[April 19, 2013] Virtual Piggy Bolsters Board Tweet Apr 19, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Virtual Piggy, Inc., a provider of safe youth payments, announced that it has expanded its Board of Directors to add three independent board directors with broad software industry knowledge and experience. According to the company, William Lyons has over 20 years experience at the CEO level of public and private software companies including AXS-ONE, Caminus Corp., ParcPlace Systems and Ashton-Tate . William Tobia has over 25 years experience at the CFO level of software companies including his current role as the CFO of Maxwell Systems. Tobia has extensive M&A and company financing expertise. Harold Copperman has over forty years experience in the computer hardware and software industry including 20 years experience at IBM, and senior management roles at Apple and Digital Equipment Corp. (now owned by HP). Copperman also brings over 25 years of board governance expertise including serving on the boards of AOL and EDGAR ONLINE . "I am very excited that Mr. Lyons, Mr. Tobia, and Mr. Copperman have agreed to join the Virtual Piggy board of directors as we enter this inflection point in our business," said Dr. Jo Webber, CEO and Founder of Virtual Piggy. "Their extensive experience combined with that of our existing board members will be extremely beneficial to us as we go through this period of rapid growth." Virtual Piggy, Inc. is an e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage money and control their own wallet within a parent-controlled environment. The technology company delivers online security platforms designed for the Under 18 age group in the global online market, and also enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") and similar international children's privacy laws. More information: www.VirtualPiggy.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]