D'zine Garage appoints new CEO and opens new office in the US

D'zine Garage, a leading digital agency, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Stephen W. Pardue as its new Chief Executive Officer.

D'zine Garage, a leading digital agency, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Stephen W. Pardue as its new Chief Executive Officer. Concurrently, D'zine opens its first office in the USA where Mr. Pardue is based in San Diego, California. Making the announcement, Hari Sethuraman, Chairman, D'zine Garage said "As part of our ongoing expansion, D'zine is pleased to appoint Mr. Pardue and open its latest office in San Diego. After London, this strategic appointment and the launch of D'zine's first US office set the stage for us to grow our international footprint by now delivering services to US based brands."

"The addition of key personnel from within the American digital segment to our new office, allows us to further solidify D'zine as a global digital agency. Steve joins us after successful stints with VISA, S1and Visual Sciences (formerly WebSideStory) where he was heavily involved in their global product and market development efforts. We look forward to what Steve's knowledge and experience will bring to the growth of our business. I will be handing over the reins of the management of the agency to Steve and now focus on the UK and European markets through our London based subsidiary - D'zine Interactive Ltd. When we started D'zine it was my dream to build India's first independent global digital agency. We took a large step towards that when we opened our office in the UK in 2006. Our US presence is another big step for us. Plans for other offices are already on the anvil and D'zine is now poised for our vision to become reality" said Vernon Dias, Founder, D'zine Garage.

Steve Pardue, D'zine's new CEO brings with him over 30 years of experience in the technology and digital industry. As CEO he will focus on the establishment and execution of a strategic direction to accelerate overall corporate growth for the company. Prior to joining D'zine, Steve spent several years as Senior Vice President with Visual Sciences (formerly WebSideStory) where he was responsible for developing the global financial services market for WSS's on-demand web analytics services and developing the overall Asia Pacific Japan market. Previous to that he served in a number of executive leadership positions with S1 Corporation, his last position being President of S1 Asia Pacific. Prior to this he was the Vice President of Payment Systems and Market Development with VISA for 5 years. Steve is a graduate from the East Carolina University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Econometrics.

D'zine's new office is located at 2540 Shelter Island Dr., Suite C, San Diego, CA 92106, and can be reached by phone at +1 (619) 564.4278.

About D'zine Garage

Founded in early 1998, D'zine Garage is India's oldest digital agency and a leading provider of digital media communication services and offshore digital production solutions. The agency pioneered the concept of building "online communities around brands" in India and today boasts of more than 100 active customers in 4 continents. The agency also works with a number of leading global digital agencies as production partners which has led to the setup of a very successful "offshore digital factory" business. Headquartered in Chennai, D'zine also has offices in Mumbai, London and now San Diego.

For further information:
D'zine Garage Pvt. Ltd. +91 - 44 - 2498 7563, 7564, 8854
www.dzinegarage.com

D'zine Interactive Ltd. +44 - 20 - 8732 5464
www.dzineinteractive.co.uk

Media Enquiries:
Ms. Paromita Das, Mumbai. +91 - 22 - 2850 5615, 2852 8769

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