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Nogin Appoints Andrew Pancer to Board of Directors

Nogin, a leading provider of innovative Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) ecommerce technology, announced that it has appointed Andrew Pancer as an independent director on its Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.

Andrew Pancer is an accomplished digital advertising, ecommerce, and publishing executive with over 20 years of experience building and scaling financial operations. Pancer is currently a Founding Partner at Tyburnia Partners Limited, a firm that helps brands optimize their online presence and strategies to increase traffic, conversions, and sales on Amazon and other online marketplaces. He also serves as a Founding Partner at Big Red House Services Limited, providing executive level management, financial, and strategic consulting services to companies mostly within digital marketing and ecommerce. He has also served in several executive roles within the media, advertising technology, and ecommerce industries, including with MailOnline, Dstillery, The New York Times, Direct Revenue LLC, and About.com.

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“On behalf of the Nogin leadership team, I would like to welcome Andrew to our Board of Directors,” said Company Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Jon Huberman. “Andrew is a seasoned executive and Board member who brings a wealth of industry and financial experience to our organization. We are fortunate to be bringing someone of Andrew’s caliber on to the Board and look forward to benefitting from his insights.”

“Nogin has a vast opportunity ahead as it strives to accelerate growth for brands through a new ecommerce approach,” said Pancer. “I’ve spent much of my career pairing digital marketing and executive management strategies to drive brand success online, and am confident that the Company can achieve its full potential. I believe in Nogin’s mission and technology, and I look forward to leveraging my background to help Nogin continue to scale and execute on its growth strategy moving forward.”

In addition to Pancer’s appointment, Deborah Weinswig, a Class I Director of the Board and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, resigned from the Board, effective as of February 13, 2023, due to other professional obligations requiring an increased time commitment.

For additional details, please reference the Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2023, which can also be found in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

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Safeone Chain Emerges as a Fast, Secure, and Low-Cost Blockchain With Unparalleled Security.

SafeOne Chain has emerged as a fast, cheap POS blockchain that offers unparalleled security against any swindle or rug pull.

In the latest development, SafeOne Chain emerges as a fast, secure, and low-cost blockchain with unparalleled security. It offers a safe and efficient solution to all risks and provides safety for their crypto assets. Its advanced Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain technology provides lightning-fast and low-cost transactions while offering unparalleled security against any swindle or rug pull.

In addition, the SafeOne Chain platform also offers versatility and functionality. Users can swap over 1200+ different crypto-assets with ease. The SAFO token is emerging as the utility token of the SafeOne ecosystem, which is the preferred option for staking, governance, paying transaction fees, etc.

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SafeOne Platform’s core features make it exceptional, including:

  • SafeOne Wallet – SafeOne Wallet is the platform’s reliable and secure cryptocurrency wallet. The wallet allows users to securely store, send, and receive bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Wallets serve as the central hub for SafeOne Chain functions such as

SafeOne validators, SafeOne stakes, SafeOne Bridges, and SafeOne Bots.

  • SafeOne Insurance – SafeOne Chain offers a unique insurance feature to provide added security for its users. SafeOne’s blockchain detectives thoroughly vet each blockchain project.
  • SafeOne Payments Solution – For non-crypto users, SafeOne’s front-end payment solution uses the best method to purchase $SAFO tokens without buying the mother chain token first. Their payment solutions allow users to purchase with a credit card directly on their website and receive $SAFO now in their wallets.
  • Staking – Staking is another feature where an individual locks or holds his cryptocurrency to participate in Proof-of-Stake (PoS)-based blockchain systems and earn rewards. Staking on SafeOne Chain works like regular staking and rewards participants for locking tokens and maintaining the platform.

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Furthermore, at the SafeOne Chain platform, the users can do shopping with $SAFO. The users can use $SAFO holding to purchase E-vouchers in its partners’ webshop and pay with them for their shopping items. Users can now purchase their daily needs with a decentralized wallet and use their $SAFO holdings.

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Xabit Launches New Business Intelligence Service for Retail Businesses

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Vitals is a business intelligence package that ensures you have the right foundation to make KPIs work for you, your team and your investors.

Xabit, a provider of technology solutions, announced the launch of a new business intelligence service designed specifically for retail businesses – VITALS.

VITALS provides retail businesses with the tools and insights they need to make informed decisions, improve operations, and increase profitability. With access to real-time data and customized reporting, businesses can quickly identify trends, monitor inventory levels, optimize pricing strategies, and more.

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“We recognize that retail businesses face unique challenges when it comes to data management and analysis,” said Xabit Co-Founder Bikranta Malla. “Our new business intelligence service is tailored specifically to meet the needs of retail businesses, and we’re confident it will help them achieve their goals.”

Xabit’s team of experienced analysts are available to provide customized insights and recommendations to help businesses make data-driven decisions.

“We believe that data is one of the most valuable assets a business can have,” said Malla. “Our goal is to help retail businesses harness the power of their data to drive growth and profitability.”

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Stratix Recognized on CRN’s 2023 MSP 500 List

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Stratix Corporation, a leader in Managed Mobility Services (MMS), announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Stratix to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category for 2023. CRN’s annual MSP 500 list identifies the industry-leading service providers in North America who are driving a new wave of growth and innovation for the channel through forward-thinking approaches to managed services, helping end users increase efficiency and simplify IT solutions, while maximizing their return on investment.

MSPs have become a vital part of the success of businesses worldwide. MSPs not only empower organizations to leverage intricate technologies but also help them keep a strict focus on their core business goals without straining their budgets.

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The annual MSP 500 list is divided into three sections: the MSP Pioneer 250, recognizing companies with business models weighted toward managed services and largely focused on the SMB market; the MSP Elite 150, recognizing large, data center-focused MSPs with a strong mix of on- and off-premises services; and the Managed Security 100, recognizing MSPs focused primarily on off-premises and cloud-based security services.

Mobile solutions are a key driver of digital transformation in enterprise-level companies because they improve workflows, increase automation, and create better experiences for users and customers. With the wide availability of 5G, business use cases are expanding, and mobile is even more essential to the success of organizations. Stratix is focused on helping customers implement, manage, support, and secure their mobile technology making MMS convenient, easy, and cost-effective.

“Managed services offer a path for businesses of all sizes to remain efficient and flexible as they grow,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “The solution providers on our 2023 MSP 500 list are bringing innovative managed services portfolios to market, helping their customers win by doing more with the IT budgets they have and freeing up resources to focus on mission-critical activities to drive future success.”

“We’re honored to be selected for the CRN MSP 500 List again this year. It’s a recognition of the incredible job our people do every day for our customers,” said Stratix CEO and President Louis Alterman. “Stratix has led from the front on technology solutions for the last 40 years, and we plan to continue leveraging mobile technology to solve our customers’ business challenges for the next 40 and beyond.”

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AutoScheduler CEO Keith Moore Named Recipient of Food Logistics 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award

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This award recognizes influential individuals in the industry whose achievements, hard work, and vision have shaped the global cold food supply chain.

AutoScheduler.AI, an innovative Warehouse Management System (WMS) accelerator, announces that CEO Keith Moore is the recipient of Food Logistics 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award. Food Logistics is the only publication dedicated to covering product movement through the global cold food supply chain. This award recognizes influential individuals in the industry whose achievements, hard work, and vision have shaped the global cold food supply chain. Keith wins because he understands the challenges of the food logistics market and knows how to drive operational excellence within distribution centers for customers.

“As the brains of a distribution operation, AutoScheduler helps food and beverage companies decrease touches, increase capacity per headcount, overcome volatility, and improve customer satisfaction,” says Keith Moore, CEO of AutoScheduler. AI “I’m thrilled to be named a Rock Star. Even at a mid-sized distribution center, the activities that AutoScheduler orchestrates can add up to millions of dollars in capacity growth and savings.”

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“Not all rock stars are famous musicians. There are several rock stars right here in the cold chain, promoting workforce development, solving supply chain disruptions, mitigating risks, and helping to heal the supply chain,” says Marina Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

AutoScheduler is a warehouse resource planning and optimization platform that dynamically orchestrates all activities within the warehouse in conjunction with a WMS. Using capacity-constrained schedules, AutoScheduler will solve problems such as poor on-time in full deliveries, dock schedule conflicts, inventory shortages, inefficient workforce allocation, and the struggle to meet carrier appointment times. AutoScheduler.ai helps businesses manage what they need today to succeed while predicting what they need in the future to meet the increased demand in labor, space, and time.

Many of the Rock Star award winners are actively involved in understanding customers’ needs, creating problem-solving solutions, ensuring the safe transport of cold food and beverages, and adopting sustainable measures. The words used to describe them range from strategic, motivated, and dedicated to passionate, educator, and transformative.

“These rock stars rock. Period. They’re shaping the future of our global cold chains. And they’re doing so in a way that’s both humble and pragmatic. Every year, I’m honored to celebrate these go-getters, and this year is no exception,” Mayer says.

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Relatus Announces Partnership with Crunchbase to Provide Access to Investors in New Models of Relationship Intelligence

Relatus Inc. announces an important new partnership with Crunchbase, a prospecting platform powered by best-in-class proprietary data. This partnership will support the best user product experience for Relatus®, a goal achievement, knowledge collaboration and intelligence platform that uses AI and Machine Learning to identify relevance among your contacts and market and industry data, to drive decision making and outcomes.

Relatus provides one central place to gather and search a user’s entire bank of relationships to reveal the people who can help them accomplish their goals faster, easier, and with greater relevance than ever before. Relatus merges data from multiple sources to create a “super record” for each contact, company and entity. With the user’s permission, Relatus ingests and graphs people and contact data, along with a user’s unique goals and relationships, a process framework that guides the users in mission critical aspects of their professional goals, including for raising capital, finding Limited Partners or finding Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

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“Crunchbase’s remarkably curated company data enables us to generate insights in the investment and fund management industries that no other platform can match.”

— Monte Gibbs, Relatus Founder and Chief Product Officer

The Crunchbase partnership allows Relatus users to build their super record with the freshest, most accurate company data to generate valuable insights for the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The partnership is instrumental for Relatus’ users, who will see the value and effectiveness increase over time through the use of the product.

“We are excited to be able to incorporate the Crunchbase data that investors and companies use as a powerful resource in understanding the fundraising landscape,” said Relatus CEO, Joyce Reitman. “Relatus contributes unique access to insights for our customers as they strategically position their own deal making.”

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“Crunchbase’s remarkably curated company data enables Relatus to develop and generate highly relevant insights on who’s who in the investment and fund management industries that no other platform can match,” says Relatus Founder and Chief Product Officer Monte Gibbs. “With this signal intelligence, our customers and users can quickly develop highly informed strategies and practical actions to engage their networks and achieve what matters to them, namely, results.”

Crunchbase Revenue Partnerships Manager Etan Grosinger added: “We’re pleased that Crunchbase’s proprietary data will now support Relatus in its mission to help users accomplish their professional goals. We recognize the importance of this strategic approach and look forward to a great partnership.”

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SymphonyAI Retail CPG Product Expert Wins 2023 Food Logistics’ Rock Star Award in Supply Chain Advancement

Florian Loinard was recognized for his role in SymphonyAI Retail CPG’s innovative approach to limiting waste of fresh foods in the cold chain

SymphonyAI Retail CPG, a SymphonyAI vertical, announced that Product Management Director Florian Loinard has been recognized as a winner of a 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award from Food Logistics.

The annual award highlights leaders across the food and beverage industry who are making an impact on improving the safety of cold food and beverage products, adopting more sustainable practices, and growing the global cold food sector.

Loinard earned the recognition for his work in helping SymphonyAI Retail CPG improve how grocers can limit food waste while replenishing fresh food items and developing initiatives around stronger inventory tracking for food retailers.

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“Not all rock stars are famous musicians,” said Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief, Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. “There are several rock stars right here in the cold chain, promoting workforce development, solving supply chain disruptions, mitigating risks, and helping to heal the supply chain.”

Through its AI-powered solutions, SymphonyAI Retail CPG works with top retailers and consumer goods manufacturers to strengthen the retail supply chain and enable it to respond with more agility. Loinard’s award-winning work over the last 12 months included developing a replenishment algorithm that helps grocers track a fresh item’s “use-by-date” information within distribution channels and at the store level, improving sell-through and reducing waste of those products.

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For one retailer, the quantitative approach significantly reduced manual labor of store staff needing to check every item on every shelf to remove items that have expired. With the inventory-tracking technology that Loinard helped to develop, food retailers can more effectively manage perishable items, saving employees time and increasing the overall bottom line.

“I’m honored and humbled to be called a ‘rock star,’” said SymphonyAI’s Loinard. “AI and other technology can greatly assist retailers and CPG manufacturers in new ways to fight food waste and grow their businesses. I’m proud of the work SymphonyAI Retail CPG has produced over the last year in this area, and even prouder of the work to come in helping optimize supply chains, merchandizing, and marketing for innovative FMCG companies worldwide.”

As an honoree, Loinard joins colleague SymphonyAI’s vice president of product management Troy Prothero, who won the Rock Star award in 2022 and 2020.

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iQor’s Strategic Outsourcing Partnership With Retailer Optimizes Performance and Saves $5M in Order Entry Costs

Fashion Retailer Exceeds Cross-Sell and Upsell Goals While Maintaining High Customer Satisfaction and Lowering Costs Through First-Time Strategic Outsourcing With iQor

A U.S.-based fashion retailer saved $5 million in order entry costs while increasing cross-sells and upsells and maintaining high customer satisfaction. The retailer selected iQor as their first and only business process outsourcing (BPO) partner over a leader in Gartner’s 2022 Magic Quadrant for Customer Service.

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A managed services provider of customer engagement and BPO integrated digital services, iQor provided a strategic outsourcing partnership that cultivated a world-class sales culture through selective staffing, customized training, and coaching informed by iQor’s proprietary AI speech and interaction analytics.

“In collaboration with the client, iQor’s new program implementation team of strategic solution experts designed the optimal mix of CX automation and people to meet and exceed our retail client’s expectations. By building a strong sales culture within the contact center in a nearshore operation, we delivered phenomenal results for this first-time outsourcer,” said iQor Chief Operating Officer Martin Lehtio.

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In Year One, the client enjoyed:

– Savings of $5 million in order entry costs.
– Cross-sells nearly 9% above goal.
– Upsells 12% over goal.
– Credit card signups 2% above goal.
– Average handle time reduced by more than 16%.

iQor is a managed services provider of customer engagement and technology-enabled business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions comprised of 40,000 amazing employees spanning 10 countries. We are passionate about delivering an outstanding omnichannel customer experience for brands across the globe. Harnessing intelligent CX technology that can scale teams anywhere, our BPO solutions create happy employees and delighted customers. Our irresistible culture results in a smile with each interaction to create optimal customer experiences. We enable diverse teams to scale our BPO digital solutions from local to global to create the CX experience brands demand to win and keep customers.

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Ontra Appoints Megan Hansen as Chief People Officer

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Ontra, the leading provider of contract automation and intelligence solutions for the world’s most prominent asset managers, announced the appointment of its first Chief People Officer, Megan Hansen, who will be responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing world-class global talent across the organization.

“My objective is to empower our employees to do their best work and ensure everyone feels connected and motivated to achieve the organization’s collective goals”

“One of the most significant drivers of our continued growth has been our team. We are thrilled to have Megan join Ontra to lead our People strategy, deliver a best-in-class employee experience, and reinforce our cultural values,” said Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO of Ontra. “Megan brings an impressive track record building and scaling high-performing teams, and I look forward to collaborating with her to drive our vision for growth.”

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“My objective is to empower our employees to do their best work and ensure everyone feels connected and motivated to achieve the organization’s collective goals,” said Megan Hansen, Chief People Officer at Ontra. “Ontra is on an exciting growth trajectory. I look forward to creating programs that enable us to continue expanding and fostering our most important asset, our people.”

Before joining Ontra, Megan was the chief people and culture officer at Smartsheet, a leading enterprise platform for work management, where she led the organization’s people team during a time of tremendous growth. She has also held several prominent human resource and talent roles, serving as the senior vice president of people at MOD Pizza, vice president of talent management for Outerwall, including its Coinstar and Redbox brands, and leading global HR programs at Frog Design.

Megan earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Seattle Pacific University and a master’s degree in organizational development from the University of San Francisco.

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EngageSmart Appoints Mark Daoust as Chief Customer Officer, Enterprise Solutions

EngageSmart, Inc, a leading provider of vertically tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions, has appointed Mark Daoust as Chief Customer Officer, Enterprise Solutions. In this role, Daoust will oversee Implementations, Onboarding, Pricing, Settlement Operations, Client Services, and Customer Success across EngageSmart’s Enterprise solutions including InvoiceCloud, HealthPay24 and DonorDrive.

Daoust has over 25 years of experience in the enterprise technology space. He spent nearly 15 years at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise where he held a variety of leadership positions including as the Vice President of Operations and Services. In this role, he was responsible for leading a 350-person team focused on enablement, implementation, delivery, and support for seven software-as-a-service (SaaS) products including digital archiving, compliance, and eDiscovery. Following, he served as the Chief Customer Success Officer at Quickbase, a leading no code/low code SaaS platform, where he built a new Customer Success function from the ground up to serve over 6,000 customers. During Daoust’s tenure, Quickbase grew from $80m to $180m ARR and was recapitalized under Vista Equity in 2019.

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“Mark’s proven track record of leading high-performing, customer-focused enterprise technology organizations makes him the ideal fit to further the strategic development of our customer success, implementation, and customer service teams,” said Kevin O’Brien, president, EngageSmart Enterprise Solutions. “EngageSmart is an organization powered by great people who are dedicated to putting our customers first—Mark is no exception. We are thrilled to welcome him onboard.”

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“EngageSmart offers customers unique solutions to some of the biggest customer engagement and payments challenges with an unmatched commitment and hands on approach,” said Mark Daoust. “I am looking forward to contributing my expertise and working alongside the EngageSmart team to build upon their success, and further elevate what I believe to be an already stellar customer and client experience.”

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