AERPASS

AerPass gives consumers the ability to make completely secure payments with ANY mobile device at ANY cash register that can read plastic credit cards or website

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Fintech
  • Location Boulder, CO, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2014
  • Employees 8
  • Website aerpass.com

Company Summary

The technology is unique as it overcomes multiple challenges that have prevented mobile payments from gaining wide acceptance in the market:

Security - Patent pending Multi-Party Authentication protects every transaction

Ubiquity - Works on all mobile phones and devices and all cash registers (not just the very latest smartphone technology)

No Cost - Does not charge a premium to banks and merchants but rather saves them money on fraud charges

Team

  • Chief Revenue Officer

    Co-Founder with 15 years of experience of managing, acquiring, and dispositioning business development assets in excess $10B throughout the United States.
    • Co-Founder & Managing Partner iVote Mobile LLC.
    • President & CFO Relevance Media Inc.
    • Principal HP Real Estate & Business Development Consulting LLC.
    • Vice President Acacia Capital Corp. & Amberwood Development Inc.

  • Chief Product Officer

    Founder with 20 years of experience in technology and media businesses ranging in size from start-ups to industry leaders and projects ranging in scope from micro-budget to mega-budget.
    • Co-inventor of AerPass multi-party authentication and secure transaction technologies
    • Founder & CEO iVote Mobile & Relevance Media
    • Former President ethereal Entertainment
    • Former Producer at EMotion Pictures, T3Media, Globeville Studios.

  • Harry Sorenson
    Chief Technology Officer

    Co-Founder and senior software engineer with over 20 years of experience designing and developing enterprise systems for technology giants.
    • Co-inventor of AerPass multi-party authentication and secure transaction technologies
    • Senior Consultant to NREL, United Launch Alliance, and Lockheed Martin
    • Former senior software engineer at Sun Microsystems
    • Former senior software engineer at Lockheed Martin

  • Jeff Kern, MBA
    Vice President Business Development

    Executive with over 25 years sales leadership. Responsible for budgets up to $35 Million. Managed and motivated national sales teams handling 15 offices across the US.
    • Former Director of Business Development, iVote Mobile & Relevance Media
    • Former VP of Business Development, Brave St. Productions
    • Former Media Executive with Univision, Gannett, Paramount/Viacom
    • MBA - University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business

  • Mark Baisley
    Chief Security Officer

    Cyber security engineer for over 30 years in financial services, education and government industries including the IRS, the FBI, Cape Canaveral, and DoD/intelligence agencies.
    • Senior Information Security Analyst for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Senior Systems Engineer for Martin Marietta Astronautics
    • Senior Engineer for Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems
    • Corporate Manager Information Security for all TS/SCI programs at Hughes

  • Russell Borgman
    Vice President Engineering

    Award-winning senior telecommunications engineer with over 20 years of experience designing and building telecom products and systems for industry leaders.
    • Former VP of Engineering at 1OAK Technologies and BSQUARE
    • Senior Engineer at Terabeam Wireless and Coinstar
    • Special Projects Engineer at Honeywell
    • 2013 CES Innovation Award Winner - Battery life enhancement technology

  • Michael Donnel
    Chief Executive Officer

    CEO with 20 year track record of leading public and private telecommunications and software businesses ranging in size from start-up to $725M in revenue with over 2,500 employees.
    • Former CEO CellularOne sold to AT&T for $3.6B
    • Former CEO New Global Telecom Hosted VoIP services company sold to Comcast
    • Former CEO of venture backed and publicly traded companies eSoft, ZI, and Sutus.
    • Former Regional President PageNet

  • Jennifer Hatherley
    Vice President Marketing

    Recognized industry leader with 20+ years delivering award winning, omni-channel programs, working with with world-class brands such as HP, Apple Inc., Nike, Adobe Systems Inc., GSK, and American Express.
    • Published, Technical Editor, Mobile Marketing for Dummies,
    • Guest Speaker, 2011 International Mobile Marketing Association Conference
    • Chair, 2011 International Digital Signage Conference
    • Founder EVP Beeline Group Digital Agency

Advisors

  • John Ward III
    former CEO Chase Payment Card Tech
    Unconfirmed
    Catherine Palmieri
    former CMO Citi Bank
    Unconfirmed
    John Nordmark
    former CEO eBags
    Unconfirmed
  • Brian Sathianathan
    partner iTerate Studios
    Unconfirmed
    James Grabow CEO, iPrepaid Solutions
    Unconfirmed
    Kevin Sullivan CEO, Leading Points Corp
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Terry Leakes
    Individual Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Tyler Hart
    Individual Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Paul Piper
    Institutional Investor
    Unconfirmed
  • Kurt Hoven
    Board Member
    Unconfirmed

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