Issuer Direct Corporation announced the appointment of Mark J. Lloyd as the Company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mark brings deep technical experience with a background in heavy technology implementation and integration, architecture, and productization. In his role, he'll serve as a key member of the management team as the Company continues to integrate its acquisition of Newswire.com, as well as other potential M&A opportunities in the future.

As the CTO, Mark will lead a team of approximately twenty R&D, DevOps, and IT professionals globally. Most recently, Mark served as the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Lear Corporation, where his team developed an advanced connected vehicle platform and deployed it to millions of vehicles. Prior to that, Mark served five years at General Motors (GM) as the Consumer Online Officer, where he was key technology leader for GM's transition to 1-to-1 customer interaction.

Earlier in Mark's career he spent 25 years working for firms like HTC, Ericsson, and AT&T Bell Labs.