CBORD hires new VP to build off campus card offerings
30 November, 2006
category: Education
In a move that underscores the growing push off-campus by campus card systems and providers, CBORD has hired a VP-level manager to focus on extending “student debit card programs to off-campus merchants.” Shawn McCarthy, will fill the newly established role as VP, Wide Area Commerce Solutions.
CBORD welcomes Shawn McCarthy, VP, Wide Area Commerce Solutions
Monday, November 27, 2006
Ithaca, New York: The CBORD Group, Inc. announced today that Shawn McCarthy has joined its management team as Vice President, Wide Area Commerce Solutions. McCarthy will lead CBORD’s efforts in providing its campus card system customers a wide range of solutions to bring their student debit card programs to off-campus merchants.
Most recently, McCarthy held the position of Director of Business Development at Wright Express, a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government vehicle fleet industry.
“We are very pleased to welcome Shawn McCarthy to CBORD,” says Bruce Lane, Executive Vice President and COO of The CBORD Group, Inc. “His background in the payment processing industry will be a tremendous asset to CBORD in our efforts to enhance our offerings to college and university customers. Off-campus commerce is a growing contributor to the success of a campus card system, and Shawn’s expertise will help us optimize this service for our customers.”
“I look forward to working with CBORD’s college and university partners to build a community outside the campus walls to service the needs of their faculty, staff, students, and community merchants,” says McCarthy. “CBORD has a great team that has built strong relationships with world-class institutions, and is uniquely positioned to foster the enablement of the campus without boundaries.”
About The CBORD Group, Inc.
The CBORD Group serves colleges and universities, corporations, healthcare facilities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD’s products are used in campus ID card privilege control, off-campus commerce, access control, electronic security, meal plans, housing services, online ordering, foodservice, catering, nutrition services, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 5,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Australia.
The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com.
