| Cantaloupe Systems Names Software Industry Veteran as VP of Engineering |
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| Monday, 27 September 2010 00:00 |
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SAN FRANCISCO September 27, 2010 ─Cantaloupe Systems, Inc., the leading provider of wireless, cloud-computing solutions for the vending industry, has appointed Tamara Baker to the position of Vice President of Engineering. Baker will lead Cantaloupe’s engineering efforts to support new and existing products for the $30 billion U.S. vending industry. “Tammy has the mix of proven success, experience and energy that our growing company requires. With her management of our engineering team, Seed® and Seed Cashless™ will continue to be the most robust remote-monitoring and cashless vending solution on the market,” said Mandeep Arora, Cantaloupe’s CEO. “We took our time to find the right candidate for this position and are confident she will be an integral part of our leadership team during this exciting period.” Tamara Baker said: “I am excited to join such a dynamic, innovative team. Cantaloupe’s engineers are among Silicon Valley’s best and brightest, and their creative and nimble attitudes will enable the company to further enhance its leadership in bringing the vending industry into the 21st century.” Over the past 15 years, Baker has held a number of executive and management roles including Vice President of Engineering at Encanto Networks Inc., Vice President of Engineering at E-Color Inc. and Vice President of Product Development for the Americas at Weathernews.com. More recently, Baker was the Vice President of Engineering for Untangle, Inc., a provider of commercial open source solutions, where she successfully delivered multiple products across seven releases in less than three years. In addition, Baker serves as a charter member and advisor to two non-profit organizations: Silicon Valley Code Camp and the Dare 2B Digital Conference. Baker earned a B.A. degree in Computer Science from Cornell University, graduating cum laude and attended the Executive MBA summer program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. About Cantaloupe Systems San Francisco-based Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. is the fastest- growing, wireless vending solutions provider in the U.S. The company was founded in 2002 by engineers Mandeep Arora, a second-generation vending professional, and Anant Agrawal to provide automated merchandising for the $20 billion vending industry. Installed in individual vending machines, the Cantaloupe Seed device monitors all transactions and transmits the data securely via cellular networks and the Internet Cloud. The result: vending operators know the state of each machine’s inventory without making a physical visit. Operators using Cantaloupe Seed Solution average $35,000 in annual savings per route, can replenish 80 percent more machines per week, and can reduce their carbon footprint by 40 percent through the elimination of unnecessary truck travel and smaller loads per truck. Cantaloupe is backed by Global Environment Fund of Chevy Chase, MD., and Foundation Capital of Menlo Park, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.cantaloupesystems.com. |