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The Transportation Industry’s Premier Sleep Apnea and Fatigue Management Company Names New CEO
Board of Directors officially taps SleepSafe Drivers® long-time second in command, Adrian Knight, to lead the company following the founder’s retirement in early Q2. SleepSafe Drivers announces a change in its leadership, Adrian Knight, current COO, is named President and CEO following... - August 19, 2020 - SleepSafe Drivers, Inc.
PPE: COVID-Related Profits Contributed to Non-profits
The newly launched Battle COVID Movement (www.BattleCovid.org) is a unique social enterprise selling PPE and UVC sterilization and disinfection equipment and distributing 100% of net profits to charities supporting vulnerable populations. - August 19, 2020 - Auerbach Global-Impact Foundation
Conveyor Application Systems Promotes Luke Mazziotti to Director of Sales
Conveyor Application Systems (www.slingers.com) is pleased to announce the promotion of Luke Mazziotti to Director of Sales. Luke will be focused on growing the CAS® sales team and ensuring the upward sales trend continues. Luke will report directly to Conveyor Application Systems’ President-Arlen Rexius. - August 19, 2020 - Conveyor Application Systems
ARIDO Presenting a Multi Billion Dollar Collection in Tribute to Lorenzo Soria Hollywood Foreign Press Association President During Venice Film Festival 2020
Founded by a scion descendant of the Maimonides, a prominent 11th century family, that set sail to South East Asia bringing gems and luxury goods back to Europe, Jesse Raphael & celebrity guru Thomas Chappell, a world class designer with a background in fashion, art and history. - August 19, 2020 - ARIDO Jewelry
Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized-P.O.W.E.R. Welcomes Their New Women of Empowerment Members
P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) welcomes their new Women of Empowerment members who are being recognized for their achievements and contributions in the many fields and industries listed. About The New Women of Empowerment Members P.O.W.E.R. (Professional... - August 19, 2020 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Molecular Products Group Wins 2020 Colorado Manufacturing Awards Bioscience Manufacturer of the Year
Molecular Products Group was awarded the Bioscience Manufacturer of the year at the fifth annual event of the Colorado Manufacturing Awards, co-hosted by CompanyWeek and Manufacturers Edge. Finalists competed in 14 industry and achievement categories. The Bioscience Manufacturer of the year award... - August 18, 2020 - Molecular Products
TestPros Awarded $44 Million BPA for IT IV&V Support Services for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
TestPros has been competitively awarded one of two GSA Federal Supply Schedule Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to provide a broad range of Independent Verification and Validation support services to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The maximum value of the BPAs, collectively, is $44... - August 18, 2020 - TestPros, Inc.
TBX® Fortifies Sales Team with Industry Leader
TBX®, the most successful online education, engagement, and enrollment platform for employee benefits, announced today that it has appointed Mike Keller as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales. Keller brings more than 30 years of sales leadership experience within the employee... - August 18, 2020 - TBX® Benefits
New PT Study Finds That Dell EMC PowerStore 7000 Series Arrays Outperformed the HPE Primera A670 in Data Reduction, Performance, Out‑of-the-Box VM Deployment and More
A new test report highlighted the results of testing on two Dell EMC PowerStore arrays, the 7000T and 7000X, versus the HPE Primera A670. - August 18, 2020 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Petrelli Previtera, LLC Announces New Office in Maryland
Petrelli Previtera, a top family law firm with existing offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Chicago, announced a new office will be opening in September 2020 in the Washington, D.C. area as they continue to expand to better serve their clients. The new office is located at 5425 Wisconsin Ave... - August 18, 2020 - Petrelli Previtera, LLC
Lori Niederlehner Joins Doeren Mayhew as National Human Resources Director
Doeren Mayhew, a top certified public accounting and advisory firm with locations in Michigan, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, London and Switzerland, announced today Lori Niederlehner, CPA, CCP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP has joined the firm as its National Human Resources Director. In her new role,... - August 18, 2020 - Doeren Mayhew
Jeffrey M. Newman Recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2020 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide
Jeffrey M. Newman of Ramsey, New Jersey has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2020 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of higher education. About Jeffrey M. Newman Jeffrey M. Newman is an admissions... - August 18, 2020 - Strathmore Worldwide
Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks of Mansfield, Texas has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding achievements and contributions in the fields of agriculture, real estate, investments and self-storage. These... - August 18, 2020 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Bench International Brings Diversity of Experience, Ethnicity and Gender with Launch of Executive Recruiting Hub in Boston
Nova Diop Joins Firm to Lead Efforts to Meet Talent Demands of Nation’s Largest Life Science Cluster. - August 17, 2020 - Bench International
CloudXPRT Empowers Corporate Decision-Makers to Select the Best IaaS Configuration for Every Business Objective, According to a Video Introducing the Newest XPRT Tool
The video, released by Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community, highlights how the new CloudXPRT benchmark tool accurately measures the end-to-end performance of apps running on on-prem or public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platforms. - August 15, 2020 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
ITnBM Announces Back-to-Work Initiative, Starting with AI Thermal Protect
AI Thermal Protect is the ideal safe, effective and highly accurate temperature measurement system for any industry. It is contact-free and fast for multi-person screening environments. It can be configured to send visual or audio alerts as well as providing a visual cue on a monitor to the operator. - August 15, 2020 - ITnBM
Hyperconverged Intel Processor-Powered Dell EMC vSAN Ready Node Solutions Can Deliver Strong Database Workload Performance, PT Study Finds
For online transaction processing and online data analytics workloads, software-defined Dell EMC vSAN Ready Node solutions delivered solid, reliable performance. - August 15, 2020 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
COVID Friendly Location in Unchartered Waters: Lady Justice on Land, Mermaid Justice at Sea
Laguna Legal has entered unchartered waters and has a COVID-friendly solution for boat owners needing a corporation, trust, or LLC: a new location in Marina Del Rey with built-in fresh air and occasional visits from dolphins. Ellie Ortiz owns and operates Laguna Legal, specializing in divorce... - August 15, 2020 - Laguna Legal Document and Mediation Services
Mobile Development Professionals Needed to Judge 2020 MobileWebAward Competition
The 9th annual MobileWebAwards competition is looking for additional qualified judges to help adjudicate this year’s award program. The Competition Web site is located at http://www.mobile-webaward.org and the deadline for entry is September 31, 2020. - August 15, 2020 - Web Marketing Association
Netizen Ranks No. 184 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies with 2,222% Growth
Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified Veteran Owned provider of cyber security and related solutions, was named for the second year in a row to the highest tiers of the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s most successful businesses. Founded in 2013 and led by CEO Michael Hawkins, Netizen is an award-winning company that develops and leverages innovative solutions to enable a more secure cyberspace for clients in government, defense, and commercial markets. - August 14, 2020 - Netizen Corporation
Axle Raises $27.7M to Finance America’s Freight Brokers: Anthemis and Techstars Participate in Financing
Axle, a cash flow management solution for the freight and logistics industry, announced today it has raised $27.7M in debt and equity financing. Leading fintech investors Anthemis and Techstars participated in the round. Including money previously raised from top freight-tech investors, such as... - August 14, 2020 - Axle Payments
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Data Analysis Speeds of Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Servers with and Without Intel Optane Persistent Memory
In hands-on testing, PT found that adding Intel Optane persistent memory to Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 servers sped up the time to return query results. - August 14, 2020 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Fusion Medical Staffing Leads the Healthcare Travel Industry by Launching a Traveler-First Website
Fusion Medical Staffing, launched new features and functionalities that focuses on putting medical travelers in control of their own healthcare travel careers. - August 14, 2020 - Fusion Medical Staffing
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Data Analysis Speeds of Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd Servers with and Without Intel Optane Persistent Memory
In hands-on testing, PT found that adding Intel Optane persistent memory to Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers enabled the solution to analyze more data at once, faster, than the solution without it. - August 14, 2020 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
InCorp Works with IWG to Boost Business Startups and Expansions in Asia
InCorp Global partners leading workspace provider, International Workplace Group (IWG)- who operates well-known flexible workspace brands such as Regus, Spaces and Signature by Regus, in a joint effort to give companies a boost in setting up offices across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and... - August 14, 2020 - In.Corp Group
Schools, Businesses, Events, Sports and More Are Restarting Safely with Text-Based COVID Symptom Screening Using HealthShield
Organizations nationwide are safely reopening and remaining open by using a simple, text-based COVID symptom screening tool, HealthShield(TM) by 42Chat. With HealthShield, businesses can remotely capture CDC-compliant information for anyone entering their establishment/location via a two-step,... - August 13, 2020 - 42Chat
The Elements at Sloan's Lake Makes a Triumphant Opening
An Inspired Renovation Offers Denver Residents Highly Amenitized Lakeside Living and Outdoor Adventure with the Attractions and Convenience of Downtown Denver Just Minutes Away. The Elements at Sloan’s Lake hosted a socially distanced grand opening celebration to virtually welcome the community with a live streamed tour and ribbon cutting ceremony, at 1590 Yates Street, Denver, Colorado. The Elements is a fully reimagined, mid-century modern residential tower, soaring above Sloan’s Lake. - August 13, 2020 - The Elements at Sloan's Lake
BILT Named to Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest-Growing Companies: 3D Instruction App Maker Ranks 375 of 5000
BILT Inc., creators of the BILT app for 3D instructions, alights in the top tier of America's most successful privately held companies. Inc. magazine just ranked the Texas-based Software as a Service (SaaS) company in the top 10% of the fastest growing small businesses in the annual Inc. 5000 list. - August 13, 2020 - BILT Incorporated
ICARO™ Media Group Appoints Juan Carlos Barrera as Chief Commercial Officer
Juan Carlos Barrera to Guide ICARO’s Global Expansion - August 13, 2020 - Icaro Media Group
WBAT Safety Welcomes California Aeronautical University as Newest Platform+ Subscriber
WBAT Safety is pleased to welcome California Aeronautical University (CAU) as the latest operator to join the WBAT Safety platform as a Platform+Support and ASAP facilitation services subscriber. California Aeronautical University offers professional pilot degree programs as well as aircraft... - August 13, 2020 - WBAT Safety
ActualConversion Launches New MAD Module That for the First Time Makes It Easy for SMBs to Connect the Impact of Offline to Online Activities
ActualConversion launches the new MAD (Managed Activities Dashboard) module for SMBs. The new release makes it easy for SMBs to log and track "offline" activities such as events, 3rd part press releases, awards and articles, and then overlay them to all "online" activities -... - August 13, 2020 - ActualConversion Inc.
SabinoCompTech Ranked Among Texas Most Elite 501 Managed Service Providers
SabinoCompTech has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers and one of the top MSPs in Texas on the prestigious 2020 annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. - August 13, 2020 - SabinoCompTech
DynaMed® Founder Launches Computable Publishing LLC
Computable Publishing LLC is a new company with a mission to enable standard-based machine-interpretable expression of healthcare and scientific research. The founder makes a grand mission change 25 years after creating DynaMed® which scaled to provide curated evidence and guidance at the point of care to more than a million clinicians. Computable Publishing will make science machine-interpretable to enable artificial intelligence and much greater efficiency of reporting scientific results. - August 13, 2020 - Computable Publishing LLC
Helene Sarah Kouassi Honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Helene Sarah Kouassi of Stratford, Connecticut has been honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by P.O.W.E.R (Professional Organization of Woman of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of home healthcare. These important women exemplify tenacity. They... - August 13, 2020 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Robert Cherry Honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Robert Cherry of Denison, Texas has been honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding achievements and high level of success for almost 50 years in the fields of crime prevention and criminal justice. About Robert Cherry Robert Cherry is a... - August 13, 2020 - Strathmore Worldwide
The Knowledge Group Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on Anti-Corruption Compliance: Trends and Developments in 2020 and Beyond
The Knowledge Group, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast entitled: Anti-Corruption Compliance: Trends and Developments in 2020 and Beyond. This event is scheduled on September 01, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm (ET). Event... - August 13, 2020 - The Knowledge Group
Web Leads Introduces New Targeted Lead Generation Plans
Web Leads has introduced an exclusive and branded lead generation package and pivoted from an “inventory-based” model to dedicated a specific team to its clientele. - August 13, 2020 - Web Leads, Inc
Inc. 5000 Names Avionté to Its 2020 List of Fasting-Growing Private Companies for the 9th Consecutive Year
Inc. Magazine has named Avionté Staffing Software to its 2020 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for the ninth consecutive year. - August 12, 2020 - Avionte Staffing Software
MadKix is the Aggressive Social Media App That is American Made and a Unique Alternative to Similar Platforms
MadKix is an alternative to other social media destinations for today’s generation. - August 12, 2020 - MadKix
New Product Release: Find Me A Stream! Launches Largest, Most Diverse Curated Livestream Directory Features Music, Entertainment, Art, Science and More
Find Me A Stream! (https://findmeastream.com) launched today with a growing curated collection of over 500 upcoming livestream programs and 3,500 on-demand programs on 14 channels (categories), ranging from music to art to business and science/nature. With a goal of supporting small businesses that... - August 12, 2020 - Find Me A Stream!
New Self Storage Facility in Mary Esther, FL
A recently opened self-storage facility Absolute Storage of Mary Esther offering contact-less rental options. - August 12, 2020 - Absolute Storage Management
Crusoe Security Names Guy Guzner, Former CEO & Founder of Fireglass (Acquired by Symantec) as a Member of the Board of Advisors
Crusoe Security appoints new executive leadership and gears up for its upcoming investment round. - August 12, 2020 - Crusoe Security
th!nkpricing Unveils Price Optimization for People Who Price
Smart Pricer announces the launch of its th!nkpricing brand with the release of the new website th!nkpricing.com. Focused on creating a community of people who price, th!nkpricing distributes pricing knowledge, tools and techniques to help businesses maximize their pricing potential. The new and... - August 12, 2020 - th!nkpricing
LurnAgile Joins the Scaled Agile Partner Network
LurnAgile, a woman owned small business based in Phoenix, AZ announced today that it has joined the Scaled Agile Partner Network as a Silver Transformation Partner. This worldwide network includes transformation and platform providers who help enterprises facilitate and accelerate business results... - August 11, 2020 - LurnAgile
The Virtual Scavenger Hunt of Local Leesburg
The Virtual Scavenger Hunt of Local Leesburg, hosted by Nova Virtual Tours, is a chance for the Leesburg Community to show their support of Local Leesburg Establishments, play a fun game using the latest 3D Virtual Technology and hunt down awesome prizes at each virtual location. - August 11, 2020 - Nova Virtual Tours, Inc.
Victoria Kustov Earns NAR Designation in Senior Real Estate
Victoria Kustov with Elite Realty Experts has earned the nationally recognized Seniors Real Estate Specialist® designation from the SRES® Council of the National Association of REALTORS®. - August 11, 2020 - Victoria Kustov, Realtor, Elite Realty Experts
K1 Cleaning Ottawa Keeps Businesses Clean During COVID-19
Stage 3 of COVID-19 is here and most workplaces are reopening. Despite this fact, almost half of Ontario workers don't feel safe about returning to work (Statistics Canada, 2020). Employers can reduce fear in employees by guaranteeing a sanitary work environment when entering the workplace. Ensure employees feel safe about going to work with K1 Cleaning, Ottawa's cleaning experts. The team at K1 will ensure that all germs and bacteria are removed from workplaces before employees arrive. - August 11, 2020 - K1 Cleaning
Pinky’s Iron Doors Helps Homebuyers Install High-Quality Steel and Iron Doors During COVID-19
The nationwide door provider continues to provide doors and installation services for homeowners. - August 11, 2020 - Pinky’s Iron Doors
Food Security Assurance Delivered to Your Door; New Focus on Food Security in Shadow of COVID-19 Pandemic
Providence International in Redding, CA, is now offering a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription service which delivers locally-grown fresh produce to homes and businesses. The food is sourced from local farmers, including crops from Providence’s own Garden of Hope Farm, and... - August 11, 2020 - Providence International
Marjorie A. Graf Honored as a Woman of the Month for August 2020 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Marjorie A. Graf of Mexico, Missouri is being honored as a Woman of the Month for August 2020 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and success in the fields of finance and retail management. Each month P.O.W.E.R. features... - August 11, 2020 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized