Press Release
3 New Additions are Welcomed to Omni Prepaid Group, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA | July 7, 2008
Omni Prepaid Group, LLC welcomes the 3 newest additions to the team. Learn more about our new Merchant Relations Manager, Marketing Manager, and Director of Fulfillment Operations.
Karen Picard joins us as our Merchant Relations Manager and is
primarily responsible for building a variety of merchant gift cards to
complement the prepaid Visa gift cards consumers and corporations can
buy as gifts, awards, and incentives. The suite of merchant cards will
meet the growing demand of personalized merchant gift card programs
available in retail and online stores. For more than seven years prior
to joining Omni Prepaid Group, LLC, Karen served as Coordinator,
Employee Engagement, and Communications for Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation.
She was involved in the creation, management and communication of
Alcoa’s global employee volunteer initiatives that recognized
individual and team volunteer efforts by making company contributions
to the non-profit organizations the employees served. Karen’s prior
experience includes extensive work in media production, business
management, marketing and sales, including retail and corporate
branding. Karen has Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Master
of Arts degree in Leadership and Liberal Studies from Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh. A life-long Pittsburgh, PA resident, Karen
and her husband, Tom Stoviak, reside in the Green Tree suburb of
Pittsburgh, not far from the Omni Prepaid headquarters.
As the
new Marketing Manager, Desiree Wienand manages all marketing efforts
for Omni Prepaid Group with a focus on GiftCards.com. She recently
moved from Los Angeles, CA where she oversaw the Muscular Dystrophy
Association in Southern CA and Hawaii. For 6 years, Desiree led a team
of fundraisers and event planners to raise funds for MDA. In addition,
she took a large part in producing the Los Angeles broadcast of the
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. Before that, she was Area Sales
Manager for Pitney Bowes Office Systems. Now residing in Pittsburgh,
she brings over 11 years of experience in marketing, sales, event
planning, writing, design, and television production. She graduated
from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s degree in
Communications and now resides in Pittsburgh, PA.
Chris Billiarserves as our Director of Fulfillment Operations. Chris is responsible
for print and fulfillment operations. Prior to joining the Omni
Prepaid Group team, Chris spent 22 years working for Alliance Data in
various roles, including credit card operations, vendor management, and
product management where he focused on the branding of card packages
for major retailers. Chris brings a unique mix of production and
marketing knowledge to his role. His previous experience will help OPG
expand their offerings to give customers new and creative gift card
choices.
