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RewardStream welcomes Richard Webster as Senior Sales Director
VANCOUVER, BC (March 4, 2015) — As part of an ongoing effort to better serve the marketing needs of the credit union sector, RewardStream is pleased to announce the addition of Richard Webster to its staff of professionals. Richard will serve as a Senior Sales Director, and brings with him over 20 years of experience in marketing and sales, many of which were focused on the financial services industry.
Most recently, Rich co-founded Monterey Labs, Inc., a company offering both core and mobile banking solutions. This worldwide firm provides services to banks and micro-finance institutions in emerging markets around the globe. While serving as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Rich doubled the company’s revenue in two years.
Prior to 2012, Rich served as Global Industry Solutions Manager – Banking and Payments for Cisco Systems, Inc., leading the global marketing and business development efforts for the company’s largest financial service segments. Prior to that, Rich enjoyed a long tenure with Hewlett-Packard, starting out as General Manager of Retail Banking for Tandem Computers, Inc., and Compaq Computer Corporation, then moving on to the position of Director of Business Development – Financial Services Industry for Hewlett-Packard.
“I’m looking forward to sharing my marketing expertise with our Reward Stream credit union customers,” said Richard. “In this day and age, it’s absolutely crucial for credit unions to utilize effective and creative marketing strategies to remain competitive within the financial marketplace. I know that my experience, combined with Reward Stream’s strategic referral marketing programs, will allow our credit union customers to achieve unprecedented success within this challenging and competitive industry.”
“We’re very pleased to welcome Richard to our RewardStream team,” said Rob Goehring, CEO of Reward Stream. “We believe that Rich’s extensive background in marketing and sales, as well as his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry, will prove to be of enormous benefit to our credit union partners.”
About RewardStream Inc.
RewardStream specializes in the execution of automated referral marketing programs that help brands to acquire, engage, and retain their most valuable stakeholders – customers. By utilizing an innovative blend of marketing insight and proprietary technology, RewardStream turns an existing customer base into a powerful new sales channel for all of our clients. RewardStream delivers a scalable, real-time technology platform as the foundation of our client’s referral program. The platform provides customer acquisition programs that deliver new, highly loyal customers at very low cost per acquisition rates. Our award-winning marketing solutions have powered loyalty and referral marketing programs across 39 countries for brands including Sprint, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, T-Mobile, TD Bank, RBC, Envision Financial, First Calgary, Puritan’s Pride, Nestle, Allianz, BC Lottery Corporation and more. For more information please visit www.rewardstream.com.