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ClairMail Appoints Pete Daffern as New CEO
Veteran Technology Executive to Lead Company's Next Phase of Growth in the Mobile Banking and Payments Market
| Source: ClairMail, Inc.
NOVATO, CA--(Marketwire - January 26, 2009) - ClairMail, Inc., the leader in 2-way
mobile banking and payment solutions that enable
complete control over finances from any mobile phone, today announced the
appointment of Pete Daffern as
new Chief Executive Officer. ClairMail founder Joe Salesky will
continue with the company as Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.
Daffern, 43, brings more than 20 years of operational and business
leadership experience in the technology sector to ClairMail. His strong
track record of developing worldwide business partnerships will help
ClairMail to execute on its aggressive operating plan and expand its unique
2-way mobile banking and payments solution into global markets.
Prior to joining ClairMail, Daffern was CEO of technology company Purisma,
where he directed the company's strategy and operations with a focus on
growth through valuable solutions, customer service and business
development initiatives. D&B acquired Purisma in October 2007. Before
Purisma, Daffern was President of AIM Technology, a provider of
applications for contact centers. Previously, Daffern was Vice President,
Worldwide Business Development, Alliances and Corporate Development for
Vitria Technology, where he drove multi-million dollar business
relationships with global integration and ISV/OEM partnerships. Daffern
also spent more than 10 years at Seagate Software, a supplier of business
intelligence software products, where he held numerous management and sales
positions, including General Manager EMEA.
"As we enter into the next phase of mobile banking and payments adoption,
we're excited to bring on a seasoned veteran to build upon our strong
foundation and lead ClairMail in its next phase of growth," said Tom
Mawhinney, board member and partner at JAFCO Ventures. "We believe Pete
will do an excellent job building on ClairMail's outstanding momentum in
the marketplace and is the right person to scale the business for the
long-haul."
"ClairMail has set the gold standard for mobile banking and payments with
its 2-way triple play solution and is well-positioned to both drive and
capitalize on the market growth in 2009," said Daffern. "We will enhance
ClairMail's leadership position by continuing to deliver innovative mobile
solutions that generate revenue, decrease costs and retain customers for
financial institutions."
About ClairMail
ClairMail is the only comprehensive 2-way mobile solution for banking,
payments and card services. Deployed either on-premise or as a managed
service, ClairMail optimizes any mobile phone for 2-way customer
interaction. Only the ClairMail System offers 2-way mobile banking,
payments and card applications that utilize any phone's existing messaging
and mobile web software and extend the capabilities of third-party client
applications. On one platform with a single implementation, ClairMail
empowers financial institutions to generate and deliver 2-way Actionable
Alerts to their customers and provide easy and immediate account
management, secure transactions and no-hold customer service. Unlike other
1-way, proprietary and inflexible point solutions which lack the
application intelligence to generate 2-way alerts, the ClairMail System is
a turnkey, standards-based 2-way offering that seamlessly and securely
integrates with existing systems, delivers the fastest time to value and
provides an alternative to more costly channels like call centers and IVR.
Founded in 2004, ClairMail is headquartered in Novato, Calif. The company
is privately held and funded by Norwest Venture Partners, Outlook Ventures
and JAFCO Ventures. For more information call (415) 884-7270 or
www.clairmail.com.