This appointment of Rampell, along with the recent addition of CEO Varun Krishna to the Board, furthers the Company’s fintech and AI-driven vision. DETROIT, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the Detroit-based fintech platform company including mortgage, real estate and other financial services businesses, today announced that Alex Rampell has been appointed as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors. Rampell currently serves as General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, focusing on fintech investments. A noted serial entrepreneur, he cofounded many tech-driven financial companies including Affirm, one of the largest businesses in the rapidly growing ‘buy-now-pay-later’ space, which went public in early 2021. He…
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Momentum builds around ControlUp as the leader in real-time visibility and automated remediation for physical and virtual desktops; company has record Q4 with 65% year-over-year growth SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ControlUp, the industry leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, today announced key milestones and growth momentum demonstrating accelerated adoption of ControlUp DEX solutions, worldwide. Year-over-year, the company has realized high double-digit growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR), and over 65% year-over-year growth in Q4 net new ARR in 2023, with a 40% rise in the total number of managed endpoint seats now at more than five million. ControlUp believes…
Clients and partners recognized for forward-thinking and excellence in their use of the RainFocus platform LEHI, Utah, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — RainFocus™, provider of the next-generation event marketing platform, today announced the winners of the annual Innovation Awards during RainFocus INSIGHT in Salt Lake City, which brought together events, marketing, and technology thought leaders and enthusiasts. The prestigious Innovation Awards recognize industry leaders and their unmatched efforts to drive impactful results for their customers. To be considered an award winner, nominees must have a solid understanding of attendees to create better experiences, innovate and have a forward-thinking use of the RainFocus platform, make good use…
Finland-based Hookle introduces ‘Hookle AIDE,’ an AI-powered post generation assistant set to transform social media marketing for small businesses. The fully automated feature analyzes users’ profiles, crafting personalized daily posts without the need for prompts. Tero Seppala, CEO of Hookle, sees this as a new dawn for small businesses in social media marketing, emphasizing ‘Hookle AIDE’ as a personalized content assistant. Leveraging cutting-edge AI, Hookle aims to lead in fully autonomous social media marketing, catering to entrepreneurs and small businesses globally. HELSINKI, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Hookle, a global leader in AI-powered mobile social media management, launches ‘Hookle AIDE,’ a fully automated…
Surpasses $1M revenue in first 18 months, secures $1M SBA funding SpiritMedia.us RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Spirit Media, a full-service publishing, branding and marketing company, is poised for rapid growth in 2024 and beyond thanks to the organization’s international business dealings and new funding secured through the U.S. Small Business Administration. The company’s robust financial position within its first 18 months of operations paired with its international business reach helped secure $1 million of SBA funding and puts the company on target to become profitable in 2024. The new funding, which closed Dec. 7, 2023, is part of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7a Government Guaranteed…
ABC News 20/20 Co-Anchor Deborah Roberts, Unilever’s Chief Marketing Officer Esi Eggleston Bracey, Citi’s Chief Diversity Officer Erika Irish Brown, President and CEO of Essence Ventures Caroline Wanga, UPS President of Global Communications Deisha Barnett and more celebrated. NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ColorComm Inc., the nation’s leading women’s platform addressing diversity & inclusion across the communications, marketing, advertising, and media industries, reveals its annual The ColorComm28 list, which features 28 Black women, who are making history now in their respective fields. Now in its fourth year, the ColorComm28 recognizes the leadership of executive Black women in communications at some of the most respected companies…
The Chief Marketing Officer at financial services organisation Link Group, Wendy Mak, is urging the marketing industry to better balance AI-driven productivity gains with the duty to craft honest campaigns. Speaking exclusively to The Business Of, a podcast from the University of New South Wales Business School, Ms Mak says there is a place for artificial intelligence in modern marketing and pointed to the massive leaps in efficiency that platforms like ChatGPT can provide. But she adds: “they need guardrails.” “How do you let your people use large language models in their jobs to increase productivity, but not compromise the security of your business or the security…
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Venbrook Group, LLC (“Venbrook”), one of the largest independent insurance distribution and services firms in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Brooke Norton Lais to Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. Lais brings more than 20 years of high-level marketing and CMO experience to Venbrook across multiple businesses in the insurtech, fintech, and consumer goods space, including Green Dot Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Welcome Tech, and others. Most recently, Lais ran the eponymously named Brooke It Branding, a marketing consultancy. At Venbrook, Lais will be responsible for defining the strategic direction and development of the company’s marketing, planning, and communication…
Record-breaking, 29-hour long event aims to help marketers and entrepreneurs #MakeMoreTime in 2024 CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ActiveCampaign, the must-have platform for intelligent marketing automation, announced the opening of registration for The ActiveCampaign Leap Day Extravaganza—a free virtual conference on February 28th through March 1st produced in partnership with Goldcast, Calendly, and The Juice. Designed to help marketers and entrepreneurs #MakeMoreTime in 2024, attendees will hear from some of the brightest minds in AI, content creation, customer experience, ecommerce, email, entrepreneurship, marketing automation, podcasting, and time management—all from the comfort of their home or office. Speakers scheduled to present include: “At a time when…
The release of AveriSource Platform™ 2.0 enables an end-to-end application modernization journey for mainframe and midrange systems. DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — AveriSource, the leading global software provider of AI-powered, data-driven application modernization, announced today that it has completed a major release of its application analysis and modernization solution. The unveiling of AveriSource Platform™ 2.0 marks a pivotal step in the company’s strategic growth plan and its innovative, AI-powered product roadmap. This launch follows a significant investment in its go-to-market and sales capabilities with the recruitment of industry veterans Ed Airey as VP of Marketing and Emmett Hynous as VP of Global Sales. The AveriSource Platform 2.0 release delivers…