Issuer Direct Hires New Chief Technology Officer To Help Further Scale Its Industry Leading Communications Platform

An industry-leading communications and compliance company, Issuer Direct Corporation announced today the appointment of Mark J. Lloyd as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Mark brings deep technical experience with a background in heavy technology implementation and integration, architecture, and productization. In his role, he’ll serve as a key member of the management team as the Company continues to integrate its acquisition of Newswire.com, as well as other potential M&A opportunities in the future.

“We’re absolutely thrilled that Mark has joined our organization,” said Issuer Direct Chief Executive Officer, Brian R. Balbirnie. “Our aspirations are high, and we believe there is no one more capable than Mark to drive our technology and bring our strategic vision of delivering industry-leading innovation to our customers to life.”

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As the CTO, Mark will lead a team of approximately twenty R&D, DevOps, and IT professionals globally.

“I am honoured to join this team as Chief Technology Officer,” said Mr. Lloyd. “Issuer Direct is in a strong position to assist today’s marketing and public relations executives, meaningfully impact their bottom line with integrated communications solutions. Issuer Direct has a great culture, and I am looking forward to leading a talented group engineers and designers.”

Most recently, Mark served as the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Lear Corporation, where his team developed an advanced connected vehicle platform and deployed it to millions of vehicles. Prior to that, Mark served five years at General Motors (GM) as the Consumer Online Officer, where he was key technology leader for GM’s transition to 1-to-1 customer interaction. Earlier in Mark’s career he spent 25 years working for firms like HTC, Ericsson, and AT&T Bell Labs.