Market Newsdesk

Quad Welcomes New Sales and Marketing Senior Executive

Former Nielsen Senior Vice President Julie Currie Joins Quad as Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer

SUSSEX, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: QUAD) (“Quad” or the “Company”) today announced that Julie Currie has joined the Company as its new Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer. Currie succeeds Renee Badura, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, who will be retiring after 34 years of service to the Company.

Currie brings a wealth of marketing, retail and CPG client services knowledge to Quad, a marketing solutions partner with a unique integrated service platform that helps clients reduce the complexity of working with multiple agency partners, increase content workflow efficiencies, and improve the effectiveness of their overall marketing spend. Currie’s experience leading organizational change and transformation, and her keen understanding of data and analytics, will provide immeasurable value to Quad and its clientele.

Currie spent 25 years at The Nielsen Company, where she ultimately served as Senior Vice President of Global Retail Product Leadership, leading the company’s strategic transition from a product-selling organization to a strategic solutions one, and grew its revenue by double digits. Her clients included Walmart, The Kraft Heinz Company, Procter & Gamble and Miller Brewing Company.

Most recently, Currie served as a principal consultant for FCM, a consultancy where she worked with clients on strategies for achieving company growth, optimizing operational performance, and cultivating corporate sustainability.

“We are confident that Julie’s experience and expertise will help accelerate our transformation as a marketing solutions partner,” said Joel Quadracci, Quad Chairman, President & CEO. “She is a strong leader who has orchestrated transformation strategies for product expansion and business development as well as ongoing client management. Her experience in marketing services for retail and CPG clients, along with her extensive data analytics background, will fortify our offering and open new avenues for growth. Already she has hit the ground running and will provide excellent vision and leadership for Quad.”

“Quad has distinguished itself as a marketing solutions powerhouse, providing a unique integrated offering that helps clients simplify their executional requirements to deliver campaigns more efficiently and effectively,” Currie said. “I am excited to join an industry innovator that has both deep roots and a desire to stretch and grow in new ways. This is a prized role that will allow me to apply my knowledge, innovate new solutions, and truly have an impact on the Company and its clients.”

In addition to her business acumen, Currie is a sought-after speaker and has been a featured presenter at industry events, including for the National Retail Federation. She also serves as an influential board member for the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County (Illinois).

About Quad

Quad (NYSE: QUAD) is a worldwide marketing solutions partner dedicated to creating a better way for its clients through a data-driven, integrated marketing platform that helps clients reduce complexity, increase efficiency and enhance marketing spend effectiveness. Quad provides its clients with unmatched scale for client on-site services and expanded subject expertise in marketing strategy, creative solutions, media deployment and marketing management services. With a client-centric approach that drives its expanded offering, combined with leading-edge technology and single-source simplicity, Quad has the resources and knowledge to help a wide variety of clients in multiple vertical industries, including retail, financial/insurance, consumer packaged goods and publishing. Quad has multiple locations throughout North America, South America and Europe, and strategic partnerships in Asia and other parts of the world. For additional information visit www.QUAD.com.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201207005698/en/

Claire Dailey

Account Director, PR, Periscope

262-424-6143 / [email protected]

KEYWORDS: Wisconsin United States North America Canada

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Marketing Advertising Retail Communications Other Retail Catalog Other Communications

MEDIA:

Logo

Financial Times Diversity Leaders 2021 Survey: Employees Identify ams as One of Europe’s Most Inclusive Companies

News facts:

• ams jumps to #32 (from #141) in the 2021 FT Diversity Leaders list, reflecting company’s efforts to attract employees from a wider talent pool, encourage diverse perspectives, and enhance global collaboration.
• Employees from thousands of companies across Europe asked to rate their employer, and other companies, on promotion of diversity.

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, has been recognized in The Diversity Leaders 2021¹ survey, published by the Financial Times, which ranks Europe’s most inclusive companies in terms of diversity of gender, age, ethnicity, disability, and sexual orientation. In a competitive market to attract and retain employees with the right skillsets – like STEM² – ams’ approach is intended to widen the talent pool, as well as encourage diverse perspectives which reflect that of its customer base, and enhance collaboration across a dispersed international team of employees and partners.

This year, the 850 companies receiving the highest total scores out of 15,000 companies assessed made the final list of The Diversity Leaders. ams is proud to be ranked at #32 overall, moving up from #141 in the previous year. In fact, 1-in-7 of the top-35 companies were listed in the sector category ‘Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Hardware.’

“STEM skills are in high demand in our sector, and to attract and keep the best talent around the world people need to feel included and valued, have a long-term perspective, and see representative role models around the company,” says Alexander Everke, Chief Executive Officer at ams. “However, diversity also makes great reputational and business sense – so we are honored to be recognized by employees on our promotion of diversity.”

Diverse credentials

ams has many great role models at executive level, and we look forward to introducing more as the company develops further. For example, executive Vice President and General Manager of ams’ Advanced Optical Sensors Division, Jennifer Zhao, was recently awarded ‘Woman of the Year’ at Questex’ Sensors Innovation Week 2020, while Senior Vice President R&D, Verena Vescoli, is one of the few women in the industry to hold that central position in a STEM-focused company.

On a regional level, ams also received recognition twice this year as a Top Employer in Austria (“Trend” Magazine, Statistica) and Styria (Market Institut GmbH, Linz).

Footnotes:

1. Published in the Financial Times (November 18, 2020) for the second consecutive year, The Diversity Leaders 2021 is an independent survey of more than 100,000 employees covering a range of sectors across: Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; the Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland and the UK. In addition, research partner Statista sought the opinions of human resources and recruitment experts. Details and methodology can be found here (behind paywall).
2. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201207005504/en/

Amy Flécher

ams AG

VP Marketing Communications

[email protected]

ams.com

KEYWORDS: Austria Europe

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Professional Services Semiconductor Communications Technology Human Resources Publishing Hardware

MEDIA:

Logo

Sallie Mae® and EVERFI Team Up to Offer New Digital Financial Literacy Curriculum to California High School Students

Program will highlight options for financing higher education

NEWARK, Del. & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Sallie Mae and EVERFI, an international social-impact education innovator, today announced a new strategic partnership to deliver a specialized financial literacy curriculum to California high schools. Sallie Mae’s Knowledge for College program is an interactive, unbiased, online course that will be made available to juniors and seniors throughout California at no cost to the students, schools, or taxpayers. The program will be delivered to students learning in a classroom or virtually, and is designed to reach them early in the college consideration process to increase knowledge on college access and how to effectively finance higher education.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201207005573/en/

The program includes five interactive modules to help students develop actionable strategies for responsibly financing their post-secondary education, as well as managing their finances for life. The curriculum covers everything from introductory topics like saving and budgeting to advanced topics like financial aid, student loans, and repaying loans responsibly.

“Financial literacy provides students with a strong foundation of knowledge and confidence in making informed decisions about the future,” said Jen O’Donald, senior vice president, Sallie Mae. “That future includes planning and paying for higher education, which is one of the first major financial decisions for many students and families. We want families to make these decisions with eyes wide open and that means providing critical education and information early in the process through programs like Knowledge for College.”

The launch of Sallie Mae and EVERFI’s financial literacy curriculum is especially timely given recent research from Sallie Mae and Ipsos that found roughly eight in 10 families reported planning to pay for college is challenging. What’s more, while families overall feel that having a plan to pay for school is more likely to influence a child’s pursuit of higher education, less than half have a plan and only 51% of students have researched financial aid. Additionally, the majority of high school seniors delay completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) – potentially missing out on thousands of dollars in first-come, first served aid – and nearly a third skipped the FAFSA altogether.

“Students and families continue to value higher education but there’s still a certain level of anxiety and angst about how to pay for it,” said Ray Martinez, co-founder and president, EVERFI. “Which is why it is crucial that we provide these students with necessary tools to become confident in their ability to make smart financial decisions well into adulthood. Ensuring students and their families fully understand not only the process by which to apply for student financial aid, but also the responsibilities it carries is of the utmost importance and will help set them up for financial success.”

Sallie Mae and EVERFI are launching the course in California as it is one of a few states that does not require high school students to take a personal finance course prior to graduation. The curriculum aligns with state, national, and Jump$tart Coalition financial literacy standards. To learn more about Sallie Mae’s Knowledge for College program visit https://knowledgeforcollege.everfi.com/.

Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) believes education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. As the leader in private student lending, we provide financing and know-how to help make college happen and offer products and resources to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, possible. Learn more at SallieMae.com. Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.

EVERFI, Inc. is an international technology company driving social change through education to address the most challenging issues affecting society ranging from financial wellness to prescription drug safety to workplace conduct and other critical topics. Founded in 2008, EVERFI is fueled by its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) community engagement platform and has reached more than 41 million learners globally. Recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2020, EVERFI powers community engagement in a sustained manner to empower individuals and organizations to make an impact within their communities. The Company also convenes Networks to bring together financial institutions, colleges and universities, and some of the largest corporations to leverage insights and connections to drive impact. Some of America’s leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EVERFI investors including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, as well as Advance, Rethink Education and Rethink Impact. To learn more about EVERFI visit everfi.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Twitter @EVERFI.

Category: Financial Literacy

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201207005573/en/

Sallie Mae

Jennifer Ruiz

302-476-0101

[email protected]

EVERFI, Inc.

Jennifer Edgerly

202-871-3637

[email protected]

KEYWORDS: Delaware California District of Columbia United States North America

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: University Banking Primary/Secondary Education Professional Services Training Family Consumer Teens Parenting Finance

MEDIA:

Logo

Logo

Longtime American HealthTech Customer Cites Innovation and Growth Strategy for Expanded Partnership

MOBILE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
American HealthTech (AHT), a wholly owned subsidiary of CPSI (NASDAQ: CPSI) and a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions and related services for the post-acute care market, today announced that Priority Management has successfully implemented the AHT EHR solution in all 21 of its locations.

As Priority Management expanded its portfolio of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Louisiana and Texas, they found themselves at a crossroads. While AHT was initially utilized in 10 of its locations, Priority Management wanted one integrated solution for all 21 locations and moved forward with evaluating a variety of healthcare IT vendors. Given the CPSI growth strategy and ongoing commitment to invest in the AHT solution, a decision was made to expand its partnership with AHT. As a result, Priority Management will be adding AHT’s Communication Center, Clinical Decision Support, Business Intelligence, and Document Import applications across all 21 of its facilities.

Dorrie Rambo, chief financial officer of Priority Management, noted that having one system and database made good business sense, and supported its commitment to streamlining processes while enhancing the patient and staff experience. “We have a history with AHT, but ultimately we chose the best system for our organization and our growth strategy,” said Rambo.

Along with the expanded partnership of utilizing AHT across all of its facilities, Steven Boulware, managing partner of Priority Management, stated, “Our team was very impressed with recent product innovations and advancements in functionality, especially those supporting workflow efficiencies and better communications between care teams and patients.”

“We continue to prove that our ongoing commitment to develop innovative solutions helps our clients work smarter and deliver patient care more efficiently,” said Boyd Douglas, president and chief executive officer of CPSI. “As a strategic component of Priority Management’s growth strategy, we look forward to helping them continue to improve patient care and efficiency in their operations.”

About American HealthTech

American HealthTech (AHT), a member of the CPSI family of companies, offers services and solutions created specifically for skilled nursing and senior living organizations. As a leading EHR provider to post-acute and senior living organizations of all sizes, the AHT solution delivers a seamless flow of information between care settings, resulting in better coordinated care and improved financial and clinical outcomes. For more information, visit www.healthtech.net.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified generally by the use of forward-looking terminology and words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “projects,” “targets,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential,” “may,” “continue,” “should,” “will” and words of comparable meaning. Without limiting the generality of the preceding statement, all statements in this press release relating to AHT’s ability to further expand its partnership with Priority Management after the date of this release are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any such forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such factors may include: risks related to the ability of AHT to successfully cloud host Priority Management’s facilities’ data and add applications at these facilities; the impact of COVID‑19 and related economic disruptions which have materially affected the Company’s revenue and could materially affect the Company’s gross margin and income, as well as the Company’s financial position and/or liquidity; actions to be taken by the Company in response to the pandemic; the legal, regulatory and administrative developments that occur at the federal, state and local levels; potential disruptions, breaches, or other incidents affecting the proper operation, availability, or security of the Company’s or its partners’ information systems, including unauthorized access to or theft of patient, business associate, or other sensitive information or inability to provide patient care because of system unavailability; changes in revenues due to declining hospital demand and deteriorating macroeconomic conditions (including increases in uninsured and underinsured patients); potential increased expenses related to labor or other expenditures; and the impact of our substantial indebtedness and the ability to refinance such indebtedness on acceptable terms or at all, as well as risks associated with disruptions in the financial markets and the business of financial institutions as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic which could impact us from a financial perspective. Numerous other risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such factors include risk factors described from time to time in CPSI’s public releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, CPSI’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q. We also caution investors that the forward-looking information described herein represents CPSI’s outlook only as of this date, and CPSI undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or development after the date of this press release.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201207005117/en/

American HealthTech

Tracey Schroeder

Chief Marketing Officer

[email protected]

612.787.3125

KEYWORDS: Alabama United States North America

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Nursing Health Consumer Hospitals Seniors Other Health General Health

MEDIA:

Logo