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AIAA Announces 2024 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition Winners

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Monday, April 22, 2024
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The flyoff was hosted by AIAA Corporate Member Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kan.

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  • The flyoff was hosted by AIAA Corporate Member Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kan.
  • Teams from 12 countries, including 32 US states participated in the full DBF Competition, including submitting design reports and attending the flyoff.
  • The airplane must be able to conduct a delivery flight, a medical transport flight, and an urban taxi flight.
  • The 2025 AIAA DBF Competition will be held in April 2025 hosted in Tucson, Ariz., by Raytheon.

PKF O'Connor Davies' Tara G. Seymour Named '2024 NJBIZ Leaders in Finance' Honoree

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Friday, April 19, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PKF O'Connor Davies, one of the nation's largest accounting, tax and advisory practices, is proud to announce that Tara G. Seymour, an accounting and tax Partner in the organization's Woodcliff Lake office, has been named a "2024 NJBIZ Leaders in Finance" Honoree. The annual awards program recognizes New Jersey-based financial executives for their contributions to the success of their companies and communities.

Key Points: 
  • The annual awards program recognizes New Jersey-based financial executives for their contributions to the success of their companies and communities.
  • "Tara is a trusted advisor whose commitment to her clients' success has not gone unnoticed," said Kevin J. Keane, Executive Chairman at PKF O'Connor Davies.
  • "Tara is a trusted advisor whose commitment to her clients' success has not gone unnoticed," said Kevin J. Keane, Executive Chairman at PKF O'Connor Davies.
  • A panel of independent judges selected this year's "NJBIZ Leaders in Finance" honorees, who were evaluated on their industry involvement, community involvement and professional achievements.

Epicore Biosystems Launches Connected Hydration to Protect Industrial Athletes from Extreme Heat

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Epicore Biosystems ('Epicore'), a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced the commercial launch of Connected Hydration. Connected Hydration is the first sweat-sensing wearable patch and mobile app that equips workers with customized, real-time insights about sweat volume loss, electrolyte loss, body temperature and body movement to inform their hydration needs ahead of adverse dehydration events. The advanced biowearable is designed to protect industrial athletes working on the frontlines of physically intensive industries including energy, construction, mining, utilities, agriculture, trucking and warehouse packaging, as well as military personnel, from dehydration, heat stress and heat-related injuries.

Key Points: 
  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Epicore Biosystems ('Epicore') , a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced the commercial launch of Connected Hydration .
  • Cumulative exposure to extreme heat is proven to cause cognitive decline and physiological dysfunction and impede physical performance required for industrial occupations.
  • "The trajectory of extreme heat requires connected worker solutions that go far beyond a one-size-fits-all approach.
  • To learn more about Epicore Biosystems and Connected Hydration, visit https://www.epicorebiosystems.com/ .

Space4All Space STEM Awareness Campaign Launches Nationwide

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Women in Aerospace (WIA), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Club for the Future, and Space Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, are launching a new national space STEM awareness campaign, Space4All, that aims to increase understanding about the benefits of space for life on Earth. The campaign was first announced on April 8 when Vice President Kamala Harris issued a Call to Action to bring the benefits of space to communities across America. The campaign will spotlight the relevance, impact, and accessibility of space and highlight pathways to success in space-related STEM education and careers. There will be a specific focus on reaching underrepresented communities to ensure equitable, diverse, and inclusive growth within the space industry.

Key Points: 
  • The campaign will spotlight the relevance, impact, and accessibility of space and highlight pathways to success in space-related STEM education and careers.
  • The five-year public awareness campaign was initiated by the National Space Council and aligns to the Interagency Roadmap to Support Space-Related STEM Education and Workforce with the goal to Inspire, Prepare and Employ a diverse space workforce.
  • "The Space4All awareness campaign is historic, inclusive, and mission-specific – fill the workforce gap in space," said WIA Board Chair and SAIC Vice President of Business Development Transformation Bridget Chatman.
  • Space Foundation is proud to collaborate with the Space4All campaign to raise awareness of our ongoing efforts and amplify our recent partnership with Space Workforce 2030 so we include more audiences in the many exciting opportunities throughout the space industry."

Building Enclosure Design and Commissioning Expert Colleen Stuber-Zukanovic Joins SGH

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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CHICAGO, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) is pleased to welcome Colleen Stuber-Zukanovic as a Project Director, bolstering the firm's building enclosure consulting practice with insights and experience from across the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. She joins SGH's Building Technology Division in Chicago, Illinois, partnering with SGH team members and clients across the Midwestern United States. Colleen brings nearly fifteen years of design and construction experience as an architect, specializing in building enclosure design consulting for new and existing buildings, as well as building enclosure commissioning (BECx) services for enhanced sustainability and performance.

Key Points: 
  • She joins SGH's Building Technology Division in Chicago, Illinois, partnering with SGH team members and clients across the Midwestern United States.
  • Colleen brings nearly fifteen years of design and construction experience as an architect, specializing in building enclosure design consulting for new and existing buildings, as well as building enclosure commissioning (BECx) services for enhanced sustainability and performance.
  • "One of the most compelling things about working at SGH is the commitment to continuing education and in-house knowledge sharing among the building enclosure and structural industry experts across our offices," said Colleen.
  • Colleen has spent her career building a unique knowledge base from her experiences in new construction design on the architect's side and in project management on the owner's side, which inform her current building enclosure practice.

Forward Networks Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance, Reiterating Commitment to Data Security and Transparency

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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The completion of the audit demonstrates Forward Networks' long-term commitment to providing its customers transparency, privacy, and data security.

Key Points: 
  • The completion of the audit demonstrates Forward Networks' long-term commitment to providing its customers transparency, privacy, and data security.
  • Forward Networks achieved SOC 2 Type I Compliance in July of last year.
  • With SOC 2 Type II Compliance, Forward Networks provides customers with proof of security, confidentiality, and availability across identity and action control, data classification, and backups.
  • "This is yet another milestone in Forward Networks' security journey, which is focused on protecting customer data and privacy and ensuring trust and transparency," said Matt Honea, Head of Security and Compliance at Forward Networks.

Activists' abandon California decaf ban in face of scientific evidence, shift tactics to seek misleading warnings

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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In the final hours before the hearing, activist group and sponsor of California Assembly Bill 2066 the Clean Label Project abandoned the bill's proposed ban on the most common type of decaffeinated coffee and instead lobbied legislators to advance a last-minute amendment seeking misleading warning labels.

Key Points: 
  • In the final hours before the hearing, activist group and sponsor of California Assembly Bill 2066 the Clean Label Project abandoned the bill's proposed ban on the most common type of decaffeinated coffee and instead lobbied legislators to advance a last-minute amendment seeking misleading warning labels.
  • NCA President and CEO Bill Murray commented:
    "There was no evidence to support the proposed ban on European Method decaf, and there is equally no evidence at all to justify this last-minute shift to seeking misleading warning labels.
  • The fact is that decades of independent scientific evidence demonstrate that drinking European Method decaf, like all coffee, is associated with reduced risk of multiple cancers and chronic diseases.
  • NCA has also detailed the evidence establishing the safety of European Method decaf in comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), opposing a separate but related activist petition seeking a federal decaf ban.

Evidence requires California to reject baseless decaf ban, NCA CEO to testify in State Assembly

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific evidence clearly requires the California State Assembly to reject activists' baseless efforts to ban the most common type of decaffeinated coffee (European Method decaf), the National Coffee Association (NCA) plans to testify tomorrow (April 16) in the California State Assembly Committee on Health.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific evidence clearly requires the California State Assembly to reject activists' baseless efforts to ban the most common type of decaffeinated coffee (European Method decaf), the National Coffee Association (NCA) plans to testify tomorrow (April 16) in the California State Assembly Committee on Health.
  • NCA President and CEO William "Bill" Murray will detail the robust body of scientific evidence establishing the safety of European Method decaf and call on legislators to reject California Assembly Bill 2066 and protect Californians' access to a safe product proven to be associated with significant health benefits.
  • NCA President and CEO Bill Murray commented:
    "The activists sponsoring this bill have not presented any evidence to justify banning the most common type of decaf, because none exists.
  • In fact, decades of independent scientific evidence demonstrate that drinking European Method decaf, like all coffee, is associated with reduced risk of multiple cancers and chronic diseases.

PKF O'Connor Davies Welcomes Anson Loi as Partner

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Friday, April 12, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PKF O'Connor Davies, one of the nation's largest accounting, tax and advisory practices, today announced that it has hired Anson Loi as Partner. With an accounting background spanning over 20 years, Loi will primarily focus on providing specialized tax planning for high-net-worth individuals, private equity investors and corporate entities. He is based out of the New York City office.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PKF O'Connor Davies, one of the nation's largest accounting, tax and advisory practices, today announced that it has hired Anson Loi as Partner.
  • "Throughout his career, Anson has consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of the tax exposures of high-net-worth clients and developed strategies that help optimize their overall positions," said Benjamin A. Beskovic, Partner at PKF O'Connor Davies.
  • "Throughout his career, Anson has consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of the tax exposures of high-net-worth clients and developed strategies that help optimize their overall positions," said Benjamin A. Beskovic, Partner at PKF O'Connor Davies.
  • Prior to joining PKF O'Connor Davies, Loi worked as a Partner for an international advisory and accounting firm and as a Tax Senior Manager for a "Big Four" accounting firm.

Experienced, Innovative Leader Joins Executive Team at VIA

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Roderick "Rod" Sanchez, AICP, has been named Senior Vice President of Planning and Development at VIA Metropolitan Transit and will oversee and direct all aspects of VIA's planning and capital expansion program, including high-capacity transit projects and other capital investments, such as the Advanced Rapid Transit (A.R.T.) Green and Silver Lines that are part of the Keep San Antonio Moving plan approved by San Antonio voters in 2020.

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  • Green and Silver Lines that are part of the Keep San Antonio Moving plan approved by San Antonio voters in 2020.
  • Prior to joining VIA, Sanchez served as Assistant City Manager for the City of San Antonio, a position he held since February 2017.
  • Sanchez's role included oversight of the City's Development Services, Public Works, Building and Equipment Services, Planning, and Transportation departments.
  • "He is an effective and innovative leader with a proven record of strategic planning, service planning and capital construction experience."