Skinner, 55, joined Coinstar in 2004 and has served in leadership roles for the company's e-payment and entertainment lines of business. Since 2008, Skinner has held the position of vice president and general manager of Coinstar E-Payment Services where he has led [image-nocss] the business from a startup to a leading supplier of e-payment services, acquiring and integrating five companies and doubling the company's retail locations.
Before joining Coinstar, Skinner founded and operated Elkhorn Consulting, a firm that provided strategic and business development services to early stage and emerging growth companies including DailyShopper (acquired by CrossMedia), Impli Media (acquired by PRN) and Flexcar (merged with ZipCar).
Prior to this role, Skinner served as executive vice president of sales and marketing for PIA Merchandising Inc., a retail merchandising company, from 1995 to 1998, and held the position of president and chief executive officer of Winterbrook Beverages from 1992 to 1995. Earlier in his career, he served in sales, marketing and product management roles with Carnation Co. (Nestle) and National Beverage Corp.
Gregg Kaplan, president and chief operating officer of Coinstar, said, "Mike is an extremely talented and focused executive with 30 years of experience building high-growth businesses across a wide range of retail products and industry segments. His strong leadership abilities and insights have been integral to Coinstar's success and his new appointment reflects his ability to assume increasing levels of responsibility. He is ideally suited to lead our organization in this capacity."
Bellevue, Wash.-based Coinstar is a multi-national company offering a range of "4th Wall" solutions for the retailers' front of store consisting of self-service coin counting, DVD rental, money transfer, electronic payment solutions, and entertainment services. The company's products and services can be found at more than 90,000 points of presence including supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, restaurants and money transfer agent locations.
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