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Nice, a pioneer in Home and Building Management solutions, announced the appointment of Senthoor Navaratnam as the Chief Product Officer for North America. Senthoor’s deep expertise in driving strategic growth across global markets will be instrumental in accomplishing the company's goal to deliver integrated and unified solutions to Nice partners and end users.  Senthoor brings with him a distinguished 25-year career having worked in executive level positions with esteemed companies such as Hubbell, Schneider Electric, and GE. His experience ranges across positions covering sales, service delivery, technology development, and product management, while overseeing complex P&L responsibilities management, and regional leadership. Simplify everyday movements As Chief Product Officer for Nice, Senthoor is responsible for the strategic vision of the company’s North American product portfolio across residential, commercial, and industrial applications. He will report to Emanuel Bertolini, CEO of Nice North America.  Senthoor is responsible for the strategic vision of the company’s North American product portfolio “Senthoor is a visionary leader with a proven track record of driving growth and implementing customer focused strategies,” said Emanuel Bertolini, Chief Executive Officer at Nice North America, adding “His dedication to create and deliver solutions that meet customer needs and bring advancements in innovations to partners make him an excellent fit to deliver on our company’s core mission to provide innovative solutions that simplify everyday movements.”  Building management solutions “I am thrilled to join Nice during this pivotal moment as the company continues to rapidly expand in the North American market through innovation in development and transformation of Nice,” said Senthoor Navaratnam, Chief Product Officer at Nice North America, adding “As we set out to expand our product ecosystem, I am eager to partner with our product teams to set the standard in home and building management solutions.” Senthoor holds a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor. He resides in Canada with his two daughters and two German Shepherds. As the new CPO, Senthoor has already hit the ground running as the company focuses on transitioning the Linear Access and Surveillance brand to Nice this year, and builds on the successful transition of ELAN®, SpeakerCraft®, and Panamax® energy management under its Home Management solutions business.

Integro's latest heavy-duty portable power equipment is industrial IoT-ready, thanks to source-tagging with embeddable Xerafy RFID. Industrial IoT innovation With its Paramount Kit, Integro LLC, a globally renowned company in power distribution solutions, brings industrial IoT innovation to portable power and other industries, by making it possible to reliably read an RFID tag from portable power equipment. Hubbell, a globally renowned company in electrical devices, is also launching its line of wiring devices, with embeddable Xerafy RFID tags in its equipment. It will offer its full range of wiring devices, from 15A to 400A, with this technology. Patents to read RFID tags for inventory management The company holds two specific patents to read RFID tags, which are molded into electrical assets for inventory management Integro is a thermoplastic and rubber molder of custom electrical cable assemblies, with its products used in Airfield Lighting, Shipbuilding, Mining, Power Utility, Steel Fabrication, Portable Power and LED Lighting markets. The company holds two specific patents to read RFID tags, which are molded into electrical assets for inventory management purposes. The tags are permanently molded into electrical connectors, in order to ensure that they will not become dislodged or damaged in the roughest environments, where operating conditions require safety and reliability. Xerafy’s Pico On Plus RFID tags selected “We feel the Integro system of molding permanent RFID tags into electrical assets and our custom-designed inventory management programmes are ideal for heavy industrial and electrical markets,” said John Bogart, the President of Integro. Integro selected Xerafy’s Pico On Plus RFID tags, after some comprehensive product evaluations, which focused on read range and size. Integro’s John Bogart concludes, “Xerafy’s Pico-On Plus RFID tags offer the best performance-to-size ratio available that withstands harsh or hazardous environments.”

The Board of Directors of Hubbell Incorporated announces the election of Lieutenant General (U.S. Army, Retired) Rhett A. Hernandez as a Director of the company effective March 1, 2021. Hubbell’s Executive Chairman, Mr. David G. Nord, said “We are thrilled to welcome Rhett to Hubbell’s Board of Directors. His broad experience and expertise in the areas of cybersecurity, strategic planning, leadership, and operational synergies will serve Hubbell well as we execute our strategy of delivering value to our shareholders and other stakeholders. Rhett brings strong leadership skills and global insights to the Board and his addition further strengthens the Board’s diversity of experience, background, and talent.”  Experience as a cybersecurity expert General Hernandez is the founder and president of CyberLens, LLC, a cybersecurity consulting firm, which he founded after he retired from the United States Army after thirty-nine years of distinguished service.  While in the Army, General Hernandez rose to the rank of Lieutenant General and was the first commander of the Army Cyber Command/2nd US Army (ARCYBER), where he was responsible for the operations, defense, and risk management of the Army’s networks, systems, and cyber security organisation. At such time, General Hernandez served as the highest-ranking Hispanic officer in the Army. General Hernandez continues to serve as the Cyber Chair for the United States Military Academy. General Hernandez founded CyberLens, LLC, a cybersecurity consulting firm after retiring from the United States Army During his military career, General Hernandez commanded at all levels, from company to Army, and some of his prior commands include the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Operations; Chief, U.S. Military Training Mission, Saudi Arabia; and Commanding General, Human Resources Command. His overseas experience includes tours in Germany, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.  Education General Hernandez holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, and a Master of National Security Strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.  He also currently serves: (i) on the board of directors of USAA Federal Savings Bank; (ii) as an advisory board member on Academy Securities, a military veteran and disabled veteran-owned and operated investment bank and broker-dealer; and (iii) as a director of Objective Interface Systems (OIS), a provider of communications software tools.