| Name | Title | Contact Details |
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Ely Pinto |
Director IT Risk and Information Security | Profile |
Steven Wolford |
Director Information Security Platform and Application Security | Profile |
Joseph Kamau |
Director Information Technology Risk and Information Security | Profile |
Ross Henton |
Director of Information Security - Global Business Travel | Profile |
CircleUp is an online private company investment platform. They provide accredited investors free access to direct investments in high-growth consumer product and retail private companies that were previously difficult to identify and access. For retail and consumer product entrepreneurs, they offer an efficient way to access a network of sophisticated investors as well as value added partners. Typical investments on CircleUp are food, personal care, pet product, apparel or retail/restaurant companies with >$500K in revenue and are looking to raise $100,000 to $2.0 million in growth equity. A highly selective percentage of companies that apply are listed on their site. As the largest equity based crowdfunding site, CircleUp provides not only access to interesting consumer and retail private company investments, but also a wide ranging, sophisticated investor network. Their investor base includes retail and consumer product industry experts, venture capital, private equity and other financial professionals, business leaders, angel investors and others interested in expanding their investment portfolios with private company investments. Investors can review a curated list of private company investments, ask questions to the management team, request product samples and complete their private company investment online via CircleUp.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) is one of the nation’s premier consumer financial services companies. Our roots in consumer finance trace back to 1932, and today we are the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States based on purchase volume and receivables.* We provide a range of credit products through programs we have established with a diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations and healthcare service providers to help generate growth for our partners and offer financial flexibility to our customers. Through our partners’ over 350,000 locations across the United States and Canada, and their websites and mobile applications, we offer our customers a variety of credit products to finance the purchase of goods and services. Synchrony Financial (formerly GE Capital Retail Finance) offers private label and co-branded Dual Card™ credit cards, promotional financing and installment lending, loyalty programs and FDIC-insured savings products through Synchrony Bank.
Galileo Processing, Inc. is one of the leading companies in the Financial Services sector.
Brightwell Payments, Inc., formerly Prepaid Solutions, Inc., is a prepaid/debit card company offering prepaid card solutions. Our prepaid card product offerings include: general purpose reloadable cards, specialized payroll card programs, corporate incentive cards, reward cards, rebate cards, and gift programs. Brightwell Payments is a payments company offering comprehensive prepaid debit solutions for corporate America, self-banked and under-banked consumers. These products benefit companies by reducing costs, improving security and strengthening customer loyalty. In addition, prepaid products offer consumers convenient, cost-effective access to the financial mainstream when receiving compensation, making purchases and paying bills. Brightwell Payments also provides marketing, design, distribution, and fulfillment services in support of its products. The company is headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Miami. In December 2009, Navigation Capital Partners (NCP), an Atlanta-based middle market private equity firm, acquired the assets and associated liabilities of Prepaid Solutions USA via newly-formed entity Prepaid Solutions, Inc. (PPS) before renaming the company Brightwell Payments in December 2011. Prepaid Solutions USA was a division of West Suburban Bank (WSB), a Chicago area-based community bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of West Suburban Bancorp, Inc. WSB`s Prepaid Solutions USA division was founded in 2001.
Founded in 2000, FreedomPay is a technology and innovation company with a long history as an industry leader and in driving market success for its clients. The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is a multi-patented solution portfolio designed to enable enterprises to deliver a high-performance, secure user experience driven from the Cloud to any device, anytime, anywhere. The platform seamlessly bridges the gap across in-store, web and mobile by multiplexing point of sale systems, payment processors, incentive engines and other disparate systems to a cutting edge transaction superhighway. Quick to incorporate the benefits of Cloud computing, FreedomPay is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider enabling value-added services for our global partners. Our unique capabilities harness the power of exceedingly detailed data captured by our patented payment, incentive and loyalty offerings. Essential capabilities that are quickly being adopted across many industries including: retail, gaming, lodging, stadiums, education, healthcare and financial services. And further to our mission to be an industry leader, FreedomPay is the only company in North America with a fully validated P2PE solution with EMV, DCC and NFC support. With full PCI Security Council Validation, our customers are assured they have the most secure solution offered anywhere in the world today. FreedomPay`s innovations have led to the granting of three patents, furthering the confirmation of the offerings` uniqueness and reinforcing customer confidence in the FreedomPay brand as a technology innovation company. The patents cover transaction networking, real-time discounting and incentive application bolstering the company`s position as a forward-thinking leader in a burgeoning global marketplace. The Company is privately held. Shareholders include employees and leading venture capital investors: Blue Run Ventures, Palo Alto and Core Capital Partners, Washington D.C.