Leaders In Payments

This is episode 49 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Ron Israch, the Chief Marketing Officer for Tipalti, is our special guest this week. Rob has been at Tipalti for over 6 years ad runs marketing and all alliances for the company. He grew up in south Florida and moved up and down the east coast and then finally to the west coast where he’s been for the last 20 years. His family is originally from South Africa. Tipalti is a comprehensive, global payables automation solution that automates all manual supplier payment processes. Its customers typically wipe out 80% of their payables workload, enabling them to focus on mission-critical initiatives. Tipalti helps strengthen compliance and financial controls, avoid future AP headcount requirements, accelerate the financial close by 25%, and employ AP best practices. Rob differentiates mass-pay workflows which you would see in gig economy, online marketplaces, internet, gaming, and more modern economies versus the more traditional accounts payable workflows like you would see from software companies, manufacturing, healthcare, etc. Tipalti excels at both solutions and serves customers across all verticals.  www.tipalti.com

This is episode 48 of the Leaders in Payment podcast and this is also our third episode in our special series focused on Diversity and Inclusion.In this series I will be talking with leaders in the payments industry (and maybe some experts from outside of the industry) about diversity and inclusion. It has been proven that a diverse workforce and diverse management team leads to increased creativity, better decision making, reduced employee turnover and increased profit – as well as many other benefits that we will be talking about. This special series is brought to you by the Wnet and Paysafe.Give yourself a present! Receive holiday coping strategies from the Wnet. Unwrap a Holiday COVID Survival Guide from the Atlanta Chapter on Wednesday, December 2. Celebrate mindfulness and reduce your stress with the North Texas Chapter on Thursday, December 3. Everyone is welcome to these free online LinkUps. Register at wnetonline.org on their events page. Paysafe is a leading, global specialized payment provider. They’ve been driving innovation in and around payments for over 20 years all over the globe for both businesses and consumers. Paysafe believes Diversity and Inclusion is not just a checkbox, but rather a journey in which they are fully committed to being on around the world. Learn more at www.paysafe.com. I’m honored to be joined on the third episode by Liz Pike.Liz Pike is President of Green Rhino Recruitment, with offices in Phoenix, Atlanta, Seattle and Denver.  She focuses her recruitment practice in the area of payment processing and fintech, with strong understanding of the payments ecosystem, players, and technology.Liz grew up in southern Idaho and graduated from Arizona State University. She managed Sales Recruiting at Heartland and also worked for 2 years at TSYS in Corp Recruiting. In the middle of her recruiting career, she worked at an IPSP and an ISO to get hands-on experience and understand payments.Liz is a Board Member of Wnet and currently lives in Phoenix with her husband. 

This is episode 47 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Brian Dammeir, the president of North America for Adyen is our special guest this week. Brian is from Wisconsin and went to University of Wisconsin at Madison – he originally studied education. Eventually he got into fraud prevention which lead him into payments. Adyen is a payments technology company that empower some of the world largest brands. They focus on technology and online global players, in-store and unified commerce payments, and platforms and marketplaces.  They have approximately 1,500 employees globally and roughly 200 employees in the North America.  Adyen’s one platform philosophy, their global aspect and their direct connections to the networks are their true differentiators and provides a unique value proposition to their customers.   Brian provides some great advice for those just starting their careers in payments. www.adyen.comwww.leadersinpayments.com

This is episode 46 of the Leaders in Payment podcast and this is also our second episode in our special series focused on Diversity and Inclusion. In this series I will be talking with leaders in the payments industry (and maybe some experts from outside of the industry) about diversity and inclusion. It has been proven that a diverse workforce and diverse management team leads to increased creativity, better decision making, reduced employee turnover and increased profit – as well as many other benefits that we will be talking about. This special series is brought to you by the Wnet and Paysafe.Please join the Wnet for more discussions about Diversity & Inclusion with their Boston Chapter on Nov. 17, and their Tampa Chapter on Nov. 18. Everyone is welcome to these free online LinkUps. Register at wnetonline.org on their events page. Paysafe is a leading, global specialized payment provider. They’ve been driving innovation in and around payments for over 20 years all over the globe for both businesses and consumers. Paysafe believes Diversity and Inclusion is not just a checkbox, but rather a journey in which they are fully committed to being on around the world. Learn more at www.paysafe.com. I’m honored to be joined on the second episode by Afshin Yazdian.Afshin joined Paysafe as its CEO, U.S. Acquiring, in July, 2020, bringing over two decades’ leadership experience in payments. In his role, he is charged with bringing to life Paysafe’s vision of being the U.S.’s leading payments solutions provider.  www.wnetonline.orgwww.paysafe.com www.leadersinpayments.com

This is episode 45 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Atif Siddiqi, the CEO of Branch is our special guest this week.  Atif grew up in Southern California and got his undergrad and MBA from USC and currently is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   Branch is a challenger bank that partners with employers to help Americans grow financially. They offer financial wellness tools to employees, fee free checking accounts, early access to earned wages, budgeting tools and more. They have 90 employees today. Branch works with companies like Dominoes to digitally distribute tips to the delivery drivers onto the Branch wallet so the drivers can get paid right after they make a delivery. One of the core themes at Branch is to eliminate or reduce as many fees as possible – the solution is free to employees and employers.  They make a small fee when the debit card is used at a merchant.  Atif is very passionate about payments and learning about the technology behind payments and specifically blockchain. www.branchapp.comwww.leadersinpayments.com 

This is episode 44 of the Leaders in Payments Podcast – this is also our very first episode in our special series focused on Diversity and Inclusion. In this series I will be talking with leaders in the payments industry (and maybe some experts from outside of the industry) about diversity and inclusion. It has been proven that a diverse workforce and diverse management team leads to increased creativity, better decision making, reduced employee turnover and increased profit – as well as many other benefits that we will be talking about. Our generous sponsors for this series are the Wnet and Paysafe. The Wnet or The Women's Network in Electronic Transactions is celebrating 15 years of helping women achieve greater personal success, influence, and professional parity in the payments industry. Wnet is a not-for-profit organization with a mission of creating a stronger and more diverse industry by empowering and investing in women. Learn how at wnetonline.org.Paysafe is a leading, global specialized payment provider. They’ve been driving innovation in and around payments for over 20 years all over the globe for both businesses and consumers. Paysafe believes Diversity and Inclusion is not just a checkbox, but rather a journey in which they are fully committed to being on around the world. Learn more at www.paysafe.com. I’m honored to be joined on this very first episode by Gail Burgos. Gail serves as senior diversity and inclusion manager at Global Payments. In her current role, Gail leads Global Payments’ efforts to continue to build its inclusion and diversity efforts across the company. Prior to her current responsibilities, she served as the senior advisor to the chief information officer, supporting all business lines and aspects of the information technology business at legacy TSYS.

This is episode 43 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Nick Fredrick, the President of Rebar Technology is our special guest this week.  Nick grew up in north central Ohio and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He also had a few stints in LA and in New York. REBAR is an acronym for Recurring Billing and Revenue.  They have built a platform that manages the subscription lifecycle for recurring b2c type merchants. They are completely cloud based and target the larger enterprise merchants that often need some form of customization. Rebar is an offshoot of a consulting firm called W Capra Consulting. Early in his career Nick was on the road in the music business specifically tour management. He then transitioned into finance and payments which led him to W Capra and then President of Rebar Technology. The modular way they have built their solution provides true differentiation in the subscription billing market. www.rebartechnology.com www.leadersinpayments.com

This is episode 42 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Denelle Dixon, the CEO and Executive Director of The Stellar Development Foundation is our special guest this week.  Before joining Stellar, Denelle served as COO of Mozilla. During her tenure at Mozilla, she led the organization’s business, revenue and policy teams including the ongoing fight for Net Neutrality. A lawyer by trade, Denelle previously served as a general counsel and legal advisor in private equity and technology.The Stellar Development Foundation is a non-profit and non-stock entity that focuses on shepherding the code base for the Stellar Network which is an open source global decentralized network very similar to the underpinning of the Internet. The network is similar to a blockchain but without the history or challenges that some people might think exits with blockchain. Stellar is hyper focused on making money fluid so people all over the world who don’t have bank accounts, can for example use their mobile phone to make payments or send money anywhere in the world. Denelle provides several use-cases that help bring this mission to life and has some great advice for those just starting their career in payments or fintech. www.stellar.orgwww.leadersinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com

This is episode 41 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Chad Anselmo, the President of F1 Payments is our special guest this week.  Chad grew up in southern California went to school in Utah and today lives in Austin, Texas. F1 Payments is a leading merchant processing company that targets those verticals that are tougher to board such as nutraceuticals or the health and beauty vertical. They work closely with banks to make sure these merchants are approved. F1 Payments processes payments for roughly 2,500 accounts and has grown from 8 employees 2 years ago to 35 employees today.  Chad has some great thoughts on the future of payments as well as some great advice for those just starting their careers in payments.  www.f1payments.comwww.leadersinpayments.com

This is episode 40 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Chris Brunner, the CEO of Authvia is our special guest this week.  Chris grew up on southern California went to University of Arizona and today lives in Las Angeles. He has a professional passion for the creating a great customer experience and typically enjoys golf, sailing and travelling but being the father of two teenage daughters he spends his time today with his family and running the business.  Authvia is the leading text to pay platform on the market today. It is contactless, secure and simple and runs over all the major messaging channels. There are no links, no passwords and no apps, the platform simply runs a transaction, a payment, or a donation over of the existing messaging channels.  The company started working with recurring billings merchants 4 years ago but is now in 20 plus verticals. Beyond just payments the platform can help manage scheduling, calendaring, and more. Authvia is connecting into 2 dozen payment processors and gateways and 4 of the top 6 largest payment processors either refer or resell the platform. www.authvia.com www.leadersinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com