Kent Landholm was appointed Chief Technology Officer for Planet Group in March 2006. Landholm has over 15 years experience in the information technology and electronic payments industries. He is responsible for the strategic technology direction of Planet Group and its subsidiary companies software solutions. Prior to this appointment, Landholm served as the Director of Professional Services, where he managed internal project teams and outsourced project engagements. Prior to joining Planet, Landholm spent the majority of his career with Applied Communications Inc. (ACI Worldwide) and US Software Inc. (USSI). While at ACI Worldwide, Landholm served many roles from managing systems development teams, to conducting and managing a team of engineers and analysts responsible for performance reviews on customer systems, and interfacing with product development groups related to performance issues. Landholm was the primary architect for the design and development of the front-end communications server that facilitated a wide array of communications protocols and message formats. Landhom has a B.S. in Business Administration and Computer Science. |