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Womer, Laurita lead Morris girls at Meet of Champions

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Womer, Laurita lead Morris girls at Meet of Champions
Montgomery (Brigid DiBlasio, Michelle D'Allegro, Julia Bland, Kara Lydzinski) 1:48.7; 9. Jackson (Anna Francisco, Kaitlin Idank, Gabby Wilson, Annalise Giuliano) 1:49.34; … Julia Bland (Montgomery) 2:10.95; 9. Cassidy Freeman (Pascack Reg.) 2:08.05 …
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Swimming: NJSIAA Meet of Champions Finals
Montgomery (Brigid DiBlasio, Michelle D'Allegro, Julia Bland, Kara Lydzinski) 1:48.7; 9. Jackson (Anna Francisco, Kaitlin Idank, Gabby Wilson, Annalise Giuliano) 1:49.34; … Julia Bland (Montgomery) 2:10.95; 9. Cassidy Freeman (Pascack Reg.) 2:08.05 …
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Haula Scores in Third Period as Wild Beat Panthers 3-1
Aaron Ekblad scored for Florida, which lost in regulation for the first time in six games. Roberto Luongo … NOTES: Wild C Mikko Koivu established a franchise record by playing in his 744th game with the team, surpassing former D Nick Schultz. He …
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Markets Live: Miners lead bounce

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Markets Live: Miners lead bounce
An analysis of website traffic data came to the following depressing conclusions: Nearly one-third of their PDF reports had never been downloaded, not even once. Another 40 per cent of their reports had been downloaded fewer than 100 times. Only 13 per …
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Judith Collins briefing request the final straw
New documents showing Judith Collins requested an official briefing before her dinner with a Chinese border control official in Beijing must be the final straw for John Key, Labour MP Grant Robertson says. “Documents released today under the Official …
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Eyes on the Street: Whole Foods Takes the Whole Bike Lane (and Sidewalk)
In its 2011 traffic study [PDF], Whole Foods said only that “truck loading docks would be located along Third Avenue” and that all truck loading activity would occur between midnight and 5 p.m. There was no mention of the amount of space needed or …
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Life Sciences Veteran Michael Davies Ph.D. Joins TraceLink to Lead Global Sales Growth

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Wakefield, MA (PRWEB) January 23, 2014

TraceLink Inc., the leader in global pharmaceutical serialization, drug track and trace compliance and supply network performance solutions, announced today that life sciences industry veteran Michael Davies Ph.D. has joined the company as the Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development.

Mike joins the TraceLink leadership team and will be responsible for shaping the company’s worldwide sales strategy and driving overall revenue generation. In addition, he is charged with building new business and channel partnerships to expand global market access for TraceLink’s cloud-based software application platform providing solutions for companies across the global life sciences supply chain.

“We are excited to have Mike join TraceLink and lead our global expansion in the life sciences supply chain,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “His sales leadership, global experience and deep knowledge of the unique needs of the pharmaceutical industry further enhance the strong team we have built creating solutions that help the industry meet global regulatory compliance requirements and improve performance across the supply chain from ingredient to patient.”

“A major factor in my decision to join TraceLink is the company’s passion for tackling some of the biggest challenges facing the global pharmaceutical industry today: protecting patient safety, ensuring global track and trace compliance and improving access to global markets for needed medicines,” said Mike Davies, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development at TraceLink. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join a team so dedicated to this mission and I look forward to helping TraceLink grow its global business and build long-term customer relationships.”

With an eighteen year career in the biopharmaceutical industry, Mike has a proven track record of building and scaling sales organizations, developing markets and helping customers succeed at companies such as Oracle, Phase Forward and Parke-Davis (now Pfizer). As Vice President for Global Sales in the Health Sciences Global Business Unit at Oracle Corporation, he helped shape business unit strategy and led sales execution for Oracle’s Life Sciences and Healthcare solutions. At Phase Forward, Mike was instrumental in helping the company rapidly grow revenues by leading sales teams and designing and implementing channel partner programs for the company’s electronic data management and pharmacovigilance solutions. Mike started his career in various Life Sciences roles at Parke-Davis and Pfizer and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Sunderland and a Ph.D. in Physiology & Pharmacology from the University of Bradford.

TraceLink serves the global life science industry through the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud network platform, pharmaceutical track and trace solutions and supply network performance applications that help pharmaceutical companies and supply network partners connect, share key business data and collaborate across supply, production and distribution operations. Market leaders, including four of the top-10 pharmaceutical companies, use a single integrated connection to the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud for:

    Compliance with pharmaceutical serialization, product tracing and government reporting regulations for the US H.R. 3204 Drug Quality and Security Act, China, Brazil, Korea and other global drug track and trace regulations
    Creation of a supply chain control tower that improves speed across external supply activities, increases visibility and control across the outsourced production lifecycle and enhances agility in meeting patient demand across global markets

To learn more about TraceLink’s scalable solutions serving pharmaceutical companies, CMO/CPOs, wholesale distributors and pharmacies of all sizes, complexities and locations across the globe, visit us at http://www.tracelink.com.

About TraceLink

TraceLink protects patients, enables health, grows profits and ensures compliance for companies across the global Life Sciences network through the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud. The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud is an Amazon AWS-based cloud application platform which enables complete global connectivity, visibility and traceability of pharmaceuticals from raw materials to patient. A single point and click connection to the Life Sciences Cloud delivers the information, insight and collaboration needed to improve performance and reduce risk across global supply, manufacturing and distribution operations. Winner of numerous industry awards including the Amazon AWS Global Start-Up Challenge Grand Prize and the Edison Award for Innovation in Health Management, the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud is relied upon by businesses across the globe to meet strategic goals in ensuring global compliance, fighting drug counterfeiting, improving on-time and in-full delivery, protecting product quality and reducing operational cost. For more information on TraceLink and our solutions, visit http://www.tracelink.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

TraceLink is funded by FirstMark Capital. FirstMark Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Our mission is to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are changing the world by solving meaningful problems. We have built a deeply engaged community among the extraordinary teams in our network to spread ideas and opportunities. We are privileged to work alongside the founders of remarkable businesses like Pinterest, Lumosity, Aereo, TapAd, Shopify, Riot Games, and dozens more. Visit us in New York City or online at firstmarkcap.com and @FirstMarkCap.







Borich chosen to lead Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium

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Borich chosen to lead Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium
Jefferson County director of human resources Terri Palm-Kostroski said Borich plans to begin work at the JCEDC no later than March 10. Borich was selected through a search process that effectively was conducted twice, after the first round of …
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Brace for Chinese Military Might
While its civilian leadership has tried to downplay the increase suggesting much of it will go to human resources development, infrastructure and training, it is the response of the Chinese military that should be a matter of concern. The military has …
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How Canadian Cities Lead the Way To A Sustainable Future

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How Canadian Cities Lead the Way To A Sustainable Future
Edmonton has an award-winning strategic plan on energy efficiency, reducing emissions and saving money, while ramping up plans on renewable energy. All these municipalities have one thing in common: they made tackling climate change a priority.
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Businesses wise up to supply-chain water risks
A recent CDP survey [PDF] of Global 500 firms found that two-thirds had targets for internal water management within their direct operations, but just 4 percent had set goals for managing water risk in their supply chain, and only 3 percent did so for …
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PRSA New York Announces 2014 Big Apple Awards' Call for Entries
Widely regarded as one of the industry's most prestigious accolades, the Big Apple Awards honor innovative and strategic PR campaigns and projects. … The chapter's new online entry system, accessible through the PRSA-NY website, provides registrants …
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Social Media & Investor Awareness Programs Lead Herborium Group to 40% Record …

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Social Media & Investor Awareness Programs Lead Herborium Group to 40% Record …
This most satisfying sales growth is largely the result of an aggressive Social Media Marketing Strategy introduced by the Company in the fall of 2011. The same marketing efforts brought on 87% increase in the traffic on www.acnease.com , a designated …
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'Hunger Games' social media video with Israeli roots hits the jackpot
The Hunger Games Adventures is just the latest conquest for a company that has been receiving plenty of hype from gaming experts for integrating social gaming with big brand marketing. Last year, Funtactix partnered with Paramount Pictures and Warner …
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Project Execution through Successful Leadership: How to Lead Like a Fighter Pilot

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Article by James D. Murphy

Practicing successful leadership seems fairly simple – one acquires the positional authority to lead, and does so by influencing or guiding others. But too often, “leaders” assume that just because they’ve achieved total project execution under their guidance that they deserve the title. To be sure, leadership is a concept measured by benchmarked success and achievements, but it is also a long-term manifestation of your actions and influence upon others. While innate values and personal characteristics lend themselves heavily toward the development of a leader, these traits do not primarily form the core of a true leader.

In military aviation, fighter pilots work within a high-risk environment where there is zero tolerance for error in project execution, or better said mission accomplishment. The occupational health and safety of the pilots in the cockpit and ground crew rely upon a commitment to excellence and full communication throughout all levels of an operation. It is through successful leadership that the field of military aviation experiences one of the lowest error rates in any high-risk operation. Leadership throughout all levels not only communicates with and trains team members through a planning and debriefing process, but they also follow through with precision during project execution, and then work to identify improvements or root causes of error during a debriefing. When you are engaged throughout an operation, inspire others to improve upon their own actions, and exhibit behaviors that others deem valuable and seek to emulate, you are acting in a manner that defines true leadership.

Leadership is a Function of Your Behavior

Leadership by example is the most effective component of becoming a true leader. While the principles of business management are successful for directing a team toward a projected goal, ‘direction’ is not entirely the end-goal of true leadership initiatives. Successful leadership is about inspiration, and providing others with the ideas and tools necessary for crafting one’s own path to success – not merely prescribing a list of steps to follow and check off for one-off project execution. When considering the differences between leadership and management, it is important to note that successful leadership is evidenced by the provision of a transparent framework based upon good communication and full collaboration. In this way, each member of a team stays on the same page throughout an initiative and all participants reach a common goal.

A process of planning and debriefing is an essential action exhibited by leaders. When a leader fully communicates a plan of action and methods to execute this action to his or her team members, the group is prepared for success in a project. Execution through planning only covers the foreseeable obstacles, however, and leaders must additionally address contingencies. Essentially, successful leadership is not about micromanaging and assigning tasks for estimated results – it is about equipping a team with the focus and support necessary to flawlessly execute a task.

Indicators of Successful Leadership

Leadership is something developed over many years, through direct experience with a team and success in guiding individuals through a full-term mission, problem, or project execution. Again, indicators of successful leadership begin by examining one’s own personal actions. Are you exhibiting behaviors that others deem valuable and want to emulate? Strong teams are built upon trust, and leadership is dependent upon displaying forthrightness and is maintained with actions and words.

Additionally, setting the example is a key component of one’s leadership skills. Are you yourself successful in production and accomplishment, and do people tend to follow your example of being punctual and precise? Does project execution run flawlessly under your guidance, and does your team trust your decisions? Do you embody the qualities that you would want in a leader? The “Golden Rule” also applies when assuming the role of a leader – always lead others as you would want to be led by someone else. Drawing again upon the introductory thought to this article – many “leaders” think they are deserving of that title simply because they guide people to an end goal. Even if a project was flawlessly executed, it is not only the end result that defines the critical aspects of leadership; it is the thoughts and actions one employs in order to communicate with a team, identify and prepare critical actions, and execute through communication and teamwork.

Overall, leadership is more than just a word or a title. It is more than achieving a goal and calling yourself a “leader”. It is instead the long-term ability to encompass all of these elements: being engaged with your thoughts and actions, performing in a manner that encourages others to emulate your behavior, and inspiring others to improve upon their own actions.

James D. Murphy, the founder and CEO of Afterburner, Inc., has a unique, powerful mix of leadership skills in both the military and business worlds. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Murphy joined the U.S. Air Force where he learned to fly the F-15. He has logged over 1,200 hours as an instructor pilot in the F-15 and has accumulated over 3,200 hours of flight time in other high-performance jet aircraft and has flown missions to Central America, Asia, Central Europe and the Middle East. As Afterburner’s leadership keynote speaker, Murphy has helped top business leaders transform strategy into action. Realizing that the concepts of the Flawless Execution(SM) model could be applied to business process improvement, he engaged the proven model – “Plan. Brief. Execute. Debrief.” Through his leadership, Afterburner has landed on Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 500 List” twice. Murphy has been regularly featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Newsweek. For more information on Afterburner, Inc., please visit www.afterburner.com.










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