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Swift Prepaid Solutions Story
Swift Prepaid Solutions, Inc.. was founded
in 1996 by two women who tried to purchase a gift certificate for a friend who
lived out of state. When they couldn’t figure out what retail
stores were in proximity to their friend, they decided what the world needed
was a universal gift certificate good just about anywhere. And
withfortitude and determination, they launched Swift Prepaid Solutions. They found a
bank, processor and association willing to “sponsor” their concept, and
began selling one ofthe first consumer Prepaid Bankcard products via the
internet and telemarketing in early 1998. Shortly thereafter, Swift Prepaid Solutions
migrated its business efforts towards a B2B2C model to Fortune 2000 companies
focused on employee rewards and consumer promotions and incentives.
From those early days of prepaid, Swift Prepaid Solutions has since brought over 400
programs to market with many of America’s premier corporate companies and
expanded its product set tremendously to accommodate the myriad number of
solutions that the marketplace has demanded. Swift Prepaid Solutions is located just outside
of Chicago in one of the Northern suburbs about 20 minutes from O’Hare and 30
minutes from downtown Chicago.
Management
Nancy Gensburg
Co-Founder / Chairman of the Board
Nancy graduated with a BA, ED and MA from the University of Miami. In 1965 she
became President of Eichengreen/Gensburg-designers of commercial aluminum
products-furniture, outdoor sculpture and jewelry. The company's products were
represented in galleries throughout the United States and Europe.
In
1996 Nancy co-founded Swift Prepaid Solutions (along with Carol Jacobsohn, who passed
away in 2002).
Braven Imai
President
Braven comes to Swift Prepaid Solutions with over 20 years of diverse business experiences across
Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial startup environments. Braven started his career as a CPA for
the public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen specializing in the manufacturing and healthcare industry
sectors. From there he accepted a position in Operations Management for Sam Zell's M & A rollup
holding company, Great American Management & Investment, where his position focused on
business process reengineering. Braven spent close to 10 years at Fortune 100 Baxter Healthcare
and its public spin-off company Allegiance Healthcare, in Corporate Treasury, Finance,
New Product Development and various Sales and management capacities.
In 1999, he co-founded
PocketCard Inc., one of the first dedicated processing companies of prepaid Visa and
MasterCard programs. Braven helped raise approximately $20 million in funding and led the Company's
100 employees as its Chief Operating Officer. Braven earned an MBA (Masters of Management)
in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and
joined Swift Prepaid Solutions in 2002 where he has held various positions in leading the company's
sales, operations and product development efforts. Braven was appointed President of the company in late 2007.
Brian Levin, CPA
Vice President- Finance & IT
Brian comes to Swift Prepaid Solutions with over 12 years of
varied business experiences. After graduating from Drake University
with a degree in Accounting and Actuarial Sciences, Brian started his
career as a benefits consultant and started a CPA and IT consulting firm.
After several years of benefits consulting, Brian accepted a position
as a financial management consultant for Gibson and Associates,
focusing on streamlining costs and increasing margins in the manufacturing
sector for Fortune 1000 companies. In 2000, Brian joined Swift Prepaid
Solutions as Vice President of Finance/IT where he leads the company’s
financial and IT functions.
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