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The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of fair, transparent, efficient, and competitive diamond and jewelry markets. Established in 1976, the Group has more than 20,000 clients in over 120 countries. Group activities include Rapaport Information Services providing research, analysis and news; Rapaport Magazine the leading print publication for the diamond industry; RapNet the world’s largest online diamond trading network; Rapaport Laboratory Services providing GIA and HRD gemological services in India, Belgium and Israel; and Rapaport Trading and Auction Services specializing in recycled diamonds and jewelry.

• Wolters Kluwer, Houston TX February 2019 present • AI Virtual AssistantCreated a system assistant that will contact Jurisdictions or vendors via telephone to have a limited conversation about a pre-established set of facts that need to be known or validated, such as hours of operation, documents/forms that are accepted, holidays they are closed on, and relevant contact information. This application leveraged advanced natural language processing NLP and a generative pre-trained transformer GPT AI to create and have a guided conversation by prompting and then extracting information from real human representatives with little to no real-time supervised training. • Lead the development of internal and customer-facing applications with a focus on quality, time delivery and ease of implementation using queues such as RabbitMQ. Supervising and establishing delivery of project initiatives. Building trusting and influential relationships and engaging with vendors and third parties as appropriate. Adept in using Agile development methodologies and Scrum to deliver data driven approaches. • Work with the architecture team to ensure high quality design is built into the project. Ensure that the product user interface can be componentized and reused. Collaborating with architects, other leads and developers to provide technical design guidance to align with strategy and applicable technical standards. Adept in using Agile development methodologies and Scrum to deliver data driven approaches • Be the project technical coordinator/liaison with outsourced vendors • Write test cases using Testing frameworks such as unit testing tools like nUnit and MOQ • Drive all activities necessary to plan, test, build and deploy project team deliverables to production, including managing the migration process workflow and manage full CI/CD pipelines using Azure Devops and create reusable technology patterns.

ShyftLabs is an innovative and rapidly growing company that focuses on revolutionizing enterprises with smarter data solutions. ShyftLabs assists their partners in propelling digital transformation at unprecedented speed, while specializing in crafting end-to-end solutions through our collaborative approach. With a deep-rooted understanding of the retail vertical, ShyftLabs seamlessly integrates with any ecosystem to accelerate value creation.

Wits Innovation Lab is a hub of cutting-edge technology, helping businesses of all sizes—startups, SMBs, and enterprises—innovate, scale, and lead. We specialize in custom solutions, product development, and digital transformation, ensuring our clients stay ahead in today's competitive market. With 500+ satisfied clients and a team with 100+ years of combined industry experience, we have built intelligent solutions for industries including Automotive, Education, Healthcare, Media, Fintech, Retail, Insurance, and Logistics. Our 600+ engineers work with the latest technologies, fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where professionals thrive. We offer expertise in modern-day tech stacks, including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Augmented & Virtual Reality, IoT, Big Data, and DevOps. Our solutions empower businesses to navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape and gain a competitive edge. At Wits Innovation Lab, we don’t just build solutions—we shape the future. If you’re looking for a place to grow, innovate, and achieve—this is where you belong. Technologies We Offer ✅ Web & Mobile Development ✅ DevOps & Big Data ✅ AI, Blockchain, AR & VR ✅ UI/UX Design & QA Services ✅ Digital Marketing Industries We Serve ✅ Automotive & Information Services ✅ Healthcare & Education ✅ Fintech, Retail & eCommerce ✅ Insurance, Logistics & Hospitality Certifications & Partnerships ✅ ISO 9001 ✅ SOC (Type 1 & 2) ✅ ISO 20000 ✅ CMMI 3 ✅ Oracle Partner ✅ AWS ✅ Startup India Certified ✅ Google Partner ✅ ISO/IEC 27001 ? For inquiries: [email protected]

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Today, 92% of low-income households can’t afford legal help, and meaningful reform is blocked by laws that prohibit non-lawyers from owning or operating law firms. Our mission is to change that. By equipping law firms with cutting-edge AI and world-class operations, we will push the industry 10 years forward, increasing the capacity for law firms to serve more clients so more households have access to justice. And we’re starting with plaintiff personal injury law firms. If we help 1-2 PI firms dominate in each state, we can raise the bar of competition and brute force massive change and unlock a legal system that works for everyone.

Dynamic software company specializing in client projects, internal developments, and SaaS products.

Welocalize is a company that provides services to transform content into multiple languages. We have a network of over 250,000 linguistic resources and operate in North America, Europe, and Asia. We offer high-quality training data solutions for machine learning by combining technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all types of content.

SLSCRW helps deeptech companies turn great technology into commercial traction. A lot of deeptech companies have the same problem. They have strong technical teams, promising technology and a market that should exist, but building a full commercial team too early is expensive and often makes little sense. Sales in deeptech also comes in waves. You may need serious commercial firepower for six months, then much less for the next six. That is what SLSCRW is built for. We act as a shared commercial team for deeptech companies. We help figure out where the real commercial opportunity is, identify the companies and people worth pursuing, open the right conversations and keep opportunities moving until there is something real on the table. We focus on sectors where selling requires technical understanding, patience and access to the right people: semiconductors, AI and computing, photonics, robotics, energy and storage, advanced materials, industrial biotech, space and other deeptech markets. Companies can use us when they need us and scale us down when they do not. Because our people, tools and network are shared across several companies, we can provide senior commercial capability without every company having to build the same infrastructure itself. And sometimes we go one step further. For companies we strongly believe in, SLSCRW can invest part or even all of our work instead of charging the full fee in cash. That means our upside can be tied to the value we help create. We are building SLSCRW around a simple idea: deeptech companies should be able to access world-class commercial capability as flexibly as they access other critical infrastructure. Build the technology. We help make sure someone buys it.