Braintree, the
fastest growing payments platform for online and mobile commerce, has announced
that Rob von Behren has joined the company as lead
engineer for its San Francisco
office. Widely considered a pioneer in the mobile payments space, von Behren was co-founder of Google Wallet
and most recently an engineer at Square. In his new role, von Behren will help to advance Braintree's
leading position in mobile commerce, including its one-touch
mobile payment solution Venmo.
von Behren entered the payments world four years ago when he and co-founder
Jon Wall conceived, founded and successfully
launched Google's groundbreaking Google Wallet mobile payment system.
"Rob is among a handful of
the very best engineers in mobile and he will help us to continue leading the
way in mobile commerce innovation," said Bill Ready,
CEO, Braintree. "The best online and mobile commerce experiences run on
Braintree because we have exceptional engineers like Rob building the payments
tools they'd want to use for their own applications."
"Joining Braintree gives me the opportunity to
solve real problems companies and people face when transacting online and on
mobile devices," said Rob von Behren ,
lead engineer, Braintree. "Braintree's approach to mobile is spot-on with
the vision I have imagined for the future of payments. It's exciting to be part
of realizing the potential."
Braintree has nearly tripled the company's headcount
in the last year and has attracted top talent from many of the world's best
technology companies, including Google, Square, Yahoo, Groupon and several
well-known start-ups. In addition, Twitter's Senior Vice President of
Engineering Chris Fry joined Braintree's board of
directors in March. The company expects to continue hiring the very best
engineers and entrepreneurs across its offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago.
Fiserv, a leading
global provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced that Jim Tobin has joined the
company as senior vice president and general manager, Mobile Solutions, Digital
Channels.
In this role, Tobin will be
responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day oversight of the
market-leading Mobiliti™ mobile banking and payments solution from Fiserv.
Mobiliti currently supports mobile banking, alerting and payments services for
more than 1,000 financial institutions and millions of consumers in North
America, Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and Europe.
Tobin has more than 20 years of
experience in leading innovation within both large and entrepreneurial company
settings. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Software and Services
at Blackberry, formerly Research in Motion, where his responsibilities included
work on mobile payments initiatives in collaboration with banks and
telecommunications companies around the world. He also contributed
significantly to Canada’s 2010-11 Task Force for the National Payments Systems
Review.
Previously, Tobin held executive positions
at Comcast, AOL, Time Warner and Bell Canada. He founded and chaired Canadian
transaction processor Emergis, now part of Telus, and spent several years at
McKinsey & Company working with financial institution clients.
“The mobile banking and payments
market is undergoing rapid change, and financial institutions are seeking
trusted partners who can help them deliver up-to-date mobile services and a
superior user experience,” said Erich Litch, division president, Digital
Channels, Fiserv. “Fiserv has shown consistent leadership in the ever-changing
mobile banking and payments market, and Jim has the strategic experience to
ensure our solutions continue to set the standard, exceeding the needs and
expectations of our clients and the consumers who use our solutions.”
Tobin will report directly to Litch
in his new role.
On-Line Strategies
Announces the Addition of Billy J. Terrell to Its Leadership Team
On-Line Strategies
[OLS] recently announced that industry professional, Billy Terrell, has joined
the company as Sales Director. In this role, Mr. Terrell will be responsible
for global direct sales initiatives as well as opportunities brought by its
partners and parent company, Incomm.
Terry
Richards, Founder and President of On-Line Strategies, remarked, “Billy brings
a wealth of industry experience to OLS, along with a finely-tuned blend of
technical and strategic planning skills, coupled with demonstrated consultative
sales ability. I’ve never known of a customer or prospect that didn’t enjoy and
benefit from Billy’s passion for bringing sound business judgment and vision to
functional reality through best-in-class business processes and technologies.”
“As OLS has grown and my experiences
have expanded over the years, joining their team seemed like an excellent fit,”
added Terrell. “I’m excited to be with OLS and am looking forward to bringing
their proven payments ecosystem products to even more merchants and businesses
around the world.”
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