CBORD expands senior management team

For Immediate Release

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., a leading provider of foodservice management, housing management, cashless card, and campus card systems, has expanded its senior management team over the past year to enhance its sales, marketing, product development, and customer support efforts across the company’s core markets—College & University, Healthcare, Long-term Care, Business & Industry, and Hospitality.

Randy Eckels signed on in May 2006 as the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Bringing with him over 20 years of progressive sales and marketing experience, Randy is responsible for managing all of CBORD’s Sales & Marketing operations, as well as positioning the company to meet the needs of its growing community of customers.

Max Steinhardt, the new Senior Vice President of Operations, was hired in August 2006. A seasoned technology and operations professional, Max brings to the company over 25 years of business management and acquisitions experience. He is responsible for the operations of CBORD’s card systems and housing systems product lines, including customer support and product development.

Shawn McCarthy joined CBORD in November as the Vice President of Wide Area Commerce Solutions. He leads CBORD’s efforts to provide its campus card system customers with a wide range of off-campus merchant debit card program solutions.

"CBORD has grown tremendously over the past year and has had a need for additional experienced professionals to increase the breadth and depth of its management team," said Bruce Lane, Executive Vice President & COO of The CBORD Group, Inc. "We are pleased to welcome these individuals to our corporate family, and we look forward to working with them to accomplish our goals and initiatives in the coming years."

"CBORD prides itself on delivering state-of-the-art technology to improve operations for our clients and to enhance the lives of their customers," said Tim Tighe, President & CEO of CBORD. "We are committed to the success of our clients, and adding these knowledgeable individuals to our management team strengthens our commitment"

About The CBORD Group

The CBORD Group serves healthcare facilities, colleges and universities, corporations, chain restaurants, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD’s products are used in foodservice, catering, nutrition services, campus ID card privilege control, access control and electronic security, housing services, cashless dining, online ordering, and other institution-wide activities. CBORD products and services are used by more than 5,000 organizations in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com.

“Six years later and at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I was excited to be back with CBORD systems. I felt the company and its support staff are unparalled in the industry.”

— Robert Dixon, Dir. of IT
University of Colorado at Boulder