PCI SVA Announces Election Results; Board Members and Committee Chairs Appointed

New York, July 31, 2007 – The ballots have been tallied, the results are in and the Payment Card Industry Security Vendor Alliance (PCI SVA) is very pleased to announce its newest board members and committee chairs are:

  • President and CEO: David Taylor, VP Data Security Strategies, Protegrity USA
  • Senior Vice President, Finance: J. Alan Bird, VP, Business Development, Cyber-Ark Software
  • Senior Vice President, Operations: Chris Farrow, Director, Center for Policy & Compliance, Configuresoft
  • Marketing Committee Chair: Trisha Paine, Product Marketing, SafeNet
  • Marketing Committee Vice Chair: Brigitte Engel, Vice President, Marketing, Breach Security
  • Technology Committee Chair: Kevin Overcash, Vice President of Product Management, Breach Security
  • Certification Committee Chair: Patrick Townsend, president and CEO,Patrick Townsend and Associates
  • Solutions Committee Chair: Robert Peterson, CTO, ACR 2 Solutions
  • Solutions Committee Vice Chair: Prat Moghe, founder and CTO, Tizor Systems

“Congratulations to our new board members,” said David Taylor, VP Data Security Strategies, Protegrity USA and president and CEO of the PCI SVA. “I look forward to working with them and all of the members of the PCI SVA to continue making PCI SVA a terrific resource for PCI DSS compliance and data security information.”

“I also urge all of our members to sign up for committee email lists by logging onto the members-only section of the alliance’s web site (http://www.pcialliance.org). All meeting announcements and minutes will be posted to these lists, and by signing up you’ll stay abreast of all the news,” Taylor added. “We have some exciting projects in the works, so stay tuned!”

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About PCI SVA
PCI SVA (http://www.pcialliance.org) assists members of the payment card industry, composed of merchants, banks and point-of-sale vendors, in educating the business community on the requirements and business value of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a global benchmark intended to improve security throughout the entire payment card transaction process.