April 6, 2009 Ohana Teams Up with Sears to Launch Online Rebates for Energy Star Appliances Where Everybody Wins
Continuing to revolutionize promotional marketing and transform the rebate experiences for retailers, manufacturers and consumers, Ohana Companies has been selected by Sears, the leading retailer of Energy Star qualified appliances, to design and implement an online rebate program to help educate and support energy efficient appliance shoppers about the millions of dollars in rebates that are available, and to make getting those rebates easier
October 1, 2008 New England’s Shaw’s Supermarkets Renews Agreement
“Shaw’s shares our vision for bringing better practices to the rebate and reward industry that benefit consumers, manufacturers and retailers.”
July 4, 2008 ‘Money Matter’ with Chris Quinlan
The group talks with Chris Quinlan, CEO of the Ohana Companies about rebate and reward programs.
May 10, 2008 Pay before News Story
Consumers are frustrated with the traditional model of product rebates. But handled correctly the rebate process can benefit everyone involved.
April 22, 2008 Ohana Goes Green
Ohana now offers their clients the “Go Green Sweepstakes,” enabling shoppers to submit their rebates online for a chance to win hybrid cars and other eco-friendly prizes.
January 9, 2008 Ohana Devises Better Online Rebates
Back when Chris Quinlan started his company, he believed he had a revolutionary idea. Now, he feels that the revolution is really beginning.
October 19, 2007 Ohana Teams with Visa to Transform Rebates
Ohana Companies today announced an agreement with Visa, a key building block in Ohana’s effort to move the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process to a new business model where “Everybody Wins.”
September 14, 2007 Rebate Industry Expert Chris Quinlan
Frustrated with the broken rebate and reward model, Quinlan launched Ohana Companies earlier this week. The company’s motto is “Everybody Wins.”
Wilmington, Delaware – March 24, 2009 – Continuing to bolster their senior management team, Ohana Companies recently named expert IT strategist Brian Ross as Vice President for Technology and Systems Development at the revolutionary promotional marketing firm.
“Brian Ross brings extensive experience in project management, requirements gathering and articulation, relationship management, and synchronizing program strategy and sales to our family at Ohana,” said Chris Quinlan, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohana Companies. “Brian’s IT expertise coupled with his enthusiasm for our vision where Everybody Wins, the consumer, the retailer and the manufacturer, greatly enhances not only our senior management team but also our technology platform as Ohana continues to revolutionize business with the next generation of rebates, delivering low-cost, high-impact loyalty programs and providing a technology platform that opens incremental sales opportunities.”
Ross was previously the Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst at Enterpulse (New York, NY), an information technology and services company. Over the past eight years, Ross was exposed to a series of business technology challenges in a diverse range of companies and industries. With responsibilities ranging from strategic solutions development, project scoping and budget control, vendor and software evaluation and full software lifecycle management Ross worked closely with clients that included Coca-Cola, J. P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, Standard and Poor's, BMW NA and T-Mobile to articulate and implement effective and scalable technological solutions to complex business problems. He had served in a similar role at Groundswell (San Francisco, CA) which was acquired in 2001 by Enterpulse.
“I am excited by the challenge at Ohana, and by Chris’ vision for this industry, this space, and the technology platform itself,” said Ross. “It’s a world-class idea and a growing world-class infrastructure that requires the best-breed technology, and I relish the opportunity. I will be incredibly busy, as we add partners and suppliers and customers, and continue providing consumers, retailers and manufacturers a true Everybody Wins experience.”
Prior to his work at Enterpulse and Groundswell, Ross was a product manager at Citibank (New York, NY). A graduate of Bucknell University with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Ross has studied at the Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Ohana Companies has virtually eliminated the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process by offering the first 100-percent online solution to redeem, validate and fulfill rebates electronically. The company’s team of innovative executives, with considerable retail, marketing, financial services and technology industry expertise, have come together to transform the broken rebate model that’s been frustrating consumers, retailers and manufacturers for decades. Ohana utilizes revolutionary, patented and patent-pending technology and processes, changing the way consumers, retailers and manufacturers participate in rebates and promotional marketing, ensuring that “Everybody Wins.”
April 29, 2010 
