Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM), today announced that Dr. John Maeda, Everbridge Chief Customer Experience Officer and Critical Event Management industry thought leader and global influencer, ranked #11 as a Top Voices LinkedIn U.S. Influencer, joining international luminaries Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, Arne Sorenson, president & CEO of Marriott International, Actor & Director LeVar Burton, David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, Author Arianna Huffington, Erika James, dean at The Wharton School, and Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom.
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Everbridge’s Dr. John Maeda Ranked 11th on LinkedIn’s 2020 Top Influencer List (Photo: Business Wire)
The global implications of COVID-19 expose the essential need for businesses, governments and healthcare institutions across all industries and geographies to implement and deploy an integrated risk management strategy to ensure the safety of people and operations. As a CEO- and Board-level imperative, critical event management represents a vital approach to how organizations navigate potential day-to-day risks to employees and assets, while minimizing disruptions to business continuity, IT operations, supply chain and brand.
Specific to COVID-19, critical event management (CEM) changes the way organizations manage the impacts of a global pandemic. With CEM software solutions, organizations have access to the latest information on new outbreaks, transportation or production stoppages, the availability of hospital beds and personal protective equipment, vaccine distribution routes, or changes to regulations at the city, state, or country level related to quarantines. CEM enables organizations to determine which of their people, assets, customers, or supply chain routes are in the vicinity of a threat or hotspot; where their employees are traveling based on calendaring and itinerary data; and can automatically kick off response procedures and generate up-to-the minute status reports and metrics to measure the full lifecycle of a critical event, thereby improving response times for the future.
Dr. Maeda’s global perspective on the impacts of COVID-19 have been widely shared. Recognized as one of the “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” by Esquire, Dr. Maeda’s vision and design expertise stems from his background as an MIT-trained engineer and researcher, public company board member and C-Level executive, Silicon Valley venture capital partner, digital transformation thought leader and acclaimed TED-talk presenter, combined with a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Maeda has authored several celebrated books including How To Speak Machine, The Laws of Simplicity, and Redesigning Leadership, and his Twitter feed ranks as one of the 140 best by TIME Magazine.
LinkedIn’s 6th annual Top Voices list uncovers the 20 U.S. Influencers who are using their voice to “help parse today’s changing world of work, navigate industries and find balance through an unprecedented year.” To compile the list, LinkedIn used a combination of qualitative and quantitative signals — including engagement (such as reactions, comments and shares across each member’s content); posting cadence; and follower growth. To see all of this year’s Top Voices around the world, click here.
Daniel Roth, Editor in Chief/VP at LinkedIn News said, “This year’s honorees asked the questions and elevated the topics that were essential to their industries, their roles and their colleagues. With so much uncertainty around them, they didn’t preach prescriptions but instead sought ideas and shined a spotlight on others. And, as a result, these professionals found the world gravitating to their voices.” LinkedIn is the #1 networking site in the world. For more information on their Annual Top Voices list, see: LinkedIn Top Voices List 2020.
Dr. Maeda spoke recently at Everbridge’s “COVID-19 R2R: The Road to Recovery” virtual leadership summit featuring marquee keynote speakers including the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush, as well as presidential advisor and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Anthony Fauci, Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson, and renowned neurosurgeon and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. To learn more, go to COVID-19 R2R: The Road to Recovery.
Everbridge, and its market-leading CEM Platform, has been widely recognized for its support during the coronavirus pandemic. According to data compiled by global investment firm Battery Ventures and employee feedback shared on Glassdoor, Everbridge was named the third highest-rated public cloud computing company to work for during COVID-19. Everbridge also recently received two Tech Top 50 awards from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) during a ceremony recognizing technology companies for their success in 2020. Everbridge received the special honor of being distinguished in two categories for the year: COVID-19 Response and Business Accomplishment. Additional recognition for Everbridge includes the Best Customer Experience Award from The Help Desk Institute (HDI), a Stevie® Award in the category of “Female Executive of the Year – Business Services,” Frost & Sullivan’s Critical Event Management (CEM) Technology Leadership Award, expansion of its existing portfolio of over 160 patents with a recent new award, certification as a 2020 Great Place to Work® by the Global Authority on Workplace Culture, “Overall Best in Category” in the Emergency Mass Notification Software category for the Spring 2020 Customer Success Report, Top Enterprise IT Alerting and Incident Management Solution by IT Central Station, one of Boston’s Best Places to Work in 2020, Growth Company of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, as well as the Department of Defense’s prestigious Above and Beyond Award for promoting supportive work environments for members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve.
About Everbridge
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational response to critical events in order to Keep People Safe and Businesses Running™. During public safety threats such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather conditions, as well as critical business events including IT outages, cyber-attacks or other incidents such as product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 5,400 global customers rely on the Company’s Critical Event Management Platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate people at risk and responders able to assist, automate the execution of pre-defined communications processes through the secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices, and track progress on executing response plans. Everbridge serves 8 of the 10 largest U.S. cities, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based investment banks, 47 of the 50 busiest North American airports, 9 of the 10 largest global consulting firms, 8 of the 10 largest global automakers, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based health care providers, and 7 of the 10 largest technology companies in the world. Everbridge is based in Boston with additional offices in 20 cities around the globe. For more information visit www.everbridge.com
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