Bio

As a proven, award-winning leader, I bring more than 40 years of success and expertise in creating and building high-growth technology companies. I serve as a senior corporate advisor, business strategist, and a regular speaker at payment processing, technology, and security industry events. By combining a solid technology background with C-Level business expertise, I excel at driving cutting-edge solutions and the top-performing teams behind them. Hobbies and passions include flying airplanes, golf, tennis, international travel/cruises, fine dining/foodie, hiking, swimming, photography, techy toys, etc. I passed my Series 7 investment license years ago, have held a top-secret security clearance from the US Government, and have been doing philanthropic work as President of my Rotary club and I am a Reserve Deputy Sheriff doing search and rescue for the San Francisco Sheriff's Air Squadron for over 40 years. Specialties Include: Payments Systems, Electronic Payments, Financial Technology, Security & Compliance, Software Development, Product Development, PCI DSS, SaaS, Point of Sale (POS), Cloud Solutions, Corporate Development, Start-Ups, C-Level Management, Strategic Planning, P&L Responsibility, Program Management, Business Development, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Change Management, Mobile Payments, Mobile Applications, Mobile Marketing, Credit Cards, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing, Trade Shows, Speaking & Presentations, COO, CIO, VP, CEO.