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Hypercom names new Asia Pacific managing director

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Hypercom Corp., a Scottsdale, Ariz. manufacturer of electronic payment devices, has appointed Jacques-Herve Maupin, formerly with Oberthur Technologies, as its managing director of the Asia Pacific region. His responsibilities involve directing and driving Hypercom’s sales, service and support throughout the area.

He takes over for TK Cheung, who has been appointed to the newly-created position of vice president, quality and security. Besides Oberthur, Maupin for the past six years has held positions with Cap Gemini Asia and Telesystemes. He also served as IT consultant within the France Telecom group. [end] 

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