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Mark Sutton Joins Zeer as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development
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CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - Zeer
(www.zeer.com), the leading consumer grocery
information resource, announced today that Mark Sutton has joined the
company as VP of Marketing and Business Development. Sutton joins Zeer from
Firstgiving.com, the leading social fundraising platform enabling
individuals to raise money for any non-profit organization, where he
founded and led the company's US operations. Sutton brings 20 years of
experience in building businesses at the convergence of online services,
consumers and data. A key member of the senior management team at Zeer,
Sutton will lead efforts to market its services and form critical industry
partnerships.
"Mark brings a tremendous amount of experience to the Zeer team, and he is
passionate about serving consumers online," said Michael Putnam, CEO and
Founder of Zeer. "We welcome his leadership and track record in continuing
to drive the rapid growth of Zeer."
Prior to joining Zeer, Sutton established and led Justgiving's US
operation, Firstgiving, where he served as CEO. During his tenure with the
company, Sutton developed and marketed the Firstgiving social fundraising
platform that has raised over $70 million from more than one million
donors. Previously, Sutton was Director of Business Development and
Marketing for FairMarket, Inc., an e-commerce company acquired by eBay.
Sutton's prior experience includes senior-level marketing, business
development and channel sales positions for electronic information and
software publishing organizations including SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
and ProCD, Inc.
"I am excited about joining the Zeer team and supporting our mission of
helping people buy better groceries based
upon their particular needs," said Mark Sutton, VP of Marketing and
Business Development for Zeer. "I am very impressed with Zeer's unique
service and platform for delivering grocery information to people whenever
they need it, on the web or on a mobile phone."
About Zeer:
Zeer is the leading consumer grocery information resource, helping people
buy better groceries based upon their particular needs and interests. Zeer
helps people sort through more than 110,000 products to find the right
foods for them. Founded in 2007, Zeer was named a Top 50 Website of 2008 by
Time.com. For additional information, please visit Zeer on the web at
www.zeer.com, or via any mobile browser at m.zeer.com.