Vesta Corporation, a global pioneer and leader in electronic payment solutions, today announced that industry veteran Chris Parsons has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer.
Parsons' strong telecommunications and IT background will assist Vesta in promoting its payment services to mobile operators worldwide.
"With over 25 years of experience at leading global telecom and technology companies, Chris has the ability to energize and implement Vesta's international marketing ventures," said Doug Fieldhouse, Vesta's President and CEO.
Prior to joining Vesta, Parsons was Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for VeriSign, where he led the company's international expansion activities in India, China and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) - providing the major source of growth for the company for three years. He also served as Senior Vice President-Strategy, Alliance and Business Development for BellSouth, guiding the Telco provider's business development efforts and establishing strategic alliances with Cingular, IBM and Cisco. While Chief Marketing Officer at MCI Systemhouse, Parsons led the development of the company's business divisions in Korea and Japan. Prior to MCI, he was a telecommunications design and implementation consultant with IBM Canada.
"I am excited to join the leader in payment solutions for the wireless industry," said Parsons. "Vesta has achieved extraordinary success, and I look forward to continuing that momentum with the addition of new operators and innovative, new payment services."