Vital Processing Services Names Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Tempe, Ariz., January 15, 2003 - Vital Processing Services® (Vital®), a recognized leader in technology-based commerce enabling services, announced that Charles "Chuck" M. Bruney has joined Vital as senior vice president of Marketing and Communications. Bruney will lead Vital's strategic marketing planning, corporate and product marketing and communications efforts.
"Bringing Chuck on board is part of our strategy to provide turn-key marketing programs for our acquiring clients to help them grow their merchant relationships. Vital is on its way to becoming a true marketing-driven organization, and Chuck's strong strategic marketing expertise coupled with his broad financial services background will bring tremendous value to Vital and our clients. We anticipate great success, and are glad Chuck is now on our team," said Denise Lewis, executive vice president of Products and Marketing.
On his appointment, Bruney comments, "I believe my skills complement what Vital needs to help them get to the next level in delivering integrated marketing programs that yield a significant return on investment to Vital's acquiring clients. I look forward to bringing my expertise to support Vital's client focused-approach."
With nearly 25 years of combined banking and consulting experience in the development and implementation of financial services marketing initiatives throughout North and South America, Bruney brings extensive knowledge and proven ability to Vital. Bruney joins Vital after a 15-year tenure with Speer & Associates, Inc. (S&A), a financial services consulting practice, where he served as executive vice president and board member. At S&A, Bruney managed a wide range of consulting projects for financial institutions and leading technology providers worldwide. Bruney was responsible for strategic planning and the application of marketing sciences in the evolving financial services marketplace. Prior to his experience at S&A, Bruney held marketing positions with Mellon Bank, Barnett Banks of Florida, Girard Bank and the First National Bank of Atlanta.
Bruney holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Auburn University. Bruney is based in Vital's Tempe, Arizona headquarters and will report to Denise Lewis.
About Vital Processing Services
A leader in technology-based commerce enabling services, Vital Processing Services® (Vital®) is the commerce connection between acquirers and merchants, processing one out of every four authorized payment transactions in North America. From authorizing and capturing electronic payments at the merchant point of sale, to clearing and settling transactions, Vital provides highly reliable, integrated end-to-end processing services to more than 300 acquirers and over one million merchants. Vital processes all payment types for merchants of all sizes from a wide array of industries and provides merchants and acquirers with the information and tools to efficiently manage their payment processing businesses. Vital is a merchant processing joint venture of Visa U.S.A. and TSYS® ("NYSE: TSS"). Additional information regarding Vital can be found at www.vitalps.com.
Contacts:
Virginia Lewis
Vice President, Corporate Relations
Vital Processing Services
(480) 333-7671
virginia.lewis@vitalps.com
Susan Assadi or Angela Jamison
Gitenstein & Assadi PR
(480) 860-8792
susan@assadi.com
angela@assadi.com