VeriFone's Head Of North America Wins Silver Stevie® Award In 2012 Stevie Award For Women In Business

SAN JOSE, CA – VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) – Jennifer Miles, Executive Vice President of VeriFone North America has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year, Business Products (over 2,500 employee) category in the 9^th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, and the organizations they run.  All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2012 awards received entries from 17 nations and territories.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners during a dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

More than 1,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Company of the Year, Mentor of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Communications Campaign of the Year, among others. 

“VeriFone is proud of Jennifer and what she has achieved for the company over the past 11 years,” said Doug Bergeron, CEO of VeriFone Systems. “We congratulate Jennifer on a well-deserved win.”

Miles oversees VeriFone’s North America business, which consists of VeriFone’s Financial, Mobility, Retail, Petro, Transit, Retail Banking, Hospitality, Security, Healthcare, and Government business units. She is responsible for 80 percent of the company’s revenue in North America and 25 percent globally. Only one of a handful of women in the global business of payments, Miles is driving VeriFone’s transformation from a traditional hardware business to a value-added systems and services business. Since joining VeriFone in 2001, Miles has played an integral role in driving the successful growth of VeriFone's solutions. 

Prior to joining VeriFone, Miles spent six years with Wachovia Bank serving in several roles including Sales and Product Management of Corporate Treasury and Cash Management solutions to Fortune 500 companies. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor degree in Business Administration.

Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 200 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process this year.

“I’m very pleased that we were able to conclude our tenth year of organizing Stevie Awards programs with a very successful Women in Business event,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.  “This year’s Stevie Award-winning women are the most accomplished, impressive group we’ve ever had.  Their stories of success will be an inspiration to women around the globe who dream of starting and growing a business and making a difference in the world.”

About VeriFone Systems, Inc. (www.verifone.com)

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (“VeriFone”) (NYSE: PAY) is the global leader in secure electronic payment solutions. VeriFone provides expertise, solutions and services that add value to the point of sale with merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare vertical markets.  VeriFone solutions are designed to meet the needs of merchants, processors and acquirers in developed and emerging economies worldwide.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The International Business Awards, The American Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.