Bitzio Announces Appointment of New President, Tamara Aberson-Sloboda, Ph.D.

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 13, 2014) - Bitzio (OTCQB: BTZO), a fashion acquisition company operating under the trade name Democratique, announced today the appointment of Tamy Aberson-Sloboda, Ph.D., as president, effective January 23.

Ms. Aberson-Sloboda, a recognized leader in organizational change and development, has been serving as director since last November, when Democratique was created. She has held numerous executive leadership positions in the public and private sectors. Most recently, as the co-founder and CEO of a successful dot-com startup, Ms. Aberson-Sloboda led in the acquisition and transition-to-scale operations to meet the demands of the acquiring company, Interactive Corp (IAC), a publicly traded conglomerate. She has provided consulting expertise for IAC as well as companies such as Walt Disney and Goodwill Industries. She also co-founded a boutique consulting firm specialized in developing predictive analytics around organizational effectiveness and radical innovation. In addition, Ms. Aberson-Sloboda contributes as an adjunct professor in the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology's department of Organizational Leadership.

With the recent announcement regarding the intent to acquire E-Motion Apparel, as well as several other imminent acquisitions in the pipeline, Ms. Aberson-Sloboda leads Democratique in building a solid infrastructure to ensure brands realize large-scale growth and sustainability. Both her experience building and leading business, as well as her extensive graduate-level training from the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, provides Democratique with an expertise to not just navigate change and development, but to thrive from it. 

With an established executive team, which includes Ms. Aberson-Sloboda's decade-long, successful partnership with Democratique's CFO, Democratique delivers a powerful, collective force, encompassing all of the critical pieces to fulfill the company's vision.

"Tamy brings exceptional experience, expertise and insight, a strong background in driving growth and innovation and a proven track record of laser-focused, acquisitive growth strategy to the table. She is a critical component of Democratique's drive to execute our long-term growth plan moving forward," said Bitzio CEO and former president Gordon McDougall.

Democratique is moving forward with solid strategic plans and bold action. The company's model is to acquire emerging apparel brands, provide them with the tools they need for success and propel them to profitability, while exponentially increasing the company's share in the booming apparel marketplace.