Parsippany, NJ (August 31, 2020) — CIA Omnigage, a provider of premium multi-channel communications solutions, has appointed Daniel Duran, a veteran financial services sales executive, as co-CEO effective September 1, 2020. In his role, Mr. Duran will draw on his 20+ years of experience in sales, strategy, and leadership to accelerate CIA Omnigage’s growth while managing the Company’s strategy, including sales, marketing, and partnerships.
Mr. Duran was previously vice president of sales at Tier1 Financial Solutions, where he played an integral role in leading the company to triple-digit sales growth. Under his leadership, Tier1 was recognized for two consecutive years on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 North America, which ranks companies based on fiscal year revenue growth over a three-year period. Earlier in his career, he held sales and business development roles at Dow Jones & Company and Dealogic, LLC, selling into the investment banking space. He started his career at Charles Schwab in the capital markets and trading group, serving institutional clients as a senior sales trader.
“I am honored to join CIA Omnigage, a leader in the telecommunications industry that has served Wall Street and global financial institutions for over 20 years,” said Daniel Duran. “As co-CEO, I look forward to strategically building relationships and driving the customer engagement process. With over 100 clients, including some of the world’s largest banks, this company has an established and trusted reputation that alleviates critical communication challenges in what is becoming an increasingly sophisticated technology landscape. My vision is to keep CIA Omnigage one step ahead of what our customers are looking for and ensure client connectivity is achieved as easily and efficiently as possible.”
Joseph Vaccarella, co-founder and co-CEO of CIA Omnigage, said, “As a company, we are excited to welcome Dan on board. I’ve worked with Dan for many years as a partner, and I admire his knowledge of the industry and strategic vision. His reputation and experience will be integral to our next stage of growth.”
CIA Omnigage has played a key role in alleviating many of the customer relationship and communication issues that firms have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and was recently named Best Cutting-Edge Ops Solution at the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards.
About CIA Omnigage
CIA Omnigage specializes in communications technology for the financial sector and other B2B markets. Its unified platform is supported by a global infrastructure that delivers click-to-dial, voice/SMS/email blast and conference calling solutions. It integrates seamlessly with any commercial CRM or internal system to track client interactions and provides regulatory compliant reporting. Trusted by capital markets for more than two decades, CIA Omnigage’s 24-hour customer service center is staffed by experienced industry professionals ensuring clients benefit from the fastest, most reliable, and flexible services available. Learn more at www.callcia.com and follow CIA Omnigage on LinkedIn and Twitter.
CIA Omnigage was named the “Best Cutting-Edge Ops Solution” in the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News.
The FTF News Technology Innovation Awards were established in 2011 to honor the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence.
Joe Vaccarella, Co-Founder and CEO says. “Congratulations to our CIA Omnigage team on winning ‘Best Cutting-Edge Ops Solution’ at this year’s FTF Awards, and thank you to all those who voted for us and showed support.”
Winners were selected across over 26 categories through reader voting. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!
Client Instant Access and its Omnigage platform have been named a finalist in three categories in the 2020 Waters Rankings: ‘Best Network Provider’, ‘Best Mobile Solutions Provider’, and ‘Best Cloud-Based Application Provider’.
The 18th annual Waters Rankings recognize the best fintech vendors across 34 different categories within 5 areas that include Trading Services; Trading Tools; Data Management; Compliance, Risk Management and theBack Office; and Infrastructure and Connectivity.
Show your support for Client Instant Access by voting now through May 29. You can access the voting page and additional informationhere.
The threat posed by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is forcing firms to not only take measures to ensure business continuity and the well-being of its employees – but to also ensure it has a secure and compliant cloud-based communications platform in place. With the number of data breaches and cybersecurity attacks rising daily, a robust multi-channel platform with built-in security and compliance features is critical.
At CIA Omnigage, our top priority has always been to deliver a secure, compliant and easy-to-use multi-channel communications platform. No matter how large your database or where you are in the world, our time-to-market is unmatched by any other firm in the industry.
Take advantage of these CIA Omnigage platform capabilities and more:
EMAIL
Create your own custom HTML email templates with attachments
SMS
Send a single message to thousands of contacts and track all responses
VOICE BLAST
Quickly send voice messages to an entire client base or community
The CIA Omnigage team is on standby to quickly help you solve your challenges during COVID-19 and prepare your firm for business continuity in the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced professionals from industries that range from finance to healthcare and pharmaceuticals to work remotely. Client Instant Access’s multi-channel communications solutions have been a pivotal element in the business continuity of many of these firms during that time. CEO Joe Vaccarella and CTO Michael Morgan spoke with Mergermarket fintech reporter Yizhu Wang about how CIA is addressing everyday technology hurdles that firms are facing and how the business has grown as a result:
In March, CIA saw a 75% increase in the usage of its communication products, up from about 25% in January and February
900 new users across product lines from existing clients
40 new organizations in government, education and the financial industry