SEATTLE (WA), September 12th, 2006 – PeoplePawn, a Seattle pre-revenue financial services and specialty retail start-up, today announced that effective Friday September 9th, 2006, Seena Poopathi will join the executive management team as Chief Financial Officer.
As a graduate from Brigham Young University, Seena has served in a variety of financial management positions from accounting manager to Controller. Seena has successfully managed financial systems and processes in a variety of commercial environments ranging from start-up through multi-unit privately held companies with revenues in the multi-million dollar range.
"I am excited to be part of the PeoplePawn team. I admire the core values that the company has established - Integrity, Excellence, Credibility, Respect, Teamwork & Equality. This culture alone greatly influenced my decision to be part of this exciting company”.
Patrick Lawrence Kane (Founder& CEO of Peoplepawn) stated that “This is a yet another exciting moment in the pre-revenue activities for PeoplePawn. Seena brings depth of experience in financial systems and operations – from start-up to multi-unit financial reporting Seena has been there and done that. Having Seena on board enhances our internal bench strength significantly, and ensures that PeoplePawn will be exceeding operational expectations with regards to our internal financial processes and procedures”.
PeoplePawn is a Seattle based pre-revenue financial services and specialty retail start-up. Upon the successful completion of initial funding, PeoplePawn plans to open and operate a multi-unit chain of stores in the Pacific Northwest beginning in Seattle, where it already has secured a lucrative city issued pawnbroker license. PeoplePawn will launch the first store and e-tail strategy within the current $9.2B national market which currently experiences only 12% consolidation. Planning big, bright and beautiful storefronts, integrated with systems and processes to hire, train and retain long-term personnel, PeoplePawn plans on opening a minimum of 10 store locations in the next 5 years.
