The Braintrust Consulting Group Announces Certified ScrumMaster Class Date in Salt Lake City, UT

Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) January 24, 2014

The Braintrust Consulting Gr they will host a Certified ScrumMaster class February 10-11, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This announcement was part of Braintrust’s unveiling of their national class schedule for 2014.The two-day Certified ScrumMaster class offers attendees an in-depth immersion into the world of Scrum. Scrum is a simple yet incredibly powerful set of principles and practices that help teams deliver products in short cycles, enabling fast feedback, continual improvement, and rapid adaptation to change. As the leading Agile development framework, Scrum has predominantly been used for software development, but it is also proving to be effective in efforts far beyond. This class is full of practical, real world techniques that can be implemented immediately at your workplace. Hands-on exercises demonstrate key concepts and let you experience the benefits of Scrum firsthand. The class is ideal for IT Professionals (Architects, BAs, DBAs, Developers, Testers, etc.), IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs), and Project Managers. Members of the Project Management Institute will earn 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward maintaining their existing credentials by attending this class.Braintrust President, Brian Rabon said, “As part of Salt Lake City’s business community, we are proud to host these classes and contribute to the growth of IT industry talent. Technology-based companies are an integral part of Salt Lake City’s economy, and Braintrust offers world-class training to this growing technology industry that ranks as one of the top in the U.S.”The class will be taught by Brian Rabon, CST, PMP. Rabon is the president of The Braintrust Consulting Group and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Auburn University and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Throughout his 16 years of IT industry experience, Brian has applied Agile methods in order to successfully deliver working product to his customers. As a takeaway, participants will receive a printed class manual, Scrum reference card and thumbdrive loaded with articles, class exercises, whitepaper, and more. To sign up and learn more details about the Certified ScrumMaster class, as well as other upcoming Braintrust classes, please visit: http://braintrustgroup.com/class/certified-scrummaster-csm-salt-lake-city-ut-10-11-february-2014/.###About The Braintrust Consulting Group With offices in Birmingham, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; and Salt Lake City, Utah, The Braintrust Consulting Group is a worldwide leader in Agile transformations. Through practical, hands-on training and enterprise and team coaching, we help our clients learn, plan, and implement Agile processes, such as Scrum and Kanban. Our goal is to teach our clients how to increase predictability of delivery, decrease time-to-market, and improve overall client satisfaction. http://www.braintrustgroup.comView the original article here

Data Masons Software Joins the Dynamics NAV User Group (NAVUG) Board to Support Community Education

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Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) March 04, 2014

Data Masons Software, LLC., a leading provider of Integrated EDI and XML solutions for Microsoft Dynamics® customers, today announced that the Dynamic NAV User Group (NAVUG) has selected Jon Rivers, Partner Channel Manager at Data Masons, to serve on its Board of Advisors. Data Masons is a Microsoft Dynamics ISV partner and a long-time, active member of NAVUG.

“Data Masons is a strong advocate of NAVUG and the benefits the organization brings to both the partner and user communities. Recognizing the level of support we provide the NAV community through our integrated EDI solutions, the NAVUG Board provides us with an additional opportunity to extend our outreach and level of commitment. We’re looking forward to working with a dedicated group of colleagues to continue growing membership and delivering high-quality educational and networking opportunities to NAVUG’s members,” stated Dennis Bruce, Director of Business Development at Data Masons.

The NAVUG Board appointment complements Data Masons’ other recent commitments demonstrating its dedication to providing expert-level EDI education to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Community. The company was also represented on the NAV Directions 2013 Board and increased its level of sponsorship of the Directions 2013 partner event.

“The NAVUG community has grown to be an invaluable resource for sharing knowledge and best practices not just for NAV end users but also partners. Our Board of Advisors is challenged in 2014 with guiding the User Group to not only meet, but to exceed the high level of programming and content provided in the past. I’m thrilled that Jon is joining us to help execute our 2014 NAVUG initiatives and very much look forward to working with him,” stated Marc Allman, COO for AMS Controls Inc. and NAVUG Chairman.

Data Masons is a Silver Sponsor of Convergence 2014 and will exhibit in Expo Booth #735 where attendees can learn about Data Masons’ fully-automated, truly-integrated Vantage Point EDI solution for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Vantage Point EDI allows Microsoft Dynamics NAV users to connect with their customers and vendors in an effort to streamline and automate business document integration. Data Masons will also join to the educational program on Wednesday, March 5th at 12:30PM to present, “Integrated EDI Made Simple for Microsoft Dynamics.”

About Data Masons Software
Since 1996 Data Masons has specialized in EDI Made Simple®, offering advanced, turnkey EDI & XML solutions for Microsoft Dynamics customers. Data Masons' Vantage Point EDI solution provides a complete EDI processing platform that enables users to become more competitive through tight EDI integration and ongoing compliance - all without the need for expensive and disruptive ERP platform customization. Data Masons' compliance services, product flexibility, extensive EDI and ERP integration knowledge, and partner-driven experience have made Vantage Point EDI the winning choice for high-performance business document integration at more than 1000 customers across North America. Additional information about Data Masons and its solutions is available at http://www.datamasons.com.

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FLOCK Announces Recapitalization of Debt Buyer Velocity Portfolio Group

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ATLANTA (PRWEB) January 24, 2014

FLOCK Specialty Finance, a leading financing company for middle market debt buyers and collection agencies, announces the recapitalization of Velocity Portfolio Group, Inc., a debt buyer based in Wall, NJ.

FLOCK facilitated and provided funding for the $20 million recap of Velocity’s existing inventory of portfolios. As part of this agreement, FLOCK will become a financial partner and strategic advisor for Velocity’s future purchases of charged off debt portfolios.

Jim Mastriani, President of Velocity stated that, “The FLOCK team provided Velocity with a very competitive financial solution for our company, and they were very easy to work with. In today’s business climate, it is essential to partner with a specialty finance group that knows how to help grow your business. FLOCK not only has the capital, but their understanding of our business makes for a good strategic partner.”

FLOCK Specialty Finance’s Chairman and CEO, Michael Flock, commented, “Velocity’s experience and expertise in legal collections are first rate. We look forward to focusing our resources on their strategic growth plans and helping them build new client relationships.”

About FLOCK Specialty Finance
FLOCK’s mission is to provide clients with capital and expertise needed to optimize both portfolio purchases and the company’s financial value. FLOCK is “more than a transaction.”

For additional information, please contact: Michael Flock, mflock(at)flockfinance(dot)com, at 770-644-0851 or Terry Cox, tcox(at)flockfinance(dot)com, at 770-644-0876.

About Velocity Portfolio Group
Founded in 2003, Velocity Recoveries has more than ten years of experience using a legal focused strategy to convert distressed receivables to cash. Their combination of a proven legal network, sophisticated analytics, and a strong focus on individual client attention work together to maximize the value of their client’s receivables.

After ten years, Velocity considers their network to be “best of class,” with work standards, home office support and incentives that make it easy for attorneys to pursue accounts efficiently. Velocity constantly monitors the performance of its affiliated law firms and consistently works with those firms to maximize collections.

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Western Washington Medical Group Releases Article to Raise Awareness for Cervical Cancer

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) January 24, 2014

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and Western Washington Medical Group wants to help increase the knowledge about this lesser known disease. A newly released article on their blog notes that cervical cancer research has been one of the few true success stories in the world of oncology, as the number of cervical cancer patients has decreased dramatically since the mid-20th century. There is still cause for concern, however, as Western Washington Medical group confirms that there are still an estimated 12,400 new cases every year.

“Most of these cases could have been prevented or severely reduced by early detection and prevention procedures,” the article explains. Of those 12,400 new cancer cases, 67.7% of them will not be fatal.

The article goes on to explain that the majority of women who die from cervical cancer are minority groups with low income. This is usually directly linked to the fact that women of these demographic groups are less likely to have regular physical exams and PAP smears, a test during which the physician swabs the cervix of the patient and tests for abnormal cells. Because there are not many symptoms for cervical cancer until it has metastasized or become advanced, women who wait until they see a problem are all too often too late to stop the cancer from spreading throughout the rest of their body.

“Women with cervical cancer that catch the cancer in it’s early stages have a 97.7% of surviving,” the article states. Western Washington Medical Group wants to help reach out to women, getting them the information and care needed to perhaps save a life and decrease the number of fatalities from this painful and saddening disease.

About Western Washington Medical Group
Western Washington Medical Group is a multi-specialty medical practice of more than 70 providers. What makes them different from many other multi-specialty clinics is the fact that they are physician-run, meaning their physicians—not corporate managers—make all of the business decisions for the group based on what they feel is best for their patients. As a result, they have earned a reputation for high quality and personalized care with the patient’s best interests in mind.


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