BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$95.0M
- Private
- US
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GiftCertificates.com is a leading e-commerce provider of innovative reward solutions and gift products for both the corporate and consumer markets. GiftCertificates.com is the reward and gift brand of choice in today's marketplace. GiftCertificates.com offers an extensive product portfolio including our SuperCertificate Reward which is redeemable for hundreds of original merchant gift cards. GiftCertificates.com also features a variety of Specialty SuperCertificate , Merchant, MasterCard and American Express -branded Gift and Reward Cards. The company offers the best turnaround time and reliability in the industry. Established in 1997, GiftCertficates.com is a privately held corporation with locations in Omaha, NE. and New York City, NY.
CEO
Gary KrowNumber of Employees 120
Contact Information
Ste 103 11510 Blondo St
Omaha, Nebraska 68164-3846
(402) 445-2300
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Mobile Food Services: 722330
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GiftCertificates.com(TM) Licenses American Express Incentive Services' Patented DirectSpend(SM) Process
GiftCertificates.comTM, a leading provider of incentive-based and e-commerce gift card solutions, announced today that they have entered into a licensing agreement with American Express Incentive Services AEIS. GiftCertificates.com will leverage AEIS' patented (U.S. Patent Numbers 5,689,100 and 5,956,695) DirectSpendSM process to strategically direct cardholder spend to selected merchants and...
GiftCertificates.com Recognizes Administrative Superheroes
OMAHA, Neb. -- Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's not Superman, it's your Administrative Professional. Administrative Professionals week is April 20-26 and it's time to recognize these Superheroes for everything they do. GiftCertificates.com is...
Love is in the Air with GiftCertificates.com's New "Sweet" Sweepstakes
OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com, a leading provider of gift products for the consumer and corporate markets, announced the launch of its "Sweet" Valentine's Day sweepstakes. The "Sweet" sweepstakes runs through Feb. 13 and is open to all U.S. residents. Prizes include a $500 SpaFinder gift certificate or ten $100 SuperCertificate...
GiftCertificates.com™ Announces New Merchants Added to Industry Leading Gift Card Product Portfolio
OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com, a leading provider of incentive based and e-commerce gift card solutions, announces the addition of new merchants gift cards added throughout 2007 and available for purchase on-line at www.giftcertificates.com and www.giftcertificates.com/business. The new merchant gift card partners include: Neiman Marcus, Jack in the Box, Ninety...
GiftCertificates.com Launches Innovative New Site on MarketLive® E-Commerce Platform
State of the Art Online Store Jump Starts the Holiday Season With "Cyber Monday" Promotion OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com, a leading provider of e-commerce gift card solutions and MarketLive, Inc., the leading global e-commerce solution for retailers, today announced the launch of the new GiftCertificates.com website (http://www.giftcertificates.com). The new...
Incentive Solutions Provider GiftCertificates.com™ Now Offering Corporate Rewards MasterCard® Card
New Customized Rewards Cards Will Be Available for 2007 Holiday Season
Gift Card Provider GiftCertificates.Com™ Develops MasterCard® Gift Card
OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com[TM], a leading provider of e-commerce gift card solutions, is now offering a co-branded GiftCertificates.com MasterCard[R] Gift Card, good wherever MasterCard debit cards are accepted. The newly created gift card will be sold through the Web site www.giftcertificates.com.
GiftCertificates.com™ Partners with Non-Profit CharityChoice
New Merchant Offering Allows GiftCertificates.com Customers to Make Charitable Donations Through the Use of Charity Gift Cards OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com[TM], a leading provider of incentive based and e-commerce gift card solutions, has signed a deal to offer Charity Gift Certificate's CharityChoice Gift Card. The new product offering allows...
GiftCertificates.com™ to Offer American Express® - Branded Shopping Card
OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.com, a leading provider of incentive based and e-commerce gift card solutions, has partnered with American Express Incentive Services AEIS to offer their Persona([R])shopping Card to customers via their Web site, www.giftcertificates.com.
GiftCertificates.com Names New CEO
OMAHA, Neb. -- GiftCertificates.comTM has announced that its board of directors has named Sean O'Toole as chief executive officer and president. O'Toole brings more than 15 years of experience in business management, sales, and marketing to Gift Certificates.com. O'Toole most recently served as senior vice president of Prepaid Services...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Gary Krow | CEO |
| Guy Duncan | Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Vince Stanco | CFO |
| Vincenzo Stanco | Chief Financial Officer |
| Dennis Wildsmith | Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Adrianne Geppert | Vice President, Ecommerce Business |
| Jonathan Price | Vice President, Sales |
| Marc Oshima | Vice President, Marketing |
| Mike Nemer | Vice President & General Manager |
| Phyllis J Fleharty | Vice President, Human Resources |
| Vicki Anzalone | Vice President, Operations |
| Mike Neemer | Senior Vice President and General Manager of Corporate Business |
| Kelly Rocha | Director of Middle Markets and External Sales |
| Bobby Yablunsky | Director |
| Daniel Kittredge | Director |
| Jerome W Pickholz | Director |
| Lawrence E Mock | Director |
| Richard Marcus | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Billerbeck | Board Member |
| Salman Farmanfarmaian | Board of Directors |
| Sean O'Toole | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Election Systems & Software Inc. | Vice President, New Business Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | CFO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Visa International | Vice President of Strategic Alliances | Former |
| Boston College | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Executive Vice President, Operations | Current |
| First Data Corporation | Former | |
| The University of Alabama | Bachelor's degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President, Ecommerce Business | Current |
| Gifts.com | Director of Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Columbia University | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President & General Manager | Current |
| University of Nebraska - Lincoln | Bsba | Former |
Phyllis Fleharty is the VP, Human Resources at GiftCertificates.com. An experienced human resources professional, Ms. Fleharty has 20 years of experience in the field. Previously, Ms. Fleharty has served as Organizational Capability/Safety Manager for Well's Dairy Inc, where she established, planned and coordinated all HR, safety, ergonomic and wellness activities. In addition, Ms. Fleharty has served as the Benefits Manager for Werner Enterprises, a Fortune 500 company with over 16,000 employees. Ms. Fleharty maintains professional affiliations with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Human Resource Association of the Midlands (HRAM) where she severed on several board positions as well as President of this Super Mega SHRM Affiliate Chapter in 2005. Ms. Fleharty has attained numerous training, personality assessment, human resource and safety certifications.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Wells' Dairy, Inc. | Organizational Capability, Safety Manager | Former |
| Werner Enterprises, Inc. | Benefits Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Vice President, Operations | Current |
| World Media Inc | Cfo | Former |
| World Media Inc | Operations Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Senior Vice President and General Manager of Corporate Business | Current |
Kelly Rocha is the Director of Middle Markets and External Sales at GiftCertificates.com. She brings in-depth sales knowledge with extensive experience anticipating and capitalizing on market trends, identifying profit potential and maximizing market share. Prior to joining GiftCertificates.com, Ms. Rocha served as Senior Manager, Business/Consumer Sales at Verizon Business where she created sales strategies and programs that lead a team to top sales honors. She also developed and implemented successful company-wide incentive programs.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Director of Middle Markets and External Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SCP Private Equity Partners | Venture Partner | Current |
| CIP Capital, L.P. | Management Coach | Current |
| Vis, LLC | Current | |
| Sti | Board of Directors | Current |
| Biap Systems, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| GiftCertificates.com | Director | Current |
| Biap Systems, Inc. | Strategic Advisor | Former |
| Anystream Inc. | Strategic Advisor | Former |
| Visalign LLC | Strategic Advisor | Former |
| Software Technology, Ltd. | Former | |
| Intelligent Electronics | Former | |
| Families.Com, LLC | Director | Former |
| The Youth | Director | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | M.S. Degree | Former |
| Saint Vincent College | B.S. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Vivius, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| GiftCertificates.com | Board Member | Current |
| AirNet Communications Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Multex, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Indiana University | Master's Degree in Business Administration | Former |
| Marquette University | Bachelor's Degree in Accounting | Former |
Daniel Kittredge joined the board in January 2006 and is a Vice President at Berkley Capital where he has worked since 2003. Prior to Berkley Capital, Mr. Kittredge had six years of investment banking and private equity investing experience at Lazard Freres, Banc of America Securities and Whitney & Company. Mr. Kittredge has structured numerous equity and mezzanine investments, and has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector. Mr. Kittredge works closely with several current Berkley Capital portfolio companies and serves on the board of American Home Partners, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Director | Current |
| American Home Partners, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tip Capital | Board of Directors | Current |
| Whitney & Co., LLC | Former | |
| Banc of America Securities LLC | Former |
Jerry Pickholz joined the board in April of 2005. Mr. Pickholz currently serves on the board of Cenveo, Inc. and is Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee, previously serving as Chairman of the Auditing Committee. He was the founding Chairman and, for twenty years, the CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Direct Worldwide, the direct marketing arm of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising. He was responsible for forty offices, a staff of 2000 (the largest agency in the category) and $1 Billion in billings from such clients as American Express, AT&T, Sears, Microsoft, Shell Oil, and Intel. He retired as Chairman Emeritus, a title he still retains. He then started his own agency, Pickholz, Tweedy & Co. which he ran for five years before it was acquired by IPG, a major worldwide advertising agency. He earned a BBA in accounting at CUNY and spent his early business life as a CPA.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cenveo, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| GiftCertificates.com | Director | Current |
| American Express Company | Former | |
| City University of New York | Bba In Accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Director | Current |
Mr. Richard Marcus was associated with Neiman Marcus for 27 years, serving as the company's Chief Executive from 1979 through 1988. When he left Neiman Marcus, he began to advise and assist small companies seeking to leverage the emerging e-commerce technologies and the Internet. He became an investor and director of XcelleNet, a leading provider of remote systems management software, which subsequently went public and was sold to Sterling Commerce in 1998. Mr. Marcus also co-founded an online shopping site and helped develop one of the earliest and most successful ISPs in Dallas, OnRamp Technologies. Subsequently, he took active advisory roles with GiftCertificates.com, The Castling Group, Home Portfolio, Novo, and 7thOnline. He was a Board member with Tactica, Avvantica CEO's prior venture, until its acquisition by Hitachi. Mr. Marcus is currently a member of the Board of Directors of four public companies: Zale Corporation, Michael's Stores, Lands' End and Fashionmall. Additionally, he was also a senior advisor to Peter J. Solomon Company, a New York Investment Banking company. Mr. Marcus is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Mr. Marcus joined Avvantica's Board of Directors in November, 2002.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Avvantica, Inc. | Chief Executive | Current |
| 7 Billion People, Inc. | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| Avvantica, Inc. | Advisory Board Member | Current |
| 7THONLINE, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| GiftCertificates.com | Director | Current |
| Fashionmall.Com, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Xcellenet Inc. | Director | Former |
| Harvard College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SCP Private Equity Partners | Principal | Current |
| Biap Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Tmg Health, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| GiftCertificates.com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Barclays Capital | Investment Banking Associate | Former |
| The American National Red Cross | Former | |
| University of Chicago | M.B.A. | Former |
| Harvard University | B.A. In Computer Science | Former |
Sean O'Toole joined GiftCertificates.com as Chief Executive Officer and President in September 2006. O'Toole brings more than 15 years of experience in business management, sales and marketing to GiftCertificates.com, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Prepaid Services at Western Union. In this role he was responsible for the expansion of the prepaid card and payments business. Prior to this he led strategy formulation and business development as Chief Operating Officer for the Americas division of Western Union. Additionally, O'Toole spent five years with American Express, most recently as General Manager for Traveler's Cheques & Prepaid Services, North America, where he led the successful development of the prepaid card business. While at American Express, he also served as Vice President of Strategic Planning. O'Toole has also held several management positions within Progressive Insurance and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He holds a Masters degree from Yale University's School of Management and a Bachelor's degree from University of Limerick, Ireland.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GiftCertificates.com | Board of Directors | Current |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Consultant | Former |
| University of Limerick | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
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