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Denali Advanced Integration Appoints Rick Reddell West Coast Sales Leader

Redmond, WA, February 06, 2023 — Denali Advanced Integration, a leading global technology integrator, announced today that it has appointed Rick Reddell as Vice President of Strategic Accounts West and Emerging Technologies. In his new role overseeing the growth of Denali’s strategic accounts and the acceleration of its business on the west coast, Mr. Reddell will report to Phil Castillo, Executive Vice President (EVP) of Worldwide Sales, who was appointed to the position last October.

Mr. Reddell joins Denali after a successful career of more than 25 years in enterprise sales at IBM, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Oracle. Most recently, Mr. Reddell was responsible for executive cloud partnerships for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with strategic independent software vendors (ISVs).

“Rick has an almost maniacal passion for helping customers achieve success, which aligns with Denali’s family values and customer-centric approach,” said Phil Castillo, EVP of Worldwide Sales at Denali. “He also brings a proven track record as a sales leader, building highly effective teams that foster strong customer relationships and drive revenue. Having worked with Rick in the past, I know he can be counted on to put the needs of his team and the company ahead of his own. We are excited to have him join at such a pivotal time in Denali’s evolution.”

Last October, faced with unprecedented growth over the previous two years that pushed the company over the $1B+ threshold, Denali appointed Robert Vrij as the second CEO in its 30-year history. Founded by three brothers – Mohamad (Alex), Majdi and Mitch Daher – the company sought leadership that would retain the core family values that Denali had become recognized for but also help the company advance to the next phase of growth with a focus on excellence and innovation. Since Vrij’s appointment, Denali has also added Castillo and Mike Seymour, EVP of Technology and Digital Transformation, to its leadership team.

Since 1992, Denali Advanced Integration has been delivering Enterprise IT solutions and services that help guide its clients through the most complex IT challenges. In addition to achieving CRN Triple Crown status the last two years – including in the publication’s Solution Provider 500, the Fast Growth 150 and the Tech Elite 250 – Denali was named one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine.

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Black Hills Surgical Hospital Ranked #1 Hospital in the Nation for Major Orthopedic Surgery

Rapid City, SD, February 06, 2023 —- Black Hills Surgical Hospital (BHSH) has been ranked as the #1 Hospital in the Nation for Major Orthopedic Surgery for Medical Excellence by CareChex® for 2023. This award and ranking is based on comprehensive quality scoring that compares inpatient performance across general, acute and non-federal hospitals – nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals in total.

BHSH’s ranking as the #1 Hospital in the Nation for Major Orthopedic Surgery is the result of BHSH having the lowest incidents of patient mortality, complications, and readmissions, and the highest levels of patient safety, inpatient service and surgical quality, when compared to nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals.

“To be named as the #1 Hospital in the Nation for Major Orthopedic Surgery is a tremendous honor,” said Lew Papendick, Orthopedic Surgeon and Chairman of the Board, Black Hills Surgical Hospital. “Our goal is always providing the absolute best care, the safest care, and the best experience possible for our patients. To be recognized as being the best in the nation is a testament to the dedication and talents of our exceptional staff and surgeons. Quality expert care leads to quality outcomes and better quality of life and BHSH offers that quality better than anyplace else in the country.”

CareChex® also ranked BHSH as the #1 Hospital in the Market for Overall Hospital Care, Overall Surgical Care, and General Surgery for 2023 in both Medical Excellence and Patient Safety categories.

“To offer the nation’s best orthopedic surgery is a tremendous service, not only for patients in the Black Hills, but to anyone needing orthopedic care in the country,” said Jack Kaup, Chief Executive Officer, Black Hills Surgical Hospital. “From foot and ankle, hand, hip, knee, spine and shoulder procedures, the results of the study show that BHSH is the best choice for orthopedic surgery in the Black Hills, and nationally.”

BHSH’s orthopedic services include a highly personalized Hip and Knee Center, with nurse navigators that work with patients throughout the entire continuum of care, a class-leading total joint replacement robotics program featuring Mako SmartRobotics™, and minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery; both offering shortened hospital stays, less pain and smaller incisions. BHSH also performs foot and ankle surgeries, arthroscopic shoulder and shoulder replacement surgeries, and various hand procedures. All of BHSH’s award-winning orthopedic surgery is performed by physicians from Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center (BHOSC), the leading orthopedic provider in the region for nearly 50 years.

About Black Hills Surgical Hospital:
For more than 25 years, Black Hills Surgical Hospital has been a regional and national leader in quality healthcare. Consistently recognized for patient satisfaction, medical excellence, and patient safety, Black Hills Surgical Hospital employees nearly 500 highly skilled professionals and offers integrated surgical, imaging, pain management, sports medicine and urgent care services. Black Hills Surgical Hospital is proudly owned by physicians.

About Quantros CareChex®
CareChex Awards by Quantros utilizes a peer-reviewed risk-adjustment methodology to more reliably measure rates of mortality, complications and readmissions — appropriately weighting and accounting for all of the risk factors relating to a patient’s principal and secondary diagnosis, as well as other patient characteristics that may increase the probability for adverse clinical outcomes. These rankings do not include any self-reported data.
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Discover the Functionised Brand That Persists Through All Odds That Changes the Face of Health and Fitness

Colts Neck, NJ, February 06, 2023 — Your body and brain have power to move the world. The world has been deeply moved though the COVID era.

While many shut their doors for good, Functionised remained open to improve the world one cell at a time. During the previous few years, physicians refused to see patients unless they were healthy (1, 2), while Functionised not only encouraged health but helped countless individuals prevent and recover from this illness (3).

Once the COVID era began, Functionised Productions was created and began filming The Keto Project Movie to better the health of the world, which is expected to be released in late 2023.

What is the meaning behind Functionised? Over five years ago, one man (“Dr. Jim” James Goetz, NBCE, CSCS) had a dream – to create a global destination of health and fitness. The ultimate result is the flagship fitness laboratory that goes beyond sexy marketing gimmicks, into a field based on solid science. With its international experts at your fingertips, the Functionised brand quickly became the health and fitness mecca for professional athletes, celebrities, and business executives who fly in from all over the world.

Transform your lifestyle and start living with intent and living Functionised.

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References:
1. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220930/20220930.htm
2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/debgordon/2021/10/01/no-jab-no-service-doctors-flip-the-script-on-covid-19-vaccine-mandates/?sh=8103934109fd
3. Johnson SB, Butcher F. Doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: what are their duties and what is owed to them? Journal of Medical Ethics 2021;47:12-15.
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Chantea D. Goetz, PhD, CES
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i4cp Study: High-Performance Companies Are 6x More Likely to Have “Fit” Cultures

Seattle, WA, February 06, 2023 — The latest global study by HR research powerhouse i4cp provides evidence to support a new business imperative: the health of your culture has a direct impact on how well a company performs.

The study, Culture Fitness: Healthy Habits of High-Performance Organizations, showcases the financial impact a healthy culture—or a toxic culture—can have over time. Organizations that reported top cultural health also reported high market performance 6x more often than those that described their cultures as unfit…or toxic.

Moreover, cultural fitness helped predict employee productivity and market performance.

“The health of a culture can often be summed up by the employee experience,” said Kevin Oakes, CEO of i4cp and author of the bestselling book Culture Renovation®. “And there’s no question that employee experience is much more visible today than in the past. With multiple channels that enable workers to anonymously express opinions, it doesn’t take long to gauge how former or current employees feel about a culture. And those in the fittest cultures are much more likely to vocally recommend their company to family and friends.”

The pandemic seemed to create greater separation on the topic of culture fitness:

– 43% of companies said their culture became healthier since the beginning of the pandemic.
– 34% said their culture became less fit.

Fit cultures defined by six notable traits
The fittest cultures in the study were found to have significantly higher employee net promoter scores (eNPS) than unfit cultures over the last two years.

– Companies with healthy cultures reported excellent (71-100) eNPS scores 9x more often than their unfit counterparts.
– Those firms were also 4.5x more likely to report an increase in employee engagement scores since the onset of the pandemic.

Aside from perception, healthy cultures enjoy concrete positive benefits, such as improvements in talent attraction and employee well-being. Very fit cultures are 4x more likely to have experienced improved retention and 3x more likely to have strengthened their ability to attract top talent since 2020. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in improved productivity: fit cultures are 2x as likely to have experienced increased employee productivity during this same period.

When asked to select their organizations’ top culture traits, surveyed leaders from companies with the healthiest cultures commonly cited the following:

The Toxic 9
The study found that the healthier the culture, the less likely it is to be plagued with any of the following challenges, which i4cp terms The Toxic 9 traits of unfit cultures:

“When examining what behaviors happen inside organizations with any of these toxic traits, the study found that leadership actions—particularly inaction on unwanted behavior—emerged as a main catalyst,” said Katheryn Brekken, Sr. Research Analyst at i4cp and co-author of the study. “Leaders almost always set the cultural tone. Like it or not, they are the stewards of corporate culture. Trust in leaders is critical to a healthy culture and ultimately to the bottom-line; yet in unfit cultures, a lack of faith in senior leaders is reported 16x more.”

Leaders in unfit cultures are 4x to 5x more likely to disregard poor behavior when making decisions about advancement, compensation, succession planning, performance ratings, awards and recognition, and high-potential employee designations.

Conversely, organizations that report fit cultures are 6x more likely to address behavioral issues as soon as they are identified.

The full report is available now exclusively to i4cp members. Non-members can download an executive brief at https://go.i4cp.com/culturefitness

About i4cp
i4cp is the leading authority on next practices in human capital. Our purpose is to discover and advance next practices in human capital. We produce more research than any other human capital research firm in the world, and many of the world’s most prominent organizations and HR leaders turn to i4cp to better capitalize on HR best practices and emerging workforce trends. Supported by a powerful community of human capital practitioners, we provide HR research and insights that help organizations better anticipate, adapt, and act in a constantly changing business environment.
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Axiomtek and Sodaclick Announce Partnership to Deliver Incredible Smart Retail Solutions

City of Industry, CA, February 06 2023 — Axiomtek, a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative and reliable high-performance industrial computer products – is pleased to announce a new partnership with Sodaclick, a leading AI voice technology expert, to empower a seamless interactive experience through conversational AI voice assistance. Axiomtek and Sodacilck’s collaboration offers a more comprehensive smart retail solution through deeper integration into the broader ecosystem of hardware, software, and systems to assist customers in achieving fast time-to-market.

The All-in-One (AIO) kiosk and interactive touch computers (ITC series) by Axiomtek have been tested to be compatible with Sodaclick’s AI voice software, creating virtual shopping assistants for customers. For instance, speaking into the AIO kiosk SSK515 can allow consumers to easily browse items, check prices, secure payment checkout, and truly fulfill a contactless shopping experience. The solution empowers store owners to achieve greater in-store work efficiency and brings automation to reality.

“This is the beginning of a new era and we are excited to announce a partnership with Sodaclick by integrating AI voice technology with our smart retail products, which is the perfect combination to enhance the overall consumer experience by offering a more direct and human-oriented interaction,” says Grace Yang, the customer success manager of Intelligent Design-in Service business group at Axiomtek.

“Sodaclick is proud to partner with Axiomtek as an approved provider of Voice AI solutions. Leveraging the combined benefits of Voice AI with Axiometek’s powerful hardware to deliver a touchless, multilingual, and accessible interactive experience, will achieve a faster throughput to customers across verticals,” says Salwa Al-Tahan, the research and marketing executive at Sodaclick. For more product information or customization services, please visit us.axiomtek.com or contact us by email at Solutions@axiomtek.com.

All-in-One (AIO) Kiosk – SSK515
Axiomtek’s SSK515 is equipped with a 15.6-inch Full HD LCD display that provides consumers a clear digital menu while ordering. Align with superior performance, this AIO kiosk is powered by the Intel® Core™ i5/i3 or Intel® Celeron® processors with two 260-pin DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM slots for up to 64GB of system memory. It has an M.2 Key M 2280 slot for SSD and an M.2 Key E 2230 slot for Wi-Fi connection. In terms of rich I/O connectors, it has one GbE LAN, four USB 3.0 type A, and one MIC-in and line-out to support frequently used store counter equipment. Examples include a 2D barcode scanner, thermal printer, speakers, and NFC card reader. The SSK515 also supports plug-and-play Intel® SDM-L (Smart Display Module-Large), which provides higher flexibility for system upgrade and maintenance. Thus, this AIO kiosk can be broadly applied in brick-and-mortar stores through its high flexibility and stability.

Interactive Touch Computer – ITC Series
Axiomtek’s ITC series is available in three-panel sizes (15.6”/ 21.5”/ 23.8”) with full HD resolution and PCAP touchscreen and powered by the Intel® Core™ i5 or Intel® Pentium® processor. In I/O interfaces, it has one HDMI, one USB 3.0, dual USB 2.0, a microSD card slot, and more in support of Intel® SDM-S/L, which are easy to maintain and upgrade as future-proof. Additionally, it has a single M.2 Key E slot for wireless connection. What’s more, the ITC series supports multiple installation types such as desktop, wall mount, and floor stand to meet various environmental requirements. Surprisingly, it can seamlessly integrate with a wide range of peripheral options, for instance, EFT POS (support), NFC, thermal printer, barcode scanner, and camera.

About Sodaclick
Sodaclick is a leading technology and experience provider, that powers dynamic and engaging HTML5 digital content and Voice AI solutions for digital signage screens and kiosks across all industries either through the Sodaclick platform or an existing CMS provider. Sodaclick AI technology is SDK and API ready, allowing for a truly flexible approach to bringing unique solutions and immersive user experiences to the market. Voice technology has many benefits including providing accessibility for those with visual/physical impairments where touch is difficult. It also offers faster throughput and a completely touchless solution for the hygiene industry and supports many languages. For more information on how Sodaclick can add more value to your digital signage and kiosks please visit www.sodaclick.com.
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