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Rise Up Names Camilia Miccolis Leader of UKI & Netherlands
Rise Up, the employee learning software solution provider has promoted Camilia Miccolis to Director of UKI and Netherlands. Miccolis will be responsible for leading business growth across the region, including strategy, sales, marketing, partnerships, management, and performance. Rise Up Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Arnaud Blachon explains, “With the appointment of Camilia, we are taking a new approach to the UK market by choosing a leader who knows Rise Up better than any outsider. Following her success in leading the Benelux team, we are confident Camilia will help us drive success in the UKI and Netherlands, important markets for our European expansion." Miccolis adds, “I’ve seen the tremendous impact Rise Up has delivered for customers in Benelux and I’m focused on building synergies and success for our English-speaking customers. We are here to help UK, Irish and Dutch organizations stay up-to-skill every day by delivering training at business speed.” Miccolis started at Rise Up in 2019 in business development for both Luxembourg and France. Both French and Brazilian, Miccolis was born and raised in the United States. After graduating from Northeastern University in Boston, where she interned at Puma and Intralinks, she began a full-time job at IoT tech company Spiria. She then moved to Madrid to learn Spanish and work as an English teacher, prior to moving to Paris and joining Rise Up. With a location in London, King’s Cross, Rise Up opened its office in the UK in 2021, achieving membership with the LPI and debuted on Fosway’s Learning Systems grid as a Core Challenger. With a rapidly growing team, Rise Up drives employee training and empowerment for various British brands such as training provider Red Driving School and NHS. The NHS team recently received this year's Silver Award for Excellence in the design of learning content at the #LT22Awards during Learning Technologies, thanks to the help of Rise Up. After two years in the Netherlands, Rise Up has an office in Amsterdam with a growing Dutch customer base including Eneco and Bunq. In May 2022, Rise Up raised €30 million in Series B financing, and the company is pursuing its expansion across Europe. Today, its learning technology platform, combining LMS, LXP, and Authoring Tool across omnichannel and multimodal services, serves 1 million active learners in 73 countries and over 510 customers including AXA, Schneider Electric, Domino’s, NHS, Decathlon, and Sika. About Rise Up Founded in 2014, Rise Up empowers everyone to Own Today and helps organizations stay up-to-skill in real-time. Fueled by tech, designed for people and driven by performance, their LearningOpsTM framework drives organizational transformation and enables learning to work at business speed. Its learning software solution delivers a personalized learning experience for all stakeholders: trainers, administrators, and learners. Across all approaches, e-learning, face-to-face, and mobile, and in compliance with the regulatory framework, Rise Up is a full stack learning technology solution: LMS, LXP and Authoring Tool, omnichannel and multimodal service. Growing quickly, Rise Up counts over 100 employees today in six key countries across Europe, serving over 1 million active learners in 73 countries and 22 languages and over 510 customers, including Axa, Schneider Electric, Domino’s, NHS, Red Driving School, UGW, SIKA, and SettleMint. For more information, please visit www.riseup.ai. Contact media@riseup.ai
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Rise Up Empowers Teams to do their best work every day with Own Today purpose and LearningOps™ Framework
Rise Up, the fast-growing European employee learning software solution, unveiled its new Own Today purpose alongside a new framework to drive organizational transformation and enable learning to work at business speed: LearningOpsTM. Rise Up empowers every team member to do their best work every day and offers organizations a new way to stay up-to-skill each day. Today, learning is one of the most fundamental business challenges and is top of mind for both CEOs and employees. However, 70% of employees have not mastered the skills they need for their jobs today*. Being future-ready, therefore, requires solving the Skills Gap today.
