VANCOUVER, Oct. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glance Technologies Inc. (“Glance” or the “Company”) (CSE:GET.CN) (OTCQB:GLNNF) (CSE:GET.WT) (FKT:GJT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirk Herrington as Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Herrington has been on the Company’s Board of Directors since October 2015 providing Glance with his extensive experience as a software executive.
“It's very exciting to see Glance take a leadership position in the mobile payments industry with best in class security and support for the cryptocurrency payments,” says Kirk, “I am honored to be appointed Chairman and excited about the future for Glance.”.
Kirk Herrington is an accomplished technology industry executive who has played a key role in the success of a number of prominent software companies. He has 30+ years senior-level experience in the design, development and commercialization of advanced software technologies, as well as extensive strategic and management expertise. Prior to co-founding GaleForce, Mr. Herrington was Executive Vice President Products and Chief Technology Officer of Pivotal Corporation, a leading vendor of mid-market Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to the financial services and health care industries. During his tenure, Pivotal was recognized as one of the top 10 fastest-growing technologies companies in North America.
Previously, Mr. Herrington co-founded Simba Technologies Inc., and was Chief Technology Officer then Chief Executive Officer. In the position of CEO for his last two years with this data access middleware company, he developed new strategies and restructured the company to capitalize on growth opportunities, and managed a new eBusiness Product unit that ultimately led to a $30 million acquisition by Pivotal Corporation. Among his business achievements, Mr. Herrington has won Business in Vancouver newspapers Top 40 Under 40 Award, which recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs and executives. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia.
In connection with the appointment, the Company is granting Mr. Herrington 250,000 options to be vested over one year.
About Glance Technologies Inc.
Glance Technologies owns and operates Glance Pay, a streamlined payment system that revolutionizes how smartphone users choose where to dine, order food & drink, settle bills, access digital receipts, earn great rewards, & interact with merchants. Glance is building a valuable network of merchants and consumers, and offers targeted in-app marketing, social media marketing, customer feedback, in-merchant messaging and custom rewards programs. The Glance Pay mobile payment system consists of proprietary technology, which includes user apps available for free downloads in IOS (Apple) and Android formats, a merchant manager apps, large scale technology hosting environment with sophisticated anti-fraud technology and lightning fast payment processing.
For more information about Glance, please go to Glance Technologies' website
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Christina Rao
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investors@glancepay.com
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