CTG Chooses Amendola Communications as North American Public Relations Partner

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., August 28, 2018 Although they say you can’t go home again, don’t tell that to CTG, a provider of reliable information technology (IT) solutions and services to organizations in North America and Western Europe. Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning public relations and marketing agency, announced today that it has been selected as CTG’s public relations agency of record in North America across all of its lines of business. This marks the second PR engagement between Amendola and CTG, in addition to a number of individual projects that the two firms have worked on together.

CTG’s PR program will focus on promoting the company’s solutions in various industries, including healthcare and life sciences, tech, oil and gas, manufacturing, and a strong strategic staffing offering across all lines of business. The Amendola team will apply its industry expertise, longstanding relationships with editors and writers, and content development capabilities to help CTG expand its business.

“We are very excited to be working with Amendola Communications again, especially with their extraordinary communication experience, media relationships and knowledge, and proven reputation for results,” said Amanda LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer and VP, Marketing of CTG. “CTG’s strategic plans for growth will require a strong PR partner that can help us rise above a crowded field. Our clients have told us that our reliability, in terms of doing what we say we’ll do, on time and on budget, is one of our greatest assets. We feel the same about Amendola Communications. We are looking forward to taking full advantage of the knowledge and expertise of their entire team.”

For more than 50 years, CTG has built a reputation as the most reliable IT services provider across multiple industries. The company delivers high-value, industry-specific strategies, solutions, services, and staffing. The company boasts a Fortune 1000 client list that spans 74 of the 83 major industries defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, many of them with long-standing relationships.

Amendola will support CTG with a comprehensive media relations program, pitching the knowledge and experience of its numerous subject matter experts for interviews and contributed content as well as bringing its press releases to the attention of the media. The agency will also provide event-related media support, support for speaker opportunities and content development, webinar programming guidance, as well as collaborating with the CTG team on new ways to take advantage of social media.

“CTG is an incredible company with a long history of doing great work for its clients, so we are delighted to have them back on our client roster,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications. “They have a stellar reputation in healthcare, which is where Amendola began and where we first began our working relationship. Today, we’re looking forward to working with them to generate opportunities to increase visibility beyond just the healthcare space to all the industries that CTG serves. It says a lot about us that they chose to return, and in an expanded capacity.”

About CTG:

Over the last three decades, CTG has provided reliable IT solutions and services to more than 145 enterprise information management clients. Our more than 500 Information Management professionals help clients recognize the true business value of their data by transforming, managing, and visualizing it through our solution suite. Our EIM services have helped meet the unique needs of companies in various industries, including manufacturing, energy, government, healthcare and life sciences, telecommunications, and financial services. CTG has operations in North America, Western Europe, and India. The company regularly posts news and other important information online at www.ctg.com.

Media Contact:
Marcia Rhodes
Amendola Communications
480.664.8412 ext. 15
mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com

Amendola Communications Adds Award-Winning Healthcare Journalist and Experienced Public Relations Professional as Senior Writer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., August 23, 2018 Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning healthcare and healthcare information technology public relations and marketing agency, announced today that Morgan Lewis Jr. has joined the agency as Senior Writer. An award-winning healthcare journalist and experienced public relations professional, Lewis will create a wide variety of PR content for the agency’s healthcare/healthcare IT clients.

Morgan Lewis Jr.

Lewis brings 20 years of journalism and PR writing experience, focused almost exclusively on business and healthcare. He most recently served as Senior Copywriter at MERGE Atlanta, formerly Dodge Communications, an integrated healthcare PR and marketing communications agency. As Senior Copywriter, Lewis created ghostwritten bylined thought leadership articles, white papers, case studies, blog posts, website copy and other pieces of strategic PR and marketing content for dozens of healthcare and healthcare IT clients over four years.

Before joining MERGE Atlanta, Lewis was an independent healthcare and healthcare IT writer creating content for several PR agency clients, as well as crafting his own bylined articles that appeared in publications such as Medscape, Physicians Practice, Managed Healthcare Executive, Medical Economics and Chiropractic Economics. Lewis previously served as Senior Editor at Medical Economics, where he focused on healthcare IT, and won three writing awards from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE), including two Gold Awards.

Agency CEO Jodi Amendola said: “Morgan’s knowledge and experience as a healthcare journalist and PR copywriter will be tremendous assets to our growing team and expanding list of diverse clients. Morgan is not only an exceptional writer, but he is also a strategic collaborator who understands how to engagingly share clients messages amidst a rapidly changing industry.”

Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree in English-Journalism from Miami University of Ohio.

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Kaufman Hall Taps Amendola Communications as PR Agency of Record to Support Strategic Growth Initiatives

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. August 7, 2018 Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning healthcare and health IT public relations and marketing agency, announced today its selection as the agency of record for Kaufman Hall, a leading provider of management consulting services, enterprise performance management and decision support software.

Amendola won the business after a competitive agency review process. It will provide strategic counsel, media relations and content development for Kaufman Hall’s three industry sectors, healthcare, financial institutions and higher education. The agency will build upon Kaufman Hall’s stellar brand reputation in these industries for its software and management consulting services.

“At its core, Kaufman Hall solves complex business problems for its clients. In a similar vein, we require a communications agency that not only understands the complexities and nuances of what we do but also can bring big ideas to the table and execute on them,” said Rob Kunzler, chief marketing officer of Kaufman Hall. “Amendola’s experienced team has demonstrated its ability to deliver value and its commitment to working closely with us to form a trusted, long-term partnership.”

“We’re excited to partner with Kaufman Hall, which has been helping executives to navigate rapid market changes in healthcare, finance and higher education for more than 30 years,” said Jodi Amendola, chief executive officer of Amendola Communications. “The company has built its reputation on consulting, performance improvement technologies, and data and analytics” and even more importantly, on its strong customer base of top-tier organizations that rely on its counsel and expertise.

Our collaboration will help to further elevate Kaufman Hall’s thought leaders profiles among journalists, prospective clients and key stakeholders across industries.”

About Kaufman Hall

Kaufman Hall provides software and management consulting to help organizations realize sustained success amid changing market conditions. Since 1985, Kaufman Hall has been a trusted advisor to boards and executive management teams, helping them incorporate proven methods into their strategic planning and financial management processes, and quantify the financial impact of their plans and strategic decisions to consistently achieve their goals.

Kaufman Hall services use a rigorous, disciplined, and structured approach that is based on the principles of corporate finance. The breadth and integration of Kaufman Hall advisory services are unparalleled, encompassing strategy; performance improvement; financial and capital planning; cost transformation; treasury and capital markets management; and mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and joint ventures.

Kaufman Hall software includes the Axiom Suite, providing sophisticated, flexible performance management solutions that empower finance professionals to analyze results, model the future, and optimize organizational decision making. Solutions for long-range planning, budgeting and forecasting, performance reporting, capital planning, and cost accounting deliver decision support, reporting, and analytics within an integrated software platform. Kaufman Hall’s Peak Software empowers healthcare organizations with clinical benchmarks, data, and analytics to provide a higher quality of care for optimized performance and improved patient outcomes.

Media Contact: Marcia Rhodes | 480.664.8412 ext. 15 | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com