HOUSTON -Tuesday, April 4th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ascend Performance Materials announced today that company president and chief operating officer Phil McDivitt has assumed the title of president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors. Ascend’s former CEO Frederic M. (Fred) Poses will retire and step down from the Board of Directors.

“Phil joined Ascend two years ago as president of our nylon division. Since joining, he has made important contributions to building a stronger team and culture, improving financial and operating disciplines and creating a more dynamic commercial organization. As envisioned by the board at the time of his hiring, Phil has demonstrated his readiness to transition to CEO,” said Barry Siadat, chairman of Ascend.

McDivitt joined Ascend in April 2015 and was named president and chief operating officer last year. Since joining the company, he has greatly enhanced the company&rsqu ... Read more »

New Dimension Data research reveals that the digital dilemma in enterprises is deepening and organisations must choose a path between digital crisis or redemption

LONDON-Tuesday, April 4th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Organisations around the world are failing to implement effective digital strategies. As a result their customer experience (CX) solutions are becoming disjointed, and digital is not displacing traditional phone interactions at the speed that their customers are demanding.

That’s according to new research published today by Dimension Data in the 20th anniversary edition of its ¹Global Customer Experience Benchmarking Report. This year, 1,351 organisations across 80 countries in Asia Pacific, Australia, the Americas, Middle East & Africa, and Europe contributed to the research.

Less than ²10% of organisations polled said that they had an optimised strategy for digital business in place, while over half (51%) ... Read more »

 Dominic Moorhead succeeds Peter Wilden, one of the original members of Ferring’s Executive Board

 

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland -Monday, April 3rd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced today that Dominic Moorhead has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective 1st July 2017.

Moorhead succeeds Peter Wilden, who joined Ferring 25 years ago and was one of the original members of the Group Executive Board.

Following a three-month transition period, Moorhead will assume full responsibility for the Finance, Corporate Information Systems and Internal Audit functions of the global Ferring Group. Wilden will continue to represent Ferring on a number of additional Boards.

“Peter has been a guardian of Ferring’s financial integrity and stability, and we will look back with satisfaction on his exceptional career within the company,” said M ... Read more »

BINYAMINA, Israel -Wednesday, March 29th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sodyo is proud to announce the release of a new groundbreaking QR Code – FarQR – solution for broadcasters that is poised to forever change the TV advertising business model. Sodyo’s disruptive technology allows viewers to point their smartphone at the TV screen and scan a FarQR Code that broadcasters place within the content or commercials.

Sodyo Co-Founders Alex and Rina Alon are thrilled to present the next generation QR Code. “QR Codes are limited to a short distance range – this was a huge limiting factor,” says Alex. “FarQR Codes resolve the distance issue by allowing a detection range of 100 times the size of the code. QR Codes currently have a detection range of 10 times the size of the code. FarQR Codes are a perfect fit for television and outdoor digital. Our current focus is television, because of the obvious need and benefit for TV bro ... Read more »