Malvern, Pa., USA - March 22, 2016, Malvern, Pa., USA - USA Technologies, Inc., a payment technology service provider, announced it has appointed Robert L. Metzger, to the company's board of directors.
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Mr. Metzger brings to the Board over 25 years of senior leadership experience from the financial services sector. Since August 2015, he has been on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Business as the Director of the Investment Banking Academy and a lecturer at the Department of Finance.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of WageWorks, Inc., where he is a member of the Audit Committee.
Previously, he was a partner at William Blair & Company from 2005 to 2015, after joining the firm in 1999. While there, he served as head of the Technology and Financial Services Investment Banking Groups and completed in excess of 100 transactions during his 15-plus year career at the firm. In addition, he acted as Chairman of the firm's Audit Committee from 2013-2015.
Mr. Metzger holds a Master of Business Administration with concentrations in finance and strategy from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor's of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
In addition, USAT has appointed Michael K. Lawlor as the chief services officer responsible for oversight and leadership of teams managing the key elements of the ePort Connect Service.
Prior to his role as CSO, Mr. Lawlor was senior vice president of sales and business development at USA Technologies. Since joining the company in 1996, Mr. Lawlor has provided senior leadership driving innovative sales programs, national strategic partnerships and the development of an expanded suite of electronic payment services.
Prior to joining the Company, he worked for Pepsi Cola Co., a division of PepsiCo, managing the retail, restaurant and vending business sectors with regional and national positions that spanned several functions including sales, operations, and sales management in the Dallas and Houston, Texas, markets.
He was also a national accounts sales manager on the Pepsi Cola national food service team, responsible for corporate and franchise relationships, with multiple national restaurant chains. ■