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Wishpond Appoints Nicholas Steeves General Manager of PersistIQ and Announces Engagement of Market-Maker
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Wishpond Appoints Nicholas Steeves General Manager of PersistIQ and Announces Engagement of Market-Maker\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Former Chief Product Officer takes the helm of Wishpond's latest acquisition\n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n May 17, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n Wishpond Technologies Ltd.\n \n (TSXV: WISH) (OTCQB: WPNDF) (\"\n \n Wishpond\n \n \" or the \"\n \n Company\n \n \"), a provider of all-in-one digital marketing solutions that empower businesses to achieve success online, is pleased to announce that\n \n Nicholas Steeves\n \n has been promoted from Wishpond's Chief Product Officer to General Manager of Wishpond's PersistIQ business unit. Mr. Steeves has been with Wishpond for 10 years and has held many leadership roles including marketing and support along with building the Wishpond product management department from the ground up and transforming Wishpond's software into a premier all-in-one marketing platform.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Since the Company closed its acquisition of PersistIQ, Inc. in\n \n February 2021\n \n , Mr. Steeves has been instrumental in leading integration efforts and enhancing an already strong PersistIQ offering. Mr. Steeves was responsible for the\n \n recent launch of a new fully managed outbound sales solution\n \n combining PersistIQ's platform and Wishpond's outbound sales capabilities into one bundled recurring service offering that augments sales potential for small businesses. Since the acquisition, PersistIQ has optimized pricing, set up outbound sales, and hired additional sales personnel to accelerate growth. These actions have already resulted in a steady monthly recurring revenue (MRR) increase for PersistIQ.\n \n \n \"I am pleased to congratulate Nick on this promotion,\" said Ali Tajskandar, Wishpond's Chairman and CEO. \"PersistIQ is a key component of our accelerated growth strategy and I am confident that Nick has the right skills to guide PersistIQ to significant revenue increases in para...