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Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks Celebrated as a Top Executive for Three Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks Celebrated as a Top Executive for Three Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks of Mansfield, Texas is being celebrated as a Top Executive for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding achievements and success for over 20 years in the fields of agriculture, real estate, investments... - March 14, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide

Kelley R. Gardner Honored as the Mentor of the Quarter by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

Kelley R. Gardner Honored as the Mentor of the Quarter by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

Kelley R. Gardner of South Lake Tahoe, California has been honored as the Mentor of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. This professional... - March 14, 2019 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

Owners of Rocksolid Surfaces in Cleveland Ohio Recognized for Their Philanthropic Contributions

Rocksolid Surfaces, www.Rocksolid-Surfaces.com, fabricator of granite, quartz, solid surfaces and wood congratulate J.B., John and Patrick Walsh for their fundraising and generosity. Over $140,000 Raised in Support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). For the past five years, J.B. Walsh,... - March 14, 2019 - Rocksolid Surfaces

Marlborough Economic Development Corporation Unveils New Logo

MEDC rebrands for the first time in nearly a decade to take on a more modern look. - March 14, 2019 - Marlborough Economic Development Corporation

Credio Inc. Launches Women in Privacy Movement

Credio Inc. Launches Women in Privacy Movement

Credio Inc., a data privacy and cybersecurity advisory firm, announced today the launch of Women in Privacy Peer-to-Peer Training Program (CWIP), created to empower, advance and train women to become privacy advocates and gain careers in this exciting field. According to recent reports, there is a... - March 13, 2019 - Credio Inc.

Quantum Workplace Introduces Employee Vitals for Strategic Talent Reviews

Quantum Workplace Introduces Employee Vitals for Strategic Talent Reviews

Quantum Workplace releases Vitals, a new talent pipeline software that helps HR leaders and executives make strategic talent decisions based on collaborative, real-time data. - March 13, 2019 - Quantum Workplace

SkySparc Strengthens Executive Team with CFO Appointment

SkySparc Strengthens Executive Team with CFO Appointment

SkySparc, an independent solutions provider, has appointed Rebecca Ericsson Birck as the firm’s first full-time chief financial officer. - March 13, 2019 - SkySparc

VOS Digital Media Group and Obsev Studios Partner to Deliver Millennial-Focused Food, Sports, Lifestyle and Entertainment Content

VOS Digital Media Group and Obsev Studios Partner to Deliver Millennial-Focused Food, Sports, Lifestyle and Entertainment Content

VOS Digital Media Group has entered into a content distribution agreement with Obsev Studios. Obsev is a prolific digital media creator crafting premium content across verticals such as entertainment, sports, food, and more. As a video partner for hundreds of digital properties, VOS distributes... - March 13, 2019 - Icaro Media Group

Carlos Solari, Former CIO at the White House and Senior FBI Executive Director, Joins PlatinumDEX ICO as the Chief Information Officer

Carlos Solari, Former CIO at the White House and Senior FBI Executive Director, Joins PlatinumDEX ICO as the Chief Information Officer

Carlos Solari has joined London headquartered Fintech PlatinumDEX as Chief Information Office. Carlos is an internationally known IT security expert, formally CIO of The White House, responsible for the IT systems for the Executive Office of two President’s. PlatinumDEX is a start-up licensed (pending) e-bank incorporating a global network of "hyper-secure" blockchain enabled crypto exchanges, at the early stages towards of an ICO. - March 13, 2019 - Platinumdex Limited

Brand Tango Wins 13 Awards at Greater Fort Lauderdale & Palm Beaches Area American Advertising Award Competition

Brand Tango Wins 13 Awards at Greater Fort Lauderdale & Palm Beaches Area American Advertising Award Competition

Brand Tango, a Deerfield Beach, Florida-based branding, design and digital strategy agency, received three Judges’ awards, four Gold awards and six Silver Awards in the Greater Fort Lauderdale & The Palm Beaches competition of the American Advertising Awards on March 10. Now, all 10 of... - March 13, 2019 - Brand Tango

Fountainhead Small Business Finance Names Michael Bland COO

Fountainhead Small Business Finance Names Michael Bland COO

Fountainhead Small Business Finance LLC today announced that Michael Bland has joined the company as chief operating officer. The company offers U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) Program loans to small business owners for working capital, business acquisitions, partner buyouts,... - March 13, 2019 - Fountainhead Commercial Capital

Best Financial Services Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

Best Financial Services Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

The 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org is now accepting entries. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including banking, credit union, insurance, investment, mutual funds and financial services websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Financial-related web sites to enter is May 31, 2019. - March 13, 2019 - Web Marketing Association

Easy Grammar Systems™ Wins The Parent Teacher Choice™ Award

Easy Grammar Systems™ Wins The Parent Teacher Choice™ Award

Easy Grammar Systems™ receives prestigious, international award for their grammar texts. - March 13, 2019 - Easy Grammar Systems

InTech Solutions, Inc. Proves Security Starts with Great Culture

InTech Solutions, Inc. Proves Security Starts with Great Culture

InTech Solutions, Inc. has been featured in the March 2019 Westmoreland Chamber Newsletter for creating a strong workplace culture. - March 13, 2019 - InTech Solutions Inc.

LeadSmart Technologies Launches Innovative CRM/Marketing Automation/Channel Collaboration Suite

LeadSmart Technologies Launches Innovative CRM/Marketing Automation/Channel Collaboration Suite

LeadSmart introduces game-changing SaaS Suite that brings CRM, Marketing Automation and Channel Collaboration into a single suite priced like comparable standalone CRM products. Built on the Force.com/Lightning Development Platform from Salesforce.com LeadSmart combines critical tools into a single platform to drive business outcomes quickly and easily. - March 13, 2019 - LeadSmart Technologies

Shannon Retzke Smith, Partner with Withersworldwide, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s The New and Updated Voluntary Disclosure Program: Significant Considerations

Shannon Retzke Smith, Partner with Withersworldwide, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s The New and Updated Voluntary Disclosure Program: Significant Considerations for Taxpayers. - March 13, 2019 - The Knowledge Group

Coolsculpting Las Vegas Clinic Secret Body Does It Again, Attaining #1 Diamond Coolsculpting Practice and Awarded Today Allergan’s Club 5,000 Award

Coolsculpting Las Vegas Clinic Secret Body Does It Again, Attaining #1 Diamond Coolsculpting Practice and Awarded Today Allergan’s Club 5,000 Award

With more than 5,000 Coolsculpting treatments completed in Las Vegas, Secret Body is among only a handful of CoolSculpting practices in the nation to achieve this Diamond Crystal status Award.  - March 12, 2019 - Secret Body Las Vegas Coolsculpting Clinic

Two Women Helping Others Get Back to Sleep in a Sleepless Society

Two Women Helping Others Get Back to Sleep in a Sleepless Society

After over 12 years of not sleeping, these two women set out on a mission to find a way that actually works out of their own desperation. They found that secret and are now determined to help others get their sleep back as well. - March 12, 2019 - Treeline Organics

Oxford Closes $200,000 Private Placement

Oxford Investments Holdings Inc. (“Oxford” or the “Company”) (OTCMKTS: OXIHF) is pleased to announce that it has closed a $200,000 non-brokered private placement Unit offering. Each Unit consists of one common share of Oxford at $0.01 USD and one warrant exercisable at $0.02... - March 12, 2019 - Oxford Investments Holdings Inc

Pro Home Improvement Gives Back with a $5,000 Make-A-Wish Pledge

Pro Home Improvement Gives Back with a $5,000 Make-A-Wish Pledge

Pro Home Improvement is celebrating Make-A-Wish March 2019. $100-$200 from every project in March will go towards their $5,000 donation goal. - March 12, 2019 - Pro Home Improvement

HCA/HealthONE’s Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Now Offers Nitrous Oxide for Anxiety Relief During Labor

HCA/HealthONE’s Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Now Offers Nitrous Oxide for Anxiety Relief During Labor

Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center (P/SL) is pleased to now offer Nitrous Oxide (also known as “laughing gas”) as an option to delivering mothers to provide anxiety relief during childbirth. - March 12, 2019 - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center

DonorDrive® Hosts Livestream Fundraising Bootcamp with Experts from Twitch, Extra Life and COHORT3

DonorDrive® Hosts Livestream Fundraising Bootcamp with Experts from Twitch, Extra Life and COHORT3

DonorDrive®, the technology behind top peer-to-peer fundraising platforms for nonprofits, is joining industry leaders to host an immersive livestream fundraising bootcamp on Thursday, March 14, in Portland, Oregon for nonprofit professionals. “We launched Live Fundraising™... - March 12, 2019 - DonorDrive

Xcalar Selected by PRGX to Power Source-to-Pay Analytics for the World’s Leading Brands

With Xcalar, PRGX builds automation and brings repeatability to the auditing process. - March 12, 2019 - Xcalar, Inc.

US Sanctions on Iran, a Direct Hit on the Persian Rug Industry, Says Damoka LA

US Sanctions on Iran, a Direct Hit on the Persian Rug Industry, Says Damoka LA

On August 6th, 2018, the United States said it would be reimposing economic sanctions against Iran; sanctions that were lifted under a 2015 nuclear accord. The 2015 resolution opened the Iranian market to free trade, creating an international boom in Iranian commodities, most notably its hand-woven... - March 12, 2019 - Damoka

Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 Recognized in Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 Recognized in Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986 today announced that the company’s flagship data protection platform has been named in the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Asigra was acknowledged for its zero-day exploit protection of backup data with... - March 12, 2019 - Asigra

Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

The 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org is now accepting entries. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Healthcare websites to enter to is May 31, 2019. - March 12, 2019 - Web Marketing Association

David M. Slaugenhoup Promoted to Assistant Vice President at RT New Day

David M. Slaugenhoup Promoted to Assistant Vice President at RT New Day

David M. Slaugenhoup has been promoted to Assistant Vice President within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice. Since joining the New Day team in 2013, he has worked diligently to help their retail broker clients representing the construction,... - March 12, 2019 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice

Buddy Durbin Recognized as a VIP Member for 2018 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Buddy Durbin of Forest City, North Carolina has been recognized as a VIP Member for 2018 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of entertainment. About Buddy Durbin Buddy Durbin has over 40 years experience as a singer,... - March 12, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide

NetForce Global Announces New Executive Hire

NetForce Global Announces New Executive Hire

NetForce Global®, a trusted leader in wholesale international background screening, announced today they have hired Kerstin Bagus—a 30 year industry veteran—as their new Chief Knowledge Officer. Fred Giles, company CEO, commented, “Ms. Bagus is a recognized expert in the field... - March 11, 2019 - NetForce Global

PLANTZ Delivers Nationwide

PLANTZ Delivers Nationwide

PLANTZ, a Tampa-based plant sales and leasing company, has successfully delivered quality indoor foliage plants to customers in each of the lower 48 states, Alaska, and Washington, DC. With a recent shipment to a customer in Wyoming, PLANTZ hit this important milestone in its quest to become the... - March 11, 2019 - Plantz

BioTork and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits Enter Joint Development Collaboration

BioTork and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits Enter Joint Development Collaboration

BioTork, LLC and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (LBDS) a business unit of Lallemand Inc. are pleased to jointly announce the formalization of a collaboration for the development of improved yeast strains for the ethanol industry. “BioTork has been working with Lallemand, a world... - March 11, 2019 - BioTork

Ultimatum Inc. and Yoobe Partner with Nonprofit Point of Pride to Empower the Trans Community

Ultimatum Inc. and Yoobe Partner with Nonprofit Point of Pride to Empower the Trans Community

Millions of transgender people around the world struggle with gender dysphoria, but nonprofit Point of Pride is here to help. Since being founded in 2016, Point of Pride has awarded over $100,000 in aid to transgender people in 50+ countries worldwide. Now, they are launching a special fundraising campaign called Holding Hope to increase their positive impact on the transgender community. - March 11, 2019 - Ultimatum Inc.

Best Websites of 2019 to be Recognized by Web Marketing Association

Best Websites of 2019 to be Recognized by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the call for entries for The 23rd Annual International WebAward competition. It recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals in 96 industries all over the world who create and maintain outstanding Web sites. The deadline for entry for the 2019 WebAwards is May 31, 2019. - March 11, 2019 - Web Marketing Association

Business Owners Are Overly Optimistic, According to Study by Robbins Research International

Robbins Research International, the research and marketing arm of Tony Robbins’ personal development brand, announced the release of its white paper, “How Optimism Is Holding Back Your Business.” In a survey done in partnership with Survata, Robbins Research International asked... - March 11, 2019 - Tony Robbins

Allen Maintenance Corporation Offers Metro Detroit Businesses Spring Cleaning Savings

Metro Detroit commercial cleaning services offered by Allen Maintenance Corporation helps prepare you for Spring cleaning. The weather is getting warm and more consumers will be making effort to get out into the community. Thus, this is the best time to begin implementing effective cleaning... - March 11, 2019 - Allen Maintenance Coporation

National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Launches New Book with Maricopa Community Colleges

Co-Authors Sign New Book with Chancellor, Community College Presidents from Maricopa College System; Two Presidents Sign Entrepreneurship Pledge - March 10, 2019 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship

Shape the World Summit 2019 "Designing a More Equitable Economic System" to Take Place in Singapore This June

A 2-day creative summit in Singapore from 20-21 June to gather leaders who care about a better world to imagine new ideas from economy to leadership, business, urban development, healthcare, education to shape a more equitable economy. - March 10, 2019 - Consulus Pte Ltd

Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. Attends the Crystal Vision Award Breakfast in Las Vegas

Joseph McElmeel, Chairman & CEO of Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. attended the 19th annual Crystal Vision Award Breakfast on February 20th, 2019 along with staff members Richard Miller, Rick Mohrman and Michael Roach. - March 10, 2019 - Brooke Chase Associates, Inc.

Restaurateur Husband and Fashion Stylist Wife Give Up Life in California for Bed & Breakfast in the Finger Lakes

Restaurateur Husband and Fashion Stylist Wife Give Up Life in California for Bed & Breakfast in the Finger Lakes

Steven and Jeanette purchased Moonshadow on Keuka Lake in July of 2018, relocating from San Diego, CA. with their two pups, Maya and Chloe. They are often asked “why here, (you know it snows right…)?” Well, one look at the view and you’ll understand! “We absolutely love it here, it is incredibly beautiful, everyone is so friendly, the wine is fantastic and there is so much to do! What more could we ask for?” - March 09, 2019 - Moonshadow

OGV to Host Top Speakers at OTC

OGV to Host Top Speakers at OTC

OGV announce top speakers at the inaugural OTC Business Breakfast including senior level industry professionals from the UK, Norway and the USA. - March 09, 2019 - Oil and Gas Vision

FemAle Brew Fest to Feature the Special Collaboration Brew Created by the Pink Boots Society Florida Chapter Members in Celebration of International Women’s Day

FemAle Brew Fest continuous its highlight of women in brewing at this incredible annual beer festival featuring female beer experts and brewsters. - March 09, 2019 - FemAle Brew Fest

ecUtopia’s Own Makes the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2019 Pros to Know List

ecUtopia’s Own Makes the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2019 Pros to Know List

ecUtopia's VP of Development, Matt Taylor, Makes the 2019 Pros to Know List by Supply & Demand Executive. - March 09, 2019 - ecUtopia

PROLIM is Technology Partner for the 3rd “Two-Wheeler Industry Conclave 2019”

A global leader for PLM, IT, Engineering and Consulting Services - has been announced Technology Partner for 3rd “Two-Wheeler Industry Conclave 2019” by Autocar Professional to be held in New Delhi on 15th March 2019. - March 09, 2019 - PROLIM Global Corporation

Bareburger Leaving 3rd Party Delivery Systems in 2020

Bareburger Leaving 3rd Party Delivery Systems in 2020

Bareburger Restaurant Group has left Levelup and partnered with LunchBox Technology to launch a revamped online ordering app for all of its 39 U.S. locations. This is the first step in a series of maneuvers that will allow Bareburger to be free of all 3rd party delivery partners by the end of... - March 08, 2019 - Bareburger

Fourth Quarter 2018 and Year End Review for Absolute Storage Management

Absolute Storage Management (ASM), a leading private, third-party management company for self-storage facilities, announced operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018. 2018 Highlights for Three Months Ended December 31, 2018: · Increased same-store revenue by 4. - March 08, 2019 - Absolute Storage Management

Optima ECM Consulting Announces Silver Sponsorship at the SAP-Centric Financials Conference

Optima ECM Consulting Announces Silver Sponsorship at the SAP-Centric Financials Conference

Optima ECM Consulting will be a Silver sponsor at the SAP-Centric Financials Conference held on March 11-13 in Dallas, TX. Optima will be also co-presenting with The Toro Company on their Invoice-to-Pay Digital Transformation Case Study. - March 08, 2019 - Optima ECM Consulting

Empowering a Billion Women, Inc. Celebrates International Woman’s Day with the Announcement of a Key New Leadership Hire at SXSW United Nations Social Media Zone

Empowering a Billion Women, Inc. Celebrates International Woman’s Day with the Announcement of a Key New Leadership Hire at SXSW United Nations Social Media Zone

Ingrid Vanderveldt prepares EBW for growth and scale; Chandini Portteus enters leadership in the for-profit tech space - March 08, 2019 - Empowering a Billion Women by 2020

Nevlyn Grace Nicholson Recognized as a Woman of the Month for February 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

Nevlyn Grace Nicholson Recognized as a Woman of the Month for February 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

Nevlyn Grace Nicholson of Rosedale, New York has been recognized as a Woman of the Month for February 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of human resources. Each month we feature women to... - March 08, 2019 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

Samantha M. Ruth, Transformational Psychologist Showcased on the Reuters Billboard in Times Square by the Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

Samantha M. Ruth, Transformational Psychologist Showcased on the Reuters Billboard in Times Square by the Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

Samantha M. Ruth, Transformational Psychologist of Denver, Colorado has been showcased on the famous Reuters Billboard in Times Square in New York City by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements for over 20 years in... - March 08, 2019 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

The Role of Cortisol in Positive Psychological Conditions: Dr. Lai’s Brilliant and Insightful Research Work from Oasis Publishers

The Role of Cortisol in Positive Psychological Conditions: Dr. Lai’s Brilliant and Insightful Research Work from Oasis Publishers

The research papers titled, “Optimism, positive affectivity, and salivary cortisol,” “Humor attenuates the cortisol awakening response in healthy older men” and “Loneliness and Diurnal Salivary Cortisol in Emerging Adults” are written by Julian Chuk Ling Lai. - March 08, 2019 - Oasis Publishers

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