Paytronix Appoints Jim Thiele as Director of Business Development

NEWTON, MA--(Marketwired - Feb 25, 2014) -  Paytronix Systems, Inc., a leading provider of loyalty, gift, comp, and email solutions to restaurants, today announced that Jim Thiele has been named to the new position of Director of Business Development. Based in Atlanta, Thiele will help drive sales strategies across the company and manage Paytronix sales for the Southeastern United States.

Thiele comes to Paytronix from Tillster, a provider of digital ordering and customer engagement programs for the quick service restaurant and casual dining industries. As Tillster's national sales director - eastern region, Thiele helped drive adoption and sales of the company's suite of self-service solutions including kiosks, mobile ordering, couponing, and digital signage to the hospitality and retail sector. Prior to Tillster, Thiele was national sales manager for Panasonic USA, where he was responsible for the sales effort of Panasonic's POS and wireless headsets in the US market. Thiele has worked for NCR representing their full line of hardware solutions in to the hospitality industry and with EMN8. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Thiele also served as a captain with the U.S. Army. 

"Jim Thiele comes to Paytronix with an understanding of the importance of customer engagement to the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries," said Andrew Robbins, president, Paytronix, Inc. "His knowledge, experience and personal connections will be invaluable to Paytronix's growth as we continue to augment our industry-leading reward programs with game-changing mobile and customer analytics offerings."

"With its fast growth, successful implementations and continued product innovation, Paytronix provides customers with an indispensable toolset for proactive customer engagement," said Jim Thiele, director of business development, Paytronix, Inc. "I'm looking forward to helping Paytronix capitalize on opportunities to expand into new verticals and new channels as demand for its offerings continue to grow."

About Paytronix

Paytronix Systems, Inc. provides restaurants with a feature-rich loyalty platform that includes a campaign manager and a full suite of messaging tools for deploying email, SMS, and smartphone-app-enabled messages. A deep integration with the industry's most prolific POS systems makes Paytronix the best choice for restaurant marketers who are interested in learning more about their guests, implementing a guest-engagement strategy, or simply rewarding guests for choosing their brand. For more information about Paytronix, please visit www.paytronix.com.