A core differentiator for Aliaswire is the talented and dedicated payments team that drives the Aliaswire Vision.
Aliaswire’s partner-centric focus and dedication to evolving payments through technology permeates throughout the company. Aliaswire’s management team drives the strategy and direction for the company and helps the team’s dedicated focus to maximizing the potential of technology to drive a robust payments platform, setting a top-down example that is prevalent through the entire company.
MANAGEMENT
Jed Rice
CEO
Jed has more than 20 years of experience building, managing and leading innovative technology companies, with a focus in fintech, from inception, through rapid growth and then to commercial scale. More specifically, Jed has led leadership roles at edocs and Siebel Systems (electronic bill payment and presentment), Paydiant (mobile/digital payments) and, most recently, PayPal (mobile/digital commerce) where he spent several years leading a global innovation team following the successful acquisition of his last company.
Scott Goldthwaite
President
Scott is the President of Aliaswire and has over 20 years of experience in the payment processing industry, including Issuing, acquiring, POS hardware, payment systems software, multi-currency processing, ACH payments as well real-time payments. Scott’s contribution to innovation within the industry have been recognized and awarded by both NACHA and ETA.
Nirmal Kumar
CTO & Head of Product
Nirmal is a founding member of Aliaswire, with more than 20 years of experience working in various technical and executive leadership roles in payments and financial services. He leads Aliaswire’s innovation and product teams, which built our enterprise-grade payment platform and strong IP portfolio, including P2P Send Money, Online BillPay for Prepaid Cards and EBPP, and merchant services solutions. Nirmal is a highly regarded thought leader and sought-after speaker.
Peter Fondini
VP - Finance
Peter is a seasoned financial executive who brings years of financial management experience to Aliaswire from the private and public sectors. Prior to serving in the role of President of Finance for Aliaswire, Peter spent six years with Mimecast (NASDAQ:MIME) and was part of the team that completed a successful IPO in November of 2015. His previous experiences entail financial leadership roles within technology, healthcare and consulting companies.
Eugene DeSilva
PayVus Head of Product
Eugene brings over 25 years of extensive experience in the global payment industry. He spent 10 years at Mastercard as SVP for Commercial Payments managing the small and mid-size business segments and helping issuers identify new customers, optimizing their portfolios and rolling out new payment products and services. Prior to Mastercard, Eugene spent three years at CIBC and 12 years at American Express.
Kristen Pulkkinen
Chief Marketing Officer
Kristen has 20+ years of leadership experience spanning marketing, sales, business intelligence, and customer engagement for both B2B and B2C companies. She joins Aliaswire from PDI Software, a leader in enterprise management software for the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale markets. Previously, she was Chief Marketing Officer for alternative payments company Zipline.
Brent Watters
Marketing Director
Brent is a seasoned technology marketer with a background in payments. His foray into payments began with editorial roles at Source Media (ATM Debit News, ISO & Agent and Prepaid Trends); and Prepaid Media (Paybefore). He then served as an analyst and head of marketing for the Mercator Advisory Group before venturing into robotics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jed Rice
CEO, Aliaswire
Laleh Firouzabadian
Chairwoman
Scott Shaw
President, The Kessler Group
Gulrez Arshad
Nuland & Arshad, Inc.
Chris Gardner
Independent Director