Juli Spottiswood

Juli Spottiswood is the President & CEO and Board Member of Parago, the leading provider of innovative reward programs that drive behavior and promote brand loyalty with consumers. She drives the strategic expansion of the company�s offerings and innovation within the rebate processing and integrated promotions industry. Juli is an ardent advocate for clients and customers, helping blue chip clients run some of the most successful and heralded rebate and consumer incentive programs.Juli helped form Parago in 1999 as the company�s CFO and was promoted to President and CEO in 2007. Since then she has spearheaded dramatic improvements for the consumer rebating experience: introducing a variety of payment methods like prepaid cards and PayPal, a choice of submission methods including online or point-of-sale from some merchants, customer service interaction via web chat and dramatically reduced turn times. In-turn, Parago�s clients are finding a deeper value in rebates than ever before. Juli has worked diligently to build and grow a strong company and positive working environment, as evidenced by Parago being named to both the Dallas Business Journal�s Best Places to Work and the Dallas Morning News� Top Workplaces lists.Juli also serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), a nonprofit association formed to promote the use of prepaid rebate cards as an alternative payment vehicle. In 2009, Juli was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Southwest region.