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Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Yahoo
Pathway of Madison Co. still fighting for its business license after public hearing
OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala (WHNT) — A public hearing Friday discussed the fate of a North Alabama all-girls treatment center. The Owens Cross Roads city council voted not to renew 'Pathway of Madison Co.'s' business license back in January. Friday, Pathway's Defense Attorney Rick Hall, fought to prove why they should stay in business. Judge orders man committed to state mental hospital after threat to destroy fire station This public hearing style was different than some in the past. Hall got to call witnesses to the stand to question as part of his argument. The hearing lasted just a little over four hours, with no final decision on the state of the license. The first person he called to the stand was Owens Cross Roads City Clerk Christie Eason. She was one of the city officials who made the recommendation that Pathway should not be allowed to renew the license back in January. Hall argued that Pathway had fewer calls out to law enforcement for issues on site than Sequel, a similar program that once stood in the same location. State will seek death penalty against Huntsville man charged with killing 2 women in 2023 Eason stuck to the regulations in place, stated in the city's business licensing ordinance, as to the reasoning behind their decision. 'Non-compliance with our city ordinance and the due process that is outlined in our licensing and permitting,' she said. 'That's what I based my decision on. 'It's stated right there.. That's why I said that.' Next, Hall called Richard White to the stand. He is a program director for Pathway. He said there are currently 17 kids on site with two therapists. He said they fired the executive director who was in charge the night of the so-called riots in September of 2024. He said they now have new training programs in place that offer employees better training on de-escalating situations and how to respond in emergency situations. In addressing previous escape attempts at Pathway complex, White said it's their job to help the girls work through their trauma, and sometimes, those actions are a result of 'running from themselves.' 'We push them on it and because of that they don't like it,' said White. 'We're not here to make friends, we're here to help these kids be better members of society by dealing with their traumas and be better for themselves by dealing with their traumas.' The new executive director of Pathway, Dr. Arielle Feggins, took the stand. She reiterated the new programs and procedures they have in place, saying it is a safer and better-run facility now than it was in September. She said they have different staff and a different group of girls living in Pathway now. She said shutting down Pathway would set these girls back in their progress and only create more trauma in their lives. In the final discussion of the hearing, the CEO of Pathway said they were willing to do anything within reason in order to keep their business license. Right now, the city council is considering the arguments made today, and the time for a decision is unknown, but it must be made at a public council meeting. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
21-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
AI-Enabled Data Operations Platform Coginiti Announces Its New Digital Twin Offering
04/21/2025, Atlanta, Georgia // PRODIGY: Feature Story // Coginiti Logo Coginiti, an AI-enabled data operations platform trusted by data teams across finance, healthcare, retail, and government, announces the launch of its groundbreaking new offering: the digital twin. The digital twin is a powerful extension to its core platform that enables organizations to transform their business processes at scale with AI. Founded in 2020 by veteran data entrepreneur Rick Hall, Coginiti has been on a mission to revolutionize how companies use data. At its core, Coginiti fulfills the needs of analysts and engineers to work with data regardless of its location. With its new digital twin layer, the company is now enabling enterprise customers to build dynamic, operational models of their business that can drive smarter, faster, and more accurate AI-powered transformations. A digital twin is a virtual representation of an organization's actual systems and processes supporting business transformation. 'Digital twinning is the logical next step in the evolution of AI adoption,' says the founder. 'AI transformation efforts are failing for many businesses, and we've identified three consistent roadblocks: the alignment to measurable business goals, data quality, and systems integration. A digital twin addresses all three by creating a semantic model of the entire business process, layered on top of clean, integrated data.' This new offering sits atop Coginiti's 'One Door to Data,' which unifies access across fragmented systems without forcing costly, time-consuming data centralization. By giving teams a shared, trustworthy view of data assets and their relationship to business processes, Coginiti enables cross-functional collaboration and agile transformation, especially critical in today's emerging AI-driven economy. Hall's journey to founding Coginiti is rooted in nearly four decades of pioneering work in analytics and enterprise data. Having founded and sold two companies prior, Hall's previous venture, G4 Analytics, specialized in AI-based retail pricing and promotion. After selling G4 to Nielsen, Hall led global data analytics initiatives for the company, helping transform retail businesses. Rick Hall 'What I saw again and again was that no matter how powerful our central models were, there was always someone at the edge of the business who needed to use the data differently, and there was no easy way for data engineers and analysts to collaborate across that divide,' Hall explains. That realization inspired the creation of Coginiti: a platform built to enable seamless collaboration between technical and business teams, offering flexibility at the edges without compromising trust or control at the center. Today, Coginiti's platform is used by over 300 customers, including some of the largest organizations in finance, healthcare, and retail industries, often burdened by sprawling data ecosystems. One such customer, a major healthcare and retail conglomerate, turned to Coginiti after struggling to wrangle insights from over 40 independent data systems. 'Trying to centralize all that data would have taken years and still fallen short,' Hall shares. 'With Coginiti, they didn't need to move anything. Our platform gave them a unified access point across their data landscape, and now, the digital twin will give them a clear, live model of how their business operates. That's a game changer.' Historically, enterprises have relied on data warehouses for reporting, basic analytics, and well-defined machine learning problems. However, the rise of generalized AI tools like large language models is pushing organizations to think bigger and smarter. 'Applying AI at scale requires solving data problems at scale,' says Hall. 'You can't just clean data for one use case anymore. You need a holistic model of your business that reflects how everything fits together, and that's what a digital twin delivers.' Digital twin, in Coginiti's model, offers a real-time representation of business processes, distinct from the systems themselves. This enables organizations to optimize workflows, and ultimately, design transformation strategies grounded in reality. It's not to replace the existing systems but rather augment them with a layer of intelligence and insight. With this latest innovation and more, Coginiti is poised to lead the next wave of enterprise AI, helping businesses not just survive but thrive. Media Contact Name: Chris Coad Email: [email protected] Source published by Submit Press Release >> AI-Enabled Data Operations Platform Coginiti Announces Its New Digital Twin Offering
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AI-Enabled Data Operations Platform Coginiti Announces Its New Digital Twin Offering
Coginiti's introduction of a digital twin delivers a real-time model of an enterprise solving the challenges faced with AI adoption. Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coginiti Logo Coginiti, an AI-enabled data operations platform trusted by data teams across finance, healthcare, retail, and government, announces the launch of its groundbreaking new offering: the digital twin. The digital twin is a powerful extension to its core platform that enables organizations to transform their business processes at scale with AI. Founded in 2020 by veteran data entrepreneur Rick Hall, Coginiti has been on a mission to revolutionize how companies use data. At its core, Coginiti fulfills the needs of analysts and engineers to work with data regardless of its location. With its new digital twin layer, the company is now enabling enterprise customers to build dynamic, operational models of their business that can drive smarter, faster, and more accurate AI-powered transformations. A digital twin is a virtual representation of an organization's actual systems and processes supporting business transformation. 'Digital twinning is the logical next step in the evolution of AI adoption,' says the founder. 'AI transformation efforts are failing for many businesses, and we've identified three consistent roadblocks: the alignment to measurable business goals, data quality, and systems integration. A digital twin addresses all three by creating a semantic model of the entire business process, layered on top of clean, integrated data.' This new offering sits atop Coginiti's 'One Door to Data,' which unifies access across fragmented systems without forcing costly, time-consuming data centralization. By giving teams a shared, trustworthy view of data assets and their relationship to business processes, Coginiti enables cross-functional collaboration and agile transformation, especially critical in today's emerging AI-driven economy. Hall's journey to founding Coginiti is rooted in nearly four decades of pioneering work in analytics and enterprise data. Having founded and sold two companies prior, Hall's previous venture, G4 Analytics, specialized in AI-based retail pricing and promotion. After selling G4 to Nielsen, Hall led global data analytics initiatives for the company, helping transform retail businesses. Rick Hall 'What I saw again and again was that no matter how powerful our central models were, there was always someone at the edge of the business who needed to use the data differently, and there was no easy way for data engineers and analysts to collaborate across that divide,' Hall explains. That realization inspired the creation of Coginiti: a platform built to enable seamless collaboration between technical and business teams, offering flexibility at the edges without compromising trust or control at the center. Today, Coginiti's platform is used by over 300 customers, including some of the largest organizations in finance, healthcare, and retail industries, often burdened by sprawling data ecosystems. One such customer, a major healthcare and retail conglomerate, turned to Coginiti after struggling to wrangle insights from over 40 independent data systems. 'Trying to centralize all that data would have taken years and still fallen short,' Hall shares. 'With Coginiti, they didn't need to move anything. Our platform gave them a unified access point across their data landscape, and now, the digital twin will give them a clear, live model of how their business operates. That's a game changer.' Historically, enterprises have relied on data warehouses for reporting, basic analytics, and well-defined machine learning problems. However, the rise of generalized AI tools like large language models is pushing organizations to think bigger and smarter. 'Applying AI at scale requires solving data problems at scale,' says Hall. 'You can't just clean data for one use case anymore. You need a holistic model of your business that reflects how everything fits together, and that's what a digital twin delivers.' Digital twin, in Coginiti's model, offers a real-time representation of business processes, distinct from the systems themselves. This enables organizations to optimize workflows, and ultimately, design transformation strategies grounded in reality. It's not to replace the existing systems but rather augment them with a layer of intelligence and insight. With this latest innovation and more, Coginiti is poised to lead the next wave of enterprise AI, helping businesses not just survive but thrive. Media Contact Name: Chris Coad Email: info@ Sign in to access your portfolio
