Mobilians International, Inc. (www.mobiliansinc.com), a mobile commerce company that will offer U.S. consumers the choice of making online purchases with a cell phone number and paying for them through their monthly mobile phone bill, today announced the addition of two executives who will continue the company’s advances in the United States for its innovative MobiCashTM product. R. Chito Collins is the company’s new vice president of merchant business development, and Mark J. Byers is Mobilians’ vice president of operations.
Collins brings recognized leadership in business development, sales, and strategic alliances from her rich history in the payments, payments processing, and E-commerce industries, according to Pragnesh Shah, President and CEO of Mobilians International.
“Chito’s proven track record at companies including CyberSource, CardSoft, CyberCash, and IBM will be invaluable in our workings with online merchants and partners,” said Shah. Collins will be leading the Mobilians West coast office in San Jose, CA, which is geared toward merchant partnerships.
Byers brings depth in customer operations, billing solutions, and product management to the Mobilians leadership team, according to Shah. Byers spent more than 10 years with Sprint Nextel Corporation, where he held various executive positions directly applicable to Mobilians’ operations with merchants, mobile carriers, and end users.
“Combining Mark’s mobile carrier operations experience with Chito’s payments industry and sales experience will be most beneficial to our partners, as Mobilians is Bridging the Worlds of Online and Mobile CommerceTM,” Shah said. “These two executives further complement the product, engineering, sales, and finance staff we already have in place here in the U.S.”
According to Charles Gildehaus, co-founder and CEO of Mercator Partners LLC, there are unmet customer needs in the U.S. that mobile commerce can fulfill. “The U.S. is ready to make the next step in e-commerce and mobile commerce,” said Gildehaus. “While markets including Korea and Japan are more advanced in mobile commerce and mobile payment initiatives, in the U.S. there are over 80 million consumers who are un-banked, under-banked, or are simply seeking alternative ways to make purchases online.”
Shah says he is “bullish” on the E-commerce and mobile commerce spaces, given his expertise in those arenas from incubating new product initiatives in his prior executive roles at Sprint Nextel. To fulfill market needs, Mobilians is deploying in the U.S. patented solutions and real world know-how, leveraging the experience and backing of its largest investor Mobilians Co. Limited (Korea). “We are taking that know-how and adapting the proven model to meet the needs of U.S. consumers with our MobiCashTM products," says Shah. “We are a full-fledged U.S. company. All our staff, data centers, headquarters, and sales offices are all established here in the U.S., where we can be close to our merchant and mobile carrier partners.”
About Mobilians International, Inc.
Mobilians International, Inc. is an independent U.S. corporation, with headquarters outside of Washington, D.C. and offices in San Jose, California. Mobilians International is deploying E-commerce and M-commerce payment solutions in the U.S. As a B2B provider, it provides solutions to online merchants seeking to expand their business via choice of new payment methods for targeted online categories and customers. It partners with mobile carriers to provide robust fraud and risk management and customer operations to drive value for them and end users. Mobilians MobiCashTM products offer solutions that are Bridging the Worlds of Online and Mobile CommerceTM. Mobilians International’s largest investor is publicly traded Mobilians Co., Ltd. of Korea. For more information, visit www.mobiliansinc.com.
About Mobilians Co., Ltd.
Mobilians Co., Ltd. is a major E-commerce solutions provider based in Seoul, South Korea. It offers online and mobile payment services. As the first in the world to deploy this type of service and now with over 50% market share, Mobilians Co., Ltd. is a well-known, established payments leader. Mobilians processes millions of secure, real-time transactions each month, working with thousands of online merchant partners, and all the major mobile phone carriers. For more information, visit www.mobilians.co.kr.