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ACQUISITIONS APPOINTMENTS

DiscoverOrg acquires ZoomInfo Sarah Adams joins FAPS

DiscoverOrg stated it acquired Zoom Information Inc, to provide sales, mar- Sarah L. Adams joined the First
keting, and recruiting professionals access to the most trusted, comprehensive American Payments leadership
B2B data available in the market. "High-quality data is the fundamental go- team as vice president, global prod-
to-market requirement for growth," said DiscoverOrg co-founder and CEO uct. In this role, Adams will lead
Henry Schuck. "CRM and marketing automation systems will be defined not First American's comprehensive
by their empty-box capabilities but by the data that is housed inside them." product strategy, inclusive of all
subsidiaries that comprise the First
SpotOn gains Lifeyo American family of companies. She
brings extensive strategic product
Payments and software company SpotOn Transact LLC acquired Lifeyo, a planning and project development
website development platform that will be rebranded as SpotOn Website. experience, underscored by certifi-
This will enable SpotOn merchants to create a professional and functional cations and proven expertise in lean
website quickly, SpotOn stated, adding that its platform and suite of tools and agile business management,
also includes payment processing, customer engagement and business FAPS said, adding that Adams
solutions to help small and midsize businesses grow. previously worked with PaySafe,

TouchSuite invests in Grubbrr POS Portal, Capital One and Aperia
Solutions.
TouchSuite made a strategic investment in Grubbrr, a disruptive technology
platform that enables a variety of businesses to rapidly implement a suite Orfei, Farmer to advise Bluefin
of self-service kiosks, provided by Zivelco and facilitating POS systems, Stephen W. Orfei, a former gen-
mobile orders and online ordering. Grubbrr serves businesses ranging from eral manager of the PCI Security
the independent, single location operator to enterprise chains operating Standards Council (PCI SSC) and
thousands of locations, TouchSuite stated. Mastercard executive, will serve
as chairman of Bluefin's Product
Advisory Board. Additionally,
Rodney Farmer, member of the PCI
SSC Board of Advisors and board
member of the European Payment
Service Providers for Merchants
joined Bluefin's Product Advisory
Board.
NBP welcomes Bill Pirtle

National Benefit Programs wel-
comed Bill Pirtle, an author, indus-
try expert and frequent contributor
to The Green Sheet, to help open
doors and create new partnership
opportunities for the company.
His responsibilities will include
"large scale portfolio management
relationships within the payment
acquiring industry, as well as com-
plementary industries with organi-
zations that have the ability to man-
age a portfolio and create organic
growth," NBP said.

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