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Move from worrier to a warrior. Move from victim to victor.

As we walk into 2021 with hope and faith of renewal that we all desire, I was reminded of what my father once said to be “A person’s true strength will be known in his revival, not in his survival”.

These are words of great wisdom to start 2021… And inspired by them, 2021 for me is about decisive optimism and consciously living a more authentic life to make this year my best. I am committed to living ‘more’ intentionally, upholding my purpose and truth with love, compassion, courage, resilience and gratitude in each moment in 2021 to renew and resurrect from the ruins of the adversity.

Decisive optimism is not blind positivity nor is it naïve. It is the practice of looking for the silver-linings in any cloud….

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE: PLAN), provider of the leading cloud-native platform for orchestrating business performance, announced that Bill Schuh has joined its executive team as Chief Revenue Officer effective today. In his new role, Schuh will manage the company’s go-to-market organization and overall growth engine worldwide, including the company’s extensive network of partnerships with global and regional systems integrators.

Schuh joins Anaplan after four years at Medallia, the leader in customer experience and engagement software, where he served most recently as EVP, Global Industry Sales. Prior to Medallia, Schuh was Chief Sales Officer at Sunrun, the nation’s largest provider of residential solar, storage and energy services, helping the…

LIVERMORE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ: MGRC) (the “Company”), a diversified business-to-business rental company, today announced the appointment of Smita Conjeevaram to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Ron Zech, Chairman of McGrath RentCorp’s Board stated: “We are very pleased to welcome Smita to our Board. She is not only an accomplished leader with an extensive background as an executive in finance, she also has a global perspective and track-record of success in guiding companies through significant growth, and building scalable infrastructures, controls, and technology. Smita’s experience and perspective will be a valuable complement to McGrath RentCorp’s Board.”

Ms. Conjeevaram previously served for close to 15 years as a Chief…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Allocation Network GmbH, a best-in-class solution provider for strategic sourcing and supplier management, based in Munich, Germany.

“Adding Allocation Network strengthens our suite of products and services while supporting QAD’s cloud growth initiatives,” said QAD CEO Anton Chilton. “By integrating Allocation Network’s strategic sourcing and supplier management capabilities, we are enhancing QAD’s ability to help procurement organizations improve profitability. We look forward to sharing these added capabilities with…

As 2021 has come close to our doors, it is an opportune time for companies to relook and set an effective strategy to navigate through the cybersecurity challenges in the coming year. All the C-level executives must brainstorm to effectively deal with concerns such as meeting regulatory compliance, keeping pace with emerging trends and technologies, preparing a strong incident response and remediation plan, and creating policies to securely manage critical data throughout its lifespan. All these tasks need to be accomplished while keeping in mind the security of sensitive digital assets, which becomes even more difficult when we all are in the midst of a pandemic. It is important for organizations to set their goals and priorities regarding the cybersecurity challenges right from the…