LAS VEGAS – Monday, June 20, 2011 – Shift4 Corporation is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Bob Lowe to the position of Vice President of Business Development.

Previous to this promotion, Lowe was Shift4’s Director of Strategic Relationships and dealt primarily with Shift4’s partner program. In his new position, he will oversee both the partner and the business development/sales programs.

“Bob is a fantastic employee and a passionate expert in his field,” said Shift4 CEO Dave Oder. “In his two years at Shift4 he has done absolutely remarkable things with our partner program and we’re very excited to see what growth will come as a result of this promotion.”

Prior to working with Shift4, Lowe spent nearly 25 years in the hotel software vendor space, where he managed point of sale, property management, and central reservation systems, and took a particular interest in electronic reservation and electronic payment systems integrations. Lowe managed payment integration projects and partnerships with payment gateways in North America, Europe, and Asia. He also served on the board of the Open Travel Alliance, as Assistant Chair of the HTNG Kiosk Self Service Standards Group, as an active participant in HTNG Payment and Reservation Work Groups, and is now a member of the HFTP PCI Compliance Task Force.

This morning, Lowe spoke at the HFTP PCI Compliance Boot Camp and was a panelist in the PCI Compliance Roundtable Update held in conjunction with HITEC 2011 in Austin, Texas.

About Shift4 Corporation
Founded in Las Vegas in 1994, Shift4 Corporation is the world's largest independent card-present payment processing gateway, serving more than 20,000 clients in several industries, including Hospitality, Retail, Food & Beverage, Mail/Telephone Order, and e-Commerce. Boasting more than 350 POS/PMS integrations and maintaining absolute bank- and processor-neutrality, Shift4 is proudly merchant-centric, helping clients secure the best discount rates while providing industry-leading security, speed, and reliability. Recognized as a pioneer of Tokenization , Shift4 has processed more than three billion tokenized transactions since it coined the term in 2005. Shift4's DOLLARS ON THE NET solution provides unparalleled pre- and post-settlement auditing capabilities, fraud protection, and drastically simplified PCI-compliance.
For more information, visit www.shift4.com.