Seven Letter launched “CONTROL,” a limited series podcast hosted by Seven Letter’s Brendan Buck and Annalyse Keller. Drawing on their experience in GOP congressional politics, states a release, the podcast seeks to “look around the corner at the policy priorities and political dynamics that will define Congress following the 2022 midterm elections. “CONTROL” weaves in real-time news reactions from the hosts and guests, offering a sober take on what is to come in the next Congress.  “CONTROL” will have regular episodes in the weeks following the election and into the new Congress in January.” 

Whereoware adds Eric MacKenzie as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, states a release, MacKenzie will lead and grow Whereoware’s custom development and technical services team and expand technology practices across Optimizely, Salesforce, WordPress, and Acquia-Drupal. Mackenzie brings nearly 20 years of technology leadership and platform expertise, including Optimizely, Adobe, Sitecore, Acquia Drupal, and more. With leadership roles at technology firms like ICF Next and Capgemini, MacKenzie has led digital transformation and experience-driven marketing technology initiatives for some of the world’s leading brands, such as Pentair, McDonalds, Thompson Reuters, Honeywell, Bayer and Boston Scientific.

JPA Health adds Chris Sousa as Chief Financial Officer. Sousa brings nearly 20 years of experience in positioning professional service companies for accelerated growth. At JPA Health, Sousa will be spearheading the firm’s finance and operations outlook and supporting the firm’s continuous international growth and expansion. Sousa, states a release, brings extensive M&A, organic sales and marketing, strong business acumen to JPA Health, having led numerous buy and sell-side acquisitions from start to finish. Prior to joining JPA, he spent over 14 years at Dataprise, where he led five acquisitions, more than doubling company EBITDA, while simultaneously adding two new service lines and reinforcing a third. He has previously held operations and systems roles at Radical Support, StrategicFusion, and Technical Systems Integrators.