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Seminole County, Florida hires PetData - Sep 1, 2005
Albuquerque signs 5-year contract with PetData - June 1, 2005
PetData adds Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Montgomery County, MD as Clients - Jan 1, 2005
PetData awarded City of Houston Contract - Aug 16, 2004
PetData awarded two new contracts - Dec 4, 2003
PetData awarded 2 contracts in California - Jul 1, 2002
PetData awarded contracts in California and South Dakota - Aug 24, 2001
PetData awarded Kansas City, MO Contract - July 24, 2000
Raleigh Renews Contract Again - November 23, 1999
PetFind becomes PetData, Inc. - December 1, 1998
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Top Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay — 214.821.3100 x516 September 1, 2005 – Seminole County, FL, with a population of nearly 400,000, signed a five-year contract with PetData to manage its animal licensing program. Located near Orlando and growing rapidly, Seminole County anticipates that PetData will be able to significantly increase its animal licensing compliance rates and to generate thousands of dollars in new revenue. Marilee Seay, Vice President of PetData says, “Over the past decade, PetData has been able to increase our clients’ licensing rates so dramatically due to our single focus on animal licensing. In some cases, we have doubled and tripled the number of animals licensed in a community.” PetData is the nation’s largest animal licensing organization and is the only private company providing animal licensing. PetData was founded in 1994 and provides animal licensing services to fifteen municipalities and animal humane organizations throughout the US, including Albuquerque, Charlotte, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and many others. Top WITH PETDATA Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay — 214.821.3100 x516 June 1, 2005 – Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico, signed a five-year contract with PetData to have PetData manage its animal licensing department. Albuquerque expects that PetData will be able to improve the city?s customer service and to get licenses and tags processed much faster than the city could do it in the past. Chris Richey, President of PetData says, ?PetData has a reputation for being very cost-effective, as well as increasing animal licensing for its clients. Furthermore, we are known for excellent customer service, which translates into far fewer complaints from citizens.? PetData is the nation?s largest animal licensing organization and is the only private company providing animal licensing. PetData was founded in 1994 and provides animal licensing services to fifteen municipalities and animal humane organizations throughout the US, including Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and many others. Top MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD AS CLIENTS Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay — 214.821.3100 x516 January 1, 2005 – PetData continued growing at a rapid pace and added three more clients in the fourth quarter of 2004. Philadelphia, PA, Charlotte, NC and Montgomery County, MD approved agreements to have PetData manage their animal licensing departments. All three selected PetData based on PetData’s experience and proven track record. However, each municipality cited different reasons for selecting Petdata. Philadelphia, the nation’s fifth largest city, expects PetData to significantly increase their animal licensing rates. Charlotte, NC, which already has a successful animal licensing program, expects PetData to save the city over $100,000 annually because PetData’s costs are lower. Montgomery County hired PetData to improve their customer service and to get licenses and tags processed much faster. Chris Richey, President of PetData says, “PetData has a reputation for being very cost-effective, as well as increasing animal licensing for its clients. Furthermore, we are known for excellent customer service, which translates into far fewer complaints from citizens.” PetData is the nation’s largest animal licensing organization and is the only private company providing animal licensing. PetData was founded in 1994 and provides animal licensing services to three of the ten largest cities in the country, including Houston, Philadelphia, and Dallas, as well as serving Atlanta, Jacksonville, Kansas City, and many other municipalities.Top Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay — 214.821.3100 x516 August 16, 2004 – The City of Houston awarded PetData a three-year contract to manage its animal licensing operations. Houston, the fourth largest city in the country with more than two million people, is expecting PetData to significantly increase its animal licensing rates. The contract has two one-year renewal options that are expected to extend the contract to a full five-years. “We did a tremendous amount of due diligence regarding PetData before hiring them,” said John Nix, Director of Houston’s Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (“BARC”). PetData has a great track record in terms of increasing licensing for their other clients, and we believe they will do the same for us. We also undertook a comprehensive analysis of our costs and we determined that our costs are at least 50% higher than what PetData charges. So not only do we anticipate much higher revenues, we are going to save hundreds of thousands of dollars right away. We are already putting six more animal control officers in the field with the money we are saving.” “PetData has a reputation for increasing animal licensing for its clients, but there is another main benefit that we provide our clients – job creation. With the economic benefit that PetData provides through cost savings and new revenues, our clients have more money to hire additional animal control officers, which improves the quality of life in the community, said Chris Richey, President of PetData. “The fact that Houston has already been able to hire six more animal control officers is a strong testimonial about the benefits of a public/private partnership.” etData is the nation’s largest animal licensing organization and is the only private company providing animal licensing. PetData was founded in 1994 and provides animal licensing services to Dallas, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Kansas City, and many other municipalities. Top Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay — 214.821.3100 x516 December 4, 2003 — PetData has been awarded two new contracts. Fulton County, GA, which is where the City of Atlanta is located, and Hernando County, FL, hired PetData to administer their animal licensing programs. One of the primary reasons that the counties contracted with PetData was their desire to increase animal licensing rates. PetData, through its effective use of rabies vaccination data and its high speed turnaround time, typically increases licensing by 20% to 40% or more. "We are pleased to be working with both Fulton County and Hernando County. I am sure they will be very happy with our service, especially our guarantee to turnaround tags in ten days. We have made some incredible developments in software this year that has resulted in both significantly faster turnaround times and extremely low error rates. In fact, in a recent sampling, it was determined that we have a 99.6% accuracy rate in processing and entering licensing data." said Chris Richey, President of PetData. PetData, headquartered in Irving, TX, is the nations’ largest animal licensing organization and currently administers animal licensing programs for municipalities throughout the U.S. Through the integration of its sophisticated website, www.petdata.com, PetData offers enhanced citizen services such as an online tag search option available 24 hours/7 days a week, online licensing with credit card payment, as well as a donation application to assist municipalities in raising charitable donations. PetData has ten years of experience providing complete turnkey animal licensing programs to municipalities and animal welfare agencies throughout the country. Top IN CALIFORNIA Further Information Contact: Jessica Swank 214.821.3100 x519 JULY 1, 2002 PetData, Inc. has been awarded contracts to administer the animal licensing programs for Solano County and the City of Antioch in California. Work on these contracts is expected to commence in the next 30-45 days. With the addition of these two accounts, PetData will be processing another 25-30 thousand licenses annually, bringing the total number of licenses processed by PetData to half a million each year. "I believe the addition of these two contracts represents the value that PetData can provide to municipalities that are looking to improve their animal licensing program," said Chris Richey, President of PetData. "We are pleased to provide our services to both Solano County and the City of Antioch." PetData, headquartered in Irving, Texas, currently administers animal licensing programs for Dallas TX, Jacksonville FL, Maricopa County AZ, and many others. Through the integration of its sophisticated website, www.petdata.com, PetData offers enhanced citizen services such as an online tag search option and online licensing with credit card payment. PetData, Inc. continues to successfully provide complete turnkey animal licensing programs to municipalities and animal welfare agencies throughout the country. Top IN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH DAKOTA Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay - 214.821.3100 August 24, 2001 - PetData, the nation's leading private administrator of animal licensing programs, was this week awarded three-year contracts to administer the animal licensing programs for Coastal Animal Services Authority and the Humane Society of the Black Hills. Coastal Animal Services Authority provides animal control services for the cities of San Clemente and Dana Point, California. The Humane Society of the Black Hills serves both Pennington County and Rapid City, South Dakota. Work on both contracts is expected to begin within the next thirty days. "These agencies recognize the great benefits to be had by contracting for their animal licensing services. With PetData, agencies can immediately offer their citizens a full range of licensing services and avoid prohibitive up-front costs," said Chris Richey, President of PetData. Dolores Keyes, General Manager of Coastal Animal Services Authority and Southern Vice-President of the California Animal Control Director's Association, was instrumental in bringing PetData to San Clemente and Dana Point. "PetData has been wonderful throughout the entire contract process. While it took us longer than expected to award the contract, they helped us every step of the way. I now greatly look forward to working together to improve our licensing program." PetData provides animal licensing services to Dallas TX, Raleigh NC, Jacksonville FL, Marion County OR, Kansas City MO, and Martin County FL. The company offers complete turnkey animal licensing programs as well as contract data entry services to municipalities. In addition, through the integration of its sophisticated web site, www.petdata.com, PetData offers enhanced citizen services such as an online tag search and online registration with credit card payment. Top BY KANSAS CITY, MO Further Information Contact: Marilee Seay – 214.821.3100 x16 JULY 24, 2000 – PetData, the nation’s leading private administrator of animal licensing programs, was awarded the contract to administer the Kansas City, MO animal licensing program. Work on the contract is expected to begin within the next sixty days. “PetData is very pleased to have been awarded the Kansas City contract and we look forward to providing excellent animal licensing services both to the City and its citizens,” said Chris Richey, President of PetData. PetData, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, currently provides animal licensing services to Dallas, TX, Raleigh, NC and Jacksonville, FL. The company provides complete turnkey animal licensing programs as well as contract data entry services to municipalities. In addition, through the integration of its sophisticated web site, www.petdata.com, PetData now offers enhanced citizen services such as an online tag search and online registration with credit card payment. Kansas City, MO licenses approximately thirty thousand animals annually. Its fees are $7.00 for spayed or neutered animals and $20.00 for unaltered animals. By contracting with PetData, the City anticipates increasing the number of animals registered and improving customer service to its citizens. Top BY CITY OF RALEIGH, NC Further Information Contact: Brian Campbell – 214.821.3100 NOVEMBER 23, 1999 – PetData, the nation’s leading private administrator of animal licensing programs, this week was awarded a renewal contract to administer the City of Raleigh, North Carolina animal licensing program. “Raleigh was the first city to contract with PetData on a long distance basis, and the company has proven that it is capable of providing its services anywhere in the country,” said Chris Richey, President of PetData. “We are pleased to continue working with the City of Raleigh.” PetData, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has provided animal licensing services to the City of Dallas since 1995 and to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina since 1997. The company provides complete turnkey animal licensing programs to municipalities, as well as contract data entry services. Also, through the integration of its sophisticated web site, www.petdata.com, PetData now offers enhanced citizen services such as an online tag search and online registration with credit card payment. The City of Raleigh licenses approximately ten thousand animals annually. Its fees are $7.00 for spayed or neutered animals and $14.00 for unaltered animals. By contracting with PetData, the City anticipates a continued increase in the number of animals registered as well as ongoing excellence in customer service to its citizens. Top Further Information Contact: Brian Campbell – 214.821.3100 DECEMBER 1, 1998 – PetData, (or PetFind, as it was previously called), a division of SafetyNet, Inc., announces its formation as an independent company focusing exclusively on animal registration. Last month, SafetyNet was purchased by a competitor and PetFind was divested from SafetyNet and renamed PetData, Inc. “PetData is excited to enter the arena as America’s premier provider of animal registration services,” said Chris Richey, President of PetData. “Furthermore, as a company, we expect to set a standard of excellence for the administration of animal registration programs across the nation.” PetData, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was originally founded in 1993 as a division of SafetyNet, Inc., one of the country's largest driver safety monitoring companies. From 1993 to 1995, the sole service of PetData was a 24-hour, 365-day lost and found service utilizing the toll-free number 1-800-PET-FIND. In 1994, the City of Dallas decided to privatize its animal registration service, and PetData bid on the contract. In 1995, PetData was awarded a three-year contract. In 1997, the City of Raleigh chose to privatize its animal registration services, and the company was awarded this contract also. The company provides complete turnkey animal licensing programs to municipalities, as well as contract data entry services. Top |
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