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For Immediate Release
October 1, 2009
Blackline GPS Corp.
Announces Appointment of Randy Henderson CA CF ICD.D as Chief
Financial Officer and to its Board of Directors
Calgary, Canada - Blackline
GPS Corp. (TSXV: BLN) ("Blackline" or the "Company") is pleased
to announce the appointment of Randy Henderson as Chief
Financial Officer and to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Henderson is a senior finance executive and corporate director who most recently served as a corporate financial advisor to the board of directors and executive management teams of both publicly-traded and private entities. Previously, Mr. Henderson was Chief Financial Officer of several significant public and private entities, including CE Franklin Ltd., a publicly-traded international oilfield services distribution company; Emera Inc., a publicly-traded international energy and energy services company; and ENMAX Corporation, a privately-held integrated electric energy company.
In 2003, he was nominated for Canada's CFO of the Year Award. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and is an executive leadership program alumnus of the Stanford Business School of Stanford University. In 2008, he was awarded the Corporate Finance (CF) designation by the CICA. In 2009, he successfully completed the Directors Education Program offered by the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada and was awarded its designation of ICD.D.
Blackline GPS President and CEO, Clark Swanson, said, "Randy brings a unique perspective to the executive management team of Blackline and his skills and experience will lend themselves well to the growth of our business. I'm extraordinarily pleased Blackline continues to attract many of the best and brightest people in business today – Randy makes a superb addition to our team".
Cody Slater, Chairman for Blackline GPS Corp. welcomed Mr. Henderson to Blackline, stating "Randy brings a wealth of business knowledge and experience to Blackline that will impact the Company far beyond the standard role of CFO. His addition to the management team and the Board will prove a significant benefit as we develop towards being the market leader in location based services."
"I am very excited to join Blackline GPS as CFO and director," said Mr. Henderson. "This is a company that has coupled a state of the art product offering with an experienced and successful management team and Board. I look forward to our future successes in providing technology solutions that allow our customers to Protect, Share and Connect."
About Blackline GPS,
Corp.
Blackline GPS, Corp., founded in 2004, integrates satellite GPS
tracking with cellular GSM technology to provide innovative
wireless products and service solutions to address the growing
markets in vehicle and watercraft security and recovery,
location-sharing, workforce management and family efficiency
concepts. Headquartered in Calgary, Canada, Blackline GPS powers
the ESCORT® Entourage™ CIS and PS vehicle security systems,
combining the premium components of the ESCORT family of
products with a level of user website connectivity, access to
global databases and backend location tracking and recovery only
Blackline GPS can offer. Other products include Harpoon™ GPS
watercraft security systems, BlipPlus™ Friend-finder app for
Blackberry® smartphone and the Monitoring & Recovery Service
powered by Blackline GPS. This latter product provides instant
text, email and direct voice contact alerts when vehicles or
watercraft are tampered with, and a national recovery network
should they be stolen. Technology, dedication and vision combine
to create an ever-growing suite of tools designed to Protect.
Share. Connect™.
For additional information please visit Blackline GPS on the web at www.blacklinegps.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information please contact:
Clark Swanson, President & CEO
Phone: (403)870-3059 or (323)899-2518
Fax: (403)451-9981
cswanson@blacklinegps.com
Website:
www.blacklinegps.com
