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Transformational Leader · Product Strategist · Technologist

Rent-A-Center, Inc. is a rent-to-own operator in the United States. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated 3,037 Company-owned stores nationwide and in Canada and Puerto Rico, including 31 retail installment sales stores under the name Get It Now and Home Choice, and eight rent-to-own stores located in Canada under the name Rent-A-Centre. The Company?s subsidiary, ColorTyme, is a national franchisor of rent-to-own stores. As of December 31, 2008, ColorTyme had 222 franchised rent-to-own stores in 34 states. The Company?s stores generally offer durable products, such as consumer electronics, appliances, computers and furniture, and accessories under flexible rental purchase agreements that generally allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed upon rental period.

An experienced executive who has founded and grown highly successful software companies from the ground up with technologies primarily focused on the restaurant industry including point-of-sale, host management, reservations, kitchen management, CRM, online ordering, and enterprise management solutions being used by companies around the globe. Strong technical and business qualifications with an impressive track record of more than 20 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, mergers/acquisitions, business development, project/product management, and software engineering strategies. Proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing business communications, increasing revenues, and improving operations management of an organization.