Month: January 2018

CURE Pharmaceutical Adds New VP of Strategy and Business Development

Posted on January 25, 2018 by - Client News

CURE Pharmaceutical, an innovative drug delivery and development company, today named Dr. Vered Gigi, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development.  Dr. Gigi will oversee CURE’s strategy to deliver sustained growth and diversified revenue.
“The CURE team and the technology offer a clear path to a better and much needed patient experience with medications,” said Dr. Vered Gigi. “I am thrilled to be a part of this group to improve the efficacy and safety of new and existing drugs.”
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CURE Pharmaceutical Adds New VP of Strategy and Business Development (Healthcare Dive)

CURE Pharmaceutical Adds New VP of Strategy and Business Development (FirstWord Pharma)

Blockchain is key to Linius Technologies' effort to combat video piracy

Posted on January 25, 2018 by - Client News

Piracy is one of the main headaches that digital distribution brings to media and entertainment. Linius hopes to become the remedy to that. Linius uses blockchain and it calls its “video virtualization technology” to solve piracy woes, build in payment gateways, and rectify ways to better automate and systematize royalties and more.
“Basically what Linius does is we virtualize video,” said CEO Chris Richardson. “What video virtualization does is it separates the actual data of the video, the ones and zeros that make up the codec where you put a red dot here, green dot here, play some sound, whatever it may be, from the piece of the video that represents the play out, the actual video itself. Once you separate those things, the video part that you play out becomes a very tiny file, about the size of a text file, a large text message for example.”
Read the full article: Blockchain Is Key To Linius Technologies Effort To Combat Video Piracy (BlockTribune)

Miramontes Capital's Sid Miramontes shares his thoughts on real estate lending

Posted on January 25, 2018 by - Client News

The stock market is off to a roaring start in 2018, but there’s no shortage of investment gurus who warn that continued equities growth is far from guaranteed. One of these gurus is Sid Miramontes, founder and CEO of Irvine, Calif.-based Miramontes Capital, which has more than $250 million in assets under management.
“Investing a percentage of a retirees funds in real estate flipping would be considered an aggressive investment,” said Miramontes.
Even though the investor would not directly manage the real estate project, he or she has to understand the risks involved in funding the project, material costs, project completion time, the current interest rate environment, where the properties are located geographically and the state of the economy, he said.
Read the full article: Investors ‘Flocking In to Real Estate Lending (InsuranceNewsNet)

LA Times chats with IDEMIA’s Charlie Carroll about your hotel room’s safety

Posted on January 23, 2018 by - Client News

According to the LA Times, don’t live in fear of a hotel fire, but do plan as though your life could depend on it. A recent visitor at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas noticed that his room was not equipped with fire sprinklers. So, what now?
“Everybody has to understand that they have to take control of their own safety and … security,” said Charlie Carroll, senior vice president at digital identity giant IDEMIA, and formerly a police officer who has spent his career in protection.
Read the full article: Don’t live in fear of a hotel fire, but do plan as though your life could depend on it (LA Times)

IdentoGO by IDEMIA Makes Your Game Day Experience Safer and More Efficient

Posted on January 4, 2018 by - Client News

With advancements in technology and security, companies like IDEMIA are developing and implementing faster and safer systems to get patrons inside venues and to their seats more efficiently. IdentoGO by IDEMIA is making your game day experience safer and more efficient.
“We’ve put together a program that would utilize biometric technology, the same technology we’ve used with TSA Pre✓ and the U.S. Department of State,” said Charles R. Carroll, senior vice president of identity services at IDEMIA. “We create an expedited line people can go through relatively quickly. It’s all the same screening as everyone else, but a designated line with less people in it.”
Read the full article: IdentoGO by IDEMIA Makes Your Game Day Experience Safer and More Efficient (The Culture Trip)