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
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Chief Revenue OfficerCo-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 OfficerFounder 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 SorensonChief Technology OfficerCo-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, MBAVice President Business DevelopmentExecutive 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 BaisleyChief Security OfficerCyber 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 BorgmanVice President EngineeringAward-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 DonnelChief Executive OfficerCEO 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 HatherleyVice President MarketingRecognized 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
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John Ward IIIformer CEO Chase Payment Card TechUnconfirmed
Catherine Palmieriformer CMO Citi BankUnconfirmed
John Nordmarkformer CEO eBagsUnconfirmed -
Brian Sathianathanpartner iTerate StudiosUnconfirmed
James Grabow CEO, iPrepaid SolutionsUnconfirmed
Kevin Sullivan CEO, Leading Points CorpUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Terry LeakesIndividual InvestorUnconfirmed
Tyler HartIndividual InvestorUnconfirmed
Paul PiperInstitutional InvestorUnconfirmed -
Kurt HovenBoard MemberUnconfirmed
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