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BTA Hires FDIC and JPMorgan AI Veteran Dr. Fatena El-Masri as AI Practice Leader

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August 27, 2026

BTA has named Dr. Fatena El-Masri as AI Practice Leader, bringing more than 18 years of AI, machine learning, and data science experience across the FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, and the Royal Australian Navy.

Veteran of the FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, and the Royal Australian Navy brings 18+ years of AI leadership in regulated, high-stakes environments.

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Business Technology Architects (BTA) today named Dr. Fatena El-Masri AI Practice Leader. She will drive strategy, architecture, and delivery for BTA’s AI practice, which helps enterprises bring AI in-house to protect intellectual property, strengthen security, and maintain data sovereignty.

“Fatena has carried AI from whiteboard to production for one of the world’s largest banks, a federal regulator, and a navy. Our customers now get that experience on their side of the table.” Ken Fee, CEO and co-founder of BTA.

The appointment follows BTA’s completion of the Cisco AI Technical Assessment under Cisco’s MINT (Mentored Install Network Training) program in July. BTA has shipped more than 1,000 projects on its SIMPLE methodology with zero project failures.

Dr. El-Masri joins with more than 18 years of AI/ML and data science leadership across government, defense, and finance. She spent 13 years at the FDIC leading quantitative risk analytics and AI/NLP innovation, earning three FDIC STAR Awards. As Executive Director of Data Analytics & ML Intelligence Operations at JPMorgan Chase, she led four enterprise AI products, including the agent assistant EVEE, that generated more than $10M in annual savings. As an AI/ML Lead and Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Australian Navy, she directed prototyping for the Maritime Warfare Center and raised analyst productivity by 36%.

“Enterprises don’t struggle to start AI projects. They struggle to get them into production with their data protected and their regulators satisfied,” said Ken Fee, CEO and co-founder of BTA. “Fatena has carried AI from whiteboard to production for one of the world’s largest banks, a federal regulator, and a navy. Our customers now get that experience on their side of the table.”

She is also a builder. Dr. Fatena El-Masri works hands-on across the full machine learning lifecycle, developing LLM and generative AI solutions with PyTorch, JAX, and Hugging Face. She holds a PhD in Computational Science, Informatics & Data Analytics from George Mason University, brings regulatory fluency in Basel II/III and NCUA standards, and maintains an active Secret security clearance. She has taught at George Mason University and George Washington University, and is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.

“What drew me to BTA is that they architect, design, and deploy end to end, then mentor the customer’s team to run it themselves,” said Dr. El-Masri. “That is how AI adoption should work. My job is to make sure every customer who brings AI in-house with BTA gets both the business strategy and the engineering rigor the technology demands.”

Under Dr. El-Masri, BTA’s AI practice covers:

Pre-sales AI architecture assessments and readiness reviewsAI pod design and deployment, including Secure AI Factory configurationsWorkload security and observability for AI environmentsPost-deployment optimization and Day-2 handoff to the customer’s own team

The practice serves enterprise and mid-market customers in defense, banking, finance, insurance, healthcare, energy, and other regulated and critical-infrastructure sectors. BTA is vendor-agnostic, with engagements spanning Cisco, Red Hat, AWS, Microsoft, VMware, and NetApp.

Enterprises evaluating an in-house AI deployment can book a 30-minute scoping call with us.

About BTA

Business Technology Architects (BTA) delivers business outcomes through people, process, and software. BTA architects, designs, and deploys end to end using its SIMPLE methodology (Start, Immerse, Map, Prove, Launch, Evolve), then mentors customer teams to operate and maintain what it builds. The firm has shipped more than 1,000 projects with zero project failures and secured more than 250 customers. BTA’s portfolio spans AI consulting and infrastructure, security policy automation software, and enterprise networking services. Learn more at GoBTA.com.

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AT&T to Release Third-Quarter 2026 Earnings on Oct. 21

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24 minutes ago

August 27, 2026

AT&T will host a conference call on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results

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AT&T will release its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 21AT&T will webcast a conference call to discuss results

DALLAS, Aug. 27, 2026 /CNW/ — AT&T (NYSE:T) will release its third-quarter 2026 results before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. The company’s earnings release and related materials will be available on the AT&T Investor Relations website.

At 8:30 a.m. ET the same day, AT&T will host a conference call to discuss the results. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the AT&T Investor Relations website, and the webcast replay and transcript will be available following the call.

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About AT&T
We help more than 100 million U.S. families, friends and neighbors, plus nearly 2.5 million businesses, connect to greater possibility. From the first phone call 150 years ago to our 5G wireless and multi-gig internet offerings today, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. For more information about AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), please visit us at about.att.com. Investors can learn more at investors.att.com.

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Dr. Alessandra Sala Named to the 2026 TIME100 AI List

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August 27, 2026

The recognition honors Dr. Sala’s leadership in responsible AI development and the advancement of inclusive AI systems

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a family of brands delivering scalable creative and GenAI solutions to help customers fuel great work, today announced that Dr. Alessandra Sala, Senior Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 AI list, TIME’s annual recognition of the 100 most influential people shaping the future of AI.

The recognition reflects Dr. Sala’s sustained leadership at the intersection of AI, data science, ethics, and global governance. Throughout her career, Dr. Sala has worked to translate responsible AI from an aspiration into practical systems, standards, and operating principles, advancing a vision in which technological progress is strengthened by transparency, accountability, human expertise, and respect for the people whose work makes innovation possible.

As Global President of Women in AI, Dr. Sala has helped expand the organization’s international reach and promote greater participation by women and underrepresented communities in AI development. Through her leadership roles with UNESCO’s Women4Ethical AI, and AI Ethics Experts Without Borders, as well as her work with international standards organizations including ISO, IEC and ITU, Dr. Sala has helped advance practical frameworks for AI governance, inclusion in AI development, and standards for multimedia authenticity, helping build the trust and accountability needed for AI to scale across industries and society.

“AI will earn its place in society not only through what it can create, but through the trust it can sustain,” said Dr. Sala. “I am deeply honored by this recognition, which reflects the collective work of colleagues, researchers, standards leaders, and extraordinary women across industry, Women in AI, and Women4Ethical AI. Together, we are demonstrating that innovation becomes more powerful when accountability, inclusion, and human expertise are embedded at its core.”

At Shutterstock, Dr. Sala has helped shape an approach to AI grounded in rights-cleared data, transparent provenance, and involving creators in this evolving ecosystem. That foundation continues to shape how Shutterstock works with leading AI companies to put its diverse, high-quality data to work, helping advance the next generation of AI.

The full 2026 TIME100 AI list here: ti.me/100ai

Shutterstock Data Licensing & AI Services
Shutterstock is an end-to-end AI model training partner that unifies data licensing, services, and long-term collaboration under a single provider—reducing operational complexity and helping teams bring higher-performing AI systems to market faster and with greater confidence. Shutterstock combines access to one of the world’s largest rights-cleared multimodal datasets with advanced data curation and custom training datasets to power high-performing, deployment-ready generative models. This licensable training data includes high-quality labeled and continuously updated multimodal content with clear data provenance to support AI compliance. Shutterstock leverages ML-assisted evaluation tools to provide model training, fine-tuning, alignment, evaluation, and retraining. Through human-in-the-loop workflows, expert creative feedback, and structured preference data, Shutterstock delivers aesthetic preference signals, benchmarking, and regression testing to drive continuous model improvement. Learn more and start the conversation at shutterstock.com/data-licensing.

About Shutterstock
Shutterstock is in the business of turning ideas into impact. Powered by a global network of millions of creators and our cutting-edge technology, we provide businesses, creatives, and brand leaders with the essential, universal ingredients to make their work more effective. Shutterstock offers access to one of the world’s largest and most diverse collections of high-quality licensable assets, specialized training datasets, evaluation tools, and end-to-end strategic partnerships for the full model training lifecycle, as well as advertising and distribution solutions, exclusive editorial content, and full-service studio production—delivering unparalleled resources to fuel great work.

Discover our impact at www.shutterstock.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube.

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Technology

Wesco Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

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August 27, 2026

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) today declared a quarterly cash dividend on all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, in an amount equal to $0.50 per share. The dividend is payable on September 30, 2026 to the holders of record of the common stock at the close of business on September 11, 2026.

About Wesco

Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) builds, connects, powers and protects the world. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wesco is a FORTUNE 500® company with approximately $24 billion in annual sales in 2025 and a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions. Wesco offers a best-in-class product and services portfolio of Electrical and Electronic Solutions, Communications and Security Solutions, and Utility and Broadband Solutions. The Company employs approximately 21,000 people, partners with the industry’s premier suppliers, and serves thousands of customers around the world. With millions of products, end-to-end supply chain services, and significant digital capabilities, Wesco provides innovative solutions to meet customer needs across commercial and industrial businesses, technology companies, telecommunications providers, and utilities. Wesco operates more than 700 sites, including distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and sales offices in approximately 50 countries, providing a local presence for customers and a global network to serve multi-location businesses and global corporations.

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Scott Gaffner, CFA
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Investorrelations@wescodist.com

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Jennifer Sniderman
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Jennifer.sniderman@wescodist.com

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