SALT LAKE CITY, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sorenson Communications today announced the appointment of Kevin Keleghan as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 26, 2026. Keleghan will succeed Paget Alves, who will remain Chairman of the Board and transition his CEO responsibilities to Keleghan over the coming weeks.

The Board determined the time was right to appoint a new leader to further develop and execute the company’s strategy in the years ahead. They identified Keleghan as a successor who is deeply aligned with the company’s mission, values, and dedication to delivering exceptional experiences.

Keleghan brings considerable experience leading global public and private organizations, with deep expertise in tech-enabled services. Most recently, he served as CEO of New Era Technology, an AI, application, and infrastructure technology partner, and previously as CEO of OSG, a global leader in customer engagement and payment solutions.

“We are grateful to Paget for his partnership and the progress achieved at Sorenson under his leadership,” said Yue Bonnet, Senior Managing Director and Head of Investments of Ariel Alternatives, which holds a majority stake in Sorenson. “Kevin brings valuable experience to scale complex organizations as the company enters its next chapter of growth.”

Widely recognized for guiding both startups and multi-billion-dollar enterprises through digital transformation and operational excellence, Keleghan has helped organizations strengthen market positions and enhance customer experiences.

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About Ariel Alternatives
Ariel Alternatives, LLC, is a private asset management firm affiliated with Ariel Investments, LLC. The firm’s inaugural fund closed with $1.45 billion in committed capital from limited partners and co-investors and seeks to scale sustainable, market-leading businesses in high-growth sectors serving Fortune 500 enterprises. Ariel Alternatives pursues a “demand-driven” investment strategy, targeting businesses that are “employers of choice” with market-leading positions that can deliver meaningful innovation and value to customers.

About Sorenson Communications
As the leading language services provider, Sorenson combines innovative, patented technology with world-class sign language interpreters to deliver clear, seamless communication for Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of hearing communities. The company offers a portfolio of solutions that includes Video Relay Service (VRS), VRS for Zoom and the Lumina Video Phone. For people who are Hard of hearing, CaptionCall provides the clarity and confidence to stay connected. Sorenson’s business solutions include Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), On-Demand VRI and on-site interpreting. Sorenson Forum helps enterprises make communication more accessible for employees and customers. Sorenson’s AI Sign Language Translation capabilities enable real-time communication between users of sign languages and users of spoken languages in everyday interactions where an interpreter may not be available, making sign language access available in more places and moments. Each year, Sorenson enables hundreds of millions of conversations for our customers’ unique communication needs. Sorenson is a portfolio company of Ariel Alternatives and is committed to operating responsibly by actively managing and reducing its environmental impact. To learn more, visit www.sorenson.com  or es.sorenson.com.

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DENVER, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Choozle, a leading omnichannel digital advertising platform and services provider, today announced the latest evolution of its Amazon DSP offering, expanding advertisers’ ability to manage campaign execution, audience activation, conversion tracking, and omnichannel media workflows directly within the Choozle platform.

The release represents the next phase of Choozle’s continued investment in Amazon DSP innovation and builds on the company’s previous Amazon DSP launches. Designed to simplify enterprise-grade media buying, the expanded capabilities help advertisers reduce operational friction, improve speed-to-launch, and manage more of the campaign lifecycle through a unified platform experience.

The enhanced Amazon DSP experience includes expanded campaign and ad group management, Amazon audience-building workflows, conversion event tracking through Amazon ad tags, creative approval integrations, and a provider-agnostic DSP infrastructure designed to support scalable omnichannel activation and future platform integrations.

“Advertisers are under increasing pressure to move faster, prove performance, and manage growing complexity across channels,” said Tina Starr, CEO of Choozle. “Our continued investment in Amazon DSP capabilities reflects Choozle’s commitment to building a more connected, flexible, and efficient media buying experience. By bringing more of the Amazon DSP workflow directly into Choozle, we’re helping advertisers streamline execution, activate audiences more intelligently, and drive stronger business outcomes from a single platform.”

The enhanced Amazon DSP capabilities provide advertisers with:

Streamlined Campaign Execution: Advertisers can launch and manage Amazon DSP campaigns directly within Choozle, centralizing workflows and simplifying day-to-day campaign management.Expanded Audience Activation: Marketers can access Amazon’s audience targeting capabilities and build more sophisticated audience strategies directly through the platform.Improved Conversion Tracking: Amazon ad tag support enables advertisers to track key website actions and better measure campaign impact and performance.Unified Omnichannel Workflow: Choozle’s provider-agnostic DSP framework creates a more consistent and scalable platform experience while supporting future integrations and cross-channel activation.Flexible Support Options: Brands and agencies can choose between self-service execution or hands-on strategic support from Choozle’s media and platform experts.

As advertisers continue seeking more agile and efficient ways to manage digital media investments, Choozle’s expanded Amazon DSP capabilities help teams simplify activation while accessing Amazon’s powerful audience and inventory ecosystem.

For more information or to request a demo, visit https://choozle.com/amazon-dsp/.

About Choozle

Choozle helps agencies and growth brands take control of digital advertising and turn spend into measurable growth. Built around audience-first planning, transparent measurement, and platform-agnostic execution, Choozle moves advertisers beyond buying media toward managing outcomes across the full digital advertising ecosystem. The result is greater clarity, accountability, and confidence in every growth decision. Learn more at Choozle.com.

Media Contact

Luke Peterson
Demand Generation Manager, Choozle
luke.peterson@choozle.com

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Redefining Water Experiences in Today’s Workplace, Culligan Purity is a Global Platform that Touts Intuitive Design, Advanced Filtration, User-First Experience

ROSEMONT, Ill., May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Culligan International, the global leader in water filtration services, has earned the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026 for its latest innovation, Culligan Purity™. This recognition celebrates the seamless integration of innovation, functionality, and refined design in a commercial water solution that sets new standards for how people experience water in evolving workplaces.

“The Red Dot Award is an incredible honor that further cements Culligan’s industry leadership to deliver water services that reflect our customers’ wants and needs,” said Chris Freeman, vice president, global product management, Culligan. “Culligan Purity sets new standards for user experiences with water in the workplace and as a global product platform, it’s anchored in our service-first, science-backed approach to deliver cleaner, safer, great-tasting water sustainably and with style.”

The Red Dot Award is among the most respected global design competitions, evaluating thousands of entries annually to select those products that boast outstanding functionality, ergonomics, innovation, durability and environmental responsibility.

Innovative Design for Modern Workplaces

Globally designed and extensively researched, Culligan Purity delivers the highest standards of quality, hygiene and usability for drinking water, leveraging Culligan’s most advanced technologies within a single, integrated solution:

Firewall® UVC technology: capable of eliminating up to 99.9999% of bacteria and virusesMultistage direct filtration: helps reduce PFAS, microplastics, and other contaminants*Proprietary C-Sense™ Technology: safeguards the machine with real-time water quality monitoring to ensure continuous safety and compliance

Culligan Purity is a commercial innovation with elevated design and proactive service technologies operating in unison to remove friction from the user experience. Its clean, contemporary form and intuitive interface make hydration effortless, while its modular architecture and IoT-enabled diagnostics allow Culligan service teams to proactively monitor performance, reduce downtime, and extend product life. This service-led approach to innovation ensures water quality is continuously and seamlessly maintained for confidence with every glass of water.

Reflecting the growing global expectation for choice, control, and comfort with everyday hydration, Culligan Purity offers filtered still, cold, hot, sparkling and boiling water. Additionally, workplaces with Culligan Purity can track environmental impact by measuring water dispensed and single-use plastic bottles avoided.

Culligan Purity is currently available in select markets across Europe including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Austria and others, and will continue to become available globally.

About Culligan International

Culligan makes a real difference to people and to the planet by providing clean, sustainable, great-tasting water and reducing reliance on single-use plastic. Culligan is one of the world’s most recognized, trusted names in water, a reputation built through a legacy of trust, innovation, service, and quality. Founded in 1936, Culligan International operates in over 90 countries and has more than 18,000 employees worldwide. In 2024, the company reported revenue of $3.3 billion, with an average annual growth rate of approximately 34% (from 2016 to 2024). With over 22 million active installations, Culligan solutions serve more than 170 million consumers annually. This translates to an annual reduction of approximately 45 billion single-use plastic water bottles, saving almost 700 million kg of plastic and preventing more than 6 billion kg of CO₂ emissions.

About Red Dot

Red Dot stands for belonging to the best in design and business. Our international design competition, the “Red Dot Design Award”, is aimed at all those who would like to distinguish their business activities through design. The distinction is based on the principle of selection and presentation. Excellent design is selected by competent expert juries in the areas of product design, communication design, and design concepts.

*depending on the type of filter and filtration combination

Media Contact: 
Eileen Ziesemer
Vice President, Global PR & Partnerships
eileen.ziesemer@culligan.com

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