Month: September 2019

StoneAge’s Kerry Siggins featured on ProCO360

Posted on September 27, 2019 by - Client News

StoneAge CEO Kerry Siggins was recently interview by ProCO360’s Dave Tabor. She gave her insights about being a young, new CEO taking the reins in an established family-owned company – in a male dominated industry in which she had no experience.

“Nothing is going to teach you leadership skills like running a company.  I started by assuming I knew nothing, asking a lot of questions, listening to what people told me to do, and then acting on it,” says Siggins.

Listen here: Too Young, Wrong Sex. StoneAge Leadership. (ProCO360)

Thrive Global features CURE Pharmaceutical’s Jessica Rousset

Posted on September 24, 2019 by - Client News

CURE Pharmaceutical’s Jessica Rousset was interviewed by Thrive Global as a part of their series featuring accomplished women in STEM. Jessica is the COO of CURE Pharmaceutical, an oral delivery company that develops and manufactures innovative dosage forms such as oral thin films, where she oversees operations and drives corporate growth.

During her two-year tenure, she’s helped CURE exceed financial and operational goals by establishing and executing against strategic priorities, attracting a high impact leadership team and nurturing a cohesive and driven corporate culture. She not only identifies strategic opportunities but creatively and diligently structures and negotiates deals to position CURE as a global market leader in oral delivery, including pharmaceutical cannabinoids.

“My time at CURE continues to be an extraordinarily fulfilling journey because of the team and culture that we are building. The story that I am most interested in and that continuously unfolds is the unlocking of people’s potential. There is nothing more galvanizing than having all-staff meetings where everyone is leaning in, even your usual curmudgeons. When those most jaded and adverse to change become active contributors, they become their fuller selves and that’s the best story of all,” says Rousset.

Read the full article: Lessons from Inspirational Women in STEM: “Don’t be timid about talking about your successes” with Jessica Rousset and Penny Bauder (Thrive Global)

Pet Releaf launches nutrient-rich Boom Bars, available in three varieties

Posted on September 24, 2019 by - Client News

Pet Releaf, the #1 most-trusted organic CBD and hemp pet product manufacturer, today launched Boom Bars, a protein bar for dogs. The hemp protein supplement bars, derived from Pet Releaf’s proprietary USDA Organic hemp strain, PR-33, are an excellent source of hemp seed protein and include all nine essential amino acids.

Like every Pet Releaf product, Boom Bars were formulated to serve a specific purpose. From active puppies to senior dogs, there is a Boom Bar option that suits every dog’s unique needs. Pet Releaf Boom Bars are human-grade, all-natural and 100% safe.

“Formulated by two veterinarians, Boom Bars are a great supplement to ensure your pet is getting essential nutrients or to aid in recovery after exercise,” said Chelsea Gennings, co-founder and vice president of Pet Releaf. “We introduced Boom Bars because we wanted our pet companions to have all-natural and high-quality options when it comes to the supplements being offered to them.”

Read the full announcement: Pet Releaf Launches Hemp Protein Bar

 

The Tangent Agency among Adweek’s 100 Fastest Growing Agencies

Posted on September 24, 2019 by - Client News

The Tangent Agency, a brand strategy and creative agency based in Glendale, Calif., was just included in Adweek’s inaugural Fastest Growing Agencies ranking.

On average, the first class of Fastest Growing Agencies saw an average growth of over 300%. 85 of the top 100 sat between $10 million and $50 million, and 23 had revenue of over $50 million, with several clocking in at nine figures.

These agencies from around the world accounted for 21 specific disciplines and categories—in our searchable list online—ranging from full service to experiential, b-to-b and e-commerce, direct marketing to influencers and everywhere in between.

Read more about this recognition here.

TaskUs names new VP of operations in Mexico

Posted on September 12, 2019 by - Client News

TaskUs, the tech-enabled business services company delivering customer support, AI operations and content security to the world´s most innovative companies, names Porfirio Diaz VP of Operations, the company said.

Diaz will bring the TaskUs signature employee experience to radically change the customer support industry in Mexico.

As VP of Operations for TaskUs, Diaz will be instrumental in the development and execution of TaskUs´ aggressive growth plans in Latin America. His breadth of employee experience, from the frontline to the executive levels, team development and relationship building skills will be essential in his role in managing personnel and optimizing operational efficiency in customer support and engagement.

Read the full article: TaskUs invests in growth and expansion of its presence in Latin America (Financial News UK)

L.A. mom on heart attack: “Something was definitely wrong.”

Posted on September 12, 2019 by - Client News

A typical school run turned out to be anything but for Los Angeles-based psychologist Kristie Holmes, who ended up having a heart attack during her drive.

Holmes, 44, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she got a pain in her neck while she was securing her daughter into her car seat. “It felt like I slept on my neck wrong, but it was weirder than that,” she says. Holmes says she had a feeling that something was seriously wrong with her health, but couldn’t put her finger on it.

Holmes later learned that her heart was functioning at 10 percent, and she was sent to surgery. There, doctors put five stents into her heart and connected her to an Impella heart pump to help her heart function.

Read the full article: ‘I had a heart attack while driving my kids to school’: How a community came together to help save one mother’s life (Yahoo Lifestyle)

VC Reporter spotlights new board members and partnerships for CURE Pharmaceutical

Posted on September 12, 2019 by - Client News

CURE Pharmaceutical announces two new members to its board of directors. Lauren Chung, Ph.D., has 20 years of healthcare investment management and advisory experience. Chung founded MINLEIGH LLC in 2012, identifying, evaluating and partnering with companies for investments and various strategic, operations and commercial planning, as well as providing growth capital. Anya Goldin has 28 years of experience across the law, private equity, venture capital, healthcare, and telecommunications industries. Goldin serves as a consultant, and is an attorney at Nolan Heimann law firm and teaches a course on International Business Negotiations at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law.

Also, VC Reporter mentions that CURE is developing a cannabinoid pharmaceutical product administered through a prescription-only oral thin film, which necessitates a very particular hemp product.

“We are a registered pharmaceutical company with the FDA . . . with Schedule 1 certification,” said Davidson. “We are the only company in the U.S. to have a Schedule 1 DEA license as a drug-delivery company.”

Read all the coverage:

BIZ BUZZ | Sept. 2019
GREEN RUSH | Ventura County issues permits for 4,000 acres of hemp

 

StoneAge Inc. CEO Kerry Siggins on trade and tariffs

Posted on September 12, 2019 by - Client News

StoneAge, a Durango manufacturer, wanted to buy a Chinese factory and build a lower-cost line of its water-powered industrial cleaning equipment, until it got caught in the crossfire of the trade war.

“China is a really, really important market for us. They are still using chemical cleaning, but they are shifting to environmentally friendly technology,” said Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge Inc.

Read the full article: Tariffs squeezing Colorado exporters and importers alike (The Denver Post)

San Francisco Chronicle covers the Esalen Institute’s future

Posted on September 5, 2019 by - Client News

Neither a church nor a university nor a think tank, Esalen was designed more than 50 years ago as a kind of spiritual and cultural crossroads to explore the frontiers of human knowledge, to entertain bold or even transgressive ideas, from drug-induced mysticism to the mind’s potential to survive bodily death.

The institute was founded in 1962 by Stanford alums Michael Murphy and Richard Price on picturesque land owned by Murphy’s family. Deeply influenced by the work of Aldous Huxley in everything from psychedelic drugs to erotic tantric yoga, Murphy and Price looked to create a conducive space to conduct seminars in “new conception of human nature,” as Esalen’s first brochure put it.

“We just want to be the catalyst for whatever is in the shadow of the culture,” said psychologist Gordon Wheeler, who serves as Esalen’s president. “That shadow moves around from generation to generation. But the mission at Esalen stays the same — to address what should be talked about, but often is not.”

Read the full article: What’s next for the Esalen Institute? (San Francisco Chronicle)

CompoSecure wins big at 2019 Élan Awards

Posted on September 4, 2019 by - Client News

With 113 entries in the contest, the Élan Awards celebrate the pinnacle of design innovation and security and technical achievements in the global card industry. The judges noted that secure metal/metal composite cards have come of age and are a major industry trend.

CompoSecure won awards in the Unique Innovation Card and Best Secure Payment Card categories.

Each year, the competition of the Élan Awards gets tougher. “Even winning one award is a great honor,” said Dori Skelding, vice president of marketing and supply chain for CompoSecure. “But to win two awards and be recognized for the beauty and quality of our cards is something we do not take lightly. It shows that the judges understand the complexity of our production and manufacturing techniques.”

Read the full announcement: CompoSecure Wins 2019 Élan Awards with Leading-Edge Technology (ICMA)