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BillingPlatform Expands Executive Team with Three Industry Veterans to Accelerate AI-Native Platform Strategy and Scale its Market Advantage

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New Chief Financial Officer, Chief Product Officer and Chief Customer Officer appointments bring executive depth from Recurly, Workday, Oracle, Salesforce and Zuora

DENVER, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BillingPlatform, the leader in AI-native monetization for global enterprises, today announced the expansion of its executive team with three strategic appointments: Steven Springsteel as Chief Financial Officer, Rob Zwiebach as Chief Product Officer and Chris King as Chief Customer Officer. The hires deepen BillingPlatform’s executive bench across finance, product and customer success as the company moves to capture the AI-native usage-to-cash market opportunity with enterprises worldwide.

In what MGI Research describes as “one of the most strategic software markets in enterprise technology,” BillingPlatform has achieved over 500% revenue growth in the past five years, serving enterprise leaders including J.P. Morgan, DIRECTV, Instacart, FIS, CCC Intelligent Solutions, Panera, Carrier and Clear Channel. The company’s AI-native usage-to-cash platform spans metering, billing, and revenue recognition on a single unified metadata model, enabling enterprise teams to configure, analyze and govern their billing operations conversationally.

BillingPlatform CEO Chris Bishop noted the strategic value, in-depth market knowledge, and operational expertise the new executives add for this AI-driven inflection point in the industry: “The executive depth we are adding reflects the huge opportunity in front of us. Steven brings billing-sector financial expertise that is directly relevant to what we are building and the scale we are targeting. Rob brings product leadership shaped by experience at Workday and Oracle, the same financial platforms many of our customers run on. And Chris brings the customer success discipline that turns an innovative platform into a great business. These are the leaders you add when you see market demand is accelerating and you add the expertise and scale to capture it.”

Steven Springsteel, Chief Financial Officer

Springsteel brings more than 35 years of financial and operational leadership in enterprise software. He joins BillingPlatform from Recurly, a subscription billing platform, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. His career spans multiple CFO and CEO roles, including BetterWorks, MetricStream, Actian Corporation, Liquid Robotics and MarkLogic. He has led two successful IPOs, raised more than $400 million in equity and debt financing, and managed numerous mergers and acquisitions.

“Coming from a subscription billing company, I know BillingPlatform has built something genuinely differentiated — an AI-native architecture that handles the full revenue lifecycle on a single metadata model at an enterprise scale. The opportunity to help translate that technology advantage and fuel long-term financial growth is exactly why I am here,” said Springsteel.

Rob Zwiebach, Chief Product Officer

Zwiebach joins BillingPlatform with deep expertise in financial applications for major enterprises and will work closely on product strategy with Leo Solomon, BillingPlatform’s founder and CTO. Most recently, Zwiebach served as Vice President of Product Management for Financials Management at Workday, where he led the product roadmap for the financial suite used by more than 2,100 organizations worldwide. Prior to Workday, he spent 17 years at Oracle, holding multiple senior leadership roles including VP Financial Applications and VP Applications Development.

“Enterprise finance teams have spent years struggling with billing infrastructure that cannot keep pace with how modern businesses configure, price and sell products and services. With BillingPlatform’s AI-native architecture and unified metadata model as the foundation, the product opportunity here is significant and I am excited to help the team accelerate delivering it,” said Zwiebach.

Chris King, Chief Customer Officer

King joins as Chief Customer Officer with 25 years in the technology industry building and scaling high-performing professional services, customer success and AI-enabled transformation organizations. He most recently served as Senior Vice President, Head of Customer Success, Services and Support at Medidata Solutions. Prior to Medidata, King held multiple senior vice president roles at Salesforce, including Customers for Life and Consulting, where he oversaw large-scale services operations and drove long-term client outcomes across Salesforce’s enterprise customer base. Earlier in his career, he held multiple leadership positions at Zuora.

“The companies winning in enterprise software today are the ones that turn a strong platform into consistently measurable customer outcomes — not just at implementation, but across the entire lifecycle. BillingPlatform’s AI-native platform creates real, durable advantages for customers and our team is focused on making sure they are empowered to capitalize on every one of them,” said King.

BillingPlatform Is a Recognized Leader by Industry Analysts
BillingPlatform has been consistently named a leader across in-depth market analysis and technology evaluations by the industry’s top analysts:

Highest Rated Product and Leader, 2026 MGI 360™ Ratings report for Agile BillingLeader, 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Recurring Billing ApplicationsLeader, Forrester Research’s “The Forrester Wave™: Recurring Billing Solutions, Q1 2025”Top Vendor and Overall Leader, 2025 ISG® Revenue Recognition Buyers GuideLeader, QKS Group’s SPARK Matrix™ Report for Subscription & SaaS Billing ManagementAutomated Revenue Management Market Leader, MGI Research

BillingPlatform was also recognized as a fast-growing company on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, listed on the Inc. 5000, and named Best Subscription Billing Solution by the Stevie® Awards program.

About BillingPlatform
BillingPlatform is the first AI-native usage-to-cash monetization platform, built for the complexity, scale and speed of the modern revenue lifecycle. Its unified, metadata-driven architecture — one source of truth from usage event to journal entry — spans metering, billing and revenue recognition on a single model, with no reconciliation and full lineage. BillingPlatform AI makes that architecture conversational and open by protocol: accessible through a native MCP server, A2A protocol support and agent-callable services to any enterprise AI tool or autonomous agent workflow. The platform supports every business model — subscription, usage-based, outcome-based, hybrid and AI-native consumption — with ASC 606 and IFRS 15 revenue recognition compliance across more than 180 countries. To learn more, visit www.billingplatform.com.

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BillingPlatform 
billingplatform@threeringsinc.com 

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General Dynamics Board Declares Dividend

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RESTON, Va., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced today that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.59 per share on the company’s common stock, payable November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record on October 9, 2026.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapon systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people worldwide and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025. More information is available at www.gd.com.

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Colangelo & Partners Named Agency of Record for Finger Lakes Wine Alliance

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Strategic Partnership Leverages the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance FLX Media Summit to Expand National Awareness of North America’s Premier Cool-Climate Wine Region

GENEVA, N.Y., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Finger Lakes Wine Alliance (FLWA), the preeminent voice and champion for the Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area (AVA), is proud to announce Colangelo & Partners, leading fine wine, spirits, and lifestyle public relations agency, as its agency of record.

This partnership marks a strategic milestone for the Finger Lakes AVA as it seeks to strengthen its national reputation and build long-term credibility among trade, media, and wine enthusiasts. By combining regional storytelling with a high-impact activation, the collaboration aims to elevate the Finger Lakes’ profile as a premier cool-climate wine destination while amplifying the remarkable story of the region, its people, and its wines in order to inspire greater awareness and adoption nationwide.

“The Finger Lakes has an extraordinary story to tell, and we’re thrilled to partner with Colangelo & Partners to help bring that story to a broader national audience,” said Amy Navor, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance. “Together, we’ll deepen our relationships with trade and media while continuing to elevate the visibility, reputation, and long-term success of the Finger Lakes AVA.”

A key priority of this engagement is the execution of the FLX Media Summit, an immersive media tour designed to provide media with an exclusive, firsthand look at the region’s winemaking excellence. Through curated tastings, interactive educational masterclasses, and site-specific experiences, the Summit will highlight the region’s benchmark varieties—including Riesling, Cabernet Franc, and traditional-method sparkling wines—while showcasing the dedication to innovation through unique varietals, hospitality, and sustainability. The experience will underscore why the Finger Lakes continues to be recognized as one of America’s most exciting and dynamic wine regions, driven by producers who are committed to advancing the region together.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance to our portfolio of clients during our 20th anniversary year,” said Michelle Erland, Junior Partner and Vice President of the Domestic Division at Colangelo & Partners. “Partnering with such a dynamic organization in our own backyard makes this collaboration particularly meaningful. As the Finger Lakes continues to solidify its standing as a world-class cool-climate wine region, we are honored to help amplify its story and champion its ongoing success.”

By formalizing this partnership, the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance and Colangelo & Partners are creating a unified platform for regional advocacy. With a shared commitment to quality and collaboration, the two organizations will focus on building long-term relationships with key trade and media, ensuring that the Finger Lakes remains a consistent and respected presence in the national conversation. Together, the organizations will champion the region’s continued evolution and reinforce the Alliance’s role as the leading voice advocating for Finger Lakes wine and the future of the AVA.

About the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance
The Finger Lakes Wine Alliance is dedicated to increasing the visibility and prominence of the Finger Lakes AVA, its wines, and its wineries. Through collaboration, education, and regional leadership, we create opportunities that no single winery could achieve alone, advancing North America’s premier cool-climate wine region. We are the collective voice of the Finger Lakes, championing the wines, the growers, and the winemakers shaping the future of American wine.

About Colangelo & Partners
Colangelo & Partners is the leading fine wine and spirits integrated communications agency in the United States, sought after by top brands and industry players for quality results, creativity and a return on investment. The professionals at Colangelo & Partners work with integrity and passion to influence how US audiences perceive their clients: earning consistent, high-quality positive media coverage; organizing signature events; strategizing and executing standout digital campaigns, and implementing trade programs that strengthen relationships within the industry. Colangelo & Partners’ clientele includes global, instantly recognizable brands, and passionate, up-and-coming vignerons and distillers, regional and national institutions and technology and e-commerce companies innovating in the beverage alcohol sector.

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Colangelo & Partners
kdaluz@colangelopr.com

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Cephia Appoints Mike McAuliffe as CEO to lead company growth of AI-Native Image Sensors for Physical AI World

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Semiconductor industry veteran takes the helm to scale the multimodal imaging sensor company serving growing physical AI machine vision needs from robotics and auto to defense.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cephia, a pioneer in AI-Native Image Sensor Products today announced the appointment of semiconductor and computer vision industry veteran Mike McAuliffe as President and Chief Executive Officer.

McAuliffe brings extensive experience in building global semiconductor and deeptech companies, spanning startups and scale-ups to public company leadership. He recently served as CEO of Luminar Semiconductor Inc., driving M&A growth leading to its acquisition by Quantum Computing Inc. He served as CEO of Seeing Machines (LSE: SEE), establishing the computer vision company as global market leader in automotive Driver Monitoring Systems now deployed in over six million vehicles on the road today. He has variously co-founded or led several semiconductor startups, including leading Powervation Ltd., to an acquisition by Rohm Semiconductor.

“Cephia’s platform technology uniquely enables rich multimodal sensor perception in ultra-compact form factors addressing the critical needs of physical AI machine vision,” said Mike McAuliffe, incoming CEO of Cephia.” I am thrilled to join the exceptional founder team as we accelerate our product roadmap and customer deployment traction to establish Cephia as a leading AI-native sensor engine for the diverse and growing world of physical AI applications.”

Cephia’s proprietary platform fuses AI co-design of silicon metasurface optics with computational image processing to deliver rich multimodal perception capabilities, including RGB (human visible), polarization, 3D depth and hyperspectral data beyond human vision. This is delivered in ultra-compact form factors, a fraction of the size of traditional cameras, achieved by eliminating traditional optical lens. By eliminating bulky lens stacks and maximizing photon and multispectral sensor efficiency, Cephia redefines the camera cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWAP) paradigm.

“We are excited by the potential of Cephia under Mike’s leadership as he brings deep experience in building semiconductor, deeptech and computer vision companies into category leadership,” said Conrad Burke, Managing Partner at MetaVC Partners. “Mike’s blueprint expertise makes him ideally equipped to lead Cephia’s next stage of product and go-to-market growth which is at an inflection point as demand accelerates across multiple expanding markets.”

Backed by leading venture and strategic investors – including Incharge Capital, MetaVC Partners NRM Partners, Radiant Opto-Electronics and SOSV – Cephia is actively expanding its pilot programs with global industry leaders, addressing diverse needs from automotive, robotics and health to satellite imaging, defense and diverse drone applications.

Earlier, Mike served in multiple executive leadership positions in helping build Pulse Electronics into a billion-dollar revenue market leader preceded by chip design and marketing roles with NXP and Texas Instruments. He holds a B.E (Elec) from UCC (Ireland), MBA from Henley Business School (UK) and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

About Cephia

Founded in 2024 as a Princeton University spinout, Cephia is building AI-native multimodal sensors for the physical AI world. By co-designing silicon metasurfaces with computational imaging through AI, Cephia creates ultra-compact sensors that bring superhuman perception to machine vision. Superhuman vision means going beyond human limits: beyond human resolution, beyond human speed, and beyond human spectral intelligence, enabling better, faster decisions for physical AI systems. Cephia is headquartered in San Francisco. To learn more, visit www.cephia.ai

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Tim Turpin, CodePR

tim@codepr.com

Cephia Contact:

Mike McAuliffe, CEO

mike.mcauliffe@cephia.ai

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