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Arrangr and HMG Strategy Forge Strategic Investment and Alliance to Revolutionize Meeting Coordination
FAIRFIELD, Conn., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arrangr, the intelligent meeting scheduling platform, and HMG Strategy, the world's leading platform for connecting technology executives, today announced a strategic investment and partnership to streamline and enhance executive meeting coordination across the global business community. Through this partnership, HMG Strategy has made a strategic investment in Arrangr, which will now serve as the official scheduling solution for HMG Strategy's global events and executive programs. Together, the organizations will empower technology executives, CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs to implement frictionless scheduling capabilities in their organizations, fostering meaningful connections and accelerating impactful business outcomes. "HMG Strategy is committed to empowering technology leaders with the tools and connections they need to succeed in a rapidly changing world," said Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy. Arrangr's intelligent scheduling platform fits perfectly with our mission to eliminate barriers to collaboration and drive innovation across all functional departments, irrespective of industry. This partnership ensures our global community can connect and engage more easily than ever before. "We are thrilled to align with HMG Strategy and support its impressive community of technology leaders," said Adam Scott Perl, CEO and Co-Founder of Arrangr. "Our platform was designed to make scheduling easier, intelligent, and more productive—and this partnership allows us to deliver on that promise at scale. By joining forces, we will transform how executives connect, collaborate, and move business forward." As Arrangr integrates into HMG Strategy's programs and platforms, executives will benefit from intuitive scheduling capabilities designed to support productive and efficient engagements — Arrangr finally puts an end to the noise and effort of coordinating a meeting, 1:1s in 10 seconds or less, group polling, prioritization…no more hunting and pecking the calendar looking for the slot or having to reshuffle for an urgent call, Arrangr does it all! — seamlessly and with maximum efficiency. About Arrangr Arrangr is the intelligent meeting scheduling platform that eliminates the hassle and back-and-forth of setting up meetings. Designed for business professionals who value flexibility and speed, Arrangr enables seamless coordination of everything from one-on-one meetings to complex group sessions, while integrating with major calendar platforms and productivity tools. About HMG Strategy HMG Strategy is the world's leading digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine and reinvent the future of business. HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years. With a network of over 500,000 world class thought leaders, global technology executives, search industry executives, and venture capitalists, HMG Strategy provides thought leadership, peer-driven insights, and networking opportunities to help executives collaborate, educate and lead courageously in the face of disruption. HMG Strategy also offers a range of peer-led advisory services such as its Global CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) service, which bring together the world's top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges facing them in their roles, along with Regional Executive Leadership events and programs. HMG Strategy: Iconic Leadership – Where Legends Are Made Media Contact: Stacey CohenCo-Communicationsscohen@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
27-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Anrok Names Dan Burrill Company's First Chief Revenue Officer
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Anrok, the leading global sales tax solution for modern commerce, today announced the hire of Dan Burrill as the company's first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Dan will lead Anrok's go-to-market strategy and continue to scale the company's revenue initiatives to support its accelerating growth. Dan brings over 15 years of sales and business development experience to the role, including serving as VP for the West Region at Twilio. In his six years there, he played a pivotal role in establishing the company's enterprise business from 5 to 1,000 Fortune 2000 customers. Before scaling his segment at Twilio from $3M to $100M of revenue, Dan launched the Box Austin office and grew the sales organization there from zero to 75 people. "We're thrilled to welcome Dan Burrill to Anrok's leadership team at this inflection moment in Anrok's journey," said Michelle Valentine, Anrok CEO and co-founder. "Dan's impressive track record of scaling revenue teams and driving growth across multiple successful technology companies makes him the perfect fit to lead our go-to-market efforts as we continue to expand our global footprint." Anrok has experienced tremendous growth, now managing compliance for $30 billion in customer revenue—a 4x increase from just one year ago. As CRO, Dan Burrill will be responsible for further accelerating this growth by enhancing Anrok's go-to-market strategies, expanding the sales organization, building partnerships, and deepening customer relationships. "For decades, businesses have struggled with the complexity and inefficiency of sales tax compliance," said Dan Burrill. "What drew me to Anrok is their elegant and unified approach to solving this challenge. By automating compliance across borders, they're not just saving companies time and resources—they're giving them the confidence to grow without tax concerns holding them back. Throughout my career, I've been passionate about helping customers solve real problems all while building high-performing teams. I'm thrilled to be joining Anrok's leadership team and tackle this massive opportunity in a market ripe for innovation." In addition to the new CRO position, Anrok plans to further invest in its San Francisco, New York, and Salt Lake City offices to meet growing demand for its global sales tax automation solutions. To learn more about Anrok's solutions and careers, visit: About Anrok Anrok automates compliance across borders, putting modern companies in control of sales tax and VAT risk as they grow. Fast-growing companies trust Anrok to monitor nexus and register instantly, automate sales tax calculation, filing, and remittance, and protect their revenue as they expand globally. Founded in 2020, Anrok is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
1 Semiconductor Stock That Could Be a Surprise AI Winner
AMD's EPYC processors are increasingly used by cloud providers and Fortune 2000 enterprises. The chipmaker is building next-generation products to support AI models right out of the box. Elsewhere in AMD's business, its gaming and PC chips are also seeing strong demand. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) is gradually evolving from mostly a traditional chip company to a prominent artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure player. While Wall Street has been mostly focusing on Nvidia, AMD has quietly established itself as a strong player in the AI data center business. The company provides high-performance computing hardware and software solutions to clients for processing cloud and AI workloads. In the first quarter of 2025, data center revenue grew 57% year over year to $3.67 billion, making up almost half of AMD's total revenue. Data center AI business revenue also increased by a double-digit percentage year over year, driven by increased shipments of the MI325X accelerators for new cloud and enterprise workloads. With AI inferencing costs escalating rapidly, AMD is in a better position to capture a bigger share of the AI market. Its Instinct GPUs are known to offer superior price performance than competitors. Here are some more reasons why the company may prove to be a surprise AI winner in 2025. AMD's data center business is experiencing robust momentum, driven by solid demand for its EPYC server processors and Instinct AI accelerators. AMD accounted for 25.1% share of the server CPU market, up 2 percentage points year over year, as EPYC server processors continue to be in high demand from both cloud players and enterprise customers. All major cloud players are engaging with the company in the development of fifth-generation EPYC CPUs, codenamed "Turin." EPYC processors are also in high demand from enterprise customers across a range of industries and functions. The company expects enterprise adoption of EPYC processors to further accelerate, as more than 150 server platforms using these chips will become broadly available in the coming quarters. The company's data center AI business is also gaining traction. Multiple Tier 1 cloud and enterprise customers have opted for AMD's Instinct AI accelerators in the first quarter. These clients include one of the largest frontier model developers, which has deployed Instinct GPUs to cater to a significant portion of its daily AI inferencing workloads. AMD has also started sampling the next-generation MI350 series GPUs with several customers and is on track for production by mid-2025. With MI350 offering higher performance, memory capacity, bandwidth, support for new data types, and network efficiency as compared to the MI300 series, AMD expects strong deployment for these chips in the second half of 2025. Furthermore, the company is gearing up for the launch of MI400 series GPUs in 2026. AMD is also focusing on strengthening its software ecosystem, mainly its ROCm software stack for programming the company's GPUs. Instead of releasing quarterly ROCm updates, the company is now delivering them on a biweekly basis. The company has also increased access to its Instinct compute infrastructure for open-source developers to build, test, and deploy updates to the ROCm stack on a nightly basis. Subsequently, 2 million models on the open-source Hugging Face platform are running directly on AMD hardware without needing any special customization. The company is also ensuring that newly released AI models can run without hiccups on Instinct accelerators immediately after launch. Finally, the recent acquisition of ZT Systems is enabling AMD to sell fully integrated AI systems, instead of just hardware components. All these AI initiatives can dramatically expand AMD's data center business in the coming years. AMD's client segment also reported a strong 68% year-over-year revenue jump to $2.3 billion in the first quarter. The company experienced record client CPU average selling prices (ASPs), driven by increased demand for its high-end desktop and Ryzen processors in gaming and commercial segments. While AMD's processors are increasingly adopted in gaming desktops, the company is also seeing rising demand in the mobile computing market. Furthermore, sales of the company's latest-generation AI-capable processors also grew more than 50% quarter over quarter in the first quarter. AMD is also making its presence felt in the commercial PC space, with the company closing deals with large enterprises across several industries. Despite the solid tailwinds, AMD's shares are currently trading at 21.7 times forward earnings, significantly lower than Nvidia's forward P/E multiple of 25.4. While investors should not ignore the short-term revenue headwind arising from the export control restrictions for Instinct MI308 shipments to China, the fundamentals of the company are still strong. Hence, with a diversified product portfolio spanning various segments such as data center, gaming, and client; a robust balance sheet with $7.3 billion in cash; and a reasonable valuation position, AMD appears an attractive pick now. Before you buy stock in Advanced Micro Devices, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Advanced Micro Devices wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $620,719!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $829,511!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 959% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 170% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 12, 2025 Manali Pradhan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 1 Semiconductor Stock That Could Be a Surprise AI Winner was originally published by The Motley Fool
Business Upturn
24-04-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Twin Protocol CEO Stacey Engle Honored as a Puget Sound Business Journal's 2025 40 Under 40 Honouree
Seattle, WA, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twin Protocol, a pioneer in the development of ethically engineered, personalized artificial intelligence (AI) technology today announced that the company's CEO, Stacey Engle has been named to the Puget Sound Business Journal's prestigious 40 under 40 list for 2025. Engle, a trailblazer in AI and blockchain, is celebrated for her visionary leadership in advancing ethical technology, and for shattering barriers as a female executive. Engle is an AI pioneer, championing a human perspective in technology while advocating for responsible AI implementation. As co-founder and CEO of Twin Protocol, she leads the charge to revolutionize knowledge sharing and monetization through secure, decentralized AI Twins. These AI Twins merge cutting edge AI and blockchain to empower individuals and organizations. Her work prioritizes privacy, inclusion and human-centric design, ensuring technology serves as a force for collective progress. Her expertise is rooted in a distinguished career bridging business acumen and disruptive tech. Prior to Twin Protocol, she served as President of the largest privately held women-owned leadership company, advising Fortune 2000 companies and continually earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies list. Engle's unique perspective is further shaped by her dual roles as a groundbreaking tech executive and a devoted mother, offering a rare lens on balancing innovation with empathy. 'This recognition is a testament to the incredible team at Twin Protocol and our shared mission to build technology that uplifts humanity,' said Engle. ''As both a leader and a parent, I believe innovation must be anchored in ethics. The tools we create today will shape the world our children inherit, so we build with integrity, intention, and the future in mind.' Celebrating Leadership and Vision Engle will be featured in the Puget Sound Business Journal's special 40 Under 40 print edition on April 25 and honored at an awards reception on April 24 at Seattle's Alaska Care Retreat. The annual list spotlights rising leaders under 40 who are reshaping the Puget Sound region's business landscape. About Twin Protocol Twin Protocol ('Twin') offers an innovative solution that redefines personal presence by creating unique AI twins that capture an individual's expertise. It provides a platform where knowledge is preserved, shared, and evolves, offering 24/7 access to mentorship and insights from industry leaders, visit Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same.
