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Last week, Keystone welcomed Brenna Wynn Greer, Ph.D. for a special virtual learning session in observance of Juneteenth. As our president Jeff Marowits put it, “Juneteenth is a sacred day in America’s journey to form a “more perfect union.” As is our custom, we aim to retell the story of Juneteenth for both those who know that story and those that do not.” Dr. Greer, author of “Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship” and associate professor of history at Wellesley College, offered her perspective on the history and significance of Juneteenth. You can learn more about Keystone’s DEI philosophy here: https://lnkd.in/dggtRZV8

Last week, Keystone’s Nitika Bagaria and Arzu Mammadova presciently published a column in Competition Policy International predicting how the European Union might enforce compliance with the Digital Markets Act, assessing trade-offs in enforcing equal access to platform features and protecting users’ privacy and security. Days later, the EU informed Apple that in its preliminary view, the tech giant’s app store rules hinder developers from pointing consumers toward alternative avenues of buying products and content. Read the full column at the link below: https://lnkd.in/ehV8B8c4

The Keystone team is proud to join the Vera Institute of Justice in honoring Troy Vincent, Sr., Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL and 15-year NFL veteran, at the institute's Annual Dinner this evening. The dinner's theme, "Transforming the System Together," reflects Vera's mission of transforming the criminal legal and immigration systems to fulfill their vision of safe, healthy, empowered communities and a fair, accountable justice system. We join Vera in celebrating Mr. Vincent's passionate advocacy for racial justice and criminal legal system reform throughout his career. Learn more about Vera and the important work they do here: https://www.vera.org/

ICYMI: Earlier this week, Spencer Stuart's Veena Marr published an article on how generative AI will usher in a new era for retail. In it, Keystone's Devesh Mishra shares his perspective on why he believes we're in the "golden age of AI." Read more at the link below.

At the 2024 World Retail Congress, Keystone's Devesh Mishra shared the stage with other leading AI experts to discuss the many dimensions of #AI in #retail. Read more about Devesh's belief in human-centric AI and why we're in the "golden age of AI" in the piece linked below by Veena Marr from Spencer Stuart.

Today, Keystone announces the appointment of Aarif Nakhooda as Managing Partner CFO of CoreAI and Customer Success. Aarif brings invaluable experience as the former worldwide head of finance for Amazon Prime, where among his many responsibilities he combined financial reporting insights and predictive modeling to fuel smarter decision making. Based out of Seattle, Aarif will work alongside Devesh Mishra and Patrick Bajari to lead the CoreAI team. Welcome to the team, Aarif! Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KhOhtq

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Closing out our weeklong tour celebrating the “One Keystone” company wide meeting is our final stop: Seattle. The Keystone Seattle team participated in a creative painting activity at Lighting Art Studio before a team lunch at Homegrown, a restaurant with values we share: quality, service, and cultivating our people. Thanks for following on along on our tour – if you want to see more glimpses into life and culture at Keystone, comment below!

Day 4: San Francisco marks the penultimate stop on our muti-city “One Keystone” tour to recap our annual company-wide virtual meeting. The Bay Area team’s activities were rooted in growth (puns very much intended). Keystone SF had a fantastic time getting their hands dirty at Plant’d before a team lunch at Penny Roma in the Mission District.

The Keystone team is proud to support tonight's International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s (CPR) Corporate Leadership Award Dinner, and congratulates this year’s honoree Ann Chaplin, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Qualcomm Incorporate. The award recognizes corporations and general counsel that have demonstrated commitment to the field of dispute management and have institutionalized dispute management mechanisms into their corporate culture. CPR is an independent nonprofit organization that promotes the prevention and resolution of conflict to better enable the pursuit of purpose. Learn more about the event here: https://bit.ly/4bvxNtt