RBID.Com Inc.'s new business affiliate, Leverage Inc., today announced the appointment of Mr. Gregory Bouras, Vice President, Technology, in preparation for new technological developments planned for the 2008 Holiday season. Greg Bouras has extensive experience in managing large scale enterprise applications at such prestigious companies as IBM, Toyota, and Cisco Systems and a thorough background in application management, development and implementation. Leverage expects a increase in revenue for the holiday season.
"I was delighted to come on board and bring my database and application management experience to Leverage®," states Bouras. "We have explored and have been redesigning the site using several cutting edge technologies, including Dojo and GRAILS. This will enable a phenomenal user experience as the new site is unveiled later this year."
"We are thrilled to see Leverage Inc. continuing to fill out their executive roster with Greg, whose experience will be an invaluable asset to the technological initiatives scheduled throughout the 2008 holiday season," Alan Rothman, CEO of RBID.Com, stated. "We project this addition to the Leverage® team will only further increase the value of Leverage Inc.'s stock to our shareholders."
Biography - Mr. Gregory Bouras
Greg has extensive experience in application management, development, and implementation. Previously he has managed large scale enterprise applications at Cisco Systems, IBM and Toyota. He is dedicated to operational and computing excellence and has extensive relational database expertise. Greg is Cisco, Oracle, and PeopleSoft certified and is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery, Agile Alliance, and the IEEE among others. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science from CalPoly San Luis Obispo in Management Information Systems and a Minor in Mathematics and an MBA from The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine in Information Technology with a concentration in Business Intelligence.
About Leverage Inc.
Leverage, Inc.® was developed to reduce the increasing hassles involved with managing gift cards and loyalty and rewards programs, and also to help consumers reduce the retail SPAM and clutter that they have to deal with on a daily basis. Leverage Inc. provides its members with a free personal website experience where they can quickly and conveniently purchase, track and exchange gift cards, earn interest on gift card balances with complimentary bankruptcy insurance, manage loyalty and reward programs, and receive highly targeted offers and savings from retailers. Leverage® also allows businesses to deliver offers and marketing messages to customers and prospects in a non-interruptive and completely transparent way at the very moment customers are preparing to shop.
Leverage® already has hundreds of retail partnerships in place and has been consistently acquiring new retail partnerships to provide its members with the most robust application of its kind on the Internet. Through Leverage®, each new retailer is provided with a unique and innovative marketing channel to help foster loyal and long lasting relationships with both current and future customers. For more information visit https://www.LeverageCard.com.
About RBID.Com
RBID.Com, Inc. (http://www.rbid.com) is a financial IT and marketing company. RBID also facilitates the acquisition, commercialization, promotion and protection of emerging patented and/or proprietary technologies. RBID.Com, Inc has the exclusive US and European licensing and distribution rights to the home budgeting software, Simply Budgets (www.simplybudgets.com).
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