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Savus Strengthens Platform Engineering with Senior Hire from SelectQuote and Wells Fargo

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Sergey Zakharchenko, a nationally respected insurance technology architect, joins Savus to scale systems already powering carrier quoting, binding, and key integrations

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Savus, Inc., a leading technology company transforming P&C insurance distribution and underwriting automation, today announced that Sergey Zakharchenko has joined the company as Senior Development Engineer. Zakharchenko is the former Chief Architect of SelectQuote, one of the largest direct-to-consumer insurance distribution platforms in the country. He is recognized nationally as an expert in building insurance systems that perform at scale. His appointment comes as the Savus platform further expands quoting, binding, and policy issuance for its distribution partners while also expanding into new lines and partners.

At SelectQuote, Zakharchenko served as Chief Architect and was responsible for the high-volume systems behind online insurance shopping and fulfillment for one of the industry’s largest publicly traded distributors. Before SelectQuote, his career included a stop as Senior Software Engineer at Wells Fargo, building systems in one of the most demanding environments in financial services where reliability, security, and regulatory rigor are non-negotiable.

“Sergey has deep understanding and experience on both sides of the problem we’re solving,” said Galina Tselenchuk, Chief Product Officer at Savus. “He has architected insurance systems for a public company operating at national scale, and he has built inside a bank where the bar for reliability and security is as high as it gets.”

At Savus, Zakharchenko will focus on accelerating the core systems behind the platform’s quoting, binding, and policy-issuance workflows while adding deep expertise to an already industry-leading team. Operating out of the California headquarters, he will enhance work on performance and scalability as Savus expands across both personal and commercial lines, while working closely with the product and operations teams so Savus partners continue getting fast, dependable results as volume grows.

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Partner Valuation Advisors Welcomes Industry Leader Justin Eichman, MAI, as Managing Director

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The appointment strengthens Partner’s valuation leadership and client service capabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Partner Valuation Advisors (Partner) is pleased to welcome Justin J. Eichman, MAI, as Managing Director in the San Francisco Bay Area. Justin brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience, extensive valuation expertise across a wide range of asset classes, and a proven record of leading national appraisal teams. 

Throughout his career, Justin has completed thousands of appraisal assignments nationwide and spent more than 15 years managing national commercial real estate valuation teams. His experience includes supervising and reviewing appraisal assignments, expanding national teams, and overseeing commercial appraisal operations. 

Justin also brings a broad perspective beyond traditional valuation. He previously served as a Director of Mortgage Banking with Gantry, where he sourced and placed commercial real estate debt, and as a Principal with a private commercial real estate debt fund focused on originations and underwriting new investment opportunities. 

Prior to joining Partner, Justin served as Managing Director of Valuation with a national valuation firm, managing commercial real estate valuation teams throughout the United States. 

“Partner has built a strong national platform grounded in experienced professionals, collaboration, and responsive client service,” said Justin Eichman. “I look forward to helping expand the firm’s presence in the San Francisco Bay Area while supporting clients and colleagues across the country.” 

“Justin’s extensive valuation expertise, leadership experience, and diverse industry background make him an outstanding addition to our team,” said Eric Enloe, MAI, CRE, FRICS, Senior Managing Director. “His perspective strengthens our ability to help clients gain clarity, credibility and confidence when making important real estate decisions.” 

In his role at Partner, Justin will support the continued growth of the firm’s valuation platform, deepen relationships across the San Francisco Bay Area, and help deliver market-driven guidance and insights to clients. 

Justin holds an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute and a Certified General Appraiser in California and Oregon.

About Partner Valuation Advisors:
Partner Valuation Advisors, LLC is a national commercial real estate valuation advisory firm that ranks as a top 10 valuation and advisory firm nationally. Partner Valuation Advisors has more than 165 valuation professionals nationally. Partner Valuation Advisors is led by Brandon Nunnink, CFA, and Eric L. Enloe, MAI, CRE, FRICS. Team members hold appraisal licenses in all 50 states, and the firm maintains a national office presence. Partner Valuation Advisors performs commercial real estate valuations nationally for investors, lenders, and real estate occupiers and is an affiliate company of Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. Please visit us online at www.partnerval.com. 

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Dog Parents Ask AI About Their Dogs Daily. It’s Never Met Their Dog. Maven Pet’s Companion Has

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43% of pet owners use tools like ChatGPT for pet health advice, and 59% have changed their pet’s care because of it.Maven Pet launches Companion, an AI pet assistant built on 25 million data points per dog each day.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dog parents have quietly made AI part of pet care. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 pet owners found 43% use ChatGPT for pet health information about seven times a week, and six in ten changed their dog’s care as a result.

Those tools have never met the dog. They answer from the internet, not from the animal on the sofa.

Maven Pet launches Companion, an AI pet assistant inside the Maven Pet app. It reads vitals, sleep, activity, and behavior from the dog health sensor, up to 25 million data points a day, plus the dog’s profile and whatever the owner logs, always judged against that dog’s own normal.

The real difference is that Companion speaks first, often days before an owner notices anything. A respiratory rate creeping up in a senior dog. A diabetic dog drinking more than usual. No general AI can flag either, because none are watching.

Maven Pet has delivered over 125,000 proactive health insights to date, most commonly ear, skin, and allergy changes, then cardiac and respiratory shifts.

Everything an owner logs deepens that understanding, changing how Companion reads what comes next: a rise in water intake weeks after a new medication starts, or a vet visit recommended when respiratory rate climbs.

Guilherme Coelho, CEO and Co-founder of Maven Pet: “Being a pet parent is constant uncertainty. We can’t ask them, so we guess. Companion ends that. It watches continuously, alerts you the moment something shifts, and answers from your pet’s data, not the internet.”

Companion is available now to all subscribers. The annual subscription is $167.92, hardware included. More at maven.pet/dog-health-tracker.

About Maven Pet  Maven Pet is a clinically validated health monitoring system for dogs and cats, founded by Guilherme Coelho and built with veterinarians. The sensor attaches to any collar and tracks respiratory rate, heart rate, sleep, activity and behavior, building a personalized baseline for each pet. New York. maven.pet

Sources: Talker Research for Darwin’s pet food, April 2026. Maven Pet internal data, 2026.

Melita D’Souza (meltia@maven.pet)

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Ribbon Communications to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results on October 27, 2026

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PLANO, Texas, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global leader in real-time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions, today announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2026 after the close of the market on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Following the release, Ribbon Communications will host a conference call with the financial community at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results.

Conference Call Details and Webcast

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Time: 4:30 p.m. ET

Dial-in number (Domestic): 877-407-2991

Dial-in number (International): 201-389-0925

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Live (Listen-only) Webcast: Available via the Investor Relations website at investors.ribboncommunications.com.

About Ribbon
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) is a global provider of voice communications software, IP routing, and optical networking to mobile and wireline service providers, enterprises, critical infrastructure and defense sectors. We support our customers’ Path to Autonomous Networks by leveraging the latest AIOps automation platforms and Agentic AI technologies, helping them deliver better customer experiences, reduce operational costs, and achieve sustainable growth. To learn more about Ribbon, visit rbbn.com.

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