ProfNet Experts Available on Innovation, Net Neutrality, Public-Private Partnerships, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Video Compression's Answer to Net Neutrality Vote
• Open Innovation Helps Companies Strengthen Their Brands
• Women and the Workplace
• Feds, Industry Struggle With Oil Train Safety
• Public-Private Partnerships Help Improve Nation's Infrastructure

MEDIA JOBS

• News Writer – San Antonio Current (TX)
• Freelance Financial Reporter – Reputation Capital Media (NY)
• Journalist – MIT Technology Review (MA)
  

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Brand Journalism: What Journalists and PR Pros Need to Know
• The Blog Blog: Seven Tips for Creating Viral Content
• Blog Profiles: Agriculture Blogs

EXPERT ALERTS:

Video Compression's Answer to Net Neutrality Vote
Dror Gill
CTO
Beamr Video
The FCC voted recently to approve net neutrality and regulate the Internet as a public utility, similar to how things are done with our landline telephone service, under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Says Gill: "While there are positive implications for consumers for network neutrality, since legitimate content may not be blocked or throttled, there can also be some negative implications in case the ISPs are not allowed to charge content providers for transit peering. When content providers pay for the data they transmit, they benefit from video compression, since it reduces their total CDN bill, and the corresponding transit peering bill. ISPs also benefit, since fewer bits flow over their pipes to the end users."
Gill is CTO of Beamr Video, an imaging technology company that powers some of the world's top Web publishers, digital distributors, social networks and media companies. Beamr Video reduces the bitrate of video streams through the whole devilry chain, from the content providers through the ISPs to the end users. End users also benefit due to the improve user experience: faster start, less buffering, and high quality available at the same bandwidth.
Media Contact: Jerry Schranz, [email protected]

Open Innovation Helps Companies Strengthen Their Brands
Andy Zynga
CEO
NineSigma
"OI (open innovation) has become a proven strategy for speeding the commercialization of groundbreaking products, improving companies' financial performance, and strengthening their brands."
Zynga can discuss innovation, open innovation, how to connect solution seekers to solution providers, and how to increase revenue and speed to market.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/warner
Website: http://www.ninesigma.com
Media Contact: Sadie Furlong, [email protected]

Women and the Workplace
Bonnie Marcus
President
Women's Success Coaching
"Organizations are political arenas, and to be effective in such arenas, one must have both the political will and political skill."
Marcus is an award-winning entrepreneur, a Forbes and Business Insider contributing writer, and the author of "The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead" (http://politicsofpromotionbook.com). As president of Women's Success Coaching, she assists women to navigate the workplace and advance their careers through strategic self-promotion. She is available to discuss issues of sexism in the workplace, self-promotion, career advancement, and any topic related to women's careers.
Website: http://womenssuccesscoaching.com
Media Contact: Sara Reinis, [email protected]

Feds, Industry Struggle With Oil Train Safety
Jack Massey
Energy Litigator
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Houston
Safety concerns about trains carrying crude oil are leading to tougher regulations. The latest accident occurred Feb. 16 in West Virginia when a train containing highly volatile Bakken shale oil derailed and exploded, destroying a house and forcing water treatment plants to shut down. The Houston Chronicle recently reported that between 2 to 6 million gallons of Bakken shale oil is carried through the Houston area each week. Says Massey: "Any crude-by-rail accident poses potentially awful human consequences and company-ending liability. Avoiding such events is a moral and a business imperative. Federal regulators are toughening standards and taking on tank cars, but a significant part of the safety work will come from industry. Many operators have already adopted new tank car standards. These improvements are part of industry's broader initiative to enhance safety through aggressive leadership, improved culture, and investment in sophisticated safety systems."
News Contact: Kit Frieden, [email protected]

Public-Private Partnerships Help Improve Nation's Infrastructure
Chris Vincze
Chairman and CEO
TRC Companies, Inc.
"The need to bring the nation's highways, bridges, and railways into a state of good repair is undeniable. Public-private partnerships that enable the flow of capital and speed project completion are an increasingly effective approach, as state budgets remain tight."
Vincze is part of a project to improve Pennsylvania's critical transportation infrastructure. As CEO of TRC Companies, an engineering firm specializing in oil and gas, power and energy, infrastructure and environmental verticals, Vincze is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the company. Under his leadership, TRC continues to apply creativity, experience, integrity and dedication to deliver superior solutions to the world's energy, environment and infrastructure challenges. Vincze currently serves as an appointed board member on the Commission on Transportation, the Commission on Transportation Restructuring, and Workforce Investment in Massachusetts. He is a member of the National Brownfields Association, Environmental Business Council, National Association of Industrial Office properties, Environmental Bankers Association, Construction Management Association, IBTTA (International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association), AOD (Association of Owners and Developers), CIMS (Construction Industries of Massachusetts), Team Florida Transportation and Team Texas Transportation.
Website: http://www.trcsolutions.com
Media Contact: Dee Edmondson, [email protected]

MEDIA JOBS:

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• News Writer – San Antonio Current (TX)
• Freelance Financial Reporter – Reputation Capital Media (NY)
• Journalist – MIT Technology Review (MA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• BRAND JOURNALISM: WHAT JOURNALISTS AND PR PROS NEED TO KNOW. Many companies are getting into the publishing business, creating original, journalism-style stories to reach their desired audience. Some are even hiring freelance journalists or building in-house news operations. So, what do PR professionals and journalists need to know about brand journalism? We asked journalists and PR pros to weigh in: http://prn.to/1AK8ry7
• THE BLOG BLOG: SEVEN TIPS FOR CREATING VIRAL CONTENT. Every blogger dreams of "going viral," but it is almost impossible to predict what type of content people will share. Although going viral is not an exact science, there may be a few things you can do to increase those chances: http://prn.to/1AVHA2e
• BLOG PROFILES: AGRICULTURE BLOGS.  As PR Newswire's media relations manager, Christine Cube comes across great blogs that cover a wide variety of topics and interests. This week, she shares reviews of a few agriculture blogs: http://prn.to/1FRUEK7

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