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IndustryUpdate
APPOINTMENTS ing Magnetic, Pattison was Director of North American
Commercial Capabilities for Dunnhumby. Pattison
Gilde joins Paragon brings an extensive background in consumer marketing,
Paragon Application Systems tapped Steve Gilde for shopping behavior, retail category management, and is a
the role of Director of Global Product Marketing. In this leader at leveraging technology to drive both retailer and
role, Gilde will develop and implement sales and growth brand performance, Magnetic stated.
strategies for Paragon's next-generation payments and
testing solutions. Gilde has more than 30 years of expe- Rawls appointed at iPayment
rience in the payments technology industry. "Steve's
industry knowledge and expertise is a great asset to iPayment Holdings Inc. named O.B. Rawls IV as its
Paragon as we continue to introduce, implement and President and CEO. He will also serve on iPayment's
support automatic, continuous testing methods around Board of Directors. Rawls joined iPayment in April
the globe," said Jim Perry, CEO of Paragon. 2016, after more than 30 years of executive leadership
Pattison signs on with Magnetic Mobile in various payments and financial services sectors. Most
Magnetic Mobile, Marxent Labs LLC's former retail divi- recently, he served as Senior Vice President and General
sion, hired Geoff Pattison as its new President, selected Manager, Partner Solutions, with First Data Corp. His
to lead the company's strategic expansion. Before join- extensive experience also includes senior leadership
roles with Hypercom, Caredata, Unified Merchant
Snap Shot of 2017 Services, and Bank of America, iPayment said.
Calendar of Events
EVO promotes Rosenblatt, Tansill
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EVO Payments International LLC reported that Jeff
SEAA Annual Conference Rosenblatt was promoted to Vice Chairman of EVO
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http://pwhwp?wfl.agrge=ecnaslehnedeta.rc_odmis/pdlaatyebook. connection with Rosenblatt's promotion, EVO has
also organized into two reporting regions: North
22 America and Europe. Brendan Tansill was also
promoted to the position of President of North
America. Darren Wilson will continue to lead
EVO's European region as President – Europe &
International.
BFS picks Vargo
As a result of continued growth and increased
demand for asset-based lending, Bibby Financial
Services added Jim Vargo as its Senior Vice
President of Business Development. Vargo will
lead the Asset Based Lending division of the com-
pany's Midwest office, working to build long-term
relationships with stakeholders, referral sources
and banks. Vargo brings to BFS more than 20 years
of experience in the financial services industry,
where he has held a number of senior-level man-
agement positions.
Mobivity appoints Zdziarski
Mobivity Holdings Corp selected Alek Zdziarski
to be its Chief Technology Officer. Mobivity stated
that Zdziarski has more than 15 years of experi-
ence in software-as-a-service product and platform
innovation in the areas of mobile marketing, data
science and mobile payments. In this new role, he
will lead product, engineering, support and data
science operations at Mobivity. Prior to joining
Mobivity, Zdziarski held similar leadership roles
at mGage and Outspoken, where he was respon-
sible for global product development focused on
mobile engagement.
