Checkmate appoints new Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.ROSWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1996--Checkmate Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:CMEL CMEL Center for Management and Executive Leadership (FAA) CMEL Comprehensive Monitoring Evaluation Log CMEL Centre for Medicine Ethics and Law CMEL Classical Motional Electric Law CMEL Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Logs ), today announced the appointment of Todd Mavis to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Reporting directly to Jerry P. Malec, Checkmate's president and chief executive officer, he will be responsible for the development of the direct, reseller and international sales channels, while planning marketing strategies. "Todd's experience should prove invaluable in driving our sales and marketing efforts as we pursue the next stage of growth," stated Jerry Malec. Holding senior management sales, marketing and business alliance positions, Mavis successfully launched new divisions and product lines for such corporations as Memorex Telex Corporation, Digital Communications Associates and Attachmate Corporation. As the Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Attachmate, the fifth largest independent PC software company in the world, he increased OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and strategic alliances revenue significantly for his start up division. At Digital Communications, he was the vice president and general manager for the Groupware Division which exceeded first year financial targets by 300% and delivered to market the product that won "Best of Show" at Groupware Expo '94, one of the largest international software conferences. While at Memorex Telex, Mavis spearheaded the Network Systems Division's ($700 million in annual sales) launch into alternate channels of distribution which led to the introduction of a new gateway product family. Mavis has a BBA BBA abbr. Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. and did advanced degree work at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Earlier in his career, he spent two years as a golf professional on the PGA tour. Checkmate's technology leads the industry in price/performance, quality and fraud detection for check, debit/ATM card, credit card, EBT EBT See: Earnings Before Taxes , SmartCard and signature capture point of sale terminals. Checkmate's connectivity solution provides a single platform integrated into a family of products. Customers can begin with one payment terminal and grow economically into all payment types with minimal additional investments in power and cable infrastructure. Checkmate checkmate end of game in chess: folk-etymology of Shah-mat, ‘the Shah is dead.’ [Br. Folklore: Espy, 217] See : End is currently the only one stop supplier of all payment automation terminals. CONTACT: Checkmate Electronics, Inc. John J. Neubert, 770/594-6000, 770/594-6006 (fax) |
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