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William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty Associates Recognized Among the Nation’s Best

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151 agents and 24 teams across the brokerage’s footprint were recognized with RealTrends Verified honors, placing them among the nation’s top-performing real estate professionals

STAMFORD, Conn., June 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty announced today that 151 agents and 24 teams have been named among the 2026 RealTrends Verified honorees, placing them within the top 1.5 percent of residential real estate professionals nationwide.

The annual RealTrends Verified rankings spotlight the industry’s highest-performing agents and teams based on residential sales activity during the previous calendar year. The rankings evaluate professionals by both sales volume and transaction sides, recognizing achievement across a range of market sizes and business models.

RealTrends Verified, part of HousingWire and a sister company to Altos Research, is widely regarded as a trusted authority in residential real estate performance analysis. Its annual rankings are seen as one of the real estate industry’s most respected measures of professional achievement.

This year’s results underscore the depth of expertise and market leadership found throughout William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty’s network of advisors in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

“What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that it reflects not only extraordinary sales success, but also the relationships, local knowledge, and commitment to service that define our company. We are proud to see so many of our agents and teams recognized among the very best in the nation,” said Paul Breunich, Chairman and CEO of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.

The following agents and teams were recognized in the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings:

Top agents by sales volume in New York

Bedford: Richard “Hayes” Hopple, Jody Rosen, Ellen SchwartzBronxville: Lori De La Parra, Christina DiMinno, James Endress, Susan Hawkins, Holly Mellstrom, Alice Regan, Elizabeth RitchieChatham: Joseph BriggsIrvington: Patty Anker, Sonia Forchetti, Donna Gordon, Anthony Lando, Sarah Mirza Mulhall, Cord Stahl, Gia YoungLarchmont: Rona Calogero, Kaitlan Cantwell, Joan Capaldi, Nathalie Clark, Lisa Collins, Sonya Cronin, Dan Demasi, Tina DiNota, Cathy Fugazy, Arlene Gibbs, Eileen Kelly, Danielle Longhitano, Mimi Magarelli, Cassandra Merolla, Laura Noll, Lisa Sangster, Diana Schwatka, Caroline Weinstein, Steven WeishausMillbrook: Kathryn JohnsonRye: Wendy Alper, Sandy Chittenden, Judy Croughan, Laura DeVita, Fiona Dogan, Denise Gutman-Tenner, Chelsea Hammerschmidt, Susan Handelman, Lisa Hogan, Jennifer Holmes, Micheline Madorsky, Christy Murphy, Alix Prince, Bonnie Stein, Ellen Stern, Joseph Stilo, Dalia ValdesScarsdale: Jennifer Baldinger, Jessica Chan, L. Sharleen Fleming, Sandra Goldstein, Agnes Holzberg, Tracy Isaacs, Christine Judge, Louis Katsoris, Dawn Knief, Leslie Lester, Anne Moretti, Joe Muller, Andrea Weiss, Elana Zimmerman

Top agents by sales volume in Connecticut

Avon: Noora Brown, Scott Glenney, Nancy Maree, Catherine McCahill, Christy MullerDanbury: Lorraine Amaral, Kellie Martone, Kristie PerryDarien: Amy Barsanti, Carolyn Brook, Holly Giordano, Kimberly Hyde, Eileen Murphy, Tristin MerecEssex: Kevin Geysen, Colette Harron, Teri Lewis, Susan Malan, Tina Rupp, Rick WeinerGuilford: Jules G. Etes, Barbara Goetsch, Jennifer Pomichter, Nikki TravaglinoKent: Vanessa HendersonLitchfield: Donna Membrino, Cagney MorrisonMadison: Kirsten Adams, Betsy Anderson, Diane Dupont, Phoebe Schreiner, Melanie Scull, Antonella Vertucci, Sue WoodsMystic: Jon Arruda, Judi Caracausa, Amanda GaudetteNew Canaan: Sarah Arestia, Robert Blosio, Mary Bozzuti Higgins, Rita Kirby, Fatou Niang, Lisa O’Rourke, Leslie Razook, Elizabeth Rowley, Preston Stamm, Christine WilliamsOld Lyme: Jessica Blancato, Tammy TinnerelloRidgefield: Laura Ancona, Gigi Bazarian, Julie Setterlund, Kristi VaughanSalisbury: John HarneySouthport: Lynn Dolan, Carol Langeland, Erika Portanova SongerStamford: Barbara Hickey, Maureen Kitson, Catherine Richardson, Karen Sheftell, Ed Villeda, Carole Wilson-CrumWashington: Michael Caporizzo, Irit GrangerWestport: Bobbie Abagnale, Cyd Hamer, Maria Tziolis, Carly Woodard, Val Wyman

Top agents by sales volume in Massachusetts:

Great Barrington: Leslie Chesloff, Karen Climo, Jared Kelly, Jeffrey Loholdt, Pat Meluzzo, Steven WeinerLenox: Maggie Barry Gavin, Jennifer Capala, Thom Garvey, Carrie Lobovits Wright, Tonia Scalise, Elle Villetto

Top agents by transaction sides in Connecticut:

Litchfield: Mary Clancey

Top teams by sales volume in New York:

Bedford: Amy & JoannaIrvington: HCH Team at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International RealtyLarchmont: Carey and Cary Team at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty, The Rosenblum TeamRye: Amy Ensign & Whitney Okun

Top teams by sales volume in Connecticut:

Avon: Diane Barry Team, The Ellen Sebastian Team, The Richter and Peck Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyDarien: Bryan Morris TeamGlastonbury: Anderson Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyGuilford: The Susan Santoro TeamLitchfield: The KIMRON Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyMadison: The Margaret Muir TeamMystic: The Valentine Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyNew Canaan: The Sneddon Team of William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyOld Lyme: The A Team of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, The Fountain Team of William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyRidgefield: The Mary Phelps TeamSalisbury: At Home in the Hills Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, The Legacy Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyStamford: The Geri Guzinski Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International RealtyWashington Depot: Madonna & Phillips Team at William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, The Kathryn Clair Team

Top teams by sales volume in Massachusetts:

Great Barrington: The Brockman Group

The complete RealTrends Verified rankings for New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts are available online:

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About William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty
Founded in 1949, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty manages a $5.5 billion portfolio with more than 1,100 sales associates in 29 brokerages spanning Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. The company is one of the largest Sotheby’s International Realty(R) affiliates globally and the 34th-largest real estate company by sales volume in the United States. For more information, visit the website at williampitt.com.

Sotheby’s International Realty’s worldwide network includes 1,075 offices throughout 81 countries and territories on six continents.

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Building the AI-First Gulf: How GCC Enterprises Are Entering the Next Digital Era

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DUBAI, UAE, June 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — This is why Junkies Coder UAE-based Company has launched its Agentic AI & Enterprise Modernisation practice — built to help GCC enterprises deploy AI agents reliably by first modernising the legacy systems, cloud, and pipelines those agents depend on.

The Gulf has decisively won the AI adoption race.

AI adoption across the GCC jumped from 62% to 84% between 2023 and 2025. The UAE now reports 97% adoption across government sectors, while Saudi Arabia has committed $14.9 billion to AI infrastructure in a single policy cycle.

The UAE has become the first economy in the world to surpass 70% AI adoption among its working-age population and aims to embed agentic AI into 50% of government services within two years.

Backed by Vision 2030 and the UAE AI Strategy 2031, ambition and investment are no longer the constraint.

Execution is.

Roland Berger research found that fewer than one in three GCC organisations have the operating model and governance required to scale AI effectively. Meanwhile, many AI agent pilots fail to reach production or deliver measurable business value.

The conversation has shifted from generative AI experimentation to agentic AI deployment. However, the gap between enterprise AI ambition and production-grade integration has never been wider.

The reason is structural.

Deloitte’s 2026 State of AI report highlights that the Middle East’s next AI phase will depend less on experimentation and more on scaling responsibly, modernising infrastructure, redesigning workflows, and creating governance frameworks for autonomous systems.

AI ambitions now collide with legacy architecture, fragmented data environments, and sovereignty obligations.

Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA data residency framework is becoming a regulatory baseline. UAE AI governance requirements are advancing, and ISO/IEC 42001 is increasingly influencing enterprise procurement decisions.

The organisations making real progress are not always those with the largest budgets, but those treating governance as architecture embedded into every workflow from the beginning.

Bridging the gap between AI strategy and production requires more than selecting a model.

It requires AI-driven mobile app development company in UAE to connected to real business processes, cloud and legacy modernisation, sovereign-ready data architecture, and governance designed into systems from day one.

The enterprises scaling fastest are partnering with specialist teams that manage this journey end to end transforming agentic AI ambition into secure, compliant, and measurable outcomes.

For GCC businesses, the mandate is clear:

The AI-first Gulf will not be built by those who adopt the most, but by those who integrate the best.

Junkies Coder UAE helps GCC enterprises close the gap between AI ambition and real-world implementation through agentic AI, enterprise AI integration, cloud modernisation, mobile app development and sovereign-ready systems designed to move from pilot to production.

Website – https://www.junkiescoder.com/

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Huawei Cloud Becomes Thailand’s First with Government-Recognized HCCDX Certification Program

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BANGKOK, June 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Cloud Thailand has officially received a recognition for its HUAWEI CLOUD Developer Certification (HCCDX) from Thailand Professional Qualification Institute (TPQI), marking a major milestone in advancing Thailand’s digital workforce development.

Huawei Cloud is the first cloud vendor in Thailand to achieve this government-recognized certification status, reinforcing its commitment to nurturing high-quality digital talent and supporting the country’s digital transformation journey.

Under this recognition, individuals who successfully pass selected HCCDX certification exams — including HCCDA-Tech Essentials, HCCDA-AI, HCCDA-Big Data and HCCDP-Solution Architect — will be eligible to obtain a professional qualification certificate recognized by TPQI. The initiative helps bridge industry demand and workforce readiness by equipping professionals with globally aligned cloud and AI competencies that are officially endorsed by the Thai government.

The HUAWEI CLOUD Developer Certification (HCCDX) is a comprehensive certification framework designed to strengthen cloud application design, deployment, operation, and maintenance capabilities. The program enables developers and IT professionals to build practical expertise using HUAWEI CLOUD services and tools, empowering them to accelerate career growth in the digital era.

“Huawei Cloud is committed to supporting Thailand’s digital economy by developing future-ready digital talent and creating greater access to internationally recognized certifications. We are proud to become the first cloud vendor in Thailand whose certification program is officially recognized by the government through TPQI. This milestone reflects our long-term commitment to empowering developers, students, and professionals with practical cloud, AI, and big data skills that align with industry needs,” Celine Cao, CEO of Huawei Cloud Thailand, said.

The HCCDX certification program delivers multiple benefits to professionals and organizations alike. Beyond strengthening technical knowledge, the certifications validate practical competencies required in today’s workforce and help professionals enhance career opportunities, increase income potential, and gain greater credibility among employers. The certifications also provide flexible and recognized proof of competence that can support career advancement across industries.

For employers, the program serves as a trusted benchmark for evaluating digital capabilities and identifying qualified talent in cloud computing, AI, and data technologies. The initiative further supports Thailand’s national objective to strengthen its digital workforce and accelerate innovation-driven economic growth.

The HCCDX framework consists of multiple certification levels, including HCCDA – Huawei Certified Cloud Developer Associate, HCCDP – Huawei Certified Cloud Developer Professional, and HCCDE – Huawei Certified Cloud Developer Expert.

Currently, Huawei Cloud offers more than 14 certification programs across cloud, AI, big data, and other related technology domains.

To encourage broader participation and accelerate digital talent development in Thailand, Huawei Cloud Thailand is offering a special promotion with free examination fees until 30 June 2026. After the promotional period, examination fees will be USD 100 for HCCDA certifications and USD 150 for HCCDP certifications.

Huawei Cloud Thailand continues to collaborate with ecosystem partners, educational institutions, and public sector organizations to expand digital skills development opportunities and cultivate a stronger talent pipeline for Thailand’s rapidly evolving digital economy.

Free of Charge! For those who are interested can access the course to enhance their knowledge in Cloud and AI through Huawei certification as developers with eLearning on the website below.

https://edu.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/certificationindex/developercertificationindex.html

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About Huawei Cloud Thailand

Huawei Cloud Thailand is a leading cloud service provider committed to accelerating Thailand’s digital transformation under the mission of “In Thailand, For Thailand.” According to the latest report from Gartner, Huawei Cloud is ranked No.2 by revenue in Thailand’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market, solidifying its position as one of the most trusted and fastest-growing international cloud providers in the country.

As the first international public cloud vendor to establish local data centers in Thailand, Huawei Cloud now operates three Availability Zones, ensuring high reliability and low-latency connectivity for local users. Leveraging Huawei’s 30-plus years of expertise in ICT infrastructure, it integrates cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud-Native 2.0, and Big Data technologies to empower over 40 government agencies and thousands of enterprises across the Kingdom. By building a robust digital ecosystem and fostering local talent, Huawei Cloud aims to drive Thailand’s “Digital Economy” forward, bringing cloud and intelligence to every corner of the country for a fully connected, intelligent future.

For more information, please visit Huawei Cloud Thailand online at

https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/th-th/ or follow us on:

https://www.facebook.com/HuaweiCloudTH

https://www.youtube.com/@HuaweiCloudAPAC

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CoNetrix Named a Top Small Business for Leadership and Career Growth by Comparably

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LUBBOCK, Texas, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Based on anonymous ratings from current employees over the past 12 months, CoNetrix has received two Comparably awards for 2026. The company was ranked 8th overall among small businesses for Best Leadership Team and also received an award for Best Career Growth. The recognition reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to cultivating strong leaders, investing in employee development, and creating opportunities for team members to learn, grow, and build rewarding careers.

“We view both of these awards as a reflection of our people,” said Russ Horn, President. “They highlight the commitment our team has to growing professionally and helping one another succeed.”

CoNetrix continues to prioritize a workplace culture centered on development, collaboration, and long-term career opportunities. With an average employee tenure of nearly 10 years, the company’s approach emphasizes sustained growth and meaningful career paths.

“Our team members are intentional about investing in their growth and in each other,” said Leticia Saiid, Chief of Staff. “This recognition reflects the efforts of our leadership to a culture where people are supported, challenged, and given opportunities to build meaningful careers.”

Comparably Awards are based solely on sentiment ratings provided by employees who anonymously evaluated their employers across a variety of workplace culture categories.

Recent Company Awards from Comparably

These recognitions further reinforce CoNetrix’s reputation as a workplace where employees can grow, contribute, and succeed:

2025 Best Outlook2024 Best Company Culture and Best CEO2023 Happiest Employees

About CoNetrix

CoNetrix, LLC is a family of technology companies focused on helping organizations leverage technology securely and effectively. Its companies include CoNetrix Technology, a managed IT services provider (MSP) and managed security services provider (MSSP); CoNetrix Security, providing cybersecurity testing and consulting; Tandem Security & Compliance Software®, a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that supports regulatory compliance efforts; and AccountingWare®, delivering ERP accounting software..

Discover more at www.conetrix.com

Explore career opportunities at www.conetrix.com/careers

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