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Friday, July 26, 2019

Consumers Energy Recognized with the Energetic Women Excellence in Women’s Development Award

Energetic Women, founded by MEA Energy Association (MEA), is proud to recognize Consumers Energy with the Excellence in Women's Development Award for their active efforts in achieving diversity and inclusion success. Sarah Rossi and Mary Palkovich of Consumers Energy accepted the award at the 12th Annual Energetic Women Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Excellence in Women's Development Award recognizes a company in the energy delivery industry that valiantly champions diversity and inclusion efforts via resources and active talent management that supports women in non-traditional roles, including engineering and operations.

Consumers Energy is a strong advocate for promoting and retaining women in their company. Their CEO, Patti Poppe, is one of only 25 female CEOs of a Fortune 500 company. Their Board of Directors is made up of nearly 50% women, and they proudly have eight other female officers in the company. Be alert to the latest news.

Consumers Energy is dedicated to employing a diverse and inclusive workforce and creating an environment where every worker can be their best and authentic self. The company has made a concerted effort to create a diverse talent pipeline and consistently bring women and minorities to the table for strategic leadership and problem solving.

Consumers Energy is strongly aligned with external organizations, career fairs, and college visits in an effort to increase the number of women in the pipeline for engineering and operations positions. Historically, women have made up a small percentage of the workforce in linework, and this trend is true for Consumers Energy. To attract more women into this rewarding career, they created a female lineworker scholarship.

Consumers Energy also has an Engineering Entry Program, which assigns a mentor and a development plan for new hire engineers to build a network of support upon entering the company. Over the past nine years, the classes averaged 55% women per year. The mentor serves as a guide and helps to remove barriers for new female employees. Amanda Ward, Gas Distribution Manager Southeast, says, "[The Engineering Entry Program] is critical for the success of women engineers, as they are often underrepresented in their field."

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Two of Consumers Energy's seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are dedicated specifically to supporting women: the Women's Advisory Panel (WAP) contributes to the achievement of the corporate strategy by supporting the retention, development and success of women; and the Women's Engineering Network (WEN) leverages their diverse network to connect and empower women in STEM while building capabilities to support company objectives.

"We are incredibly proud to recognize Consumers Energy for their active efforts in achieving diversity and inclusion success," says Stacey Bonine, director of corporate services and Energetic Women at MEA. Watch the video entitled "When I Grow Up" from Consumers Energy at https://youtu.be/o0puQY5Qn6s to hear more about their ERGs.

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For more information about the Excellence in Women's Development Award or Energetic Women, contact Stacey Bonine, staceyb (at) MEAenergy (dot) org, or (651) 289-9600 x114 or visit http://www.energeticwomen.org.

About Energetic Women:
Energetic Women, a program of MEA, is a national professional and leadership development resource within the natural gas and electric utility industry. Our mission is to prepare women within the energy industry for leadership roles in operations and engineering, which is where the greatest gap exists today. We promote, support, connect and recognize those who believe in developing high potential leaders to create a sustainable future and increase diversity at the top levels.

About MEA:
MEA serves the people that deliver electricity and natural gas to homes and businesses. We were founded as a trade association over 110 years ago by distribution utilities whose vision was to improve safety and efficiency. Today, we fulfill the same purpose through education, leadership development, and industry connections. Energy delivery companies, contractors, and suppliers around the country benefit from our 55 summits, roundtables, and webinars, 400+ online technical courses, safety assessments, evaluator training, operator qualification compliance tools, and leadership courses for field personnel.

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Is Your Pet Fit to Fly on Commercial Airlines?

Moving by ground transport may be the best option for all pets with pug-nosed faces or large breeds over 70 pounds depending on breed, says Air Animal Pet Movers founder and veterinarian, Walter M. Woolf, VMD.

"Airlines around the world have restricted pet travel for brachycephalic breeds such as bulldogs, Boston terriers, Pekinese, and other 'mushy faced breeds.' The pinched nostrils, shortened airways, narrowed windpipe, and some congenital issues causes these dogs and cats to have a tough time panting enough to adequately breathe or cool themselves," Woolf explained.

Some airlines accommodate brachycephalic breeds for scheduled animal transport. There are also international carriers willing to accept these breeds when the temperature is less than 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26 degrees Celsius) at origin and destination.

For up-to-date information about moving or flying with a pet, review our blog, call or email Air Animal through the Contact Us page.

Ground transport may be the best and safest alternative for large breed dogs, elderly pets and those restricted by the airlines. Air Animal offers a nationwide network of ground transporters.

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About Air Animal
Air Animal has helped more than 50,000 families move their 100,000 furry, feathered and scaly pets moving around the globe. They welcome moves from major corporations, relocation management agencies, household goods movers, families, U.S. military and government transferees. Get the best in animal care and transportation. Air Animal is an appointed and endorsed IATA air cargo sales agency working with all airlines that move animals. They are an Indirect Air Carrier cleared for pickup and delivery of live animals by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. See airanimal.com to learn more about Pet Moving Made Easy®.

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Gray Element Founder And CEO Asal Mehraban Responds To U.S. Secretary Of Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s Comments Regarding Amazon’s Negative Impact On The U.S. Retail Industry

Following an announcement made on July 23 by the Justice Department that it will open a broad antitrust review of big technology companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet, US. Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin's shared his support of the Justice Department's review in a recent interview with CNBC's Squawk Box. "I think if you look at Amazon, although there are certain benefits to it, they've destroyed the retail industry across the United States," said Mnuchin, "so there's no question they've limited competition."

In response to Mnuchin's comments, Asal Mehraban, CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based digital marketing and technology development company Gray Element weighed in with her support of Mnuchin's remarks.

"The fact that retail giant Amazon is negatively affecting small businesses and retailers is a very valid concern," Mehraban says. "I fully support U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin's comments, and also the Justin Department's decision to open a broad antitrust review of these big technology companies. The control that technology giants have is a very real and serious issue that our retailers are facing. Unless the technology giant or the U.S. government takes the necessary steps to help these businesses, this issue can only get worse, and will subsequently be detrimental to our economy as a whole."

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According to the announcement the Justice Department will be opening a broad antitrust review of the big technologies, looking into how major online platforms have "achieved market power" and how their practices may have "reduced competition, stifled innovation, or otherwise harmed consumers."

As the CEO and Founder of Gray Element, a leading Internet company specializing in e-commerce, SaaS development, search engine optimization and digital marketing, Mehraban has been helping businesses grow their brands online since 2007. Each day, Mehraban and her team witness firsthand how hard it's getting for small companies to remain afloat and compete with the giant technology companies. As technology continues to advance at such rapid speeds like no other period in modern history, conventional businesses as we know are going to have to change and progress with technology. Unfortunately, technology continues to advance much quicker than small businesses can grow. As a result, small companies continue to find it hard to remain in business, which will affect the overall U.S. economy.

Mehraban believes there are solutions that the Department of Justice can employ to prevent the monopoly of the U.S. economy by several massive technology companies. One of those solutions would be for the government and large corporations to offer more resources that benefit small businesses, including low-interest loans and working capital. Another way the giant tech companies can help is to offer more of their technological resources to small businesses. If the government and giant tech companies work together, we can make space for small businesses to flourish, which will subsequently help everyone as it will result in a healthier economy. While changes to the way businesses work and interact with each other will take time, Mehraban believes that it all starts with a conversation.

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As small businesses continue to face the threat of big technology corporations, Mehraban and her team at Gray Element continue to offer strategic advice and strategy to small businesses. Helping small businesses remain relevant and prevalent in today's monopolistic society is what keeps Mehraban and her team motivated. Gray Element helps businesses with every aspect of their marketing campaign or digital technology development, from building sites and writing web copy, to managing a company's online reputation and developing paid marketing strategies that meet clients' goals.

About Gray Element

Experience and determination are our key ingredients at Gray Element. Since 2007, our team has developed numerous websites and applications for clients large and small. The businesses we help come from a variety of industries, including financial, medical, fashion, and the services industry. Gray Element is led by seasoned professionals who drive innovation to surpass the boundaries of design and technology. We are thought-leaders in our industry and passionate about helping businesses launch their big ideas and reach the highest potential.

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

New Ad-Tech Platform Puts Big Bet on Consumer Voting

Top Inc., an advertising software company, announced the launch of their direct-to-consumer voting app, Topvote. Topvote partners with brands like Priceline, E. & J. Gallo Winery and others, to collect user-generated content and consumer feedback on what consumers think is the "best."

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The Topvote engagement platform, built by Top Inc. incentivizes consumers to participate with advertising, and opt-in to sharing data in return for winning rewards or recognition. The Topvote app for iOS (Android coming shortly), crowdsources who should win the "top vote" in all kinds of categories. Unlike other media platforms, the entries and voting is open and visible to everyone, regardless of connections. People can follow where the results stand in real-time. The app can personalize the content to each user, and also power private voting or competitions between friends.

Topvote gives Priceline the opportunity for people to submit pictures to them of their favorite summer vacation, in exchange for a chance to win hotel discounts. Other prizes could be brand gift cards, cash, or other recognition from the brand, like a chance to be featured in their marketing. For some competitions, it's just the chance to be recognized as being the best at something, and voted by peers, instead of a publication or one person's opinion.

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"Marketers want to collect opt-in, first-party data, and consumers want a direct voice with brands," says Top CEO, Will Cohen. "As the IAB has recognized, opt-in, value-exchange advertising is quickly becoming a trusted format that provides true value and appeal for consumers. Our platform makes it simple for consumers to participate personalized competitions and voting campaigns. We can also extend these campaigns into any other form of media to drive scale. We want to give people a voice and to feel recognized for their talent and content. Topvote provides a way to do this."

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Top, Inc's primary business is in powering technology for marketers to engage with consumers in their media, whether it's a marketer's website or within a paid ad placement. For example, Top and Lightbox OOH Video Network, created an interactive voting campaign on the most popular summer fashion trends of 2019, running across 4,000 video screens, in 300 malls nationally. Mall shoppers across the country see the campaign on large video screens within these shopping malls. Votes are tallied in real-time and automatically displayed for the voter. Participants are also entered into a chance to win a $500 gift card to shop at the mall. Topvote provides Lightbox with the opt-in data, and additional highly valuable shopper insights on them, such as consumer location, demo, household income and purchase behavior.

Will Cohen and Co-Founder, Terra Ingalls, both served as Vice Presidents for WPP's Triad Retail Media, working with large brands and retailers, like Walmart and eBay. "We spent the last decade working in digital advertising, at the forefront of data, promotions and media. With everything going on with data privacy and viewability, we knew the way marketers interact with consumers needed reinvention," says Terra Ingalls, COO of Top. "The first rule of selling is to listen, but advertisers who are selling products or services to consumers, don't traditionally do this. We wanted to build a platform that lets brands easily listen to their consumers by asking for their opinions and provide a value-exchange for opting-in to share their information with marketers."

Top Inc. is an advertising software company, helping brands collect opt-in data through consumer engagement and voting platform, Topvote. Topvote engages consumers with branded rewards and incentives, in return for their vote and opt-in, first party data.

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wcohen(at)topcorp(dot)com
772-359-1245
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Cassini Systems set to provide relief to firms affected by BCBS/IOSCO’s change in the final phases of implementation of UMR with an AANA-Management Service

Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre and post trade margin analytics, and a provider of a fully featured end-to-end SIMM Calculation Service, has today announced the launch of their AANA-Management Service.

This service provides relief to firms affected by BCBS/IOSCO's change in the final phases of implementation of the Uncleared Margin Rules.

These changes add a new complexity with the addition of a 50bn AANA threshold, creating an opportunity for some firms to strategically manage their derivatives exposure and remain below the 50bn threshold.

Liam Huxley, CEO and Founder of Cassini, said of the announcement, "Clearly, the intent of the delay is to provide more time for smaller and medium size firms to prepare fully, especially in Europe where there is a requirement to perform back-testing".

Considering the additional staggered implementation times based on in-scope firms' AANA threshold, Cassini offers an AANA Management Service which helps firms monitor their AANA, but also enables them to reduce their outstanding bilateral margin exposure.

These tools, available immediately, include:

1) The ability to calculate and monitor AANA exposure to determine in which phase your firm must begin posting initial margin under UMR.

2) Notional Reduction Tools to ensure you remain under the 50Bn or 8Bn threshold.

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These include:

a) Notional Compression

b) Risk Replacement Optimization

c) Strategic Clearing

3) SIMM Limit Monitor

Huxley said: "With the AANA deferral, the temptation will be to simply put the UMR/SIMM project on hold for 12 months but that would be a mistake as there is a distinct opportunity to take advantage of this additional preparatory time. Rather than being forced to move quickly, firms can now take a more holistic, strategic approach to their collateral and margin management processes".

Those firms with over 750 BN in AANA will still be required to begin posting Initial Margin from September 1st, 2019. Firms with 50BN-749 BN notional exposure will now begin posting in September 1st, 2020 and those with exposure between 8BN and 49BN will begin posting from Sept 2021. As before, firms with AANA under 8Bn are exempt.

About Cassini
Managing a portfolio of OTC and ETD products needs powerful tools. Cassini goes beyond margin calculation and enables:

Cassini services enhance portfolio returns at every point in the daily business cycle. Empower your traders and portfolio managers with pre-trade lifetime cost analysis.

Ensure compliance by observing trade routing rules for execution and clearing. Reduce collateral costs through advanced asset optimisation. Enable your firm to stay under the 50 million IM threshold for UMR.

Margin for cleared and uncleared business is a portfolio lifecycle problem. Choose the Cassini services which suit your firm and move ahead of your competition.

Cassini is an official licensee of the ISDA SIMM(tm) model.

For more information, please visit http://www.cassinisystems.com, or get in contact at info@cassinisystems.com

The Humanity Forward Fund Forms to Support 21st Century Solutions to 21st Century Problems, Advocates for Andrew Yang’s 2020 Presidential Run

Supporters of Andrew Yang, the surprisingly durable outsider candidate for President currently polling at *6th among the Democratic hopefuls (ahead of Booker, Klobuchar, Gillibrand and many others) are starting a Super PAC, the Humanity Forward Fund, stylized as HumanityFWD. To recognize Yang's standing as the only current candidate known for supporting cryptocurrency, HumanityFWD is exclusively accepting donations via Bitcoin (BTC) for the first 21 days after launching at http://www.HumanityFWD.org.

HumanityFWD is on a mission to build a new economy, one that puts people first and at the center of our society. HumanityFWD recognizes that 21st Century Problems require 21st Century Solutions. This includes transforming the future of work in a world of rapid advances in automation and technology; tackling the existential threat of climate change and recognizing healthcare and basic economic security as human rights. These challenges are existential and urgent. HumanityFWD seeks to build a new future, based on abundance and American prosperity, by supporting transformational leaders and bold policies that address these challenges.

HumanityFWD will leverage media and messaging to raise awareness on both a national and hyper-local level of Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income, Human-Centered Capitalism, and the 4th Industrial Revolution.

HumanityFWD is a different kind of Super PAC. In an ideal world, Super PACs wouldn't exist, but they do. To level the political playing field, HumanityFWD must exist, but won't compromise the VALUES of Andrew Yang and his supporters. This means HumanityFWD will be 100% transparent, refuse all "dark money" and disclose exactly how the money is spent. It's simply the FWD thing to do.

For the first 21 days after HumanityFWD's launch, donations will be taken only in the form of Bitcoin payments, as many in the cryptocurrency community are excited to support Yang's candidacy. HumanityFWD and OpenNode have partnered on the 21 DAYS OF BITCOIN FOR THE 21st CENTURY fundraising challenge to celebrate the launch of the Humanity Forward Fund. Every fraction of every coin donated will go directly toward helping get Andrew Yang elected President of the United States in 2020.

It's time to act. It's not Left, it's not Right… It's HumanityFWD.

About OpenNode:

OpenNodes's mission is to help bridge the gap between global commerce and bitcoin. They provide simple payment tools for merchants, API infrastructure for developers, and instant bitcoin settlements for your business. With OpenNode, you can experience the newest evolution in bitcoin payments.

Paid for by the Humanity Forward Fund (humanityfwd.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to Humanity Forward Fund are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

Qualfon Recognized in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix Assessment

Qualfon, a full-service business process outsourcing (BPO) and contact center service provider, was recognized as a Major Contender in the Everest Group Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2019. This marks the first year Qualfon has been recognized on the PEAK Matrix by Everest Group; an indicator of the company's investment in a full spectrum of capabilities to drive transformations for its clients and create differentiation in the market. Read here.

All qualifiers were required to submit an RFI (Request for Information) response, including the following components:

In addition, global surveys and one-on-one, executive-level interviews were held with a select group of Qualfon's top clients. These interviews focused on:
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Based on the RFI response and client feedback, Qualfon was recognized as a Major Contender for its unique delivery capabilities, remarkable growth, and positive customer feedback.

"To attain the Major Contender positioning — stacking up against some of the biggest players in the BPO industry — is a huge accomplishment for Qualfon," said Trevor Allen, Chief Commercial Officer, Qualfon. "Everest Group is one of the top analyst firms in the BPO space and we feel incredibly honored to be recognized by such a creditable group of analysts as a Major Contender in our industry."

The PEAK Matrix is a framework to assess the relative market impact and the vision and capability of service providers. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix is the most trusted, fact-based analysis of global services providers, locations, and products & solutions. Full details on the report can be found here: Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Landscape with Services PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2019.

To learn more about Qualfon's services, contact Jessica Watz directly at jwatz@qualfon.com.

ABOUT QUALFON
Qualfon is a full-service business process outsourcing (BPO) company offering full customer lifecycle management: lead generation, end-to-end integrated marketing, multi-channel customer engagement, and fulfillment. With experienced BPO leadership and a strong track record of business growth, Qualfon helps companies reduce costs and deliver superior customer experiences. Today, Qualfon has approximately 16,000 employees serving international brands across many industries, and our intelligent outsourcing locations span the United States, the Philippines, Guyana, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

Qualfon's mission to "Be the Best BPO, Make People's Lives Better" means we invest in our people and, in return, they take better care of you and your customers. Qualfon's employee retention regularly exceeds the industry average, which creates a people-driven value chain: our employees stay longer, providing higher quality service at a lower price.

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