PaySimple Names Former PayPal Leader Andrew Lanthier as Chief Technology Officer

DENVER, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PaySimple, the leading provider of cloud-based automated payments and receivables solutions for small businesses, announced today that Andrew Lanthier has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Lanthier will help the company further grow its leadership in providing cloud-based financial tools to small- and mid-sized businesses. Lanthier also will head the company's new office in the San Mateo, California.

Lanthier joins PaySimple after holding leadership roles in payments technology since 1999, most recently after seven years in senior positions at PayPal, where he was named as one of three select Technology Fellows positions. At PayPal, Lanthier held several key roles including running Architecture and Strategy for PayPal's global infrastructure, servicing 100 million active consumers and merchants. He also oversaw day-to-day operations managing 200 technology professionals across multiple practices including storage, network, systems and database. Before PayPal, Andrew held senior engineering roles at Inovant, a Visa Company.

"Andrew is a tremendous addition to the PaySimple team at an exciting time in the company's growth trajectory," said Eric Remer, PaySimple's CEO. "In Andrew, we gain a technology and operations leader with more than a decade of experience innovating in the payments tech sector, and we are thrilled to be opening our second office in the Silicon Valley under Andrew's leadership."

"I am delighted to join PaySimple at a real inflection point at the company," said Lanthier. "I am extremely impressed with the leadership team and the company culture, and it's clear that given the penetration the company has achieved in its first years, PaySimple is poised for the kind of growth I've witnessed at other points in my career. I look forward to being a part of that step change."

About PaySimple. PaySimple is the leader in delivering automated payments and receivables solutions to small- and mid-sized businesses. Thousands of growing companies use PaySimple's turnkey, cloud-based technology to manage their customers, automate billing, simplify recurring payments, and accept electronic payments, including e-checks, ACH, direct debit, and credit cards. PaySimple solutions fuel the goals of small business. To learn more about how PaySimple can accelerate your business goals or about PaySimple's partnership opportunities, call 800-466-0992 or visit www.PaySimple.com. Find PaySimple on Twitter and Facebook.

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