Bio

Johnny Ayers is the Founder and CEO of Socure. Since founding the company in 2012, he has had a number of roles, including managing and leading strategy for the Direct Sales, Channel, Product, and Growth organizations. As the CEO of Socure, he’s been recognized as E&Y’s Entrepreneur of the Year, Finovate’s Executive of the Year and as one of Goldman Sachs’ Top 100 Innovators and Builders. Johnny has been instrumental in building the company's tremendous customer base and suite of industry-leading digital identity and fraud solutions. He is also a frequent expert speaker on fraud, authentication, and KYC/AML, and has been quoted in publications such as the WSJ, Forbes, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Cheddar, PYMNTS.com, and more. Outside of Socure, Johnny is an investor in and advisor to a number of leading venture-backed technology companies.