Radius Intelligence Welcomes New Board Member Scott Thompson

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Radius Intelligence (radius.com), the data technology company that helps B2B marketers find their best customers, announces the appointment of Scott Thompson to the company's board of directors.

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Scott brings to the Radius board a wealth of experience in the financial services industry from his time with Visa and as President at Paypal. The former CEO of Yahoo!, Scott currently serves as CEO of ShopRunner, a company which brings together a network of retailers to deliver powerful online shopping services.  

"We're thrilled to welcome Scott to the Radius board," says Darian Shirazi, CEO and co-Founder of Radius. "Scott has built a career innovating the financial and online service industries starting with his role at Visa, where he developed Visa's technology infrastructure; then at Paypal, where he established the company as the leading online payment service and now as CEO of Shoprunner. Scott's understanding of the impact new technologies can have on the financial services industry will help drive Radius's growth."

"I'm excited to join the Radius team, and to experience the momentum Radius is gaining, " says Thompson. "Technology that makes sense of the vast amount of data now available is invaluable to any forward-thinking company. Radius provides a tremendous service to companies that market to the 27 million small businesses in our country."

Thompson joins current Radius board members Andrew McCollum, member of the Facebook founding team; Jonathan Ebinger, General Partner of BlueRun Ventures; and Radius co-founders Darian Shirazi and Adrian Druzgalski.

About Radius

Finding and engaging with the right local businesses can be overwhelming due to the disorganized — and often contradictory— nature of local business information. Radius helps marketers to take control of lead generation. Radius subscribers build perfectly targeted lead lists from amongst the 27 million U.S. business records within Radius to find their best customers. Radius is headquartered in San Francisco. Investors include American Express, BlueRun Ventures, BBVA Compass Bank, Comcast Ventures, Stanford University, and Western Technology.  Learn more at radius.com and follow the company on Twitter @radius.

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