Boston, May 31 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of Property and Casualty (P&C) and general insurance, today announces the addition of Chris McCloskey to its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. McCloskey will be instrumental in driving key strategy, operational and transformation initiatives across the entire business, particularly within our customer and professional services organizations.
McCloskey joins Duck Creek from Datto, where he was most recently Chief Customer Officer for the cybersecurity and business continuity company. At Datto, McCloskey was responsible for building a new customer success organization that significantly improved technical implementation, customer satisfaction and retention, and partner health. Before joining Datto, McCloskey grew through sales and customer-facing leadership roles to become COO, Americas at London-based Finastra, a multi-billion-dollar financial services software company. “We are delighted to welcome Chris to Duck Creek’s leadership team; he will help us continue to better focus on increasing lifetime value and enable our customers to be more successful,” said Mike Jackowski, CEO of Duck Creek. "Chris is incredibly accomplished in growing and leading large teams through transformation, and having him as a strategic customer-facing leader is the perfect match to advance our vision." McCloskey Chris earned his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Gettysburg College. About Duck Creek Technologies Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com to learn more. Follow Duck Creek on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter. Carley Bunch Duck Creek Technologies 2019626091 [email protected] Source: Duck Creek Technologies --BERNAMA SHENZHEN, China, May 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- On May 27, 2023, the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final concluded in Shenzhen, drawing to a close the seventh installment of this competition. The first to be held in person since 2019, the event’s culmination was a competition between finalists in 146 teams from 36 countries. Before the Final, more than 120,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 74 countries and regions around the world took part in the ICT Competition.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230529005085/en/ Teams from Shenzhen Polytechnic, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Yangtze Normal University, and Hunan Industry Polytechnic won the Network Track Grand Prize. Teams from Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic, and Nanning College for Vocational Technology won the Cloud Track Grand Prize. The team of Shenzhen Polytechnic won the Computing Track Grand Prize. Teams of Jilin University and Ahmadu Bello University won the Grand Prize of the innovation competition. The imin team from Tsinghua University won the Smart Road Grand Prize, and the Jsgroup from Xi'an Jiaotong University won the Electric Power Digitalization Grand Prize. Xiao Haijun, President of Global Partner Development and Sales Dept, Huawei Enterprise Business Group said, “Digital talent and digital skills will be the foundation for the digital economy development. In the future, Huawei will bring ICT education resources to more schools around the world. We are projected to build 7000 Huawei ICT Academies in total by 2026, train more than 1 million students every year, greatly improving students' digital literacy and skills for a more dynamic and inclusive digital world.” Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, sent her wishes for the Huawei ICT Competition through a video. She said that Huawei ICT Competition not only improved students' digital skills, but also explored feasible solutions for the sustainable development. She expressed that UNESCO fully supports Huawei's efforts in the education industry to improve global connectivity and digital skills. Xiao Ran, Vice President of Huawei Strategic Research Institute, stated that Huawei is building a robust ICT talent ecosystem and accelerating the digitalization progress of the world by launching more Huawei ICT Academies, releasing talent white papers, and holding the Huawei ICT Competition. Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2007, Blue Planet Prize Laureate in 2021, Former Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), delivered a speech through a video. He stated that ICT has a key role to play in harmonizing the sustainable development triangle of economy, environment, and society. While digital technology will help to boost productivity and growth, facilitate productivity and economic growth, and strengthen inclusiveness and cooperation. The Huawei ICT Competition encourages students to innovate and make critical breakthroughs that help achieve balanced, inclusive, and green growth globally. Vicky Zhang, Vice President of Huawei Corporate Communications Dept, said, "Huawei has set up the Women in Tech Award to encourage female contestants, promoting gender equality in the ICT industry and social inclusion. This year, the proportion of female contestants in the global final exceeded 21%, an increase of 8% compared to 3 years ago." As a key project of Huawei's Seeds for the Future 2.0 initiative, the Huawei ICT Competition aims to provide a platform for global college students to compete and communicate with each other in the ICT field. As of the end of 2022, Huawei has cooperated with 2200 universities to build Huawei ICT Academies, helping to train more than 200,000 students each year. Since its initial launch in 2015, more than 580,000 students from 85 countries and regions around the world have participated in the competition. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230529005085/en/ Contact [email protected] Source : Huawei --BERNAMA GUIGANG, China, May 29, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
Recently, Guangxi Guigang Fushuai Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. and PT. DFU INTERNATIONAL INDONESIA signed the first batch of directional purchase contracts for 20,000 new energy electric vehicles in Jakarta, Indonesia. Crystal Huang, CEO of PT. DFU INTERNATIONAL INDONESIA, said that driven by the global green development wave, new energy electric vehicles from Gangbei District of Guigang City would make positive contributions to residents' travel and global green and low-carbon development. With the opening of overseas exhibition tour of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo this year, new energy electric vehicles in Gangbei District appeared in Singapore, the Philippines, Laos and other countries, and automobile enterprises exchanged and negotiated face-to-face with local enterprises and residents, entering a period of comprehensive market expansion. Behind the emergence in the ASEAN market is the industrial competitiveness promoted by Gangbei District for many years, according to the Publicity Department of Gangbei District, Guigang Municipality. In 2015, Gangbei District planned to build China-ASEAN New Energy Electric Vehicle Production Base. At present, the base has introduced more than 100 well-known domestic finished automobile enterprises such as Emma, Luyuan, Tailg, Lima, Zuboo and OPAI, as well as supporting enterprises such as Haopai and Feineng. More than 50 enterprises have been completed and put into production, forming an annual production capacity of 5 million two-wheeled electric vehicles, 500,000 three-wheeled electric vehicles and 5 million electric vehicle parts, with a local matching rate of 80%. Brand concentration, matching rate of parts and intelligence level rank among the top in the country. Electric vehicle enterprises in Gangbei District have a complete range of products with excellent quality, including more than 100 models such as electric bicycles, electric mopeds and electric high-speed motorcycles, leading the industry in terms of battery life, safety, intelligence and energy conservation. The testing level of Guangxi New Energy Electric Vehicle Products Quality Testing Center within its jurisdiction ranks among the top in the country. In 2022, the output value of new energy electric vehicles in Gangbei District increased by 99.3%, and the total output value of the whole industrial chain exceeded 21 billion Chinese yuan. In 2022, with high quality and low price products and taking advantage of opportunities of RCEP, China-ASEAN and other trade agreements, the export trade volume of China-ASEAN New Energy Electric Vehicle Production Base reached more than USD 8.7 million. Guangxi is the only province in China connected with ASEAN by land and sea, and it is the most convenient access to the sea in Southwest China. Guigang is located in the southeast of Guangxi, with smooth high-speed railways, expressways and high-grade waterways, and more than 100 high-speed trains transiting through Guigang every day. Xijiang Golden Waterway runs through the whole territory, and 3,000-ton ships can be navigable all the year round and can directly reach Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao within 30 hours. Guigang Port within its jurisdiction is the first inland river port of 100 million tons in the Pearl River system, and it is one of the most convenient channels for exporting materials from Southwest China to Hong Kong, Macao and ASEAN countries. At present, new energy electric vehicles in Gangbei District have been exported to India, Thailand, the Netherlands, Nepal, Peru, Costa Rica and Madagascar. Source: The Publicity Department of Gangbei District, Guigang Municipality Image Attachments Links: Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=440964 Caption: New energy electric vehicles in Gangbei District are attracting a large number of Lao exhibitors. --BERNAMA |
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