Business/High-Tech Editors
BURNABY, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000
Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO of Info Touch Technologies -- www.infotouch.net -- (CDNX:IFT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Nakhla to the position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective since
Nakhla joined Info Touch Technologies Corp. in 1998 as Corporate Sales Manager, receiving an additional promotion to the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing in July 1999.
In assuming the role of Chief Marketing Officer, Nakhla provides Info Touch the experience of a provisional background in Senior Corporate Development in the high technology sector. Nakhla's career path was founded in the development of Sales and Marketing throughout North America and the Caribbean in the Global Positioning Systems industry. Info Touch Technologies hired Nakhla as Corporate Sales Manager in June 1998; his sales and marketing experience and contribution along with his corporate vision and tactical input appropriated Nakhla's promotion to Vice President, Sales and Marketing in July 1999. In the capacity of Chief Marketing Officer, Nakhla oversees the continued expansion of the Sales and Marketing department along with overall corporate direction and development.
Sam Shahbazi is appointed to the position of Executive Vice President, from Director of Sales, effective since May 1, 2000. Shahbazi holds a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (1997), University of Victoria, and is Alma Mater of Arizona State University (Business). Sam has been an integral element of the company's growth since 1997. With a foundation in retail along with the vision of the kiosk industry development, Sam has assisted in the foundation and development of Info Touch's sales growth. His most recent responsibility as Director of Sales had Sam oversee the direction of the sales team along with strategic operational issues. In his new capacity of Executive Vice President, Shahbazi will operate synergistically with Joseph Nakhla, Chief Marketing Officer. As Executive Vice President, Shahbazi assumes senior department responsibility along with a variety of corporate development functions.
Info Touch is the clicks n' mortar provider, bringing the Internet to public domain in a secure environment. The Company has developed the world's premier kiosk security and management software package, Surfnet(TM). Info Touch partners with, and provisions Fortune 1000 companies with Public Internet/Intranet access through IFT designed middleware and clicks n' mortar solutions.
As "dot coms" and brick-based companies business models gyrate toward the Internet/Intranet, Info Touch Technologies becomes the sought-after clicks n' mortar Convergence Company.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Hamed Shahbazi,
Chairman and CEO
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