Raymond H. Stanton, III is VCMG's founder and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Stanton brings VCMG a publicly recognized track record of success in creating innovative Loyalty Rewards programs and merchant coalition networks. In 2008, VCMG was ranked No. 39 in the Top 100 Software Companies in America by Inc. Magazine.
Prior to founding VCMG, Mr. Stanton served as President of Dine-A-Mate, Inc., a highly profitable and rapidly growing private loyalty marketing organization. Dine-A-Mate's broad in-house merchant network played an integral role in the customer acquisition and retention mandates of thousands of local and national service and product companies. Mr. Stanton led the successful development of merchant networks in 40 states and garnered public acclaim by earning Dine-A-Mate consecutive listings, from 1993 to 1996, in Inc. Magazine's "Fastest Growing Private Companies in America." Dine-A-Mate was acquired in 1996 by CC International Corporation, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant.
Raymond resides in Binghamton, New York with his wife Romina and children Raymond IV, Gabriella, Julia and Max.