Miraz
November 30, 2007, 04:04 PM
From Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2007/11/30/prnewswire200711300600PR_NEWS_USPR_____LAF040.html )
3Pea Appoints New Chief Information Officer
11.30.07, 5:59 AM ET
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Khandaker joins 3Pea from Wow Technologies, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. Khandaker was responsible for the design and implementation of a Prepaid Stored-value MasterCard/ATM Card Issuer Processing Platform as well as the PCI Data Security Standard certification for the company's Stored-value Debit Card Processing Platform.
"Omar brings a wealth of talent and expertise to his new role at 3Pea," said Mark Newcomer, President of 3Pea. "We are delighted to have the benefit of Omar's vast experience in IT, global software solutions, e-commerce, prepaid card expertise and business leadership. His successful track record in helping a wide variety of enterprises derive maximum value from their technology investments makes him an excellent fit for 3Pea and our customers."
Before joining 3Pea, Khandaker served as CTO and CISO at Wow Technologies and Wow Card Services since 2001. Prior to that, Khandaker served as Technology IT Manager at (BAT) British American Tobacco, a global fortune 500 company, where he was an active member of the BAT Global IT Infrastructure Team since 1996.
Khandaker earned a MS in Computer Science & Engineering and a BS in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics). As a member of the faculty in the Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department, Khandaker taught courses in Computer Science & Electronics at the Islamic University of Technology.
About 3Pea International, Inc.
3Pea International, Inc. is an experienced and trusted transaction-based solutions provider. 3Pea designs and develops payment solutions, prepaid card systems, and various payment services. 3Pea's wholly owned subsidiary, 3Pea Technologies, Inc., also develops and designs the PayPad(R), a proprietary payment terminal, as well as designing and developing a proprietary secure key loading system. 3Pea provides creative online PIN-Debit payment solutions along with turnkey and customized payment services to retailers, software developers, and financial services companies.
Utilizing PayPad payment terminals and IP payment gateway solutions, 3Pea can quickly and cost effectively help customers in various markets to payment enable their applications. 3Pea works closely with its customers providing qualified payment expertise to produce a payment processing solution that best suits their needs. PINsmart(R), PaySign(TM), 3PEA(R) and PayPad(R) are registered trademarks or trademarks of 3Pea Technologies, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
CNN link (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAF04030112007-1.htm)
Reuters link (http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS09030+30-Nov-2007+PRN20071130)
I am sure there are other Bangladeshi IT specialists who are serving in different US companies in a similar or even higher profile, but the news is very special to me.
Omar Khandaker is my elder brother.
3Pea Appoints New Chief Information Officer
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</td><td>http://images.forbes.com/media/assets/spacer_white.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">http://images.forbes.com/media/assets/spacer_white.gif</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--/OUTER BOX TABLE--> LAS VEGAS, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3Pea International, Inc. (OTC: TPNL), a payment solutions company, today announced the appointment of Omar Khandaker as 3Pea senior vice president and Chief Information Officer. In his new role, Mr. Khandaker will lead the overall 3Pea pre-paid stored-value payment processing technology team, infrastructure, applications development and deployment across the organization to support 3Pea's overall strategy to bring innovative financial products to the US and global markets.
Khandaker joins 3Pea from Wow Technologies, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. Khandaker was responsible for the design and implementation of a Prepaid Stored-value MasterCard/ATM Card Issuer Processing Platform as well as the PCI Data Security Standard certification for the company's Stored-value Debit Card Processing Platform.
"Omar brings a wealth of talent and expertise to his new role at 3Pea," said Mark Newcomer, President of 3Pea. "We are delighted to have the benefit of Omar's vast experience in IT, global software solutions, e-commerce, prepaid card expertise and business leadership. His successful track record in helping a wide variety of enterprises derive maximum value from their technology investments makes him an excellent fit for 3Pea and our customers."
Before joining 3Pea, Khandaker served as CTO and CISO at Wow Technologies and Wow Card Services since 2001. Prior to that, Khandaker served as Technology IT Manager at (BAT) British American Tobacco, a global fortune 500 company, where he was an active member of the BAT Global IT Infrastructure Team since 1996.
Khandaker earned a MS in Computer Science & Engineering and a BS in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics). As a member of the faculty in the Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department, Khandaker taught courses in Computer Science & Electronics at the Islamic University of Technology.
About 3Pea International, Inc.
3Pea International, Inc. is an experienced and trusted transaction-based solutions provider. 3Pea designs and develops payment solutions, prepaid card systems, and various payment services. 3Pea's wholly owned subsidiary, 3Pea Technologies, Inc., also develops and designs the PayPad(R), a proprietary payment terminal, as well as designing and developing a proprietary secure key loading system. 3Pea provides creative online PIN-Debit payment solutions along with turnkey and customized payment services to retailers, software developers, and financial services companies.
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CNN link (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAF04030112007-1.htm)
Reuters link (http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS09030+30-Nov-2007+PRN20071130)
I am sure there are other Bangladeshi IT specialists who are serving in different US companies in a similar or even higher profile, but the news is very special to me.
Omar Khandaker is my elder brother.