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	Ryan Ray EMP-77

Ryan Ray was recently promoted to COO of Progressive Leasing, the largest virtual lease-to-own company in the nation. He still loves life in Salt Lake City with wife Rachel and five amazing kids: Holland (9), Ethan (9), Taylor (4), Sydney (4) and Amelia (3).

Scott Strong was promoted to CEO of BLUE Software, LLC. Now structured as a privately-held Software as a Service (SaaS) company serving Fortune 500 CPG, pharmaceutical and retail clients. The cloud-based offerings allow clients to manage branded packaging lifecycles across complex agency and geographical supply chains, with over 78,000 users and 10,500 brands under management. If you manage a consumer or pharmaceutical brand, Scott encourages you to look up BLUE Software.

After enjoying a 16-year career at Google/Motorola, Vivek Thakkar has joined Apple, where he is leading sales and business development for the U.S. carrier business. Vivek, his wife, Reshma, and their twin boys have relocated from their home in the Chicago suburbs to the California Bay Area for the new role.

Vivek Thakkar EMP-77 and family enjoying their first winter without snow in the Bay Area!