HOUSTON, Sept. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Cardtronics, Inc., the world's largest independent owner/operator of ATMs, announced that E. Drew Soinski has joined the firm as Chief Marketing Officer. A 22-year veteran of the payments industry, Soinski has held various leadership positions with First Horizon Merchant Services and National Processing Company (NPC), now known as BA Merchant Services.
"Mr. Soinski has tremendous depth of experience in the payments market," said Jack Antonini, chief executive officer of Cardtronics. "He has held several key leadership roles -- both in sales and marketing. His extensive experience combined with his in-depth industry knowledge makes him an ideal addition to our Cardtronics team. His leadership will be invaluable as Cardtronics continues to build a reputation as the preferred provider of ATM technology and services."
Prior to joining Cardtronics, Soinski enjoyed an impressive career within the payments industry. Most recently, Soinski was head of National Sales for First Horizon Merchant Services. In this role, Soinski exceeded revenue goals exponentially through market expansion, and by adding top-tier accounts to his prolific portfolio. From 1997 to 2002, Soinski led an aggressive sales team for the second largest merchant acquirer in the world, NPC (today known as BA Merchant Services). By building a reputation among clients as a trusted advisor whose market expertise and first-class execution was widely recognized and respected in the industry, Soinski successfully led NPC to become the leader in the Travel and Entertainment, Retail and Petroleum segments. In addition, Soinski effectively launched card acceptance in six of the top ten Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) in the United States. Soinski graduated with a B.S.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Central Florida.
"Today more than ever, Cardtronics is committed to quality -- which has resulted in our market leadership," said E. Drew Soinski. "As we maintain our momentum and expand our presence, we will continue to set the standards in our industry and look to greater results in the years ahead."
About Cardtronics
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Cardtronics is the world's largest owner/operator of ATMs with a nationwide U.S. network of more than 25,000 locations operating in every major market and in all 50 states as well as 1,000 locations throughout the United Kingdom. Major U.S. merchant-clients include A&P, Albertson's, Amerada Hess, Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, BP Amoco, Chevron, Costco, CVS/pharmacy, ExxonMobil, Duane Reade, Rite Aid, SSP/Circle K, Sunoco, Target and Walgreens. Cardtronics unique ATM footprint enables it to offer ATM branding opportunities to financial institutions across the USA. Branded ATMs deployed at Cardtronics major merchant-clients increase not only account access convenience for the depositors of these financial institutions, but also customer foot traffic for the merchant-clients. For more information about Cardtronics, please visit http://www.cardtronics.com/
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