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Strolid announces former Singapore omnichannel AI company CGO Ken Herron as CMO

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SALEM, N.H., June 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Leading global sales services and technology company Strolid today announced former Singapore omnichannel AI company UIB Chief Growth Officer (CGO) Ken Herron has joined the Strolid Leadership Team as Strolid’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). With proven experience unleashing people’s creativity to achieve successful business transformation and growth, strategic hire Herron will help Strolid accelerate its expansion from selling BDC services to US automotive dealers to selling services and technology to companies and governments worldwide to increase revenue and market share.

“Strolid’s vCons technology manages the data for AI across all industry verticals.”
– Strolid Founder & CEO Vin Micciche

Strolid Founder and CEO Vin Micciche said, “Ken brings Strolid over 30 years of technology industry product, sales, and marketing experience. Starting his career with AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya, Ken was real estate franchisor Realogy’s Vice President of Interactive Strategies and dating website company Online Buddies’ CMO, before co-founding social software company SocialGrow, later acquired by omnichannel AI company UIB where he served as their CGO for ten years. Ken is unique in his ability to help companies and governments use new technologies to develop stronger emotional connections with their stakeholders – at scale.”

Strolid CMO Ken Herron said, “I am honored to serve Strolid’s customers, resellers, partners, and stakeholders as CMO, and excited about this opportunity to use my experience as a human and AI performance coach to lead this incredible, forward-thinking company into its next stage of growth. In just three short years, visionary Strolid invented, patented, made open source – and a global IETF standard – the PDF for virtualized conversations, vCons. Since its founding ten years ago, Strolid has been a leader in using innovative new technologies to empower people by unlocking customer conversations. Creating vCons for auto dealers allows Strolid to do this for others – every business and government needs Strolid’s technology to listen to their customers and citizens.”

Added Micciche, “Having created, sold, and launched hundreds of conversational and generative AI use cases for customers globally, Ken will help Strolid customers and governments connect with their customers and citizens. Strolid is at an exciting point in its journey, as our vCons technology manages the data for AI across all industry verticals, from automotive to retail and more, increasing sales and delighting stakeholders by giving Strolid’s customers the ability to listen to people at scale.”

Strolid CMO Ken Herron will be based in Orlando, Florida.

About Strolid Inc.

Founded in 2014, leading global sales services and technology company Strolid unlocks the value of customer conversations to increase sales. We enable our business and government customers to listen to conversations at scale and manage the data for AI.

For auto dealers, Strolid engages car buyers, offering a non-automated, human (with real people!) solution that provides a strong customer experience and builds solid relationships. Our complete solution for customer engagement works across every communications channel (i.e., voice, video, and messaging), AI platform, CRM system, and language for every department. We continually train and upskill our agents – resulting in a dedicated, talented workforce augmenting our customers’ teams. Many of our people have worked together in auto dealerships and at Strolid for over twenty years, carrying a deep expertise in dealer operations, allowing us to be truly helpful to the customers outside the dealership.

Strolid boasts one of the most innovative engineering departments in the industry, creating, patenting, and making open source, the global industry standard for storing conversations – virtualized conversations (vCons). To learn more, visit Strolid at http://www.strolid.com and contact Strolid at sales@strolid.com.

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Strolid Inc.
ken.herron@strolid.com

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CRITEO TO ANNOUNCE FIRST QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS ON MAY 2, 2025

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NEW YORK, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ: CRTO), the Commerce Media company, will announce its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025, on Friday, May 2, 2025.

On that day, Michael Komasinski, Chief Executive Officer, and Sarah Glickman, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call at 8:00 AM ET, 2:00 PM CET to discuss these results. They will be joined by Todd Parsons, Chief Product Officer, for the Q&A session.

To access the conference call, please use the following dial-in numbers and ask to be joined into the “Criteo” call:

    • United States:

+1 800 836 8184

    • International:

+1 646 357 8785

    • France:

    080-094-5120

The conference call will be webcast live on the Company’s website https://criteo.investorroom.com/ and will be available for replay.

About Criteo

Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO) is the global commerce media company that enables marketers and media owners to drive better commerce outcomes. Its industry leading Commerce Media Platform connects thousands of marketers and media owners to deliver richer consumer experiences from product discovery to purchase. By powering trusted and impactful advertising, Criteo supports an open internet that encourages discovery, innovation, and choice. For more information, please visit www.criteo.com.

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Criteo Investor Relations
Melanie Dambre, m.dambre@criteo.com

Criteo Public Relations
Jessica Meyers, j.meyers@criteo.com

 

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Pismo names Vishal Dalal as CEO

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Rodrigo Melato steps up as Chief Commercial Officer

SÃO PAULO, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Pismo has announced leadership changes to further strengthen its commitment to customer-centric growth while accelerating the expansion of its global footprint.

Vishal Dalal,  who has served as Pismo’s CEO for North America, Europe, and Asia since 2021, has been appointed as the company’s global CEO. With over 25 years of expertise in core banking and card systems, Dalal brings a wealth of knowledge and a unique global perspective, having held previous roles at McKinsey, Citibank, and Barclays. Dalal will continue to be based in London, bringing his extensive international experience to the forefront of Pismo’s operations. He succeeds Ricardo Josua, co-founder, who, after leading Pismo through its massive growth journey and acquisition by Visa, will transition into an advisory role.

“We are grateful to Ricardo for his leadership and contributions to the team. Pismo’s success, and the company overall, would not be where it is today without him. Ricardo leaves behind a strong foundation that the founders and I are excited to build upon”, comments Vishal Dalal.

Reflecting on his journey, Ricardo Josua stated, “Over the past year under Visa’s ownership, Pismo has thrived and made significant progress in our growth and strategic direction. We have entered new markets, built an extensive pipeline of prospective clients, and improved the platform’s performance. This progress sets the stage for the next chapter in our future. I entrust Pismo into Vishal’s hands and will continue to support Pismo in an advisory role”.

In addition, Rodrigo Melato, who has been with the company since June 2022 as VP of Sales, assumes an extended global role as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). In partnership with global sales, Melato will oversee Pismo’s go-to-market strategies, performance, and customer-centric approach. With more than 20 years of experience, Melato held multiple positions at Salesforce, including leading the Financial Service business unit.

Pismo’s other three co-founders – Daniela Binatti (CTO), Juliana Binatti Motta (CPO), and Marcelo Parise (VP of Engineering) – will continue to lead their respective areas within Pismo.

These leadership transitions mark a new chapter for Pismo, reinforcing its position as a global leader in next-generation banking and payments technology.

Media Contact Details: Patricia Bartuira; + 1 (786) 270-6253; patricia@bmcsmart.com 

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Altair Partners with Databricks to Accelerate Data-Driven Innovation

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Collaboration will provide seamless connection between Altair® RapidMiner® and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, amplifying data science and machine learning capabilities

TROY, Mich., April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, has partnered with Databricks, the data and AI company, to empower joint customers with next-generation capabilities for data unification, graph-powered intelligence, and enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI).

This partnership brings together the best of both organizations’ platforms—combining the power of the Altair® RapidMiner® platform, an industry-leading tool for data preparation, AI development, orchestration, and automation, with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Now, customers can seamlessly access and analyze data housed in Databricks while applying Altair’s comprehensive suite of tools to drive decision-making, build AI automation, and modernize data operations.

“We are thrilled to partner with Databricks to empower our customers to stay ahead of the competition by achieving faster, smarter, and more efficient outcomes,” said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair. “Through this collaboration, we are helping customers not just analyze their data but truly activate it—transforming fragmented data into intelligent systems that can learn, reason, and act. Together, Altair and Databricks are redefining the future of data science and analytics.”

Customers can leverage Altair RapidMiner’s robust data preparation, machine learning, and deployment capabilities to better extract insights from their data in Databricks. This collaboration marks a milestone in advancing accessible, scalable, and impactful AI and machine learning solutions – paving the way for transformative innovation and enabling businesses to realize the full potential of their data for years to come.

“We’ve been impressed by Altair’s innovative approach to data preparation and machine learning,” said Ariel Amster, director of strategic technology partners, Databricks. “Our partnership will leverage the benefits of Altair RapidMiner and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to help customers explore, analyze and take action on data at scale.”

Enabling Enterprise Modernization with Altair RapidMiner and Databricks

Customers can use Altair RapidMiner to directly access, prepare, and analyze data in Databricks without data duplication. The platform’s full-stack AI capabilities—from low-code AutoML to sophisticated MLOps, agent frameworks, and high-speed visualization—empower organizations to quickly prototype, deploy, and scale AI applications using data stored in Databricks.

Altair RapidMiner also offers native support for SAS language execution—one of only two platforms in the world with this capability—allowing customers to preserve and extend the value of their existing analytics investments while modernizing their workflows. This unique capability, especially when linked with Databricks, combines past and present into a single enterprise strategy.

Powering Knowledge Graphs and Data Fabrics with Databricks Data

A key differentiator is Altair RapidMiner’s massively parallel processing (MPP) knowledge graph technology—purpose-built to support knowledge graph creation, data fabrics, and ontology modeling at enterprise scale.

By integrating with Databricks, customers can use the Altair RapidMiner knowledge graph engine to connect, contextualize, and activate all types of data—structured, unstructured, and streaming. These graph-powered fabrics form the foundation for a new generation of intelligent systems, enabling generative AI models and autonomous agents to navigate the full complexity of an organization’s digital operations.

Built for the Real World

Together, Altair and Databricks offer an unmatched platform for the modern, intelligent enterprise. This partnership delivers not only the infrastructure needed for data-driven transformation—but also the intelligence to drive it forward.

To learn more about the Altair RapidMiner platform, visit https://altair.com/altair-rapidminer. To learn more about the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, visit https://www.databricks.com/.

About Altair

Altair is a global leader in computational intelligence that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair is part of Siemens Digital Industries Software. To learn more, please visit http://www.altair.com or sw.siemens.com.

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Altair Corporate                                           

Bridget Hagan                                                  

+1.216.769.2658                                        

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Altair Asia-Pacific

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+44 (0)7392 437 635

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