MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital River, Inc., a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, announced the appointment of Christopher Rence, chief information and risk officer, to the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) board of directors. With more than 20 years of IT-related experience, Rence brings deep technical and systems expertise to the association, which is working to fuel Minnesota’s prosperity through innovation and technology.
“We’re excited to have Christopher join our board,” said Margaret Anderson Kelliher, president and CEO of MHTA. “Chris has spent his career transforming technology footprints and business processes to lay the foundation for future innovation. A long-standing leader within Minnesota’s technology community, we look forward to Chris’ contributions to MHTA.”
At Digital River, Rence oversees the global IT organization and enterprise operations, including cloud architecture, security, governance, reporting and data analytics, as well as business continuity and disaster recovery. Rence and his international team of technology specialists oversee five global data centers and a security strategy that positively impacts the operations of thousands of ecommerce stores worldwide. Prior to joining Digital River, Rence served as chief information and business transformation officer at FICO.
“MHTA is an organization I’ve admired for a long time and I’m honored to have been selected to join the board,” said Rence. “The organization has long supported a growing technology industry in Minnesota through educational programs, networking events and government advocacy. I look forward to helping advance these efforts.”
About Digital River, Inc.
Backed by 20 years of ecommerce
experience, Digital River is recognized as a leading global provider of
Commerce-as-a-Service solutions. Companies of all sizes rely on Digital
River’s cloud-based commerce, payments and marketing services to manage
and grow their online businesses. Through these services, Digital River
connects B2B and B2C digital products companies and branded
manufacturers with buyers across multiple devices and channels, and
nearly every country in the world.
Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America. For more details about Digital River, visit https://digitalriver.com or follow Digital River on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DigitalRiverInc.
About Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA)
MHTA is an
innovation and technology association united in fueling Minnesota’s
prosperity. The association helps bring together the people of
Minnesota’s science and technology ecosystem and lead the charge in
directing science and technology issues to Minnesota’s state capitol.
MHTA is the only membership organization that represents Minnesota’s
entire science and technology-based economy. MHTA members include
organizations of every size − involved in virtually every aspect of
science and technology creation, production, application and education
in Minnesota. Find out more online at http://www.mhta.org
or follow MHTA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MHTA.
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