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PCS Software Accelerates Product Innovation with New Chief Technology Officer

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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PCS Software (PCS), a leading transportation management platform provider for the inland trucking industry, has named Paul Beavers as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Paul will lead the company’s innovation initiatives, including expanding the capabilities of its core solutions and continuing PCS Software’s evolution towards a comprehensive platform offering.

“Paul’s breadth of experience in software development and proven track record for taking products to the next level will be essential as PCS continues to evolve its offerings and address the digital needs of end-to-end trucking companies,” said Chris Poelma, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director at PCS Software. “Paul is a problem solver and can deliver product strategies that drive real business results. He will be a terrific addition to our leadership team.”

“PCS has tremendous market opportunity and its solutions offer a great foundation to fuel growth,” said Paul. “At its core, the

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Tom Peck Joins Sysco as Chief Information and Digital Officer

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HOUSTON, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the leading global foodservice distribution company, announced today that Tom Peck will join the company as executive vice president and chief information and digital officer, effective Jan. 4, 2021. In this role, Peck will lead Sysco’s strategic efforts to accelerate its business transformation through customer-facing technology solutions and will lead the company efforts to modernize its technology infrastructure.

Peck has over 20 years of experience leading enterprise information technology strategy, services, operations, risk and cybersecurity for large global enterprises. He most recently served as chief information and digital officer of Ingram Micro Inc., an approximately $50 billion global leader in technology distribution, supply chain services and cloud solutions. In this role, he led the development of a long-term systems architecture and effectiveness plan to modernize and digitize core systems and processes designed to deliver additional speed, agility and scalability.

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Vault Announces New Chief Technology Officer

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NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vault, a performance healthcare technology platform and leader in saliva at-home COVID-19 testing, has announced their latest C-Suite hire, Steve Shi, as Chief Technology Officer.

Shi joins Vault from Virgin Pulse, a company founded by Sir Richard Branson, where he was the technology head responsible for the overall technology strategy and execution of engineering for the largest corporate digital health and wellbeing platform in the world.

Shi has a proven track record of building award-winning commercial software products. He grew the Virgin team from a small, one locale team to hundreds globally in 7 years, while scaling the platform to million+ monthly active users, and a 4.9* rated mobile app in the iOS store with 150K+ reviews in 2020. This experience is highly relevant given Vault’s accelerated expansion since launch.

In his new role, Shi’s immediate objectives at Vault include

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Omni Agent Solutions Appoints Mike Hume Chief Technology Officer

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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Omni Agent Solutions, an affiliate of Beilinson Advisory Group, today announced the appointment of Mike Hume as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Mr. Hume will oversee the company’s overall technology strategy, including the ongoing development and innovation of both its technology infrastructure and platforms.

“2020 has been a year of extraordinary growth and we are excited for someone with Mike’s expertise and industry experience to join our leadership team,” said Marc Beilinson, Chairman of Beilinson Advisory Group. “Mike will be instrumental in designing and executing our vision of innovative technology solutions, enhancing our cloud-based assets and growing our IT and software development department.”

With more than 25 years of technology experience, Mike spent 21 years at Computershare, a global

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William Evanina, counterintel chief, praises ‘unprecedented’ partnership of feds, social media firms

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William R. Evanina, director of U.S. counterintelligence, said Wednesday that the federal government’s coordinated work with social media companies ahead of the 2020 election will provide a playbook for fighting foreign influence in the future.

“What we accomplished the past two years, but specifically in the last six-to-nine months as an integrated, holistic government effort in partnership with social media and tech firms is unprecedented,” Mr. Evanina said at an Aspen Institute event, “and I think it’s really going to be the model of the future moving forward, how we protect, not only just elections but how we mitigate malign foreign influence and how we drive continued protection of democracy.”

In the run-up to the 2020 election, federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies met with Big Tech executives to fight foreign influence operations on their platforms aimed at the election. Among the companies that met with federal officials were Facebook,

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ShootProof Names John Parks as Chief Information Officer – Press Release

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ATLANTA–(Business Wire)–ShootProof, a leading global provider of online gallery software and related services for professional and semi-professional photographers, today announced the appointment of John Parks as its Chief Information Officer. With three decades of information technology experience, Parks brings deep expertise in IT strategy, product development, infrastructure services, technology assessment, and program implementation.

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ShootProof announces hiring of John Parks, Chief Information Officer. (Photo: Business Wire)

“I’m thrilled to join a team that has such a laser focus on empowering photographers to build successful, sustainable businesses,” said Parks. “I look forward to guiding the product and engineering teams at this key moment when ShootProof is investing in innovation that leverages consumer engagement with professional photographers.”

In addition to his core skills in Product Development, Parks also has a strong background in security and compliance and understands how to implement pragmatic

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Future FinTech Appointed Ming Yi as Chief Financial Officer

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BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT) (hereinafter referred to as “Future Fintech”, “FTFT” or “Company” ) a leading blockchain e-commerce company and a service provider for financial technology, today announced it has appointed Mr. Ming Yi as the new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company on November 30, 2020.  Ms. Jing (Veronica) Chen resigned as CFO of the Company, effective on November 30, 2020, and she has been appointed as the vice president of the Company, in charge of its international M & A and internal control.

Mr. Yi has extensive experience in accounting, financial management and operation management. Mr. Yi has served as an independent director of Hudson Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: HUSN) since March 31, 2020.  Mr. Yi was the Chief Financial Officer of SSLJ.com Limited from July 2018 to July 2019. From June 2011 to August

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XpresSpa Group Appoints David Kohel to Newly Created Chief Technology Officer Position

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NEW YORK, Dec 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) —
NEW YORK, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XpresSpa Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XSPA) (“XpresSpa” or the “Company”), a health and wellness company, today announced that it has named David Kohel as its Chief Technology Officer, a newly created position at the Company. In this role, he will be responsible for all aspects of developing technology to support the Company’s long-term opportunity of building the leading global Travel Health and Wellness brand.

“David is a great addition to our leadership team and brings to us extensive technology experience in driving innovation along with demonstrated success,” said Doug Satzman, XpresSpa Group CEO. “His customer-centric approach aligns perfectly with our vision of creating a new business that leverages our historic Travel Wellness experience and new-found Healthcare expertise, enabling us as

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LifeLabs’ Chief Information Security Officer recognized by leading security professionals as ‘CISO of the Year’

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Toronto, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Congratulations to Mike Melo, LifeLabs’ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), for being awarded ‘CISO of the Year’ at the 2020 CISO Forum Canada. The award, presented by the world’s leading Cybersecurity and e-Business certification awarding body (and the creator of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker certification) EC-Council and siberX, recognizes one individual who has truly navigated through the new normal with an innovative and strong mindset.

A member of the LifeLabs Information Technology team since 2018, Mike Melo was appointed CISO last year.

“This is such an honour and not just because this comes from global leaders in the security industry,” says Mike. “What counts is that this also recognizes everyone in my team and those who work with us. Our team continues to work both hard and with agility (especially during this unique time) to help realize our vision in strengthening

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Matinas BioPharma Appoints Hui Liu, Ph.D., M.B.A. as Chief Technology Officer

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BEDMINSTER, N.J., Dec 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) —
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE AMER: MTNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next generation therapeutics to advance standards of care in areas of significant unmet medical need, today announced the appointment of Hui Liu, Ph.D., M.B.A. as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Liu joins Matinas with extensive experience in pharmaceutical formulation and delivery technologies, including lipid nanoparticle formulations of mRNA, siRNA and vaccines. In this new role, Dr. Liu will work closely with Raphael Mannino, Ph.D., Matinas’ Chief Scientific Officer, and lead efforts to further strengthen the Company’s proprietary lipid nanocrystal (LNC) drug delivery platform and accelerate its potential applications for both internal programs and external collaborations.

“Dr. Liu has spent his career studying, developing, and optimizing drug

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