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The ECCOgen Team Welcomes New Director of Business Development and New Director of Technology
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 27, 2009)- ECCOgen the leading provider of prepaid, cashless solution systems for private K-12 schools, is pleased to formally announce the addition of Barbara Hooper as Director of Business Development, and Renee Kerns as Director of Technology.
As Director of Business Development Barbara Hooper is responsible for outside national sales development, marketing strategy, and implementation. Ms. Hooper's role encompasses the development of the ECCOgen National Leads and VIP Team, as well as assisting in the development of territories and outside sales/management training. Previously, Ms. Hooper served as Vice President of Sales for a student travel service company where she assembled a nation wide network of over 2,400 sales representatives generating $20 million in sales revenues. Director of Technology, Renee Kerns, oversees technical strategy infrastructure and application development. Ms. Kerns brings fifteen years experience to ECCOgen. Previously Ms. Kerns has worked for Safeway, PBSI, Pet Food Express, JPMorgan Chase, and IBM; setting policies, supervising operations, and re-engineering processes which have consistently resulted in measurable increases in efficiencies. This October marks Ms. Kerns directorial debut at ECCOgen. "Both Renee and Barbara bring extensive expertise to the table. I am confident that as directors they will help us grow and even better serve our clients. We are fortunate and excited to have them," said Mike Ferguson, co-founder and managing partner of ECCOgen.
