense against unauthorized access – to deliver effective and secure autonomous access control.

Because Alcatraz’s platform also detects masks, it has become the perfect post-COVID solution for businesses that want to deliver touchless security in their buildings while observing state and local mask mandates.

D’Agostin has studied innovation and entrepreneurship at Stanford University and international business from Regent’s University London. She holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree from Rockford University.

For more information on the Alcatraz Rock and touchless access control solutions, visit the newly-revised website at http://www.alcatraz.ai or contact sales directly at sales@alcatraz.ai.

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Shyft Network launches the Veriscope Governance Task Force in collaboration with some of the industry’s largest global liquidity providers

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“ This model allows global counterparties to onboard into the network, and maintain full sovereignty over their business requirements and compliance obligations,” ​said Chris Forrester, CTO, and Co-Founder of Shyft Network


BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (PRWEB)

Today, Shyft Network’s advisors Rick McDonell and Josee Nadeau, in collaboration with global digital token businesses including Bitfinex, Tether, Huobi, HashKey Pro, Tokocrypto, Unocoin, Paycase Financial, and CoinHako, will join existing partners in the creation of the Veriscope Governance Task Force and the onboarding framework for ​Veriscope​, a decentralized compliance framework and smart-contract platform for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).

In June 2019, the FATF issued ​guidance​ requiring VASPs to share Know-your-customer (KYC) data between a transacting Originator and Beneficiary “immediately” – that is, simultaneously or concurrent with the transfer itself. Specifically, the guidance stated VASPs should ensure that:

“​…originating VASPs obtain and hold required and accurate originator information and required beneficiary information on virtual asset transfers, submit this information to beneficiary VASP or the financial institution (if any) immediately and securely”​ .

Veriscope ​is a decentralized solution for global compliance standards, including the FATF’s Travel Rule guidance. ​The Governance Task Force ​is exploring solutions specific to the governance framework and rules around the types of information that VASPs need to provide with respect to onboarding with Veriscope in order to become recognized and discoverable participants.

Joseph Weinberg, Co-Founder of Shyft Network, said​ “In a time where we are seeing global coordination challenges and incoming guidance requirements that make significant alterations to our ecosystem, it is critical ​that the rest of the world has strong liquidity representation and directives from our largest operators who in turn aggregate network effects for the smaller VASPs in our space. It is our responsibility to ensure we have a better voice to help direct policy and ensure we can maintain decentralization and user privacy while helping regulators gain comfort in how our ecosystem operates. This group will act as a collective to make decisions, run implementations, address interoperability challenges, and give insights into how we may be able to build regulatory requirements that reduce risk, rather than having guidance that doesn’t effectively solve regulatory challenges.”

The Veriscope team, along with contributing digital token businesses, advisors, and individual contributors, will ​develop policies in respect of initial rules of engagement, coalition-building, onboarding and data discoverability that address potential coordination and interoperability on behalf of the global digital asset system.​ These contributors will act as the first set of data custodians on the Shyft Network and will be globally focused on collaborating to ensure future incoming guidance requirements are addressed while being a response team to policymakers and global solution providers who are working to implement travel rule systems globally.

The Task Force will be chaired by Rick McDonell (former Executive Secretary of the FATF) and Josee Nadeau (former ​Head of the Canadian delegation​ to the FATF), and will equally include representation from the largest global liquidity venues as well as smaller VASPs in a multitude of jurisdictions. Bitfinex’s Chief Compliance Officer, Peter Warrack, is among the 10 other initial team members that will make up the Governance Team.

“While VASPs will each need to implement a number of solutions to the travel rule dependent upon with whom the VASP is transacting, Veriscope offers an exciting, timely, and available solution that may be attractive to large and small liquidity providers”,​ said Peter Warrack.

“​The word “governance” often implies bureaucracy. Collaborative governance is not. This is what the Veriscope Governance Task Force is about. It provides common rules for trustworthy and reliable transactions that can meet the FATF requirements”​ , said McDonell.

Regarding his involvement in the Task Force, Tether’s Chief Compliance Officer, Leonardo Real, said: “​I look forward to collaborating with other industry professionals to discuss how decentralized governance models like Verisope might be used to create trust networks that allow participants to securely interact by relying on technology and not just legal agreements.​”

The development of the Governance Framework represents an important milestone in the development of Veriscope, which enables VASPs to, among other functions, form and manage semi-trusted coalitions, pre-validate accounts, information, and compliance policies, and ultimately, whitelist other VASPs on a public registry.

“Any VASP system has to allow for any and all types of entities to have access, and with this, we have built out the world’s first self-governing model for VASP participants. This model allows global counterparties to onboard into the network, and maintain full sovereignty over their business requirements and compliance obligations,” ​said Chris Forrester, CTO, and Co-Founder of Shyft Network, adding that “​we don’t believe anyone can be precluded from accessibility, but rather the network participants should be given the tools to allow them to choose who they do business with. This formal governance policy eliminates Core developers from being able to dictate who is “good” and “bad” and leaves those decisions up to VASP’s globally, while also providing a baseline for how counterparties are expected to share information with counterparties. This is only the first iteration of what will be a global policy for coordination.”

About Shyft Network:

Shyft Network is building the world’s first modern, secure, multi-stakeholder Blockchain-based digital identity ecosystem that enables KYC/AML attested data transfers. Combining privacy of data with efficiency of attestation, Shyft Network technology will radically streamline and simplify data collection, reduce cost, and minimize the cybersecurity risks inherent in traditional compliance systems. Shyft Network is a public protocol designed to aggregate and embed trust, validation, and discoverability into data stored on public and private ecosystems, and facilitate information transfer between permissioned and permissionless networks.

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Fortress Building Products Welcomes Jarrett Adams as Director, Fencing Category

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Jarrett Adams is Fortress Building Products’ new Director of Fencing

Jarrett’s wealth of knowledge and experience in the building products industry make him the ideal candidate to lead the Fortress fencing product category.


GARLAND, Texas (PRWEB)

Continuing its product category expansion efforts, Fortress Building Products has appointed Jarrett Adams to Director, Fencing Category, effective August 17. In his new role, Adams will oversee the brand strategy and development of the company’s most diverse building product category.

Formerly the Director of Building Accessories for PrimeSouce Building Products, Adams will leverage his 12 years of building products industry experience to propel the Fortress® fencing category to new heights. As Fortress continues to expand its manufacturing and supply chain footprint, Adams will be responsible for building and sustaining the fencing portfolio. His efforts will focus on driving product success, increasing profitability and commercializing multiple fencing product lines.

“Jarrett’s wealth of knowledge and experience in the building products industry make him the ideal candidate to lead the Fortress fencing product category,” said Toby Bostwick, VP of Product & Brand. “His exceptional track record will help us achieve our ultimate goal of expanding product offerings and scaling to meet demand.”

Fortress Building Products provides smart solutions for perimeter fencing. They offer an innovative breadth of versatile and durable fencing product lines for residential, commercial, high-security and industrial applications. For more information, please visit fortressbp.com/fencing.

About Fortress Building Products

Fortress Building Products is a leading manufacturer and solution provider in the residential, multi-family, industrial and commercial building products industry. With more than 50 years of experience pushing the boundaries to “Defend Against the Ordinary,” Fortress Building Products forged a family of refined, resilient products that are the pinnacle of beauty and durability. Based in Texas, the Fortress family of products, which includes decking, framing, fencing, railing, lighting and fastener systems, is a complete collection that delivers the full Outdurable Living™ experience. Learn more at http://www.fortressbp.com.

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Woolpert’s David Wegner Named to Water Resources Research Center Advisory Committee

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Woolpert Senior Strategic Consultant David Wegner


TUCSON, Ariz. (PRWEB)

Woolpert Senior Strategic Consultant David Wegner has been named to the External Advisory Committee for the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) at the University of Arizona. The WRRC is part of the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) network, which addresses water-related concerns for individual states and the nation. The NIWR network is governed by the U.S. Geological Survey and represents the only federal-state program focused on applied water resources research, education, training and outreach.

Wegner is a biological scientist based in Tucson, Ariz., and is a member of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. He has served as senior principal investigator or the equivalent on dozens of water and environmental studies conducted on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program and has provided scientific and engineering support as a member of the senior staff for the U.S. House of Representatives.

His oversight concerned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Power Marketing Administrations within the Department of Energy, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Wegner said this appointment to the WRRC will provide opportunities to address water-related issues facing the nation and to support Woolpert’s long-term goal of integrating engineering expertise with public policy.

About Woolpert

Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting firm, and one of the best companies in the world. It’s a vision we’ve been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions and offers our employees unrivaled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees and is America’s fastest-growing AEG firm. With more than a century of experience, close to 1,000 employees and 30 offices, Woolpert supports public, private, federal, and U.S. military clients nationally and around the globe. For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Adjusteck Enhances Claims Handling in South America with Viollier & Asociados Partnership

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We are excited to welcome Viollier loss adjusters in Chile to the affiliated network partnership of Adjusteck. We look forward to providing an enhanced claims handling service in South America.


LONDON (PRWEB)

Adjusteck LLC, a loss adjusting and claims management business dedicated to helping insurers manage loss worldwide, announces its newest affiliate partnership with Santiago, Chile-based Viollier & Asociados (V&A). The partnership helps to further expand Adjusteck’s capabilities in South America and enables immediate response and specific expertise in handling of technical and complex claims, as well as claims resulting from catastrophic events in the region.

V&A brings more than 60 years of claims adjustment, assessment, and services to the insurance industry. The highly qualified V&A team is capable of handling large and technical claims and has proven experience in mining, engineering, marine cargo, casualty, and retail claims.

“We are excited to welcome Viollier loss adjusters in Chile to the affiliated network partnership of Adjusteck. We look forward to providing an enhanced claims handling service in South America,” remarks David Bosley, managing director of Adjusteck.

Adjusteck is a technology-oriented loss adjusting and claims management firm, serving the global insurance and reinsurance markets with services backed by industry experts.

Alongside deep subject-matter expertise, Adjusteck applies cutting-edge technology solutions, including geospatial and aerial surveys, virtual claims handling, and advanced claims management software to resolve claims with greater efficiency.

The company’s services include remote and field-based claims review and oversight in Casualty, Construction, Energy, Engineering, Cyber, Financial, Natural Resources, Property, and Specie.

To learn more about Adjusteck, visit adjusteck.com.

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