What Happened?
Walnut Creek, CA-based YapStone has Appointed Daniel Issen as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Founded in 1999, YapStone is a leading global provider of web and mobile payment technology solutions, offering a platform that powers electronic payments for international online and mobile marketplaces, including HomeAway® and VRBO®, as well as for targeted, large vertical markets, including apartment and vacation rentals, HOA communities, self-storage and non-profits. YapStone develops tailored payment solutions to address partner needs and in doing so, processes over $14B in payments volume annually. YapStone continues to be recognized for its growth, ranking on Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies for seven consecutive years, and honored in 2013 and 2015 on Forbes’ List of America’s Most Promising Companies. YapStone has raised over $110 million in capital from investors including Accel Partners and Meritech Capital. YapStone is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area and Santa Monica, California with its international operations center in Ireland.
About the Person
In his new role, Daniel Issen is responsible for the management and recruitment of the YapStone technology team, as well as architecting the company’s technology stack to support continued rapid growth. Issen joins YapStone from Amazon Local Commerce, where he launched Amazon Local Register. Prior to Amazon, Issen was Engineering Director of Google’s Payments Platform, where he spearheaded the team that launched Google’s second generation order processing system with significant success. A 28-year veteran of technology and payments systems, Issen also held senior technology and architect roles at a number of successful companies. He led the technology organization at adBrite, managed the Application and Data architecture team at PayPal, and was one of four enterprise architects with end-to-end responsibilities across the eBay marketplace.
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