Giftango Corporation Names David Lieske as Director of Client Relations

PORTLAND, OR, May 18 (MARKET WIRE) --
Giftango Corporation, the virtual eGift card company redefining the
standards of gift cards, today announced the appointment of David Lieske
as Director of Client Relations. Lieske comes to Giftango from Starbucks,
where he was responsible for gift card strategies across all online
channels, including sales and marketing for virtual eGift cards,
Starbucks' Facebook eGifting strategy, as well as standard plastic and
customized gift cards.

Prior to leaving Starbucks, Lieske led the end-to-end implementation of
the company's digital gift card solution, which contributed to the
company's $1.5 billion loaded on cards in 2010.

In his role with Giftango, Lieske will establish relationships with
leading gift card brands and help those brands achieve their goal of
delivering maximum growth and customer value through the Giftango
platform and industry leading distribution relationships.

"I'm very excited to be joining Giftango during this pivotal time in the
gift card industry," said Lieske. "Customer preferences on how to give,
receive and redeem stored-value are rapidly shifting toward digital.
Giftango is uniquely positioned to extend its leadership in shaping how
the gift card industry reinvents itself to stay ahead of emerging payment
and gifting trends."

"David comes to us with a wealth of eGift and mobile payment experience,"
said David Nelsen, Giftango CEO. "He successfully integrated both mobile
and eGift card solutions for one of the largest and most successful gift
card brands in history. The perspective and experience he brings to the
Giftango team we have assembled is unique and a great addition for us."

About Giftango
Giftango Corporation, founded in 2005, has redefined
gifting with their innovative delivery of virtual eGift cards to email
and mobile phones. Merchants utilize the Giftango platform to power
e-commerce sales, a wide variety of promotions as well as distribution
through 3rd parties.

Giftango's Channel Partner solutions give loyalty and incentive companies
the ability to add virtual gift card fulfillment to their existing user
interface for a wide variety of national brands. Giftango is integrated
with more than a dozen gift card processors and has patent-pending
technology. Giftango delivers virtual eGift products across more
processors and brands than any competitor in the market.

Giftango Corporation Media Contact:
Mike Fletcher
Chief Marketing Officer
Email: mike.fletcher@giftango.com
Phone: 1.877.443.8264

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