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Helping A Hero, Bass Pro Shops, Capital One and Lennar Welcome U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brent Bretz (Ret.), Severely Injured in Iraq Explosion, to His New Adaptive Lennar Home

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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Neighbors at Lennar's Warner Meadow community lined the streets waving American flags and holding handmade signs cheering "Welcome Home, SSG Bretz."

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  • Neighbors at Lennar's Warner Meadow community lined the streets waving American flags and holding handmade signs cheering "Welcome Home, SSG Bretz."
  • Bretz was greeted by special guests Helping a Hero Founder Meredith Iler; National Ambassador for Helping a Hero; and Alan Jones, Lennar Phoenix Division President.
  • The homecoming celebration was part of Helping a Hero's 100 Homes Challenge, which was launched by Johnny Morris, Founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops.
  • Lennar has joined the effort and committed to building 10 homes for Helping a Hero as part of the 100 Homes Challenge.

Century Communities, Partners Break Ground on Home for Veteran

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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HOUSTON, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc., (NYSE: CCS) – a top 10 homebuilder, industry leader in online home sales and the highest-ranked homebuilder on Newsweek's list of America's Most Trustworthy Companies 2023 – along with the Houston Texans, The Howard Hughes Corp., Greater Houston Builders Association and Operation Finally Home, celebrated the groundbreaking of a custom-built, mortgage-free home for U.S. Army Sergeant Joanna Ellenbeck.

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  • Century Communities is building the home for Ellenbeck and her daughter on a lot donated by The Howard Hughes Corp. in The Woodlands Hills in Willis, Texas.
  • "Century Communities is honored and privileged to partner with such great organizations to build a deserving veteran a home," said Liesel Cooper, national president of Century Communities.
  • She carries visible and invisible scars from her service, including a debilitating back injury sustained from her 2004 deployment.
  • In addition to construction by Century Communities, most of the vendors involved have donated time, money and products to the project.

Microsoft Executive Shawn Bice to Discuss the Intersection of AI, Cloud, and Cybersecurity at Cloud Security Alliance’s SECtember 2023

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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“The arrival of Generative AI delivered as a service may well be one of the most important technology trends of all time,” said Jim Reavis, CEO and co-founder, Cloud Security Alliance.

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  • “The arrival of Generative AI delivered as a service may well be one of the most important technology trends of all time,” said Jim Reavis, CEO and co-founder, Cloud Security Alliance.
  • Microsoft’s aggressive adoption of this technology is an important industry milestone the cybersecurity community seeks to understand and learn from.
  • Shawn Bice has unmatched credentials in managing iconic hyperscaled database brands, and we believe he is the ideal leader to distill these important trends.
  • We also believe that robust security within enterprise applications using AI is a shared responsibility between all stakeholders,” said Shawn Bice, Corporate Vice President for Cloud Ecosystem Security, Microsoft.