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Pivot Point Consulting Announces New Leadership Structure to Scale Next Phase of Growth

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PANAMA CITY, Fla., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pivot Point Consulting today announced a new executive leadership structure that aligns the company’s Growth, Delivery and Managed Services organizations to support the firm’s long-term growth strategy and continued commitment to exceptional client outcomes. 

“Pivot Point enters this next phase from a position of real strength—an exceptional reputation, extraordinary people, and deep client relationships,” said Terri LeFort, chief executive officer. ”By aligning leadership around the capabilities our clients rely on most, we’re aligning with the market. Michelle Lichte, Marc Hirshfield, and Max Hanner each bring proven leadership and deep expertise, and I’m excited to partner with them as we continue building on the strong foundation already in place.” 

Michelle Lichte Named Chief Growth Officer 

As chief growth officer, Lichte will lead Pivot Point’s Growth organization, bringing together sales, marketing, and client partnerships under a unified strategy designed to strengthen client relationships, deepen market engagement, and accelerate sustainable growth. 

Over her 30-plus-year career, Lichte has helped healthcare organizations navigate transformation while building trusted client relationships and driving strategic growth across the healthcare ecosystem. 

“Understanding our clients – their priorities, their challenges, and where they want to go next – is our north star,” said Lichte. ”Bringing our growth organization together creates an opportunity to deepen our relationships, serving clients with the full breadth of our expertise to deliver an even more seamless experience.” 

Marc Hirshfield Named Chief Delivery Officer 

As chief delivery officer, Hirshfield will lead Pivot Point’s Delivery organization, overseeing consulting practices, recruiting, and consultant relations to ensure a consistent, high-quality client experience across every engagement. 

With more than 30 years of healthcare IT leadership experience, Hirshfield has helped shape Pivot Point’s reputation for delivery excellence by investing in talent, strengthening collaboration, and maintaining an unwavering focus on client outcomes. 

“Exceptional client outcomes begin with exceptional people,” said Hirshfield. ”This structure creates even greater alignment across our consulting organization, enabling us to continue delivering the expertise, partnership, and execution our clients expect from Pivot Point.” 

Max Hanner Named President, Managed Services 

As president, Managed Services, Hanner will lead Pivot Point’s #1 Best in KLAS Managed IT Services organization, overseeing its continued growth while advancing operational excellence, service delivery, and innovation. 

Under Hanner’s leadership, the Managed Services organization will continue building on its industry-leading reputation while expanding the capabilities and client experience that have made Pivot Point the nation’s top-ranked managed IT services provider. 

“Healthcare organizations need partners who can provide stability while helping them adapt to constant change,” said Hanner. ”We’ll continue investing in the people, processes, and capabilities that allow our clients to operate with confidence while delivering the exceptional service they’re counting on.” 

These appointments establish an executive leadership structure aligned around the capabilities that matter most to healthcare organizations today. 

Together, Lichte, Hirshfield, and Hanner will help guide Pivot Point’s continued evolution while reinforcing the firm’s commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and lasting client partnerships. 

About Pivot Point Consulting 

Pivot Point ignites possibility with healthcare organizations and partners to navigate pivotal moments. The company provides Best in KLAS managed services, strategic advisory, and talent solutions that help providers, payers, life sciences organizations, and healthcare technology companies move faster, make decisions with confidence, and lead what’s next. 

Pivot Point is currently ranked #1 Best in KLAS: Managed IT Services and has been repeatedly recognized as a top performer by KLAS across multiple categories, including Best in KLAS: Managed IT Services (2023–2026), #2 Best in KLAS: Technical Services (2026), Best in KLAS: Technical Services (2024), and #1 Best in KLAS: Overall IT Services Firm (2020). 

For more information, visit pivotpointconsulting.com. 

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Trimble Accelerates Transportation Modernization with Autonomous AI and Agent-Ready Platforms at 2026 Insight Conference

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Annual industry event unveils voice AI, route and trailer orchestration, automated shop maintenance and agent-ready TMS platforms designed to put time back in the hands of fleets

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble kicked off its 2026 Trimble Insight Conference as CEO Rob Painter and Transportation & Logistics sector VP Michael Kornhauser presented a strategy to help fleets pair operational experience with AI execution to better adapt to market volatility and reclaim lost time.

“Navigating today’s volatile market requires clarity, resilience and the willingness to adapt,” said Painter. “Intelligent technology is only as powerful as the network supporting it, which is why we’re pairing autonomous AI with operational context so our customers have the tools to keep moving forward.”

 “Our mission is to bring innovation directly into customer workflows without forcing disruptive platform overhauls,” said Kornhauser. “Whether modernizing core systems like Trimble® TruckMate® software or delivering route-planning autonomy with Appian, it comes down to a simple value equation — turning human context and AI into value for our customers.” 

Highlighting the Trimble NEXT Showcase — a suite of nearly 20 new features and enhancements — Painter and Kornhauser unveiled key solutions including Trimble CoPilot® Driver Assistant, Route Orchestration for Trimble PC*Miler® routing software, Appian Fleet Assistant with autonomous planning, upgraded TMT AI Invoice Scanning, Trimble Dock & Yard Advanced Trailer Orchestration, agent-ready Carrier TMS modernizations and Trimble Arc Agent.

Mapping & Navigation Innovation
Trimble enhanced its mapping and navigation portfolio with next-generation automation and voice-activated AI. CoPilot Driver Assistant provides hands-free, natural-language in-cab navigation to locate fuel, parking and manage HOS limits. Trimble Route Orchestration for PC*Miler unifies planning, execution, visibility and settlement into a single workflow — balancing safety, tolls and delivery constraints — to optimize outcomes across the entire route lifecycle. For private fleets, Appian Fleet Assistant with autonomous planning acts as a virtual dispatcher, capturing operational rules to generate multi-stop route plans in seconds.

Fleet Maintenance AI Upgrades 
Major upgrades to TMT Fleet Maintenance AI Invoice Scanning leverage advanced vision models to batch-process up to 100 vendor PDF invoices at once — saving more than 136,000 minutes across 19,500 invoices using AI as compared to manual data entry. By automating data entry and mapping repairs to VMRS codes, shop teams can eliminate repetitive paperwork, get trucks off shop bays and return assets to the road faster.

Trimble Dock & Yard: Advanced Trailer Orchestration 
Trimble enhanced its Trimble Dock & Yard offering with Advanced Trailer Orchestration to eliminate “black box” blind spots between the road and the facility. The solution connects appointment planning, live arrival visibility and carrier collaboration into a single shared record for every trailer — from gate to dock. With features like Time Slot Management and a Carrier Yard Visit Portal, it automatically syncs shifting ETAs so teams can reduce detention costs and act before disruptions cause delay.

Carrier TMS Modernization 
Trimble announced browser-based, AI agent-ready modernizations directly to its core Carrier TMS platforms — TMW.Suite, TruckMate, Innovative and Fuel Dispatch. Cloud-hosted architectures preserve decades of operational logic while providing cleaner, browser-accessible interfaces that enable seamless collaboration between people and AI agents. The keynote also highlighted Trimble TMS, its native cloud solution built specifically for growing North American full-truckload carriers and small and medium enterprises.

Trimble Arc Agent 
First launched in August, Trimble Arc Agent is an AI digital colleague that automates repetitive, multi-step operational tasks through one conversational interface. Arc Agent automates core workflows — such as Order Entry, Contract Intake and the all-new Intelligent RFQ Builder skill — and offers custom skill-building to digitize complex processes like payroll reconciliation. Built for transportation and logistics, Arc executes repetitive administrative tasks while keeping fleet teams in full control with final approval.

Availability 
Innovations featured in the Trimble NEXT Showcase are currently available for customer preview and deployment at Trimble Insight 2026:

CoPilot Driver Assistant is available for users running CoPilot v11.4Trimble Route Orchestration for PC*Miler is available for deployment on the latest versions of PC*Miler and CoPilotAppian Fleet Assistant with Autonomous Planning is accessible to existing Appian Fleet Assistant customers as a licensed add-onTMT AI Invoice Scanning is supported on v2023.2 and higherAdvanced Trailer Orchestration is available for shipper and 3PL customersTMW.Suite, TruckMate, Innovative and Fuel Dispatch agent-ready modernizations are now available to Carrier TMS customers running the following minimum software versions:TMW.Suite: v2024.5 or higherTruckMate: v26.3 or higherInnovative: v2025.3 or higherFuel Dispatch: v2024.5 or higherTrimble Arc Agent is available for current and prospective Trimble customers around the world. Operating on a single-tier subscription, users receive 10 hours of agent working time (with additional overage hours available for purchase) and automatic access to all new skills and features as they launch. The skills catalog will continue to expand as new skills are added over time.

Trimble Insight Conference 
The Trimble Insight Conference began September 27, 2026, and will run through September 29, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. This year’s event includes multiple days of networking, expert panel discussions and over 200 educational sessions covering AI, TMS innovation and freight market trends.

Products, solutions, and related features and functionality presented at the Trimble NEXT Showcase at Insight are subject to change and may be subject to additional fees and/or terms.

For more information on transportation & logistics at Trimble, visit: https://transportation.trimble.com.

About Trimble 
Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it’s helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress. For more information about Trimble, visit: www.trimble.com.

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EDEN RADIOISOTOPES ADVANCES $1.4 BILLION NEW MEXICO MEDICAL ISOTOPE PROJECT

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State support, selection of Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co. and continued partnership with Sargent & Lundy mark major steps toward development of first-of-its-kind U.S. medical isotope production facility

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eden Radioisotopes today announced significant progress toward development of its planned medical isotope production facility in Lea County, New Mexico, including support from the State of New Mexico and the selection of key partners to advance engineering, licensing and construction of the project.

Economic Development New Mexico announced that the state will support Eden’s planned investment of up to $1.4 billion through the Job Training Incentive Program, high-wage and rural job tax credits, and LEDA GRT Share. The project is expected to create 205 jobs statewide and generate more than $1.5 billion in economic impact over 10 years.

Eden has also selected Kiewit Nuclear Solutions Co. [Kiewit] as its nuclear engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner to support the project. Sargent & Lundy, which has worked with Eden throughout development of the facility, will continue supporting the project with architecture, engineering and regulatory services.

Together, these milestones represent another significant step toward construction of what is planned to be North America’s first purpose-built medical isotope production reactor and processing facility.

“This is about turning an ambitious idea into critical American infrastructure,” said Carrie Freeman, CEO of Eden Radioisotopes. “The State of New Mexico understands both the economic opportunity and the national importance of what we are building. And with Kiewit and Sargent & Lundy, we are assembling the experienced team needed to move this project from development through construction and into operation.”

More than 40,000 medical procedures performed every day in the United States rely on medical isotopes, yet the country remains dependent on aging reactors and overseas producers for much of its supply. Because many medical isotopes decay rapidly and cannot be stockpiled, interruptions in production or transportation can quickly affect hospitals, physicians and patients.

Eden is developing a domestic source of medical isotopes designed specifically to address that vulnerability. Its Lea County facility will produce isotopes used in diagnostic imaging and targeted cancer treatment, strengthening the reliability and resilience of the U.S. medical isotope supply chain.

The project also builds on New Mexico’s decades-long leadership in nuclear science and technology. Eden’s reactor technology is based on research developed at Sandia National Laboratories, while the state’s universities and technical workforce provide an important foundation for development of a new generation of nuclear professionals.

“New Mexico has the scientific heritage, workforce and nuclear expertise to help solve a problem that affects patients throughout the country,” Freeman said. “State support and the addition of Kiewit to a team that already includes Sargent & Lundy demonstrate that Eden is building the partnerships necessary to make domestic medical isotope production a reality.”

Eden filed its Construction Permit Application in May with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and anticipates a formal NRC decision in mid-2027. The company expects to be commercially operational in 2030.

About Eden Radioisotopes

Eden Radioisotopes is developing a purpose-built medical isotope production reactor and processing facility in Lea County, New Mexico, designed to strengthen the domestic supply of critical isotopes used in diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment. Eden’s technology is based on research developed at Sandia National Laboratories and is designed to provide reliable, large-scale U.S. production of medical isotopes currently dependent on fragile international supply chains.

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North Announces Partnership with Webflow to Launch Native Embedded Checkout for Enterprise eCommerce Web Development

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New marketplace integration drops payment infrastructure directly into the Webflow canvas, ending external domain redirects, maximizing merchant conversions, and unlocking new possibilities for organizations leveraging Webflow.

TROY, Mich., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — North, a U.S.-based leader in fintech and payment solutions processing over $100 billion in annual transaction volume, today announced a partnership with Webflow, the agentic web marketing platform trusted by companies like Dropbox, Orangetheory Fitness, and Docusign. The collaboration marks the official launch of Embedded Checkout by North, available immediately in the Webflow Marketplace. This breakthrough ecommerce engine embeds natively inside the visual design environment, dismantling legacy conversion bottlenecks by removing the requirement for off-site payment redirection.

As visual web design has grown to handle advanced business applications, web studios and developers building high-ticket service sites, custom client areas, or invoicing portals have faced a frustrating compromise. To handle the full customer journey, creators had to patch together an expensive, messy stack: web software for the frontend design, extra plugins for custom data logic, and external checkout links to handle the final payment loop.

“Enterprise web development demands absolute authority over the user journey, yet payment ecosystems have historically hijacked traffic right at the moment of conversion,” said Bryan Long, Senior Director of Product Management at North. “By formally partnering with Webflow, we are putting payment processing infrastructure directly into the designer’s canvas. This native integration ensures that advanced web stacks work cleanly together without structural compromises, allowing businesses to maximize their checkout completion velocity while keeping their digital experiences completely unfragmented.”

Streamlined Boarding and Bank-Grade Security

Bypassing the sudden funding holds and compliance vulnerabilities common among aggregate payment facilitators, North brings direct, domestic processing stability to the ecosystem via its owned payment processor, Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX). This gives high-ticket professional services and enterprise B2B merchants charging premium fees the ability to secure comprehensive underwriting clearing upfront before executing their first live launch.

The Webflow Marketplace integration features:

One-Click Mobile Wallets: Native, borderless rendering of digital payment containers—including Apple Pay® and Google Pay™—optimized directly for mobile viewport layouts.Reduction in PCI Burden: By leveraging North’s secure, single-token architecture, sensitive credit card numbers and data never touch or pass through the merchant’s or Webflow’s internal servers, keeping technical infrastructure out of scope for complex PCI compliance audits.Programmatic Webhook Status: Agencies gain real-time, transparent insight into the entire merchant boarding.

Monetizing the Webflow Creative Ecosystem

In addition to technical alignment, the partnership establishes an entirely new commercial reward structure for digital builders. By standardizing their custom application blueprints on the North Embedded Checkout engine, web development agencies—known as Webflow Partners in the Webflow ecosystem—can eliminate the ongoing technical overhead of maintaining disjointed payment scripts. More importantly, it creates a new revenue stream for agencies. These agencies register as official sales partners under North’s global ecosystem umbrella, instantly activating an aggressive, recurring revenue stream from every processed transaction engine they deploy.

“We are thrilled to welcome North Payments to the Webflow App Marketplace,” said Greg Kelly, Director, Technology Partnerships. “Partnering with North lets our customers easily access enterprise grade payment infrastructure without fragmenting the web experiences they’re building in Webflow. Excited to see what our joint customers build with this new integration!”

To review open-source GitHub code samples, explore live staging sandboxes, or apply for customized agency revenue-sharing tiers, visit developer.north.com/checkout.

About North

Founded in 1992, North is a leading financial technology company building innovative, frictionless, end-to-end payment solutions for businesses of all sizes and industry types. North’s superior solutions span the entire payment ecosystem, from development, to partnerships that expand the landscape, creating a flexible universe that supports growth and scale for small businesses and merchants, as well as larger enterprises processing over $100 billion per year in electronic transaction volume. Experience easy-to-manage operations and payments infrastructure with a user-friendly merchant portal, end-to-end processing capabilities, and personalized support. For more information, please visit www.north.com.

About Webflow

Webflow is the agentic web marketing platform for modern marketing teams, helping organizations build and scale high-performing web experiences that drive predictable growth and strengthen brand trust. With a visual, composable CMS at its core, Webflow enables teams to design, ship, and optimize brand-forward web experiences with speed and control, without the complexity and fragility of stitched-together tools or the vendor lock-in of legacy digital experience platforms. Agent-ready workflows are embedded across the platform, allowing teams to safely apply AI to creation, automation, and optimization with the guardrails, auditability, and governance required at enterprise scale. Today, more than 300,000 companies and over 2,000 Certified Webflow Partners trust Webflow to power enterprise-grade web experiences around the world.

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