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National Gift Card names new sales chief

Wednesday 10. July 2013 - National Gift Card Corp. (NGC) announced today it has named Eric Thiegs senior vice president - Business Development, responsible for leading the company's growing sales and client relationship activities.

Thiegs, a 15-year veteran of the partnership marketing, member benefits, loyalty and rewards arenas, was most recently managing director of Stage of Life, LLC, York, Pa., a loyalty and rewards consultancy for many national brands, including HSBC, Discover Card, and TracFone.
In addition, Thiegs served as director of partnership marketing and national sales director at Access Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, and led business development activities at Barry Group, York, Pa., for clients in the Pennsylvania and New York regions, and was senior account executive at Aimia, (formerly Carlson Marketing Group) for the agency’s Visa USA account.
A Minneapolis native, Thiegs was awarded a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from the University of Minnesota. He was named one of the top “Forty Under 40” leaders in the Pennsylvania business community by the Central Penn Business Journal, and last year, his efforts placed key client relationships into the hands of over 70+ million US consumers.
“Eric brings a wealth of energy and business development experience to the National Gift Card team, said NGC President Adam Van Witzenburg. “In all, he has helped nearly 1,800 national brands extend their reach with a wide variety of partnerships and affinity programs.”