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Michael Kaplan
Chief Revenue Officer
About Michael Kaplan
Michael is a seasoned executive in the payments, FinTech, pre-paid and mobile markets with significant experience in growing and scaling start-up companies. As SVP, GM Merchant Processing at PayNearMe, Michael leads the company’s flagship cash merchant processing business and is responsible for growing revenue, managing and scaling that line of business.
Prior to the role of GM at PayNearMe, he was focused on business development and strategy on both the retail and merchant acquiring sides of the PayNearMe business and had primary responsibility for establishing go to market strategies in new vertical markets as well as establishing and maintaining key retail partnerships with companies like 7-Eleven and CVS.
Michael has held leadership roles in several successful start-ups including Jasper Wireless (acquired by Cisco CSCO) and Good Technology (acquired by Motorola) and has experience in sales, sales management, sales engineering, product management, M&A, strategy, marketing and business development.
Michael has a keen business acumen with a deep understanding of product and technology.
Michael received his degrees from Rutgers University and TCNJ