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Forty8Fifty Labs Receives Atlassian Partner of the Year 2020: Services

Leigh Porter — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:12:50 +0000

Forty8Fifty Labs, the Agile and DevOps consultancy and subsidiary of Veristor Systems, announced that it has received recognition as Atlassian Partner of the Year 2020: Services for outstanding contribution and achievements during the calendar year 2020. This includes exceptional efforts in developing new business, thought leadership, and products and services that complement Atlassian.

Forty8Fifty Labs was one of 16 solution partner recipients honored as Partner of the Year for continuous effort throughout the year.

“Atlassian would like to congratulate and thank this year’s Partner of the Year award recipients,” said Martin Musierowicz, Atlassian’s Head of Global Channels. “Solution Partners play an instrumental role in our customers’ success and we are excited to be able to highlight some of our top partners who go above and beyond to provide innovative solutions and Atlassian services to our customers.”

“In close alignment with the Atlassian team, Forty8Fifty Labs works to deliver exceptional services and solutions for our mutual customers,” said Rashad Neloms, Vice President Technology and Strategy, Forty8Fifty Labs. “Our experts enable businesses to realize more value and productivity from the Atlassian tools they rely on. It’s an honor to be recognized again by Atlassian as a trusted partner. Together, we help customers collaborate and innovate at a whole new level.”

Forty8Fifty Labs is an Atlassian Enterprise Platinum Solution Partner. Last year, Forty8Fifty Labs was recognized as Atlassian Partner of the Year 2019: Technology Innovator. The company was first named an Atlassian Solutions Partner in 2016 and was soon named Atlassian Partner of the Year 2017: Rising Star.

Forty8Fifty Labs delivers world-class Atlassian consulting, support and training that’s custom designed to suit the needs of enterprise organizations. For more information, visit: https://www.forty8fiftylabs.com/atlassian.

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Melmark President & CEO Among Top 100 Businesses Leaders

Leigh Porter — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:05:26 +0000

Rita M. Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. has been named #38 on The Commonwealth Institute’s (TCI) list of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts for 2020. This is the third consecutive year Gardner and Melmark have made the list, which includes a Who’s Who of business leaders from across the state of Massachusetts. TCI, a nonprofit supporting female business leaders, announced the list at a suspense-filled virtual awards ceremony on Nov. 6. The list, now in its 19^th year, appears in the Women and Power edition of The Boston Globe Magazine.

Rita M. Gardner, M.P.H., LABA, BCBA leads Melmark’s $95-million multi-state operations across all of its divisions. Melmark’s programs include premier private special education schools, professional development, training and research centers in Andover, Massachusetts, Berwyn, Pennsylvania and Charlotte, North Carolina. The organization’s clinically-sophisticated evidence-based programs serve individuals with the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, acquired brain injuries, medical fragility and severe challenging behaviors.

Gardner, who is the co-founder of Melmark New England and Melmark Carolinas, has devoted more than 35 years to non-profit management in the field of community-based services for children and adults. Among the top of her field, Gardner has been involved in the organization, design, development and implementation of over 100 community-based programs for children and adults. Her professional experience is focused on high level organizational design using her skills in child advocacy, clinical practice, health service administration, legal issues, public policy and fundraising. Her demonstrated focus on fiscal prudence, ability to build bridges with funding sources, and experience in the development and ongoing maintenance of donor relationships, ensures the future of services for individuals with intellectual disabilities, at Melmark and beyond.

Gardner is known throughout the disability community as a tireless advocate for services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism, with a particular focus on public policy. She has provided project consultation to nationally-renowned organizations and was appointed to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Special Commission Relative to Autism in 2010. She has testified before the legislature on numerous issues related to Autism Spectrum Disorders, written articles for professional journals, and made a number of presentations on topics ranging from women’s leadership, ethics, program expansion, and behavior management to transitioning students with brain injury back into the community.

Gardner also volunteers her time working to create opportunities for skills growth and advancement for women in the field of human services. She does this through her work as a President of maaps (Massachusetts Association of Approved Private Schools), with CASP (Council of Autism Service Providers), for which she and Melmark are founding members; and her vital role in WIBA (Women in Behavior Analysis), for which she shares her time and expertise as a mentor and was the opening keynote speaker at the organization’s 2020 Conference.

Gardner says she is humbled to be recognized as leading one of the top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts, especially given this year’s unique obstacles. “This year in particular has been extremely challenging, due to COVID-19 mitigation measures to keep the individuals who attend Melmark’s day, in-person school, and residential programs, as well as our staff, healthy and safe,” said Gardner. “It is an honor to lead such a dedicated, compassionate and highly skilled team – they are my heroes – as they work to ensure a continuum of children and adult services to all who attend Melmark’s programs.”

Gardner received her Master of Public Health degree from Boston University’s School of Public Health in the School of Medicine. Most important, she holds the heart of Melmark’s mission at the core of her professional standards. She is dedicated to every child, adult and family served at Melmark, as well as every member of Melmark’s professional staff. Recognized as one of the leading providers in the country, Melmark has a combined staff of over 1,200 and serves 1,000 individuals from across the country. To learn more, visit www.melmark.org.

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Sherry Hwang Named 2020 Leadership Award Winner by Women in Technology

Leigh Porter — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:14:03 +0000

Women in Technology (WIT) has named Pyramid Systems’ President and Co-Founder Sherry Hwang a 2020 Leadership Awards Small Business/Entrepreneur winner. Sherry was one of five finalists nominated in the category. Annually, the WIT Leadership Awards recognize and honor female leaders whose achievements, mentorship, and contributions to the community align with the WIT mission of advancing women in technology, from the classroom to the boardroom, in the DC Metro Area.

“Though this year’s leadership awards looked a bit different than [in]years past,” said WIT President Carrie Drake, “our goal remained the same: to celebrate powerful female leaders who have made a tremendous impact on our local community.” Though we couldn’t celebrate this year’s winners in person, we continue to be inspired by their stories and steadfast commitment to innovation and the advancement of women in STEM.”

“I’m so honored to have been named the 2020 Small Business/Entrepreneur Award winner!” Sherry Hwang said. “I have focused my entire career on giving back through mentoring, setting up scholarships, and volunteering my time. It is so important to help future leaders grow not only within your organization but also in your industry.”

Women in Technology announced the winners at a virtual event on Thursday, October 29, 2020. For the full list of winners, visit the Women in Technology website.

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Quadrant Solutions has Named LeanIX as a 2020 SPARK Matrix Leader

D.S. Jones — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:46:51 +0000

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions SPARK Matrix evaluation examined LeanIX and fourteen other vendors by evaluating the company’s product portfolios, technology strategies, market presence, and customer value proposition.

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions’ SPARK Matrix provides a snapshot of the key market participants and a visual representation of their positioning. It also provides strategic insights on the ranking of participating vendors in relation to their competitors along several axis, representing a range of performance parameters, coinciding with technology excellence and customer impact.

Driven by the impact of Covid-19, the global economy, along with the major industries, is facing significant challenges and a negative growth. Covid-19 has impacted the market for overall digital transformation and enterprise software, including enterprise architecture and innovation management. Despite the economic recession and associated negative impact on technology investments, the EA tools market is expected to continue with its growth momentum in 2020, and during the forecasted years of 2020-2025. Quadrant analysts believe that from the year 2021 onwards, the technology investments will see an upward trend again, driven mainly by the pent-up demand in addition to eventual economic recovery of the key markets across the geographical regions.

According to Quadrant Knowledge Solutions analysis, “LeanIX has scored strong overall ratings across the performance parameters of technology excellence and customer impact for the global Enterprise Architecture Tools market. LeanIX has emerged as the technology leader in the 2020 SPARK Matrix of the EA tools market.”

According to Divya Baranawal, Research Director at Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, “LeanIX’s comprehensive functional capabilities backed by the flexible data model, multi-modal database, open APIs, and collaborative workflow capabilities, is well positioned to support enterprises in transforming their strategic planning, driving innovations and continuous improvements, in addition to improving their overall competitiveness. With a continued focus on improving product usability, advanced analytics and reporting capability, apart from effective execution of its market growth strategy, LeanIX is expected to increase its market share in the global EA tools market.”

“We are pleased to be named as a 2020 leader in the Spark Matrix Enterprise Architecture Tools market research,” said André Christ, CEO and Co-founder, LeanIX. “Our LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Suite continues to provide value to CIOs and enterprise architects as they look for ways to simplify the management of their IT landscape with an intuitive tool that enables them to make actionable decisions based on data.”

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