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BlackBerry Appoints John Giamatteo as CEO

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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WATERLOO, ON, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the appointment of John J. Giamatteo as its new Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Richard (Dick) Lynch, who has served as interim Chief Executive Officer since November 4, 2023, will continue as Board Chair. The Company also announced that it will separate the IoT and Cybersecurity businesses, and that they will operate as fully standalone divisions. BlackBerry will no longer pursue a subsidiary IPO of the IoT business.

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  • WATERLOO, ON, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the appointment of John J. Giamatteo as its new Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • Giamatteo has served as the President of BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit since October 2021.
  • Before that, John served as Chief Operating Officer at AVG Technologies, a leading provider of internet and mobile security.
  • BlackBerry's IoT and Cybersecurity businesses have market-leading technology, exceptional teams and large market opportunities," said John J. Giamatteo.

BlackBerry Appoints John Giamatteo as CEO

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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WATERLOO, ON, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the appointment of John J. Giamatteo as its new Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Richard (Dick) Lynch, who has served as interim Chief Executive Officer since November 4, 2023, will continue as Board Chair. The Company also announced that it will separate the IoT and Cybersecurity businesses, and that they will operate as fully standalone divisions. BlackBerry will no longer pursue a subsidiary IPO of the IoT business.

Key Points: 
  • WATERLOO, ON, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the appointment of John J. Giamatteo as its new Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • Giamatteo has served as the President of BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit since October 2021.
  • Before that, John served as Chief Operating Officer at AVG Technologies, a leading provider of internet and mobile security.
  • BlackBerry's IoT and Cybersecurity businesses have market-leading technology, exceptional teams and large market opportunities," said John J. Giamatteo.

Silver Tree recognized as one of North America's fastest-growing companies on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Silver Tree Consulting & Services, a company committed to solving mid-market business and information technology challenges, today announced it ranked #413 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 29th year. Deloitte Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2019 to 2022, during which time Silver Tree experienced 296% growth. Silver Tree was one of nine North Carolina companies named to the Deloitte Fast 500 in North America. Deloitte only honors less than 1% of the over 800,000 privately held companies in the US.

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  • Deloitte Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2019 to 2022, during which time Silver Tree experienced 296% growth.
  • Silver Tree was one of nine North Carolina companies named to the Deloitte Fast 500 in North America.
  • Deloitte only honors less than 1% of the over 800,000 privately held companies in the US.
  • Silver Tree was created with a philanthropic vision – 50% of its profits go directly to charity, the Silver Tree Foundation.

Six J.S. Held Experts Among the 300 World's Leading Intellectual Property Strategists

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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JERICHO, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global consulting firm J.S. Held announces today that six intellectual property experts from Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, are among the World's 300 Leading IP Strategists recognized by IAM. The IAM Strategy 300 is a guide to the pioneers in the IP industry, recognizing those who innovatively create and action strategies that support IP as a critical business asset.

Key Points: 
  • Held announces today that six intellectual property experts from Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S.
  • Held, are among the World's 300 Leading IP Strategists recognized by IAM.
  • Held, and is a Senior Managing Director in the Intellectual Property Disputes Financial Expert Testimony practice.
  • Held is proud to celebrate the six experts recognized in 2023 and the countless individuals who work tirelessly to support these experts and our clients.

Silver Tree Launches VIGILANCE, the Enterprise Services Management-as-a-Service Platform

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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RALEIGH, N.C. , Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Silver Tree Consulting & Services, a company committed to solving mid-market business and information technology challenges, today announced the launch of VIGILANCE, the industry's first fully integrated Enterprise Services Management-as-a-Service (ESMaaS) platform tailor-fit to meet the needs of mid-market and nonprofit organizations. Built from the ground up to enable IT business transformation, Vigilance is the result of hundreds of IT transformations and continuous interaction with IT leaders on what they need to achieve their goals. Vigilance helps SMEs (small and medium enterprises) take advantage of digital innovations, streamline their business and operate with a better IT toolset than many large enterprises have. The result is improved service, lower costs, and "future-proof" IT that can easily adapt to integrate new technologies.

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  • Vigilance continuously monitors, manages, and optimizes enterprise IT services and security for SMEs like their larger enterprise counterparts."
  • "The Vigilance ESMaaS platform is the result of decades of work helping IT companies innovate and digitally transform," said Silver Tree CEO and co-founder Richard Ricks.
  • As the name suggests, Vigilance continuously monitors, manages, and optimizes enterprise IT services and security for SMEs like their larger enterprise counterparts."
  • Vigilance also helps build a better world, as 50% of Silver Tree's profits go directly to charity via the Silver Tree Foundation .

Ciena Appoints Dino DiPerna and Brodie Gage to Executive Leadership Team

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Ciena ® Corporation (NYSE: CIEN), a networking systems, services, and software company, today announced the promotion of Dino DiPerna and Brodie Gage to its Executive Leadership Team, reporting to President and CEO Gary Smith.

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  • Ciena ® Corporation (NYSE: CIEN), a networking systems, services, and software company, today announced the promotion of Dino DiPerna and Brodie Gage to its Executive Leadership Team, reporting to President and CEO Gary Smith.
  • The leadership appointments are designed to support Ciena’s continued growth through market leadership in optical technologies, increasing opportunities in IP/Optical convergence, and addressable market expansion in next-generation metro and edge applications.
  • DiPerna most recently served as Ciena’s Vice President of R&D for the company’s optical product portfolio, which includes the industry-leading WaveLogic™ coherent technology.
  • Gage most recently served as Ciena’s Vice President of Product Line Management and Solutions since also joining the company in 2010.

Stellar Solutions names Úna Stanniland Director of UK Operations and Andrew Davies Head of Special Projects

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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LOS ALTOS, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Stellar Solutions, Inc., the global aerospace engineering services company, has named Úna Stanniland, seasoned advisor to space industry and government entities, as Director of UK Operations. Andrew Davies, a respected leader who significantly elevated the company's presence in the UK, will continue his commitment to the company as Head of Special Projects.

Key Points: 
  • Andrew Davies, a respected leader who significantly elevated the company's presence in the UK, will continue his commitment to the company as Head of Special Projects.
  • Expanding Stellar Solutions' UK leadership team with Úna Stanniland is key to our global growth strategy.
  • -- Janet Grondin, Stellar Solutions CEO
    "Expanding Stellar Solutions' UK leadership team with Úna Stanniland is key to our global growth strategy.
  • Over the last five years, Davies expanded the Stellar UK team of expert employees and Advisors and enhanced the Stellar Solutions UK operations and business processes, gaining ISO9001-2015 accreditation and cyber essentials certification.

Seceon Acquires Helixera, Hires Founder as VP of Cybersecurity Solutions Architecture

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Seceon, the pioneer of the first cybersecurity platform that augments and automates security operations services for MSPs and MSSPs, with an AI and ML-powered aiSIEM, aiXDR and aiMSSP platform, announced that it has acquired Helixera a real-time big data analytics company and its founder Waldek Mikolajczyk will join Seceon as the VP of Cybersecurity Solutions Architecture.

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  • WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Seceon , the pioneer of the first cybersecurity platform that augments and automates security operations services for MSPs and MSSPs, with an AI and ML-powered aiSIEM, aiXDR and aiMSSP platform, announced that it has acquired Helixera a real-time big data analytics company and its founder Waldek Mikolajczyk will join Seceon as the VP of Cybersecurity Solutions Architecture.
  • The Helixera Pattern Scanning Engine makes possible the analysis of data in a distributed manner at locations which were not previously viable.
  • "We have known Waldek Mikolajczyk and his work with network data analysis for years," said Chandra Pandey, Seceon CEO.
  • Waldek Mikolajczyk is a security and networking industry veteran, with over 25 years of experience in software architecture and development.

Sangoma Announces New Chief Executive Officer, Charles Salameh

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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“We are very excited Charles has agreed to join Sangoma.

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  • “We are very excited Charles has agreed to join Sangoma.
  • The Board of Directors at Sangoma expressed their confidence in the new CEO, stating, "We are delighted to welcome Charles Salameh as our new CEO.
  • His exceptional leadership skills and proven track record make him the ideal executive to lead Sangoma."
  • Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Salameh stated, "I am thrilled to join the Sangoma team as the new CEO.

Joni Roberts Joins Ribbon as Chief Marketing Officer

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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"I'm thrilled to have Joni join our leadership team -- her technical acumen, deep understanding of our business, and customer focus, combined with her wide-ranging experience, will be a tremendous asset to the company," said Bruce McClelland. "Improving brand awareness amongst customers and investors is a key objective as we execute on our strategy to grow our business and establish Ribbon as a major networking technology provider. Additionally, Joni's commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, along with her experience as a woman in the telecommunications industry for the past 30 years, will bring a critical perspective and enhance her impact. I look forward to her contributions."

Key Points: 
  • PLANO, Texas, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global provider of real time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions to many of the world's largest service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to modernize and protect their networks, today announced that industry executive Joni Roberts has been named Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Bruce McClelland.
  • Ms. Roberts will run the company's global marketing strategy, marketing organization and investor relations.
  • Before joining Ribbon, Ms. Roberts served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for North America at RAD Data.
  • "Ribbon has the solutions portfolio, global presence and top-notch talent that position it for success," said Ms.Roberts.