Virgo Group Welcomes Tech Veteran Peyman Parsi as Chief Technology Advisor
Virgo Group & Tech Veteran Peyman Parsi
Virgo Group Welcomes Tech Veteran Peyman Parsi as Chief Technology Advisor
Virgo Group of Companies, the holding body of VirgoCX Inc., the FINTRAC-registered cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2018 with a Restricted Dealer license from CSA, offers easy, safe and affordable access for all Canadians to buy or sell 60+ listed cryptocurrencies. Available both on desktop and mobile, it provides instant access for new and experienced traders to trade immediately after a detailed verification process upon registration. With the support from shareholders and partners, Virgo Group is now focused on accelerating its expansion plans to other international markets while actively strengthening its infrastructure for further growth. The group is committed to dedicate resources to offer the best services for its users and to remain competitive within the market by implementing innovations which optimize the user experience on the various platforms.
With that in mind, Virgo Group announced today that Peyman Parsi, the renowned technology and innovation leader and previous TMX Group's technology executive veteran, will be joining Virgo Group as a Chief Technology Advisor, effective Sept. 1, 2022.
Virgo Group of Companies' CEO Adam Cai said, "With Peyman's extensive experience working for the world-leading stock exchange TSX, we look forward to his expertise and expert advice in guiding us to accelerate the growth with a stronger tech foundation and trading infrastructure."
Parsi brings to Virgo Group a sounding reputation from his 18+ years at TMX Group where he acted as Chief Technology Delivery Officer. He was instrumental in leading the capital markets technological and innovation development at Toronto Stock Exchange and Montreal Exchange. He was credited for leading TMX's innovation in low-latency and highly available trading technologies, emerging digital technologies development, software engineering, modern cloud solutions, enterprise data analytics, application architecture, large-scale project management, technology strategy, and mission-critical trading operations.
Parsi is the CTO of Blanc Labs, one of the leaders in Financial Services Technology, and currently sitting on the Board of Directors for CIO Association of Canada, one of the top Canadian professional associations for IT executives.
About Virgo Group
Founded in 2021, Virgo Group of Companies is dedicated to provide commission-free crypto trading services globally. It covers multiple business lines, including retail fiat to crypto trading, crypto wealth management, NFT liquidity management, and more. With continuous innovation in mind, Virgo Group is prepared to become an integrated global digital asset service provider.
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Smile CDR Welcomes Erin Prymas as New Chief Revenue Officer
Smile CDR Inc., a leading health data and integration company, welcomes Erin Prymas as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Erin joins the company with more than 20 years of experience as a cross-functional team leader dedicated to building, scaling and leading teams that accelerate revenue growth and customer acquisition. As Smile CDR's CRO, Erin will help the company achieve continued revenue growth and alignment of strategy by driving integration between all revenue-related functions, including marketing, sales, customer support, pricing and revenue management.
"We are continuously advancing our company to ensure our products, services and solutions are providing better global health outcomes," said Duncan Weatherston, Chief Executive Officer, Smile CDR. "Ms. Prymas' leadership experience, dedication to talent development and responsibility for driving revenue growth will help Smile CDR exceed client expectations. We are excited to welcome her to our growing team and look forward to her contributions."
Within her role, Erin will oversee the development of effective go-to-market strategies and will ensure efficient revenue operations to support our accelerating growth and long-term profitability. Prior to joining Smile CDR, Erin previously worked at Amazon as the Head of Sales Strategy, Operations & Enablement, where she scaled Amazon Care, an Amazon Health Services initiative. Erin also previously worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she developed and led a team of Strategy and Planning professionals to define, land and execute AWS strategic priorities. She was at GE Healthcare prior to Amazon.
"The healthcare industry needs disruption and to do that we need to be able to efficiently, securely, and meaningfully share health data," said Erin. "The Smile CDR mission to achieve better global health through open standards is one of the main reasons I decided to join their team, and I'm excited to be able to help the industry recognize the possibilities that are offered by a complete, collaborative and comprehensive health data fabric and integration platform."
While at Amazon, Erin supported and encouraged other hiring managers to raise the bar when hiring external talent to ensure the company was able to continuously serve, delight and innovate for their customers. She will continue to develop great talent at Smile CDR and will strive to advance the company's #BetterGlobalHealth mission. Erin graduated with honors with a B.S. in Science-Business from the University of Notre Dame.
About Smile CDR Inc.
Smile CDR Inc. is a health information technology company focused on delivering better global health through open standards. Our enterprise-grade, open framework data fabric and integration platform fuels healthcare's digital transformation and accelerates value creation across all patient journeys at scale. Powered by our HL7® FHIR® standard-based clinical data repository (#SmileInside), our platform enables collaboration and allows organizations to ingest, transform, store, enrich, analyze, aggregate and meaningfully share health information to power digital transformation. We prepare healthcare providers, payers, researchers and life sciences organizations for a connected future beyond legacy systems, adding new value through intelligent use of information and ultimately delivering better patient outcomes. For more information visit: www.smilecdr.com.
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New York-Based Field Marketing Organization CareValue Acquired by Alliant with Senior Market Sales®
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - September 1, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
CareValue, a rapidly growing national field marketing organization (FMO) based in Canandaigua, New York, and specializing in senior life and health insurance, has been acquired by Alliant with Senior Market Sales® (SMS) — one of the industry's premier insurance marketing organizations.
SMS President Jim Summers said CareValue's technology platform, its success as a market leader serving independent insurance agents, and its impressive growth attracted SMS as it continues to grow through strategic acquisitions. CareValue ranked No. 69 on Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in the New York City metro region in 2021.
"CareValue's technology stack when combined with SMS's proprietary technology will give SMS-contracted agents a major advantage in today's marketplace," Summers said.
CareValue has invested heavily in the development of proprietary technology for agents. For example, the company provides the only FMO-offered State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (SPAP) solution in the marketplace that allows agents to help their clients apply for assistance in paying their prescription drugs and/or Part D premiums digitally instead of by the more cumbersome methods of fax or mail. This digital enrollment process triggers a special election period (SEP) for Medicare eligibles, enabling them to enroll year-round.
"Formalizing this partnership with SMS through an acquisition will fuel further growth and ensure long-term success in our markets," said CareValue President Brian Doyle. "By extension of SMS, we're also excited to join the Alliant family. Together, we're bigger, better, stronger."
Doyle has been in the insurance industry since 1996, he founded CareValue in 2010, and since 2013 has partnered with SMS. CareValue has leveraged SMS's industry-leading back-office support, proven marketing systems, and top health and wealth carrier product portfolio.
The decision to join SMS, Doyle said, was based on Alliant and SMS's ability to provide additional infrastructure and support that will help CareValue springboard into new territory and ensure long-term growth, as well as focus even more on agents to provide operational and customer service excellence. Specifically, CareValue was attracted to Alliant Insurance Services, which opens commercial and group insurance markets to CareValue's agents, and SMS's new revolutionary Client Stream® Lead Exchange lead-generation platform. In 2020, SMS joined the Alliant family of businesses, which now collectively is one of the largest insurance brokers in the United States. Alliant was recently honored as a winner in the 2022 Fast Brokerage Listing with 9,000 employees, $3 billion in revenue, and more than $26 billion in premiums. In 2022, Alliant also moved up two spots to #8 on the list of Largest Brokers of U.S. Business.
Additional reasons for partnering with SMS, Doyle said, include SMS's history of successful acquisitions and SMS's integrity — acting as it promises and passionately serving agents and their clients.
Summers said that the two companies' alignment of values was critical to the partnership, just as it has been to all of SMS's acquisitions.
"In today's hyper-competitive acquisition environment, SMS continues to stand out for our commitment to the agent and their client," Summers said. "We look forward to growing even more by staying focused on our values and partnering with companies who share those values."
About CareValue
CareValue is a leader in innovative Medicare shopping and enrollment solutions. CareValue offers a suite of technology solutions to support independent agents, agencies, National Marketing Organizations (NMO), and Field Marketing Organizations (FMO). CareValue is actively engaging in contractual agreements in the Senior Insurance Market. Licensed insurance agents interested in getting their own free MedicareValue website are encouraged to call 1-855-888-8326 or visit us at CareValue.com.
About Senior Market Sales
Senior Market Sales® (SMS) represents top Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, annuity, life, long-term care, and travel insurance carriers in all 50 states. More than 70,000 independent insurance agents rely on SMS for proprietary technology, competitive insurance products, and expert training and service to help them leverage their time, make more money, and put their business in a position of distinction. Founded in 1982, SMS is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, SMS joined the Alliant Insurance Services family of companies. Visit www.SeniorMarketSales.com or call 1.800.786.5566 for more information.
About Alliant Insurance Services
Alliant Insurance Services is one of the nation's leading distributors of diversified insurance products and services. Alliant operates through a network of specialized national platforms and local offices to offer clients a comprehensive portfolio of solutions built on innovative thinking and personal service. The business of managing risk is getting more complex, and Alliant is meeting this complexity head-on, not with more layers of management, but with more creativity and agility. Alliant is changing the way clients approach risk management and benefits, so they can capitalize on new opportunities to grow and protect their organizations. For more information, visit alliant.com.
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Triall to Advance Blockchain Technology in Clinical Trial Data and Study Management With Mayo...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - September 1, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Triall, a blockchain-integrated eClinical platform provider, has collaborated with researchers at Mayo Clinic to advance clinical trial design and management of study data. This collaboration takes an important next step towards leading a global transformation towards decentralized clinical research.
Triall's eClinical platform will support a 2-year multi-center pulmonary arterial hypertension trial that includes 10 research sites* and 500+ patients across the United States, starting in September of this year. The eClinical solutions of Triall will support all core trial activities, including data capture, document management, study monitoring, and eConsent.
The collaboration takes a unique angle by demonstrating how Triall's Verifiable Proof API can be applied to build immutable blockchain-registered audit trails as a new best practice for bolstering clinical data integrity 'end-to-end'—from study start-up to study close-out and post-study activities. With more data being collected from an increasing number and variety of systems and devices, assuring data integrity is a growing concern for clinical trial stakeholders, and a major barrier to reliable and efficient medical research in the digital age.
The audit trail will offer a system-independent interface for investigators, monitors, IRBs, regulators, and other trial stakeholders to rapidly evaluate the existence and integrity of trial-related documents and data, and their chronology in the study process. This endeavor provides a platform for further potential collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Triall towards a proof-based environment for decentralized clinical research, while reinforcing their mutual positions as thought leaders in clinical trial innovation.
"We are very excited to further our collaboration with Mayo Clinic and the team of Dr. Chris McLeod. It is wonderful to work with some of the thought leaders within Mayo Clinic and we are confident our collaboration will pave the way towards further innovation and enhanced quality in clinical development, utilizing the strengths of blockchain technology where these truly add value.'' - Hadil Es-Sbai, Co-founder and CEO at Triall
About Triall
Triall offers a modular and fully-integrated suite of eClinical solutions for all core study functions, including EDC, ePRO/eCOA, eSource, eConsent, eTMF, CTMS, RTSM, Wearable integration, and more. Moreover, Triall applies blockchain to generate verifiable proof of the integrity of clinical trial data and leverages Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) technologies to provide patients and research professionals with more ownership and control over their data, documents, and processes.
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Visit the Triall website: https://www.triall.io
*List of participating research sites:
- Advent Health
- Aspirus Aurora Heart & Vascular
- Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Harbor UCLA
- Mayo Clinic
- MyCardiologist
- National Jewish Health
- Southeastern Cardiology
- Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Wellstar Health System
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Mimecast: How to Protect One’s Crypto From Phishing
Cybercriminals have targeted the cryptocurrency community since bitcoin's inception, and many crypto owners are falling prey to schemes like phishing.
What is phishing?
Phishing is a digital crime where cybercriminals aim to steal a user's private information. Scammers deploy their attack by disguising themselves as trusted organizations or entities to trick a user into mindlessly handing over details like their Social Security number, credit card information, bank credentials, and in this case, crypto wallet details.
Use Multi-factor authentication
There is no surefire way to keep cybercriminals from attempting to breach an organization's system. However, it is possible to make it harder for attackers to succeed in obtaining sensitive information. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an easy passive approach for users to secure their crypto wallets.
MFA adds an extra layer of protection on top of passwords for both an organization and an employee. So, a password will not be enough even if a user falls victim to a phishing scam.
Avoid fraudulent emails
Remember, if something looks too good, it probably is. Over 270,000 Ledger wallet users had their emails extracted in 2020. Phishing attacks, like the breach against Ledger users, promise free wallets that are secretly compromised.
Messages that are urgent or prompt a speedy response may also be phishing scams. Other phishing messages may state that if a user does not act now, their account with whatever legitimate organization the attackers are impersonating will be suspended.
Most reliable companies will offer ample time for customers to get their affairs in order. However, it is best to ignore such messages as this is a favorite method for cybercriminals. When in doubt, contact the source directly to clarify the matter instead of interacting with the potentially fraudulent message.
Also, users should scrutinize emails with a sharp eye — especially ones with such grand requests and promises. Keeping an eye on the email's domain and checking for spelling mistakes could be the telltale signs a user needs to identify the phishing scam.
Keep the private keys secure
Users must keep their private keys, the line of letters and numbers used to access their cryptocurrency that resembles a password, private.
A user's private key is something that they should never disclose.
Use an email filter
To protect against spam messages, users and organizations can use a spam filter that can effectively assess the message's origin and the software used to send the message. In addition, a spam filter may determine whether a message is spam or not based on its appearance.
Email filters are the first line of defense against phishing scams of all sorts and will actively scan any emails going through a user's server for spam, malware, and malicious attachments and links.
Prepare! Prepare! Prepare!
The success of phishing attacks hangs on the preparedness and education of the target. Security awareness training on how phishing scams work can go a long way in keeping a company's and a user's crypto safe.
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ClosedLoop Selected to Participate in AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Health Equity
AUSTIN, Texas - August 31, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
ClosedLoop today announced it has been selected to participate in the AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Health Equity, a technical, business, and mentorship program for startups seeking to use AWS to increase access to health services, reduce disparities by addressing social determinants of health (SDoH), and/or use data to promote equitable and inclusive systems of care. This opportunity will support ClosedLoop's efforts to improve health outcomes and health equity by incorporating SDoH into accurate, explainable, and actionable predictions of individual-level health risks.
The four-week AWS Healthcare Accelerator curriculum provides hands-on AWS Cloud and technical training, mentorship, coaching, and business support. As one of 10 companies chosen for this opportunity, ClosedLoop will receive up to $25,000 in AWS Promotional credits, AWS training and support, mentorship, and additional business development resources including opportunities to speak with healthcare-savvy venture investors.
ClosedLoop was recently recognized by KLAS Research as the 2022 Best in KLAS Leader for Healthcare AI: Data Science Solutions. In 2021, the company was named the "1st Place Winner" among 300 entrants in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge and awarded a $1.6 million prize by CMS. ClosedLoop won the CMS Challenge in part due to its effectiveness at addressing hidden algorithmic biases that, when left unchecked, can make health disparities worse.
Improving health equity is a core strategic objective of transformative value-based care programs. Being part of the AWS Healthcare Accelerator will enable ClosedLoop to share its healthcare-focused AI/ML platform and content to healthcare organizations throughout the AWS and KidsX networks that are interested in using SDoH data to identify and reduce health disparities.
"Health disparities cost the United States $320 billion each year, so reducing them is both a moral and financial imperative," said Andrew Eye, CEO and co-founder at ClosedLoop. "By leveraging the scalability and reliability of AWS service offerings, the ClosedLoop platform will help healthcare organizations leverage vast amounts of data from diverse sources to identify individuals with the most impactful health-related social needs."
"AWS looks forward to collaborating with this impressive group of startups who are helping reduce health disparities with thoughtful and inspiring solutions," said Jeff Kratz, general manager of Worldwide Public Sector Partners at AWS. "We believe that by working together, we can help them harness the power of the cloud to make access to healthcare more equitable."
For more information on the AWS Healthcare Accelerator, visit https://www.kidsx.health/aws-accelerator/.
About ClosedLoop
ClosedLoop is healthcare's data science platform. We make it easy for healthcare organizations to use AI to improve outcomes and reduce costs. Purpose-built and dedicated to healthcare, ClosedLoop combines an intuitive end-to-end machine learning platform with a comprehensive library of healthcare-specific features and model templates. Customers use ClosedLoop's Explainable AI to drive clinical excellence, operational efficiency, value-based contracts, and enhanced revenue. Winner of the CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge and named Best in KLAS for Healthcare AI: Data Science Solutions in 2022, ClosedLoop is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information on ClosedLoop, visit www.closedloop.ai.
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