Eckoh, the global provider of Customer Engagement Security Solutions, has appointed Ruth Oakey as Global Marketing Director. Oakey, previously Global Head of Digital Marketing at Atos, brings over 25 years' B2B marketing experience to Eckoh. She will be an invaluable asset in supporting Eckoh's successful growth as market leader in customer engagement data and payment security. Oakey reports to CEO Nik Philpot, and has assumed responsibility for Eckoh's global marketing strategy and execution both in the US and the UK. Recommended AI News: Tyson & Blake makes Follow-on Investment in StrongRoom AI "SRAI" Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are delighted to confirm Ruth as our Global Marketing Director at Eckoh. She has extremely relevant B2B tech and customer engagement marketing experience and brings a wealth of digital and technology marketing expertise that will really help us continue to drive forward our ambitious global growth plans."

Keywords Studios PLC (LON:KWS) supplies a range of technical services to computer games developers and publishers. Some of the services it provides include art services, software engineering, audio services, functionality quality assurance (QA), localisation (enabling games to be published in several languages), localisation QA, and player support. Among its clients are Sega, Nintendo, Google, Microsoft and Warner Bros. Established in 1998 it now has studios in more than 42 locations in 20 countries across four continents. Keywords employs a buy-and-build strategy and has been expanding rapidly since its first acquisition in 2014. The list of what Keywords owns is long and will most likely to continue to grow as the company aims to make six small bolt-on acquisitions each year and one or two larger purchases.

Cerebri AI, an Austin startup that uses AI to improve customer service, just announced a major round of funding -- a $5 million Series A led by Microsoft's venture fund, M12. With the fresh funds, the company plans to expand its operations and support the release of its new Cerebri Values product, which "quantifies each customer's commitment" to a product, according to the company's press release announcing the deal. "With the fantastic support from our investors and the capital raised in our Series A financing, today we are launching a truly revolutionary way for major enterprises to engage with their customers," Jean Belanger, Cerebri AI's CEO and co-founder said in a statement. The company uses machine learning to give companies the ability to track and analyze the patterns that lead to purchases. "Cerebri has created a product that is fundamentally changing how customer-facing sales and success professionals can analyze the customer journey," said M12 Partner Elliott Robinson in a statement.

Thoughtonomy, the leading Intelligent Automation platform provider, today launched a new online portal for its enhanced partner program, as it continues its rapid international growth. The new partner portal provides Thoughtonomy's partners with immediate, 24/7 access to all of its training and enablement materials, including exclusive best practice and marketing resources. By signing up to Thoughtonomy's enhanced partner program and being able to offer clients Thoughtonomy's market-leading Intelligent Automation technology, partners can ensure they have a differentiated offering in one of the fastest-growing, dynamic areas of the technology sector. The program offers a range of benefits to partners, including lead referrals, co-selling assistance, demand generation support, certification training and dedicated account management. In February this year, Thoughtonomy announced that, as part of its strategic growth plan, it was setting out to increase its channel business from 45% of transactions to over 90% in the following 12 months.

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What Skills Do You Need To Go From Jr. The role of a data scientist still varies from company to company and even team to team. This makes it much harder for companies to create a standardized growth plan for their data scientists. Without having a clear growth plan, there is a risk that these talented computer wizards will get stuck. They might provide good insights, but they will never really grow and provide the true ROI they have to offer a business.