FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ISTS Worldwide, Inc. a global end-to-end technology consulting company focused on the retail and payment verticals, announced today that Linda S. Perry, a veteran in the Payments industry, will join ISTS as EVP Global Sales & Marketing.
Ms. Perry is an acquiring industry expert with over 25 years of experience in all facets of the business. For the last 17 years she served as Senior Vice President and Head of US Acquirer and Processor Sales at Visa, Inc, retiring in April of 2009. In that role she established and developed the department that manages Visa’s relationships with its member-bank acquirers, third-party issuing and acquiring processors, software vendors, and independent sales organizations.
Ms. Perry also served as a member of The Electronic Transaction Association’s Board of Directors for the past 13 years. During her career at Visa she was recognized by Transaction World Magazine as the 2007 “Mover and Shaker” (an award determined by a vote of her peers in the industry) and in 2008 was featured as an “Industry Leader” by The Greensheet, another industry publication. Ms Perry is a founder and Board member of Women Networking in Electronic Transactions (W-net) and is a member of the ISO and Agent Advisory Board.
Before joining Visa, Ms. Perry was a Vice President at Citicorp in Chicago. Prior to that she worked for Michigan National Bank in a variety of positions, including Vice President, National Sales Michigan Bankcard Services, and Vice President of treasury management products, where she managed both sales and product development.
Ms Perry established an industry consulting practice in May 2009 and will continue to work with individual clients in addition to her work with ISTS.
“I am excited to be part of ISTS Worldwide and contribute in this capacity. ISTS has a unique position in the technology consulting space and the ability to provide real value to the retail and payment customers it serves,” said Linda Perry.
“Linda brings to the table enormous experience in the world of payments and transaction processing and strong relationships in the business. I am very excited to have her on board and the thought leadership and guidance she provides to the entire organization will be invaluable,” said Viren Rana, CEO of ISTS Worldwide, Inc.
About ISTS Worldwide – www.istsinc.com
ISTS Worldwide provides end to end technology services in the form of architecture services, custom application development, integration, testing and support services by leveraging complementary enablers of People, Process, Technology, Global Delivery Capabilities and domain expertise in the Retail and Payment technology verticals. ISTS enables its customers to address the challenges thrown about by the confluence of multi-channel retail integration initiatives and the need to accept traditional and alternative payments.
