Blackhawk Network Appoints Senior Vice President.Seasoned Veteran Brings Over 30 Years of Experience in Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Roles PLEASANTON Pleasanton, city (1990 pop. 50,553), Alameda co., W Calif., a suburb of the San Francisco–Oakland area, in a vineyard and dairy region; inc. 1894. Wine and cheese are produced, and there are publishing and stone-quarrying industries. , Calif. -- Blackhawk Network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party gift cards in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, announced today the appointment of Mari Ellis ELLIS - EuLisp LInda System. An object-oriented Linda system written for EuLisp. "Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery <pab@maths.bath.ac.uk> et al, in Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementation, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991. as senior vice president. Ms. Ellis joins Blackhawk Network to support its continual growth in markets and product offerings. "Mari brings in-depth knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry, which makes her distinctively qualified to serve in this new role," said Don Kingsborough, chief executive officer of Blackhawk Network. "She will play a critical role in the development and implementation of new products that will serve consumers within our more than 60,000 retail network locations." Ms. Ellis joins Blackhawk Network with over thirty years of experience leading financial services companies. Most recently, Ms. Ellis served as chief operations officer for the prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. services group
at First Data Corporation, a leading provider of electronic commerce and
payment solutions for businesses worldwide. And, prior to joining First
Data, Ms. Ellis was a pioneer of stored value products and technology
with American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , a leading global payments, network and travel
company. Her past experiences in technology leadership, new business
development, acquisition integration and operational management made her
the ideal candidate for Blackhawk Network.
About Blackhawk Network Blackhawk Network, a subsidiary of Safeway Inc., is a prepaid and payments network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party prepaid cards. Blackhawk Network develops unique products in easy-to-use formats and delivers them to consumers through an exclusive retail network of leading grocery, mass, convenience, drug and specialty retailers. The network includes more than 60,000 store fronts and reaches more than 135 million consumers each week. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California Pleasanton, nicknamed "P-town"<ref name="">Ptown (Pleasanton) Bike Advocates Meeting, East Bay Bicycle Coalition website, August 14, 2007, retrieved August 17, 2007, is a city in Alameda County, California and was incorporated in 1894. , Blackhawk Network has offices in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. |
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