At the beginning of his career, Mr. Eckstrom held several key leadership roles during his 15-years with the American Express Company. These included building and developing the National Supplier Sales Team for the launch of the American Express Corporate Purchasing Card, and directing sales offices in Los Angeles, Detroit and New York City.

He then became SVP of Sales at CheckFree Corporation, a recognized leader in electronic commerce services. Craig led CheckFree's entry into the E-Billing industry by building the national sales team, strategy and systems that led to CheckFree's dominant position in the EBPP industry, and subsequent acquisitions of Transpoint (joint venture of Microsoft and FDC) and Bluegill Technologies (a leading E-Billing software provider).

Mr. Eckstrom later went on to become Chief Sales Officer of EmployeeMatters, a venture-backed Business Service that provided out-sourced employee administration services (payroll, benefits, 401K and HRIS) to small and mid size companies. EmployeeMatters was subsequently acquired by Intuit Corporation and he then became Principal and Sales Practice Leader for Performance Management Inc., a Connecticut based performance management consultancy.During '02 Mr. Eckstrom founded SalesDiagnostics, a consulting services firm focused on the development of high performance and results oriented sales teams.

He is currently VP of Sales and Account Management for Bill Me Later, Inc., a payment solutions and marketing services company providing merchants and consumers with an alternative to credit cards.  Under Craig's leadership Bill Me Later has grown from a small start-up to an industry leader that created a new category of merchant services, resulting in a $945 million acquistion by eBAY during late '08.

Mr. Eckstrom is a graduate of Westminster College with a BA in Business Administration.

Craig Eckstrom