Major Announcement from BuzzFeed

 In a huge media merger, one of the many companies that Roger Coleman is involved with out of his New York office, BuzzFeed, announced recently that they will be acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media.

 As part of the plan, BuzzFeed will acquire HuffPost as part of a larger stock deal, the two websites will remain the same. Because of their appeal to different demographic readerships, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti feels that they should complement each other well.

To learn more about this merger, go to:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/business/media/buzzfeed-huffpost.html

To learn more about Roger Coleman and the many companies he is involved with go go:

 https://rogervcoleman.com/discover/

 

New Board Member Announced at Disaster Technologies

Longtime New York resident Roger Coleman is the Chief Strategy Office at Disaster Technologies where he helps the company navigate deal sourcing. Recently the company announced a new board member has been added in Nivi Achanta. 

Achanta is currently the CEO and founder of Soapbox Project, a startup that helps busy millennials fight climate change straight from their inbox. Soapbox gives its users bite-sized, informative action plans for social and environmental issues they care about. 

To learn more about the recent addition of Achanta, go to https://blog.disastertech.com/the-latest/disaster-tech-names-nivi-achanta-as-new-board-member

 

Disaster Tech Making Headlines With Disaster Management Scalability

As the Chief Strategy Officer for Disaster Technologies, longtime New York resident Roger Coleman is involved with a number of high profile responsibilities for the company.

In early October, Disaster Tech announced the availability of Data science Integrated Collaboration Environment (DICE) in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Disaster Tech customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

The platform uses analytics to better forecast disasters and therefore, allows for another level of preparedness. All in all, DICE is using real-time data for situational awareness and operational coordination across multiple hazards such as wildfires, hurricanes, and COVID-19 – all on Microsoft Teams. This availability on Teams has accelerated Disaster Tech’s ability to arm disaster managers with the tools they need to perform in high-stress situations. 

Roger Coleman, along with CEO Sean Griffin are excited about the potential in allowing disaster managers the ability to perform in high stress situations.

“The availability of DICE in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Microsoft Teams reveals Disaster Tech’s commitment to delivering a collaborative and sophisticated environment for disaster and emergency teams,” said Sean Griffin, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Disaster Tech. “We know customers are looking for solutions to accurately — and simply — integrate their own unique data to accelerate decision making processes before and when disasters hit. This integration helps us deliver a single pane of glass platform to multiple high-risk sectors, including government, utility and the healthcare industry, resulting in increased data visualization, streamlined report generation, and significant savings to lives, money and time.”  

To learn more about Disaster Tech and the latest news, go to: https://www.disastertech.com/

To learn more about Roger Coleman, check him out on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-coleman/ 

Major Hurricanes Result in Millions of Dollars of Destruction

Roger Coleman graduated with high honors from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he studied international business and marketing. Now serving as president and chief strategy officer of Disaster Technologies Incorporated, Roger Coleman oversees the facilitation of software that allows leaders to manage and make split-second decisions during natural disasters, such as a hurricane.

Between 2018 and 2019, weather disasters, including hurricanes, caused $136 billion in damages across the country. The hurricane season, which lasts from June through November, often results in the loss of homes and property for many families nationwide.

During the 2019 season, 18 storms grew large enough to earn names, and six of those evolved into hurricanes, with winds reaching 74 miles per hour or higher. Three of the 2019 hurricanes reached the status of category three or more, meaning they sustained winds higher than 111 miles per hour. These storms wreaked havoc along coastlines, causing damage with high winds and storm surges and resulting in deaths and destruction. The most expensive of these three storms proved to be Hurricane Dorian.

Hurricane Dorian reached the devastating level of category five on September 1, 2019. The storm then hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas as well as Grand Bahama Island. It later restrengthened, impacting the Outer Banks in North Carolina. With over 185-mile-per-hour winds, Dorian recorded the highest sustained winds of an Atlantic Ocean-based hurricane since the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Damage caused by the disaster totaled around $2 billion. 

Santen Acquires Eyevance Shares in Agreement

New York resident and investor, Roger Coleman, owns Coleman Ventures & Coleman Group Partners-based in New York City. As proprietor, Roger Coleman is involved in impacting investing, committing some of the company's returns to his charitable foundation for positive outcomes around the world.

In September 2020, Mr. Coleman helped facilitate a deal between Santen Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. (Santen) and Eyevance Holdings, LLC (Eyevance) that culminated in the former purchasing all outstanding shares of the latter. Santen is an ophthalmological company specializing in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Eyevance makes topical products for the eyes.

Currently, Santen is the market leader in Japan and patients in 60 other countries use its products. This purchase will allow the company to establish a larger business base in the US while offering patients more value. By gaining access to the US market, they hope to facilitate corporate growth and the ability to contribute to making ophthalmic treatments worldwide.

Exciting Announcement At Disaster Tech

 

President and Chief Strategy Officer of Disaster Tech Roger Coleman, delivered some exciting news on Wednesday with a major partnership involving his company and the University of Oklahoma.

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Disaster Technologies Fights Misinformation with Project Domino

An accomplished New York investment professional, Roger Coleman was recently named to the Barron’s Advisor Hall of Fame. Roger Coleman owns the New York-based Coleman Ventures & Coleman Group Partners, and serves as president and chief strategic officer of Disaster Technologies Incorporated.

Disaster Technologies has established a reputation as a leading provider of web-based data visualization and data exploration aimed at helping organizations prepare for and respond to disasters. Recently, Disaster Tech partnered with Graphistry to fight social media disinformation with Project Domino.

Project Domino recognizes that the internet is rife with misleading information and false claims designed to confuse and polarize readers. Particularly regarding COVID-19, accurate and unbiased information is essential to public health. Project Domino collects data and accelerates research on developing capabilities to disseminate information swiftly and broadly. Specifically, the project works to develop three main capabilities: to detect misinformation campaigns, to identify potential influencers for local behavior changes, and to automate precise interventions. For more information please visit www.disastertech.com/.

Communities Save Money and Lives With Disaster Preparedness

Roger Coleman, a New York-based entrepreneur, serves as president and chief strategy officer of Disaster Technologies Incorporated, which he co-founded. In this capacity, Roger Coleman supports the New York company’s mission of supplying decision-support technologies to help communities save lives and money by getting prepared to respond to natural disasters.

According to updated findings from the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report from Colorado University Boulder, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, communities can achieve significant cost savings through preparedness efforts. For example, up to $11 can be saved for every dollar they invest in simply meeting or exceeding building codes. Communities can also save $4 for every $1 spent on improving utility systems, railroads, and highways, along with a similar mount for measures to protect from wildfires.

Saving money isn’t the only benefit of disaster preparedness, of course. Preparedness also saves lives, and training is critical. The Finnish Red Cross has been teaching winter readiness exercises to residents since 2013, and a simulation exercise in response to flooding was implemented by the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan. Different countries’ coordinated responses to terrorist attacks and other disasters also demonstrate the importance of preparedness.

Barron's Hall of Fame Honors the Best Financial Advisors

New York-based Roger V. Coleman studied international business and marketing at Marist College School of Management, graduating with a bachelor of science in business administration. Now based in Plandome, New York, Roger Coleman acts as a financial advisor and was inducted into the Barron's Advisor Hall of Fame in 2019.

Announced in October, the Barron's Hall of Fame ranks financial advisors who previously appeared on one of the publication's Top 100 lists. Barron's publishes the Top 100 Advisors annually and has been doing so since 2004. In 2006, Barron's began naming the Top 100 Women Advisors, and in 2007 the Top 100 Independent Advisors was launched as another yearly list.

Barron's asks advisors wishing to be included in one of its annual lists to answer over 100 questions about the services they provide. Based on those answers, Barron's selects advisors for each of the annual lists. To get into the Hall of Fame, advisors must have appeared in at least 10 of the Top 100 lists over the last 17 years.

The Uniqueness of The Barron's Advisor Hall of Fame

Roger V. Coleman is a New York-based businessman, currently serving as CEO and president of Disaster Tech and CEO of Coleman Group Partners, LLC. Accomplished in his professional career, Roger Coleman was elected to the prestigious Barron’s Hall of Fame in 2019.

The award is given to financial advisor's who achieve lasting success in their field. To learn more about Barron's and the award, click here...

Featured in Bloomberg: Disaster Tech and Kinetica Partner for Covid-19 Real Time Response Solution

Learn more about how Roger Coleman and Disaster Tech are partnering with companies such as Kinetica to assist the Covid-19 pandemic. Click here...