Key Management and Board of Directors
Eric Remer, Founder and CEO, Director
Eric Remer founded and currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PaySimple. PaySimple began as a wholly owned subsidiary of Conclave Group, a direct marketing services company, which he founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Conclave Group, Eric co-founded and served as the VP of Business and Strategic Development for I-Behavior, a database marketing solutions provider. Eric began his business career in investment banking, most recently with Vrolyk & Company, a San Fransisco-based investment banking firm serving emerging growth and middle market companies. Eric graduated with a BA in History from the University of Michigan.
Jeffrey Gardner, President, Director
Jeffrey Gardner joined PaySimple in October of 2006 after leaving Avaya (NYSE: AV), a fortune 200 provider of communications equipment, software, and services. In Jeff's most recent role at Avaya, he led their $1.6 billion maintenance services business in the transition from proprietary service to an open source model. He was responsible for determining channel strategy, administering marketing programs, developing partnerships, and improving the profitability of service offers. Jeff's prior role at Avaya, Director of Incubator Services, included generating incremental revenue and nurturing smaller under performing service businesses. In a twelve-month period, he increased revenues by $43M (120%). Jeff grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Pennsylvania State University, earning his B.S. degree in Finance and International Business. He earned an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business in 1999.
Allen Wolff, Co-Founder and CFO
Allen Wolff co-founded and currently serves as Executive Vice President of PaySimple, which began as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Conclave Group, where Allen served as President. At PaySimple, Allen is responsible for new business development and strategic financial planning with a primary objective of working in conjunction with customers to design customized PaySimple solutions that optimize business efficiencies. Prior to his time with the Conclave Group, Allen participated in more than a dozen private equity transactions representing more than $40M in invested capital during his tenure at SpaceVest, a Washington DC based Venture Capital firm. Allen began his career in the restaurant industry and still owns a BD’s Mongolian Barbeque franchise in Bethesda, MD. Allen received his B.A. in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan and his MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance from the University of Maryland.
Eric Dunn, Director
Eric Dunn joined Cardinal Venture Capital in 2003, where he currently resides as a general partner. Prior to joining Cardinal Venture Capital, Eric was an independent private investor, making investments in early-stage software and technology companies. Previously, from 1986 to 2000, Eric was a member of the senior management team of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) during its growth from a four-person startup to a leader in financial software with over $1 billion in annual revenue. At Intuit, Eric served as CFO, VP/GM and SVP/CTO, while also leading the initial development efforts for Quicken for Windows and Quicken for Macintosh. Before Intuit, Eric was a management consultant at Bain and Company, and also worked at IBM for two years as a software engineer. Eric graduated Summa Cum Laude with an A.B. in Physics from Harvard College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
Devin Schain, Director
Devin Schain co-founded Educational Direct, a business devoted to partnering with college and university organizations to offer turnkey programs that provide students, parents, and alumni with convenient access to quality products and services. Devin has over fourteen years experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of direct marketing and affinity based companies. Devin has spent most of his career with On Campus Marketing. He created, managed and eventually sold this $30 million direct marketing business, which sells targeted products and services to students and their parents through affiliated relationships with major colleges and universities. After 11 consecutive years of increasing revenue and profit, Devin cultivated over 1,000 endorsed relationships with multi-year contracts at colleges and universities nationwide, completing over 500,000 transactions annually. Devin is a member of the Washington D.C. chapter of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Bill Flagg, Director
Bill Flagg is President and former co-owner of RegOnline, which he sold to The Active Network in October of 2007. Bill also founded Flagg Publications, which he sold in 2002. Bill is an investor in and advisor to several private companies including, The Active Network, PaySimple, Gold Lake, and Gallery Keoki . Through the Flagg Foundation he established in 2008, Bill contributes to organizations including Etown, PassageWorks, and Entrepreneurs' Organization. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.
Bill is passionate about industry-leading business and marketing practices and loves to help organizations grow organically (billflagg.blogspot.com). Bill lives in Boulder, Colorado with Teddy, his 110lb golden retriever. He loves to mountain bike, ski, play ice hockey, travel, and read as much as possible.
Jim Scott, Director
Jim Scott is currently the Chief Executive Officer of The Scott Company, LLC d/b/a CEO Advisors, LLC (CEOA). CEOA was formed in 1998 as a professional business advisory firm focused on providing sophisticated strategic, financial, and transactional advice to small and middle-market companies. Under Jim Scott's leadership, CEOA has worked with clients ranging from zero-revenue startups to billion dollar public companies in projects ranging from the creation of an initial business plan to running the day-to-day operations of the business. Jim began his career in investment banking at Salomon Brothers Inc. in New York City as a financial analyst in the domestic mergers and acquisitions group. During his 8-year tenure in investment banking, Jim advised clients on over $20 billion in transactions in multiple industries. Since moving to Denver in 1998, Jim has become a member of Board of Directors of Denver, Colorado-based Qube Visual and Billings, Montana-based High Country Concrete and is on the Board of Trustees of the YMCA of Metropolitan Denver. Jim graduated with highest honors from Boston University.
Samir Shah, Director
Samir has over 12 years of strong technology and management experience in banking and electronic payments industries and has overseen delivery of key payments solutions for premier banks and FIs in the USA. As a pioneering member of AurionPro management team, he started AurionPro Internet Applications Group during early Internet days in India. He subsequently served over four years at BankServ as Head of Technology and later founded AurionPro USA operations. Based in California, today Samir is responsible for and continues to drive overall growth of AurionPro USA businesses. He holds a BS in Engineering in Computer Science and a MBA in Finance from Bombay University in India.
