Digital River is a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, having built, managed and grown revenues for more than 40,000 clients since our inception in 1994. We deliver e-commerce sites based on best practices for companies like Symantec, Motorola, 3M, H&R Block, Novell, Autodesk, ACT! and Staples.com.
Digital River’s solution combines the power of our world-class e-commerce platform with the most effective business processes and services to grow our clients’ business - all in an outsourced solution. This is delivered via our unique offering:
- A feature-rich technology platform that offers end-to-end e-commerce functionality needed to support the full range of business models, shopper types and international locales.
- A triple-redundant, world-class infrastructure with 99.9+ percent uptime.
- Proven e-marketing services provided by a dedicated experienced staff of professionals.
- A wide-range of international capabilities including coverage of complex costly VAT registration.
- Access to our exclusive and substantial network of online buyers for product promotions and incremental sales.
- A complete range of service needed to conduct business online including catalog, pricing and order management, customer service, fraud prevention, fulfillment and reporting.
Through our outsourced business model, our clients are free from the financial and time consuming burden of operating and maintaining their own sites, so they can focus on their core competencies.
Digital River offers stability, financial security and a low-risk partnership that is both economically smart and business savvy: a partnership with one common goal - to grow your online business.
Jim Pichler is Digital River’s representative on Eden Prairie’s Partnership For Emergency Readiness. Jim Pichler (M.S. SoftwareE ’03) is a senior director at Digital River, working within the technical operations group. He is currently focused on fraud-prevention technology, BCP/DR, governance, risk management, and system security. He is employee number 2 at Digital River, has written and designed many of the systems in place today, and continues to drive technology and software process. Prior to joining Digital River, he helped another startup company grow from 10 to 140 employees, driving the information-technology strategy and implementation for the company.
Jim is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and serves on the executive committee within the Twin Cities Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. Jim is a board member of the Institute of Technology Alumni Society; he serves on the computer science associates group within the computer science and engineering department of the University of Minnesota; and participates in several local technology user groups. He has published papers in the areas of e-commerce, systems integration, and data acquisition. Jim received his bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1992.
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