ITHACA, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CBORD^®, the leading provider of food and nutrition management, cashless card, and access control solutions, is pleased to announce Damian Danowski joined the company as Vice President, CBORD Foodservice Management Solutions, effective December 2, 2013.

As a member of CBORD's executive management team, Danowski is responsible for the engineering and development groups, product management, and the CBORD interface team for the foodservice management solutions business. Danowski reports to Max Steinhardt, President of CBORD.

"Damian brings over 25 years of progressive growth and leadership experience in software transaction systems to CBORD. We are very pleased to have him as part of our leadership team," said Max Steinhardt, President.

Most recently, Damian worked at Message Systems, Inc. where he was Vice President of Engineering with a team of over 40 engineers. His team delivered 3-fold revenue growth through meeting strategic, customer-driven requirements. Prior to Message Systems, Damian held a variety of executive positions at leading companies, such as Exostar, rDental.com, Hewlett-Packard, and Ernst & Young. Damian holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Ohio University. 

Danowski commented, "I couldn't be happier to be part of the CBORD family. CBORD's reputation for delivering industry leading solutions and services, backed by their outstanding customer support, is what attracted me to the company. I look forward to getting out and meeting with customers right away."

About The CBORD Group, Inc.

CBORD serves colleges and universities, healthcare facilities, corporations, senior living facilities, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD's products are used in campus ID card privilege control, access control, integrated security, housing services, food service, catering, nutrition services, online ordering, and other institution-wide activities. Founded in 1975, The CBORD Group serves more than 6,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Australia. To learn more about CBORD, visit www.cbord.com.

The CBORD Group, Inc. operates as a unit of Roper Industries, Inc., a diversified growth company and a constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices. Roper provides engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, including water, energy, transportation, medical, education, and SaaS-based information networks.