Joe
Giordano
CEO & Co-Founder
Payzer
CEO and co-founder of Payzer, a software technology and payments company that provides end-to-end operating software and simple, easy, payment solutions for specialty trade contractors. Payzer serves more than 4,000 contractors and operates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Previously, a Senior Payments and Retail executive with ExxonMobil and Bank of America for more than 25 years, and a strategic payments consultant with Fortune 500 clients including Verizon.
Chief architect of Speedpass, a pioneering payments application that demonstrated the viability of cloud based wallets, tokenization, and RF technology at the point of sale. Speedpass was successfully implemented with 6 million consumer users in the U.S., Canada, and Tokyo.
Recognized by many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Information Week, and Fast Company; named one of the Top 30 Retail Executives by RIS News, nominated for KPMG Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, and received Mobil Oil Corporation's Presidents Award.
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