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Callegra Technologies, Inc. today announced the appointment of Reiley Snowden as Chief AI Architect. Snowden will lead the company's artificial intelligence architecture and engineering strategy, accelerating the development of secure, cloud-native, Edge AI, and intelligent software capabilities across Callegra’s existing products while enabling the creation of next-generation AI-powered platforms.
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Snowden brings more than a decade of experience in software engineering, full-stack application development, cloud services, mobile platforms, blockchain technologies, augmented and virtual reality, and engineering leadership. Most recently, he served as Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at Domo, following engineering roles focused on Web3 and full-stack software development. His experience spans enterprise software, scalable backend services, mobile applications, and emerging technologies.
Reporting directly to President and Chief Operating Officer Duane Harris, Snowden will lead Callegra's AI architecture and engineering strategy. He will oversee development of the company's AI platform, including agentic AI capabilities, Edge AI initiatives, intelligent automation, and advanced cloud-native services that will be integrated across Callegra's portfolio of unified communications and secure collaboration solutions.
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping how organizations communicate, collaborate, and operate,” said Justin C. Reber, Chairman & CEO of Callegra Technologies.
“Reiley brings an exceptional combination of engineering leadership, full-stack software expertise, and a passion for emerging technologies that aligns perfectly with Callegra’s long-term vision. As we continue executing our cloud-native and AI-first strategy, Reiley will play a critical role in defining our next generation of intelligent communications solutions. He will help accelerate product innovation while ensuring we continue delivering the security, reliability, and compliance our government and enterprise customers expect.”
Snowden’s appointment represents another milestone in Callegra's strategic transformation from a leader in unified communications into an AI-first technology company building secure software platforms, enterprise collaboration, intelligent automation, and mission-critical cloud solutions for commercial and government organizations.
“I’m excited to join Callegra at such an important point in the company’s growth,” said Snowden.
“Artificial intelligence represents one of the most transformative technology shifts of our time, and Callegra is uniquely positioned to help organizations harness its potential. I look forward to working alongside our talented team to build secure, AI-powered platforms and intelligent software solutions that solve meaningful business challenges and create lasting value for our customers.”
About Callegra Technologies, Inc.
Callegra Technologies, Inc. is a leader in secure communications, cloud, and AI-enabled business solutions, helping organizations modernize the way they communicate, collaborate, and protect critical information. Through its portfolio of AI-powered applications, unified communications, intelligent messaging, call protection, collaboration, and secure cloud platforms, Callegra empowers enterprises, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions to improve productivity, strengthen security, and accelerate digital transformation. Built for hybrid, cloud, edge, and on-premises environments, Callegra delivers scalable, reliable, and compliance-ready solutions for today’s mission-critical operations.
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Reiley Snowden has been appointed Chief AI Architect at Callegra Technologies, Inc., reporting to President & COO Duane Harris and leading the company’s AI-powered product strategy and innovation initiatives.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military’s Central Command said Wednesday it launched airstrikes on Greater Tunb Island in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian defense and missile sites.
The island, seized by Iran since 1971 from what would become the United Arab Emirates, is viewed as a strategic point in the strait.
Central Command said it launched a 90-minute attack targeting the island.
“The strikes further degraded Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” it said.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The American strikes hit an Iranian army barracks, killed at least seven troops and wounded more than 260 people across the country, Iranian officials said.
Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East — and renewed threats to the waterway crucial to global energy supplies — have shredded the interim deal to end the conflict and the region could tip back into all-out war.
The U.S. first imposed a blockade in April and then lifted it last month after signing the interim deal that paused the fighting and set a 60-day period for negotiations over issues like Iran’s nuclear program. Those talks have stalled as fighting over the Strait of Hormuz has intensified.
When the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran effectively closed the waterway to shipping traffic — a move that sent the price of oil, fertilizer and many other goods soaring far beyond the region and gave Iran major leverage in negotiations. Those rising prices pose a particular challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, which hopes to retain control of Congress in elections in November — but Washington has struggled to successfully reopen the waterway.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Wednesday to halt all energy exports from the Middle East over the blockade.
“The export of oil and gas from the region will be either for everyone or for no one,” it said.
The U.S. carried out a wave of strikes, hitting dozens of targets over seven hours overnight, the military’s Central Command said Wednesday. Later, it resumed striking Iran during daylight — an unusual move that further signaled the increasing tempo in attacks.
One strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported. The report said the Americans fired at least 13 missiles in the attack and that the seven dead included conscripts and career soldiers. A number of troops were wounded.
Including those at the barracks, more than 30 people have been killed in recent days, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said, without elaborating.
Hossein Kermanpour, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry, meanwhile, said over 260 people were wounded in overnight strikes alone — a figure far larger than for any other round of recent violence between Iran and the U.S. He did not say how many people were killed overnight.
The army said it would make “a decisive response to this aggressive action by the American enemy,” according to state TV.
Missile alert warnings sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait early Wednesday as they faced incoming Iranian fire — a daily occurrence in recent days. Jordan said it shot down three incoming Iranian missiles. Iran claimed attacks on the three nations, all of which host U.S. forces.
U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads Central Command, said in a statement that Iran had launched dozens of missiles and drones at neighboring Gulf Arab countries.
Trump told the Fox News Channel on Tuesday night that more U.S. strikes against Iran would come over the next two days and that bridges and power plants could be targeted by next week unless negotiations resume. Already, the U.S. has struck at least one bridge.
“You better make a deal, or you’re not going to have anything left,” Trump warned.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, criticized America’s attacks.
“The U.S. is the aggressor, not the victim,” he wrote to the world body’s leader, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
The latest round of fighting is focused on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas trade passes during peacetime. How to reopen the strait has bedeviled the U.S. since Iran choked it off in the early days of the war.
During the interim deal, some ships began moving through the passage using a route near Oman overseen by the U.S. military that is outside Tehran’s control.
In recent days, Iran attacked ships using that route — and back-and-forth attacks ensued. The U.S. has threatened to reopen the strait by force — but experts say that would require a much bigger armada if not tens of thousands of ground troops. Imposing the blockade is another way to put pressure on Iran.
But in the meantime, oil prices are rising. The price for Brent crude oil, the international standard, traded above $85 a barrel on Wednesday — more than 15% higher than the price before the war, but still well below the nearly $120 reached at the height of the conflict.
Analysts with the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that while a surplus of oil had kept prices low, “much of that room has now been used up.”
“As tensions flare again in the Strait of Hormuz, that room is now smaller and shrinking further as spare capacity has been deployed, demand has compressed, and inventories have been drawn down,” Azim Sadikov and Jean-Marc Natal wrote in a blog post. “Unless inventories are replenished, the world will start from a weaker position when the next shock comes.”
Regional mediators meanwhile are still trying to get the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table.
Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
An army cadet walks past a billboard bearing anti-Trump messages, including the phrase "We Kill Trump," at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A woman stands at the water's edge along the Strait of Hormuz as a plume of smoke rises in the background following an explosion, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Mourners chant slogan as one of them holds a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a ceremony commemorating the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
