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Workday Showcases Technology Leadership at Grace Hopper Celebration 2024 with 50 Delegates and Five Speakers

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Company Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Empowering Women and Nonbinary Technologists Alongside AnitaB.org

PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leading provider of solutions to help organizations manage their people and money, today announced its sponsorship of Grace Hopper Celebration 2024 (GHC). Fifty delegates and five speakers from Workday will participate in innovation sessions at this year’s event. As part of its sponsorship, the company will also host the AI/ML and Cloud Computing Reception on October 9 at 5:30pm ET at the Marriott Downtown Philadelphia.

Taking place October 8-11, both virtually and in person in Philadelphia, GHC 24 serves as the world’s largest gathering of women and nonbinary technologists. The Celebration provides a diverse and vibrant platform for this community to connect, collaborate, and step into their collective power.

“Our sponsorship of GHC 24 reflects Workday’s deep commitment to fostering a more inclusive tech industry,” said Kathy Pham, Vice President, AI, Workday. “We stand alongside Grace Hopper Celebration and AnitaB.org in championing diversity, and we’re proud to help empower the voices of women and nonbinary technologists – this week, and beyond.”

Workday representatives will participate in the following sessions:

AI/ML and Cloud Computing Reception
Hosted by Workday
Wednesday October 9 | 5:30 – 7:00 PM ET
Marriott Downtown Philadelphia
Request a ticket at https://tiny.cc/workday-ghc

From Spark To Scale: The AI Product Journey Through Different Lenses
Kathy Pham, Vice-President, AI, Workday
Nhung Ho, Vice-President, AI, Intuit
Chip Huyen, Vice-President, AI and Open Source Software, Voltron Data
Shruti Koparkar, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Amazon Web Services
October 9 | 10:45 AM ET
and October 10 | 10:00 AM ET

Accelerating Data Analytics With Vectorized Query Engine
Seema Gupta, Principal Software Engineer, Workday
Priyanka Bhalerao, Principal Software Engineer, Workday
October 10 | 1:00 PM ET

Tech Spaces and VPAT: How I Built Programs to Support Accessibility
Tierre Daniels, Manager Accessibility Product Team, Workday
Sim Sidhu, Senior Product Manager Accessibility, Workday
October 10 | 3:35 PM ET

Strategic Impact With OKRs and KPIs: Empowering Women for Organizational and Personal Success
Awalin Sopan, Principal Engineer, Workday
Reshma Shahabuddin, Chief of Staff to CPTO, Blackpoint
Anika Sharin, Senior Program Manager Regulatory Compliance, Intuitive Surgical Inc
October 11 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

About Workday
Workday is a leading enterprise platform that helps organizations manage their most important assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 10,500 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.

© 2024 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are registered trademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

About AnitaB.org
At AnitaB.org, a global nonprofit organization, we envision a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the societies for whom they build it. We connect, inspire, and guide women and nonbinary individuals in technical fields, as well as organizations that view technology innovation as a strategic imperative.

Our social enterprise supports women in technical fields, the organizations that employ them, and the academic institutions that train future generations. A full roster of programs helps women grow, learn, and develop their highest potential.

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NEW BIG LOTS ‘FALL INTO SAVINGS’ DEALS KICK OFF ON OCT. 3

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All outdoor Halloween Decor will be 20% off Oct. 3-6, in stores (with coupon) and online’Black Friday Fridays’ continue at Big Lots with 50% off all fall decorations only on Oct. 4Fall savings continue with the ‘Primetime Cyber Sale,’ 20% off home categories Oct. 7-9

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Big Lots, Inc. (OTC: BIG), today unveiled new “fall Into Savings” deals including special savings on fall and outdoor Halloween decorations, home categories and more, beginning today, Oct. 3.

Fall savings begin with 20% off all outdoor Halloween decor, Oct. 3-6, in stores (get coupon here) and online. This week’s “Black Friday Fridays” special offer is 50% off all fall and harvest decorations for one-day only on Friday, Oct. 4 in stores and online. Next week, the “Primetime Cyber Sale” will offer 20% off home categories, Oct. 7-9, online only at biglots.com. Customers can shop these deals and more and find each promotion’s terms and conditions online at biglots.com.

“It’s October and beginning to feel like fall in many of our communities, now is the perfect time to upgrade your seasonal home décor and more and make your home spaces reflect the changing season,” said Shelly Trosclair, Co-Head Merchant, at Big Lots. “Whether your aim is to create the spookiest Halloween display on the street or prepare your home for hosting family and friends this fall, we’ve got you covered with extreme bargains across categories. Visit us online at biglots.com and create your shopping list today.”

Black Friday is every Friday at Big Lots throughout the holiday season, with every Friday being a Black Friday-level sales event, including special one-day deals up to 50% off, now through Dec. 6. Each week’s deal will be available in stores during Friday store hours.

Each week’s Black Friday Fridays deal will be revealed on Thursday mornings, and will include offers across product categories, including great holiday gift options, seasonal décor and more. Bargain shoppers who would like to be among the first to know about each week’s Friday deal can sign up to be a BIG Rewards member for free and receive the latest bargains news in their email inboxes or by text at biglots.com/rewards.

ABOUT BIG LOTS
Big Lots is one of the nation’s largest closeout retailers focused on extreme value. The Company is dedicated to being the big difference for a better life by delivering bargains to brag about on everything for the home, including furniture, décor, pantry and more. It fulfills its mission to help customers “Live BIG and Save LOTS” with sourcing strategies to grow extreme bargains through closeouts, liquidations, overstocks, private labels, and value-engineered products. The Big Lots Foundation, together with the Company’s customers, associates, and vendors, has delivered more than $176 million of philanthropic support to critical needs in hunger, housing, healthcare, and education. For more information, to shop online, or to find a store near you, please visit biglots.com.

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J.S. Held Expands Executive Leadership to Oversee Next Phase of Growth

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JERICHO, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Global consulting firm J.S. Held, proudly celebrating 50 transformative years, announces Lee Spirer as its new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jonathon Held

Lee Spirer is a transformational leader with extensive experience creating value for investors in human capital-intensive businesses by focusing on developing innovative, high impact services for clients and building platforms which attract world class professionals to maximize their career success.

Over his 30-year career, Lee Spirer has been known for keen strategic insight tightly tied to successful plan execution, building and developing teams, tapping into innovation, and leveraging technology. His teams have balanced organic and acquisition-based growth strategies while driving operational performance.

CEO, Jonathon Held, commenting on Lee’s appointment to President and COO, reflects on his “extensive experience and proven ability to drive strategy focused on financial results and operational excellence.” Held continues, “I look forward to partnering with Lee to support all J.S. Held stakeholders – our team members, clients, and investors.”

Having started his professional career serving large complex clients as a strategy consultant, Spirer set the stage for his success in creating and cultivating human capital businesses including: 

Navigant, where he led the growth and transformation of the 6,000 professional company, more than doubling revenues and ultimately taking the company private and merging with Guidehouse.Kroll Risk & Compliance, where as President, he founded and built a new business intelligence division.IBM Business Consulting Services, where following the IBMs acquisition of Mainspring, a digital strategy/transformation company, he led global financial markets for the Fortune 100 company.

Over his career, Lee Spirer has operated in public and private companies, acquired and sold businesses, guided a company through an IPO, and interacted with a wide range of investors and boards. Most recently, he worked with several private equity firms to identify and evaluate potential investments. “Lee is a growth-focused business leader with a strong track record of success,” observes Steve Dutton, Partner at Kelso & Company, J.S. Held’s private equity partner. Dutton continues, “Lee’s proven ability to identify, evaluate, and drive value creation in the professional and technology-enabled services sectors makes him an ideal partner to support further growth at J.S. Held.”

Lee Spirer, commenting on what attracted him to J.S. Held, shares, “J.S. Held’s unique combination of a very strong market position on which to build, extraordinary human capital, a proven track record of organic growth, and ability to augment with acquisitions and successfully integrate those professionals presents the ideal platform for growth at all levels – presenting career opportunities for our professionals, value to our clients, and returns for investors.”  Spirer continues, “As president and COO, I am focused on further strategic growth, evolution, and scale through service innovation and technology.” 

Lee Spirer is now part of the dedicated and entrepreneurial team of experts who help transform J.S. Held. Explore our story and celebrate this momentous milestone, our 50 & Forward celebration, with us at jsheld.com.

About J.S. Held

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

More than 1,500 professionals serve organizations across six continents, including 81% of the Global 200 Law Firms, 70% of the Forbes Top 20 Insurance Companies (85% of the NAIC Top 50 Property & Casualty Insurers), and 65% of the Fortune 100 Companies.

J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not certified public accounting firm(s) and do not provide audit, attest, or any other public accounting services. J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not law firms and do not provide legal advice. Securities offered through PM Securities, LLC, d/b/a Phoenix IB, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC, or Ocean Tomo Investment Group, LLC, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC. All rights reserved.

Kristi L. Stathis | Global Public Relations | +1 786 833 4864 | Kristi.Stathis@jsheld.com 

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MEDIA ADVISORY – Canada, Manitoba, and Giganawenimaanaanig to take a step forward on Red Dress Alert

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WINNIPEG, MB, Oct. 3, 2024 /CNW/ – Please be advised that the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and the Honourable Nahanni Fontaine, Minister of Families of Manitoba, will make an announcement about the Red Dress Alert pilot at Giganawenimaanaanig’s Day of Education and Awareness.

There will be a media availability following the announcement.

Media participation:

Media representatives are asked to RSVP to RCAANC.media.CIRNAC@sac-isc.gc.ca.

Virtual participation will be available, and instructions to connect remotely will be provided upon registration.

Media are first invited to observe Ministerial remarks and engagement with families, survivors, MMIWG advocates and frontline workers at 11:30 a.m. The media availability will follow in an adjoining room.

Date:  Friday, October 4, 2024
Time: The announcement will start at 11:30 a.m. (CT), followed by the media availability.

Media representatives are invited to preposition 30 minutes before the start time of the event.

Where:
Canad Inns Destination Centre Club Regent Casino Hotel
1415 Regent Ave W
Winnipeg, Manitoba

The announcement will take place in the Grand Ballroom, and the media availability will take place in the Ambassador E.

Follow us on X:

GovCan – Indigenous
(https://twitter.com/GCIndigenous)
Manitoba Government
(https://x.com/mbgov)

SOURCE Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

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