Digitas/LBi Exec joins Cartera’s BoD

Digitas/LBi Exec joins Cartera’s BoD

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Digitas/LBi Executive Joins Cartera Commerce’s Board of Directors

Joanne Zaiac lends extensive digital marketing and advertising expertise to company’s continued growth

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Jan. 28, 2015 — Cartera Commerce, the leading provider of omni-channel marketing solutions and rewards programs that increase revenue and customer loyalty, has named Joanne Zaiac, president of DigitasLBi New York region, to its board of directors. In this new role, Zaiac will help guide the strategy and execution of Cartera’s continued leadership in the rewards and loyalty industry.

In her term of more than 15 years as the New York region president of DigitasLBi, Zaiac has been responsible for the development and growth of the New York City and Atlanta offices. She oversees the strategy and execution of Digitas’ services across the client base, with major brands including American Express, Comcast, Aetna, Delta and Travelers. Prior to her tenure at DigitasLBi, Zaiac held several executive positions at Wunderman Worldwide.

“Joanne has a wealth of digital marketing and advertising expertise to share with our team,” said Tom Beecher, president and CEO of Cartera Commerce. “In addition to knowing how to best leverage the industry’s ever-evolving digital channels in an increasingly consumer-centric market, she is also keenly familiar with the financial, retail and hospitality brands we work with most often. She’ll be an incredible addition to our board of directors in our collective effort to ‘make shopping more rewarding.’”

Zaiac has bachelor’s degrees in history and literature from Harvard University. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Junior Achievement New York, on the Women@NBCU Advisory Board, the Agency Advisory Board for the IAB, and is an executive member of Advertising Women New York. In addition, she is a recipient of the YWCA Academy of Women Achiever’s Women Achiever Award, and Advertising Women of New York and Working Mother magazine’s Advertising Mother of the Year award.

“Cartera Commerce has established quite a name for itself in recent years. With the largest, two-sided partner and merchant network in the business, the team is primed to further this success and embrace the inevitable challenges of our rapidly changing industry,” said Zaiac. “I’m eager to be a part of this company’s future and help foster its continued growth.”

For information Cartera Commerce, visit www.cartera.com.

About Cartera Commerce

Cartera Commerce delivers the industry’s most comprehensive, fully-managed, performance-based offer platform for card issuers, airline frequent flyer programs, loyalty programs and merchants. Cartera works with four of the top 10 card issuers, five of the top six airlines and hundreds of merchant advertisers to power personalized, omni-channel shopping and marketing programs that build consumer engagement and loyalty, maximize card spend and create new revenue streams. The Cartera offer platform delivers relevant offers via multiple digital marketing channels including website, online banking, email, mobile, and social media. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Mass.