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Zentech Manufacturing, a Merion portfolio company, is pleased to announce that it has chosen Tim Facklam to be its Chief Operating Officer. Tim will be responsible for leading Zentech in a collaborative environment to continuously improve operational performance in predictability, quality, cost, and customer satisfaction, as well as supply chain and operational excellence functions. He will also serve as a key member of the Zentech Senior Leadership Team.

Tim brings over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry and has served in a variety of roles during his career – (supply chain, engineering and technology services program management, operations management).  Most recently, Tim was the Group VP of Operations at Benchmark, where he managed four sites across the US. Tim is experienced in the high reliability electronics space and is committed to Zentech’s goal of Mission Critical Manufacturing.

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Specialty Care Management (“SCM” or the “Company”), a Merion portfolio company, is pleased to announce that Steve Hynes has joined its Board of Directors. SCM, a portfolio company of Argosy Healthcare Partners (“AHP”), is a payor services company focused on healthcare cost containment and claims management services for the self-insured market.

Steve has spent his career building and leading healthcare services and information technology companies. Steve was previously Co-Founder and CEO of MRO Corp. (“MRO”), a technology enabled healthcare services company headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Under Steve’s leadership, MRO successfully transformed from a founder owned and operated business to an institutionally backed platform. MRO scaled and sold to Imperial Capital Partners in 2014 and then, following another transformational period of growth, sold to Parthenon Capital in 2019.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESSWIRE / May 3, 2023 / TouchMath has been honored as both finalist and a winner in several categories in EdTech Digest’s 2023 EdTech Awards. Celebrating its 13th year, the U.S.-based EdTech Awards program is the world’s largest recognition program for education technology, acknowledging the biggest names in edtech – and those who are soon to be.

TouchMath Pro won the award for Best New Product or Service (released in 2020 or later). Launched in Spring 2022, TouchMath Pro 2.0 is a powerful personalized learning tool for both general education intervention and special education student populations. TouchMath Pro includes four specialized learning modes, allowing teachers to diagnose skill gaps, set goals that support IEP implementation, reinforce skills based on individual needs, and/or provide algorithm-guided programs that move students ahead and back based on real-time responses.

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Zentech Manufacturing Inc, an Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Merion Portfolio Company is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Stan Plzak Corporate Recognition Award. This award is named for former IPC Board Chairman Stanley Plzak and recognizes Zentech’s contributions to the electronics assembly industry and its support of the IPC through participation in technical and management programs. Zentech is proud to have actively worked with the IPC for many years to improve outcomes in our industry.

“Zentech is honored to be given an award named after one of the pioneers in the EMS industry, said President and CEO Steve Pudles. “Over our 25-year history, Zentech has been involved in a wide range of IPC activities and was one of the first EMS companies to earn the IPC 1791 and IPC 610 certifications. We believe in the IPC’s mission to ‘build electronics better’ and encourage all member companies to participate in IPC programs and initiatives so together we can make our industry stronger and more successful.”

“IPC benefits tremendously from Zentech’s leadership, knowledge and expertise,” said John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO. “For many years, Zentech has consistently provided staff resources to standards development and other IPC programs and initiatives. IPC is privileged to have Zentech in our membership; their involvement in IPC has directly contributed to IPC’s global growth in the electronics industry.”

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