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Rapid delivery demonstrates how CEO-led business process reengineering can accelerate data driven management INFRONEER Holdings Inc. ("INFRONEER HD"), in collaboration with Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and SAP Japan, today announced that it has built a new financial data and insights platform—the digital core of its data driven management—in just three months. This rapid delivery was made possible by CEO-led business process reengineering. The new platform is the first deliverable of a broader project to build a data-driven, next generation digital core that seamlessly connects management information end-to-end—from project-level cost management to group-wide financial accounting—enabling faste

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the appointment of Rachel Frey as chief communications officer, a newly created role. Effective immediately, Frey reports to Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet and joins Accenture's Global Management Committee. Frey brings more than two decades of experience in communications. In her most recent role as Accenture's global head of Corporate Communications, she strengthened the company's relationships with external audiences; developed and elevated an enhanced earned communications strategy that has strategically positioned Accenture and its leaders at the forefront of AI reinvention across every major sector and region around the world; and leveraged d

Matt Prebble to Lead Accenture in UK, Ireland & Africa Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Shaheen Sayed has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of Reinvention Services. In this new role, Shaheen will be responsible for streamlining how Accenture delivers AI-enabled solutions that meet the evolving needs of clients for the AI era. She will play a critical role in integrating capabilities to drive sustainable growth and long-term client value. Shaheen will continue to be a member of the Global Management Committee. She will be succeeded in her role as lead for Accenture in the UK, Ireland & Africa (UKIA) by Matt Prebble, who currently serves as Data & AI lead for EMEA. Matt

Acquisition brings Accenture highly specialized, credentialed talent and enhances industry solutions Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired IAMConcepts, a privately held Canadian company specializing in identity and access management (IAM) services. The acquisition will bolster Accenture's ability to deliver advanced IAM solutions in Canada across key critical infrastructure industries such as financial services, power utilities, mining and transportation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250908044917/en/Accenture has acquired IAMConcepts, a privately held Canadian company specializing in identity and access managemen

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Superdigital, a U.S.-based social and influencer agency. Superdigital will join Accenture Song to bolster existing client offerings in end-to-end social marketing from audience and community strategy to content, commerce and measurement. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250818125462/en/Accenture has acquired Superdigital, a U.S.-based social and influencer agency. Founded in 2013, Superdigital is an award-winning agency known for its highly effective social strategies, community building and content production, particularly across short-form video and platform-native creative. Supe

Simulating human behavior to reinvent how businesses make decisions Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Accenture Ventures has invested in Aaru, creators of the leading AI-powered prediction engine that simulates consumer behavior and preferences, driving stronger customer experiences, new growth opportunities and speed-to-market. As part of this collaboration, Accenture Song intends to integrate Lumen—Aaru's flagship model for the private sector—into its AI products and services across new product development, marketing, customer strategy, and customer service. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250304679729/e

Voltron Data's solutions can eliminate data silos and bottlenecks, enabling banks, communications firms and others to harness their data for generative AI and machine learning capabilities Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced an investment in Voltron Data, a company that is building software to unlock the next generation of accelerated computing that underpins modern AI applications. This investment, made through Accenture Ventures, will support Voltron Data in its efforts to help organizations use advanced computing technology to speed up large-scale analytics, used for generative AI and machine learning applications. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://w

Telstra and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced a proposed joint venture (JV) to rapidly accelerate Telstra's data and AI roadmap to further extend its network leadership, improve customer experience, and help its teams operate more efficiently and effectively. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115057058/en/Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture and Vicki Brady, CEO, Telstra (Photo: Business Wire) Steered by joint global leadership, the JV would comprise specialists from Telstra and Accenture's Data & AI teams to build on Telstra's work creating a world-class data and AI ecosystem, modernising its data and AI pla

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Masahiko Uotani and Jennifer Nason for election to the Board following Accenture's annual general meeting of shareholders on February 6, 2025. Uotani-san, 70, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Shiseido (OTC:SSDOY). Ms. Nason, 64, is the Global Chair, Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM). They each will be listed as a director nominee in Accenture's 2024 proxy statement. The preliminary proxy statement is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. "I am pleased to welcome Uotani-san and Jennifer to our board of directors," said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accentur

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Cresta, a company that has developed an AI-powered platform designed for contact centers. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Cresta's AI software capabilities into Accenture's AI Refinery™️ a comprehensive platform that helps clients to build custom AI models that meet their unique business needs. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241119090748/en/Accenture invests in Cresta (Photo: Business Wire) Generative AI is transforming customer experiences by creating seamless, personalized interactions that boost loyalty and operational e

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Reality Defender, an RSA Innovation award-winning cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection. Together, Accenture and Reality Defender will equip clients in the financial services, media and high-tech industries with the ability to rapidly identify, detect, respond to and prevent deepfake fraud. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022558250/en/Accenture and Reality Defender to Help Organizations in Financial Services, Media and High-Tech Rapidly Identify, Detect, Respond to and Prevent Deepfake Fraud (Photo: Business W

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Martian, a technology company that has built a patent-pending Large Language Model (LLM) router. For any prompt, Martian's router will find and use the LLM that will give users the best result at the lowest cost. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Martian's advanced model router offering into its proprietary "switchboard" services that can customize large-language models (LLMs) for specific data sources and use cases for greater impact of AI systems. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240917605865/en/Accenture has invested, through

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Arundhati Chakraborty has been appointed group chief executive of Accenture Operations, effective as of Sept. 1. As clients look to reinvent their operations using tech, data and AI, Chakraborty brings an outstanding track record delivering complex transformations, particularly in her current role leading over 185,000 Accenture people across more than 125 Intelligent Operations Centers, focusing on compressed transformation through analytics, artificial intelligence and automation. With 30 years of industry experience, her ability to shape and implement talent strategy across diverse teams will help Accenture create ever greater value for clients

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Earli Inc., a biotechnology company that developed a novel approach to early cancer detection with a synthetic targeting platform that selectively reprograms cancer cells to reveal and destroy themselves. This investment from Accenture Ventures will support expanding collaborations with global health and pharma companies that can use Earli's technology to more rapidly and accurately detect and treat cancer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240819448521/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Ear

USA News Group  CommentaryIssued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – Several big winners have been made already in the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. However, there's clearly none bigger than chipmaking giant NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which just surpassed two of its big tech peers to become the most valued publicly-traded company on the planet. To put it into perspective, NVIDIA's market cap is currently larger than each of Europe's largest stock markets, while lucky investors who bet $1000 on NVIDIA stock just ten years ago would be sitting on an extra $297,600 today. Now as analysts are predicting that

Experienced leaders to continue to drive long-term growth Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the appointment of new leaders who have been helping advance its strategy to reinvent companies in the age of AI and drive long-term growth for Accenture. Drawing on a strong bench of internal leaders, Accenture is making the following key appointments: Angie Park, Lead, Business and Commercial Finance, and former Head of Investor Relations, will become Chief Financial Officer on December 1, 2024, and will join the Global Management Committee. She succeeds KC McClure, who is retiring after 36 years of service with Accenture. McClure will step down as CFO and member of the Global Management Co

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Turbine, a predictive simulation company that is building a platform for interpreting human biology. Accenture's investment will help Turbine further extend its capabilities to global biopharma companies that can benefit from Turbine's ability to uncover hidden biological insights, with the potential to guide and accelerate key drug development workstreams. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240516190500/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Turbine, a predictive simulation company that is build

Appoints Arnab Chakraborty as Chief Responsible AI Officer Accenture (NYSE:ACN) continues to expand its capability to assess, design, implement, scale and monitor AI systems in a responsible way to help its clients across industries drive value and growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240514856253/en/Accenture continues to expand its capability to assess, design, implement, scale and monitor AI systems in a responsible way to help its clients across industries drive value and growth. (Graphic: Business Wire) As part of the move, Accenture has appointed Arnab Chakraborty, a longstanding leader in Accenture's d

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has agreed to acquire Parsionate, a data consultancy specialized in data products and modern data foundation services, ranging from data strategy development to technology implementation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430329877/en/Accenture has agreed to acquire Parsionate, a data consultancy specialized in data products and modern data foundation services, ranging from data strategy development to technology implementation. (Photo: Business Wire) With deep industry-specific capabilities in the retail and industrial sector, as well as in the consumer goods and life sciences industries, th

Dynamic industry leader brings vast expertise in technology, digital & AI transformation and organization Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has appointed industry leader Karalee Close to lead Accenture's Talent & Organization practice and join the company's Global Management Committee, effective immediately. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403832505/en/Karalee Close, Global Talent & Organization Lead, Accenture (Photo: Business Wire) In this global role, Close will lead and expand Accenture's Talent & Organization practice, which helps companies and their leaders fuel sustainable growth by connecting people and technology

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Sanctuary AI, a developer of humanoid general-purpose robots that are powered by AI and can perform a wide variety of work tasks quickly, safely and effectively. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240327538360/en/ "AI-powered humanoid robots are essential to reinventing work and supporting human workers as labor shortage is becoming an issue in many countries and industries," said Joe Lui, Accenture's global advanced automation and robotics lead. "Sanctuary AI's advanced AI platform trains robots to react to their environment and per

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has agreed to acquire Mindcurv, a cloud-native digital experience and data analytics company specializing in composable software, digital engineering and commerce services for more than 200 clients worldwide. With this acquisition, Accenture Song—the world's largest tech-powered creative group—further expands its commerce services for clients globally. The terms of the acquisition from private equity investment firms Genui and Primepulse were not disclosed. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240227044054/en/Accenture has agreed to acquire Mindcurv, a cloud-native digital experience and data analy

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has agreed to acquire GemSeek, a leading customer experience analytics provider helping global businesses understand customers through insights, analytics and AI-powered predictive models. The acquisition underscores ongoing investment by Accenture Song—the world's largest tech-powered creative group—in data and AI capabilities to help clients grow their business and sustain relevance with customers. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240213238651/en/Accenture has agreed to acquire GemSeek, a leading customer experience analytics provider helping global businesses understand customers through ins

Brazilian company is first Accenture Ventures "Project Spotlight" cybersecurity investment in Latin America Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures, in Tenchi Security, a third-party cyber risk management company. Accenture will leverage Tenchi's SaaS platform as a new component of its managed security services offering to help organizations reduce cyber risks across their supply chain. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240131130594/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures, in Tenchi Security, a third-party cyber risk management company. (Photo

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced it has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in QuantHealth, an AI-powered clinical trial design company that simulates clinical trials in the cloud, allowing pharmaceutical and biotech companies to more quickly and cost-effectively develop treatments for patients. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240108611264/en/Accenture announced it has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in QuantHealth, an AI-powered clinical trial design company that simulates clinical trials in the cloud, allowing pharmaceutical and biotech companies to more quickly and co

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Dr. Martin Brudermüller for election to the Board at Accenture's annual general meeting of shareholders on January 31, 2024. Dr. Brudermüller, 62, is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (ETR: BAS). He will be listed as a director nominee in Accenture's 2023 proxy statement, which is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission next week. "Martin is a dynamic global business leader who will bring to our board his deep expertise in chemicals, finance, capital markets and sustainability, along with his significant experience in transformation," said Ju

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested in Vū Technologies, a technology company specialized in virtual production and filmmaking. Vū helps companies create immersive, engaging experiences through a combination of real-time computer-generated imagery and live-action filming. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231115331611/en/ Vū has established a vast network of virtual studios across North America, producing memorable immersive environments and stunning visual effects for companies including Amazon, CBS Sports and Disney. Using advanced technologies such as real-time rendering, motion capture and virtual reality to seamle

PEUGEOT announced that it has appointed Accenture Song, the tech-powered creative group of Accenture (NYSE:ACN), as its global creative agency of record from January 2024, as part of a competitive pitch. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231106080912/en/PEUGEOT announced that it has appointed Accenture Song, the tech-powered creative group of Accenture, as its global creative agency of record from January 2024, as part of a competitive pitch. (Photo: Business Wire) To meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers and support its ambition and trajectory to be the electric vehicle (EV) leader in Europe by 2025, PEUGEOT ha

Leading marketers commit to accelerating change within their organizations by advancing representation, employment and accessible content in marketing and communications Accenture (NYSE:ACN), a leading global professional services company, and TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, today announced the formation of a cross-industry coalition of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and Chief Communications Officers (CCOs) powered by Disability:IN, a leading global organization driving disability inclusion and equality in business. The coalition aims to accelerate disability inclusion across the marketing and communications professions at large by delivering on six shared objectives. Coalition

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired MNEMO Mexico, a privately held company specializing in managed cybersecurity services. Financial terms were not disclosed. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231023655901/en/Accenture has acquired MNEMO Mexico, a privately held company specializing in managed cybersecurity services. (Photo: Business Wire) Founded in Mexico City in 2012, MNEMO Mexico has 229 cybersecurity professionals and 180 cybersecurity industry certifications with key ecosystem partners. The company's portfolio includes advanced cyber defense and response capabilities, a cyber intelligence platform powered by gen

Avanade, the leading Microsoft solutions provider, today announced that Karthik Narain, Accenture's Group Chief Executive—Technology, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors. Karthik succeeds Emma McGuigan, Accenture's Global Lead—Enterprise & Industry Technologies, who is leaving the Avanade Board after four years in the role. "We're thrilled that Karthik is joining the Avanade Board of Directors. His vast experience in cloud and Data and AI will be invaluable in helping drive our next growth phase as we work with our clients to understand and navigate this next wave of digital disruption," said Avanade chief executive officer Pam Maynard. "I'd also like to extend my sincere t

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Writer, a platform using generative AI to help enterprises create and shape content in the ways people already work. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230918553231/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Writer, a platform using generative AI to help enterprises create and shape content in the ways people already work. (Graphic: Business Wire) Writer is designed to help organizations deploy AI-driven applications that can increase productivity and drive significant business impact across enterpri

Penelope Prett to Become Global Lead for Accenture's Workday Business Group Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that effective July 1, Rajendra Prasad will become Accenture's chief information and asset engineering officer, a new role that oversees all internal technology development and support for Accenture systems and Accenture assets for clients. "These leadership changes are integral to our strategic growth ambitions as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation and foster deeper collaboration with our partners to deliver even greater value to our clients," said Manish Sharma, Accenture's chief operating officer. "With Rajendra's appointment, we continue to pioneer both inte

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced that Alan Jope has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors, effective today. Mr. Jope, 59, is the chief executive officer of Unilever (LSE: ULVR). Mr. Jope will be subject to re-appointment at the next Accenture plc annual general meeting of shareholders. He has been appointed to serve on the board's Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee. "Alan is a dynamic leader with vast expertise in the consumer goods industry and deep experience driving change through sustainable business at a global scale," said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. "He will bring valuable perspective and insight to our board and our company as we continue to

Company reaches 29% women at managing director level toward 2025 goal of 30%; reports progress on race and ethnicity representation of managing directors in the US, the UK and South Africa Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the promotion of 1,214 people to managing director, and the appointment by Julie Sweet, Accenture chair and chief executive officer, of 119 people to senior managing director. The company also reported its progress on increasing gender representation globally, as well as race and ethnicity representation in the US, the UK and South Africa at the managing director and senior managing director levels. "Every day, these leaders make outstanding contributions to our busi

Former S&C group chief executive Annette Rippert to retire after outstanding 28-year career at Accenture Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has appointed Jack Azagury as group chief executive – Strategy & Consulting, effective today. Azagury will lead the $15 billion* Strategy & Consulting service, which includes Accenture's leading industry, enterprise functions, applied intelligence, innovation and corporate strategy practices. A 26-year veteran of Accenture, Azagury is a member of the company's Global Management Committee. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220601006246/en/Accenture has appointed Jack Azagury as group chief exe

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHUN) (the "Company"), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, announced today that Matt Lull, a 30-year veteran in technology and finance for Fortune 500 companies, has been hired as the Company's first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief Cryptocurrency Officer, effective April 18, 2022. "We are extremely excited to continue expanding our core executive team, this time adding one of the world's first public company Chief Cryptocurrency Officer positions in the world," said Alan S. Knitowski, President, CEO and Co-Founder o

Dal Cin to lead global workforce of 16,000 cybersecurity professionals Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced Paolo Dal Cin has been named as the global head of Accenture Security, effective May 1, 2022. Dal Cin is also joining Accenture's Global Management Committee. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220419005829/en/Paolo Dal Cin, Senior Managing Director, Accenture Security (Photo: Business Wire) "Cyber resilience is top of the CEO agenda, and we are helping organizations navigate this challenging threat landscape with specialized industry capabilities and hard-to-find talent," said Julie Sweet, chair and chief exec

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global security pioneer Coalfire named Dennis Schumacher to the position of chief financial officer and established a new C-level position with the appointment of Chris Kloes as chief revenue officer (CRO). "After celebrating our 20th year, surpassing 1,000 employees, and breaking all revenue records, Coalfire's executive leadership is focused on our clients' security and compliance future," said CEO Tom McAndrew. "With Chris and Dennis on the team, we're poised to continue our growth through the integration of services and sol

Company reports progress against its 2025 goals to achieve 30% women managing directors globally and increases race and ethnicity representation of managing directors in the US, the UK and South Africa Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the promotion of 1,030 people to managing director and the appointment by the Chair and CEO of 143 people to senior managing director, including a record number of women. The company also reported its progress on increasing gender representation globally as well as race and ethnicity representation in the US, the UK and South Africa at the managing director and senior managing director levels. "We are honored to recognize these leaders for the tremendous

Amy Fuller to retire Effective August 31, 2021 Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Amy Fuller, chief marketing & communications officer, will retire from the company at the end of the fiscal year, Aug. 31, 2021. Jill Kramer, currently global head of brand, will succeed Fuller effective June 1, 2021, and will become a member of the company's Global Management Committee. Kramer brings more than 20 years of leadership in advertising and marketing. Since joining Accenture, Kramer has driven significant change, expansion, and reinvention of Accenture's advertising and brand which has led to record increases in the quality and efficiency of Accenture's marketing programs. "I am delighted

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the promotion of 605 people to managing director, and the appointment by the CEO of 63 people to senior managing director — including a record percentage of women. The company also set a new goal for increasing gender representation and recently announced goals in US, UK and South Africa for increased race and ethnicity representation. “These promotions and appointments are a recognition of the tremendous difference these leaders are making for our people, clients, shareholders, partners and communities,” said Julie Sweet, Chief Executive Officer of Accenture. “We thank each of them for their contributions, celebrat