Announcements

2012

February 1
Rearden Commerce Partners With Signup4 To Provide Integrated Meetings Management Services

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced it has partnered with SignUp4, a leading provider of strategic meetings management technology, to integrate its strategic event management software with Deem Travel. Read more

January 9
Philip W. Steitz Joins Rearden Commerce as Chief Architect

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced that Philip W. Steitz, a Rearden Commerce Advisory Board member and former technology officer at Barclaycard and American Express, has joined Rearden Commerce as Chief Architect — where he will focus on building a next-generation offers platform for Deem. Read more

January 4
Rearden Commerce Appoints Former American Express Executive As SVP, Travel Services

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced the appointment of Andrew McGraw as Senior Vice President, Travel Services. Read more

2011

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January 26
Rearden Commerce CEO Patrick Grady Named one of the Most Influential Executives of the Business Travel Industry

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, announced today that CEO Patrick Grady was selected by Business Travel News (BTN) as one of the 25 most influential executives of the business travel industry of 2010. Read more

February 7
Gary Crittenden Joins Rearden Commerce Board of Directors

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation e-Commerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Gary Crittenden, former Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup and Chief Financial Officer of American Express, to its Board of Directors Read more

February 18
Former E*Trade Executive Joins Rearden Commerce

Rearden Commerce, a next generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Pam Erickson www.reardencommerce.com/about/bios/pamela_erickson.php as Senior Vice President of Strategic Communication, responsible for internal and external communication initiatives and investor relations. Read more

February 22
Rearden Commerce Building Foundation For Future Growth

Rearden Commerce, a next generation eCommerce platform company, today announced a major hiring initiative. With substantial business growth in all its operating channels, the company is positioning itself to optimize the business momentum it has been gaining over the past year. Read more

March 4
Rearden Commerce Executive Featured At Sourcing Interests Group 2011 Global Sourcing Summit

Rearden Commerce, a next generation eCommerce platform company, today announced that Tony D'Astolfo, Senior Vice President, Rearden Commerce will present an executive session at the Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) Global Sourcing Summit on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. Read more

March 9
Rearden Commerce Improves Corporate Travel Experience with Enhanced Features & Strategic Partnership

While the travel industry continues to debate the way in which its products and services are bought and sold, Rearden Commerce has been listening to customers. Read more

March 17
Rearden Commerce Hires Semantic Scientist

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce company, today announced its sponsorship of a category of The World Championship for Automated Theorem Proving (ATP), Large Theory division. Read more

March 23
Rearden Commerce Sponsors Semantic Technology Contest

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce company, today announced its sponsorship of a category of The World Championship for Automated Theorem Proving (ATP), Large Theory division. The competition showcases the latest advancements in logical reasoning. Read more

April 8
Rearden Commerce Adds Dr. Elizabeth Xu to Technology Team

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth Xu to Senior Vice President, Product Engineering. Read more

April 20
Rearden Commerce Identifies Potential for $70 Million Savings in Annual Distribution Costs for the Ground Transportation Industry

After analyzing the $1 billion ground transportation network reservation business, Global Ground Automation (GGA), a Rearden Commerce company, reported key findings: the industry has the potential to save $70 million annually in distribution costs by automating the nearly seven million network reservations booked each year. Read more

May 6
Advantage Focus Partnership and Rearden Commerce Join Forces to Power Corporate Spend Management

The Advantage Focus Partnership, one of the business travel divisions of Advantage Travel Centres and the fifth largest travel management organization in the U.K., and Rearden Commerce, a next generation eCommerce platform company, today announced they have entered into a three-year partnership agreement that will result in the delivery of a combined travel, procurement and spend management solution for member agencies in the U.K. Read more

May 9
Philip W. Steitz Joins Rearden Commerce Technical Advisory Board

earden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Philip W. Steitz to the company's Technical Advisory Board. Read more

May 10
ServiceMaster and Rearden Commerce to Share Best Practices for Driving Supplier Enablement and Cost Savings

Robert Brindle, Director of Competitive Intelligence at ServiceMaster, one of the world's largest residential and commercial service networks, joins Rearden Commerce, a strategic procurement, spend management and supplier enablement company, to discuss the latest trends and strategies for supplier enablement at the International Supply Management Conference in Orlando, FL next week. Read more

May 17
Rearden Commerce Redesigns Sourcing Solution to Deliver Greater Cost Savings to Business Buyers

Ketera Technologies, a Rearden Commerce company, today unveiled a redesign of its strategic sourcing solution, making it even easier for business buyers to create and manage reverse auction events and for suppliers to participate in them. Read more

May 18
Rearden Commerce Appoints Chief Financial Officer

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Rick Simonson as Chief Financial Officer and President, Business Operations. Read more

May 23
Rearden Commerce Appoints Head of Analytics

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Steve Bernstein as Vice President, Analytics. Read more

May 25
Procurement Pros Divided on Best Ways to Control Costs

While debate around the state of the economy continues, procurement professionals at ISM last week confirmed that one of their top priorities for the next 12 months is controlling costs. Read more

June 1
CWT To Go℠ Makes the Busy Traveler’s Life Easier

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specialized in business travel management, and Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the expansion of their partnership agreement to deliver CWT To Go, a feature-rich mobile application available for CWT's customers worldwide. Read more

June 2
Rearden Commerce Mischaracterized in Sabre Antitrust Lawsuit

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today issued a statement to clarify the representation of the company in Sabre's antitrust lawsuit filed against American Airlines. Read more

June 10
Rearden Commerce's Senior Applied Scientist to Present Formal Ontology at SRI Artificial Intelligence Seminar

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced that Adam Pease, Senior Applied Scientist, will present an overview of ontology at an SRI Artificial Intelligence Seminar in Menlo Park, CA on June 16, 2011. Read more

July 7
Sabre Travel Network Launches New Ground Travel Services Powered by Global Ground Automation

Sabre Travel Network and Global Ground Automation today announced the launch of a new black car, limo and airport transfer booking service available through the Sabre Red Workspace. The new offering provides travel agents with convenient access to reputable ground travel service providers who offer global services, and competitive rates and commissions. Read more

August 8
Rearden Commerce Launches Group Ground Transportation Service

Responding to the need for centralized management of group ground transportation, Global Ground Automation (GGA), a Rearden Commerce company, today announced a unique solution to address the distinct requirements of ground transportation for meetings and events. Enabling meeting and event planners to plan, book, execute and evaluate their ground transportation services, GGA's Group Ground solution provides efficiency and savings to an often costly, labor-intensive aspect of group events. Read more

August 18
Rearden Commerce Expands Mobile Platform

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the expansion of its Mobile Personal Assistant to the fast growing ecosystem of Android devices, providing Android users with a simple to use, feature rich travel experience. Read more

August 19
Global Ground Automation (Gga) Partners With Btr, Expanding Access To Ground Transportation Across International Markets

Global Ground Automation (GGA), a Rearden Commerce company, today announced a partnership with UK-based BTR, an independent ground transportation outsourcing service. Fulfilling the ground transportation needs of GGA clients with offices across Europe and Asia, the partnership will enable GGA to provide its clients with a fully-outsourced ground transportation offering, via a vetted network of 700 providers in Europe and an additional 500 in Asia. Read more

August 22
Rearden Commerce’s Deem™ Travel Improves Search Functionality For Business And Consumer Travel

Rearden Commerce, the next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced Deem Travel, as the next evolution of the company’s online corporate travel management platform, which is relied on by thousands of companies worldwide. The Deem Travel smart app equips travelers to quickly search, find and book flights that best meet their requirements, based on who they are, what they like, and what they need for each trip. For business travelers, there’s the added – and important – benefit of recommendations that are compliant with company travel policies. Read more

August 22
Rearden Commerce Unites Business, Consumer And Merchant Solutions On Deem™, The Smart Commerce Platform

Rearden Commerce today announced it will converge the company's business, consumer and merchant applications onto one smart commerce platform – Deem – connecting buyers and sellers through absolute relevance. Leveraging new analytics and semantic data tagging technology to bring powerful capabilities to the company's "relevance engine," Deem will enable personalization on a whole new level. Designed to be identity-based, location-sensitive, context-aware and interoperable, Deem solutions will enable people to exchange goods, services and information in the most meaningful manner possible. Read more

August 23
Small Businesses Lift-Off: American Express Open To Launch New Online Travel Booking Platform

Today at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Conference in Denver, CO, American Express announced the impending launch of a new online travel solution designed for small businesses. The portal is designed for American Express OPEN, the leading payment card issuer for small businesses, and will be exclusively powered by Rearden Commerce, the next generation eCommerce platform company and an established partner of American Express. Read more

August 23
Rearden Commerce Partners With Top Travel Content Providers To Deliver Relevant Flight, Hotel And Rail Search Results To Business Travelers

Innovating to transform the entire online booking process to make it simpler and more relevant for users, Rearden Commerce, the next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced three new partnerships with top travel content providers TripAdvisor, SeatGuru and SilverRail Technologies. Read more

September 19
Pressure to Cut Costs and Rising Ancillary Fees Force Companies to Reprioritize Travel Management, According to a New Survey of Travel Managers

Corporate travel managers are under pressure to cut costs, improve compliance and better leverage mobile technology, according to a new survey conducted at the 2011 Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention by Rearden Commerce. Read more

September 21
Rearden Commerce Announces $133 Million In New Funding From American Express, Citi And JPMorgan Chase

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem ecommerce platform, today announced that it has secured $133 million in new funding from current investors American Express and JPMorgan Chase, as well as from new investor Citi. The new financing will be used for various high-growth initiatives, including acquisitions, working capital and debt repayment. Read more

September 21
Rearden Commerce Acquires HomeRun®, Leading Merchant-Focused Daily Deals Service and its Group Commerce Platform, OfferEngine™

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem platform, today announced that it has acquired HomeRun.com, creator of the HomeRun social-buying service and its OfferEngine platform, which powers group commerce programs for many of the best known consumer web sites. Read more

September 21
Michael I. Jordan Joins Rearden Commerce Technical Advisory Board

Rearden Commerce, creator of Deem, today announced the appointment of Michael I. Jordan to the company’s Technical Advisory Board. Prof. Jordan, a leading researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence, will serve as advisor to the company’s relevance team, guiding the expanding application of machine learning on Rearden’s Deem platform. Read more

October 27
Google partners with Rearden Commerce to expand Merchant offers

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced that it has partnered with Google to provide local deals from Deem Offers™ to Google Offers subscribers. Read more

November 1
Rearden Commerce's Senior Applied Scientist to Present Formal Ontology at The Sentiment Analysis Symposium

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced that Adam Pease, Senior Applied Scientist, will present an overview of ontology as it relates to sentiment analysis and content extraction at the Sentiment Analysis Symposium on November 9, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. Read more

November 10
Rearden Commerce Honored as a Competitor in Annual Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced the company has been invited to compete as an innovator in the fourth annual PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit on November 15, 2011. Read more

November 11
Rearden Commerce’s Dan Pritchett to Speak About Performance and Scalability at QCon San Francisco

Rearden Commerce, creator of the DeemTM ecommerce platform, today announced that Chief Technology Officer Dan Pritchett will participate in a panel discussion exploring current and emerging architectures, practices, and solutions for achieving predictable performance and scalability at QCon San Francisco on November 17, 2011. Read more

November 14
Mobile Drives New Opportunities for Interaction With Business Travelers, Per New Survey

Use of mobile technology by business travelers continues to increase, opening the door for increased business traveler interaction, according to a new study from PhoCusWright Inc. sponsored by Rearden Commerce. Read more

November 15
Rearden Commerce Unveils Collaborative Workspace to Plan, Model and Book Business or Leisure Trips

Fundamentally changing the way buyers and sellers interact, Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today unveiled web-based collaboration and relevance functionality aimed at transforming the way people plan travel. Read more

December 7
Rearden Commerce Appoints Former Yapta CEO as SVP, Consumer Services

Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem™ ecommerce platform, today announced the appointment of Tom Romary as Senior Vice President, Consumer Services. Read more

December 15
CWT To Go Available Today On Popular Mobile Devices

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specialized in managing business travel and meetings and events, today announced that its mobile app, CWT To GoTM, is available on popular Smartphone platforms worldwide. Read more

2010

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December 21
Rearden Commerce Appoints Andy Cunningham as Chief Marketing Officer

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced the appointment of Andrea "Andy" Cunningham as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for leading the overall marketing strategy and branding initiatives for the company. Read more

December 1
Rearden Commerce Announces Acquisition of Ketera Technologies

Rearden Commerce, a next-generation eCommerce platform company, today announced it has acquired Ketera Technologies, a company focused on transforming corporate buying and selling via the Ketera® Network, an online spend management solution and business community of nearly 1,000,000 companies. Read more

November 16
Google Executive Joins Rearden Commerce as Chief Products Officer

Rearden Commerce, developer of an Internet services platform, today announced the appointment of Paul Todd as Chief Products Officer, responsible for defining and implementing the company's product strategy across all of its existing and emerging service areas. Read more

November 4
Rearden Commerce Announces Doug Haslam as Vice President, Human Resources

Rearden Commerce, developer of an Internet services platform, today announced the appointment of Doug Haslam as Vice President, Human Resources, responsible for developing the global human capital strategy and leading the human resources team for the company. Read more

October 27
Rearden Commerce Appoints Mark Biestman as President, Global Field Operations

Rearden Commerce, developer of an Internet services platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Biestman as President, Global Field Operations. He is responsible for expanding the sales organization to drive the company's long-term growth strategy. Read more

August 9
Rearden Commerce Announces Alliance with IBM

Rearden Commerce today announced a new alliance with IBM's Managed Business Process division (IBM MBPS), with the goal to introduce more choice to the expense management and online procurement category. Read more

August 9
Rearden Commerce Secures Access to Southwest Content

Rearden Commerce, developer of a next-generation commerce platform, today announced that Southwest Airlines fares and schedule information will be available directly from the Rearden Personal Assistant™ Read more

August 9
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Partners with Rearden Commerce

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specializing in business travel management, has signed a reseller agreement with Rearden Commerce to offer clients the CWT Traveler Assistant powered by the Rearden Commerce™ Platform, an end-to-end solution for booking and managing travel and related business services. Read more

June 3
Nippon Express is the First TMC to Sign-up for the Joint Travelport and Rearden Commerce Solution

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, and Rearden Commerce, today announce that several of the industry's leading U.S. travel management companies (TMCs) have committed to offer the joint Travelport and Rearden Commerce solution to its corporate customers who need a travel and spend management platform. Read more

June 3
Travelport and Rearden Commerce Form Strategic Alliance to Benefit Travelport Customers in the U.S. and Canada

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, and Rearden Commerce, today announce that they have entered into a multi-year partnership that will result in delivery of a combined travel, procurement, and expense management solution for travel management companies (TMCs), existing corporate customers, and corporations in the U.S. and Canada. Read more

April 26
Rearden Commerce Expands Service Offering to Include StarCite Meeting Management Solutions

Rearden Commerce Inc. today announced the addition of its StarCite service, which offers Web-based solutions to strategically manage corporate meetings and events. Read more

April 12
Rearden Commerce Mobile Personal Assistant Now Compatible with Any Corporate Travel Program

Rearden Commerce Inc., today announced that the Mobile Personal Assistant is now available to any corporation regardless of their current online booking tool. Read more

March 16
Rearden Commerce Selected as a Finalist for 2010 CODiE Awards in Two Categories

Rearden Commerce, Inc. announced today that they were selected as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Awards in two categories: Best Business Productivity Solution and Best Supply Chain Solution. Read more

February 24
Rearden Commerce Launches its Mobile Personal Assistant Application for the iPhone; Packing the Functionality of Several Apps into One

Rearden Commerce, Inc. today announced the public launch of its Mobile Personal Assistant application for the iPhone®. Read more

February 24
More than 1400 Corporate Customers Flock to Rearden Commerce in 2009; Company Expanded into Consumer Market

Rearden Commerce, Inc. today announced that 2009 was the company's most significant growth period across enterprise, small business and consumer market segments. Chase Card Services, the credit card division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NYSE: JPM] launched its Ultimate Rewards program, which utilizes the Rearden Commerce™ Platform, marking Rearden Commerce's first step into the consumer space. Ultimate Rewards is now available on Chase Freedom, Chase Sapphire and Ink from Chase. Read more

2009

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December 14
Rearden Commerce to Power Travel Leaders’ Technology Solution

Travel Leaders today announced that its flagship technology solution, Compass, will now be powered by Rearden Commerce and its suite of technology offerings. Read more

November 18
Rearden Commerce Customers Cut Costs by Using the Mobile Personal Assistant

Rearden Commerce, developer of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, today issued data based on usage of its Mobile Personal Assistant. Read more

August 24
Rearden Commerce Partners with StarCite; Adds Meetings Management to Its Services Platform

Rearden Commerce, Inc. today announced an integration relationship with StarCite, Inc., a leading provider of Web-based solutions to strategically manage corporate meetings and events. Read more

August 18
Industry Veteran Beverly Heinritz Joins Rearden Commerce to Support Growing Customer Base

Rearden Commerce Inc. today announced that Beverly Heinritz, former General Manager of Sabre's GetThere business unit, will join the company as Vice President of Customer Services and Product Support. Read more

July 27
Rearden Commerce Named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2009 100 List

This month, Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine (June/July 2009), named Rearden Commerce, developer of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, to its eighth-annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. Read more

June 22
Rearden Commerce Delivers Revolutionary Live Amtrak Integration Through The Rearden Personal Assistant™

Rearden Commerce, developer of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, announced today that, for the first time, business travelers can reserve and purchase Amtrak tickets through its Web-based travel platform. Read more

June 22
Rearden Commerce Transforms The Business Traveler's Experience With Best-In-Class Technology

Rearden Commerce, developer of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, today announced additional technology services and capabilitiesavailable within the Rearden Personal Assistant™ that create new savings opportunities for businesses and redefine the travel experience for employees Read more

June 22
Rearden Commerce Names Technology Veteran David Cassady As President and General Manager Of B2B Operations

Rearden Commerce, developer of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, announced today that David Cassady has joined the company as President and General Manager of B2B Operations. Read more

May 19
Rearden Commerce Named A 2009 FiReStarter By Strategic News Service

Rearden Commerce, provider of the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, announced today that it was selected as a 2009 FiReStarter company to be announced at the Future in Review (FiRe) conference (May 19-23, San Diego), hosted by the Strategic News Service® (SNS), a leading predictive newsletter covering the computing and communications industries. SNS recognized Rearden Commerce for developing the first, viable on-demand, intelligent personal assistant that leverages contextual information to create efficiencies in the workplace and provide individuals with a superior end-user experience. Rearden Commerce was selected to be one of twelve FiReStarters for 2009 out of hundreds of nominations. Companies selected as FiReStarters are considered to be building technologies that are changing the world. Read more

April 6
Rearden Commerce Named a 2009 Context Aware “Cool Vendor” by Top Analyst Firm

Rearden Commerce, the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, announced today that the company was selected as one of Gartner’s “Cool Vendors” in the firm’s 2009 Context-Aware Computing report authored by analysts Anne Lapkin, William Clark and Gene Alvarez, published March 3, 2009. Read more

April 1
Rearden Commerce CEO, Patrick Grady, Named A 2009 Pro To Know By Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine

Rearden Commerce, the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, announced today that CEO Patrick Grady was selected as a 2009 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know. Read more

January 22
Business Travel News Names Rearden Commerce CEO, Patrick Grady, One of the Top 25 Most Influential Executives of 2008

Rearden Commerce founder and CEO, Patrick Grady, was named as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Executives of 2008 by Business Travel News. Read more

January 22
Rearden Commerce Closes Banner Growth Year With More Than 4,000 Customers and Significant Strategic Expansions

Rearden Commerce, Inc., the leading on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, today announced that 2008 marked the company’s most significant growth year. Read more