HYPERCOM APPOINTS ERIC DUPRAT VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
30 August, 2002
category: Contactless, Education
Worldwide Marketing Expert Brings Proven Track Record, Experience,Talent To Global Electronic
Payment Leader Hypercom
PHOENIX, August 29, 2002 ? Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today
announced the appointment of
Eric Duprat to vice president, Marketing and Business Development for the
company’s Transaction
System Group (TSG). Mr. Duprat will be directly responsible for the
division’s global marketing
operations and will report to Jairo E. Gonzalez, president of Hypercom
TSG.
“Eric Duprat is a perfect fit for Hypercom because he is an
internationally recognized leader in
marketing global smart cards, card security and electronic identification
products. With his
demonstrated marketing and management skills for worldwide operations, he
will play an important
role in helping Hypercom advance its global growth strategy,” said
Gonzalez.
“We have made our company stronger by bringing Eric Duprat to Hypercom.
He is a highly seasoned,
highly respected professional in the electronic payments industry. His
appointment is directly in
line with our strategy and objective to bring to market the most advanced
technologies and the
smartest, fastest and easiest to use products for the
point-of-transaction,” said Chris Alexander,
chairman and CEO, Hypercom Corporation.
Mr. Duprat is an eight-year veteran of the electronic payments industry.
Prior to joining
Hypercom, he held executive marketing positions with VeriFone, Inc.,
Schlumberger Technologies and
Polaroid Corporation’s electronic identification division.
About Hypercom (www.hypercom.com)
Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) is the leading global provider of
electronic payment solutions
that add value at the point-of-sale for consumers, merchants and
acquirers, and yield increased
profitability for its customers. Hypercom’s products include secure, high
performance, web-enabled
card payment terminals that work seamlessly with its networking equipment
and software
applications for e-commerce, m-commerce, smart cards and traditional
payment applications. The
company’s widely-accepted ePOS-infocommerce (epic) framework of
consumer-activated, EMV-certified,
touch-screen ICE (Interactive Consumer Environment) terminals enable
acquirers and merchants to
decrease costs, increase revenues and improve customer retention.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Hypercom maintains an installed base of
more than 5 million
terminals in over 100 countries, which conduct over 10 billion
transactions annually.
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expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on
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can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that
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results to differ materially from expectations include industry,
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changes; risks associated with international operations and foreign
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subsequent 10Qs.