Press Release
GiftCards.com, LLC Strengthens Their Team with the Addition of Two Key Members
Pittsburgh, PA | September 5, 2007
GiftCards.com, LLC an industry leader in corporate and consumer gift card distribution, announced that Mark Romanelli has been named Executive Vice President of GiftCards.com, LLC. Also, Tim Ludwig will join GiftCards.com as Business Logistics Director and Board member of GiftCards.com, LLC.
Tim is currently President of Business Logistic Services. He owns the company, is responsible for consulting, direct mailing, and personalization, as well as all logistics relating to distribution and fulfillment equipment. Tim has over twenty-one years of experience in the credit card industry with past experience with Citibank, AT&T, and Wachovia. He is currently a Chairman for the Data Card Users Group.
Jason Wolfe, Founder and CEO of GiftCards.com, LLC feels, "Tim Ludwig is a well known person within the world of prepaid stored value card fulfillment. He has decades of experience invaluable to any firm. We are very fortunate and honored that Tim has chosen to work with GiftCards.com, LLC to help us to build out our fulfillment center and to help to take GiftCards.com, LLC, as a board member, into the next level of our tremendous growth."
Tim will bring his expertise to GiftCards.com and begin by establishing and creating a distribution center to provide cutting-edge technology to enable GiftCards.com to fulfill orders in a new local facility. Tim will institute the Visa Certification Program that will allow GiftCards.com to personalize gift cards for corporate clients in a 48 hour time period. He will also assist in hiring top engineers to work in the distribution center and be hands on in the training process with equipment that he has utilized for years.
"I am excited about the opportunity to build something from the ground up for GiftCards.com that will differentiate GiftCards.com in the personalization industry," said Tim Ludwig.
In continuing with the growth at GiftCards.com they have recently named Mark Romanelli as Executive Vice President. Mark previously was Vice President at Direct Response Technologies, Inc. Spending five years there, Mark's principal responsibilities were focusing on DirectTrack, which became the world's number one affiliate tracking and management system. Mark also oversaw sales and operations for the entire company during his time there and will bring his adeptness to GiftCards.com.
"I am very excited that Mark has joined our team as EVP, his past history has proved to be successful and I firmly believe what Mark brings to the table is a level of expertise that will take us to the next level. I am thrilled to work with Mark and look forward to bringing all of our ideas to fruition," said Marissa Wolfe, Vice President of GiftCards.com.
Mark will oversee all sales and operations for GiftCards.com. His recent position and experience will benefit him greatly as he takes on providing co-branded Visa debit cards to over 5,000 corporations. Mark added, "I'm extremely pleased to be onboard with the GiftCards.com team. With the long list of fortune 1000 clients we currently service, future plans to expand our operations, and our new proprietary employee rewards management system, GiftCards.com is poised to become the industry leader in prepaid debit and gift card fulfillment."
GiftCards.com has continued to grow since its inception in 1999 and with the addition of both Mark and Tim they are looking to further there success in the rapidly developing credit card and debit card industry.
About GiftCards.com, LLC
GiftCards.com was founded in 1999 as a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. GiftCards.com provides prepaid Visa debit cards to consumers and corporations to expend as gifts, rewards, or incentives. In January 2006, Direct Response Technologies, Inc. was sold to Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV) and GiftCards.com was purchased by Direct Sites, Inc. In January 2007 GiftCards.com, LLC was formed as a stand alone company.
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