Kahana

Tired of squinting to find tabs and spending more time looking for pieces of information than actually doing work? Kahana is a cloud-based collaboration and knowledge management platform that streamlines the way teams curate, share, and consume information.

Co-Founder & CEO

College Apps Clarified

College Apps Clarified aims to simplify the college admissions process by making expert advice accessible to everybody and providing free digital tools for students.

Co-Founder

Deloitte

Consultant

Key member of the US Corporate Strategy team, where I regularly worked with C-suite and VP-level executives to support their decision-making process. Quickly became team’s “Excel expert” and go-to for quantitative analysis. Conducted analysis on client spend and market opportunity in Excel to drive Deloitte’s go-to-market strategy for serving small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Collected and leveraged data to create Excel model to determine the US market size for SMBs. Built Excel model to rank acquisition opportunity areas based on potential monetary value to the firm. Researched the cybersecurity market to identify key trends and assess competitor strategies to provide guidance for senior stakeholders in determining the firm’s future direction in the industry. Developed a structured, data-driven pricing strategy for two business lines of an oil and gas firm. Spearheaded competitive intelligence research on blockchain and cloud ERP.

Analyst

Duke University

Served as an aid to the professor of a MATLAB-based class by assisting students in understanding
how to use MATLAB, holding weekly office hours, and grading students’ lab reports and exams.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Constructed Excel model to analyze and track competitor investment and M&A activity. Led research to identify competitor trends and determine disruptive threats to professional services.

Summer Scholar, US Strategy

CollegeVine (formerly Admissions Hero)

Designed new practice problems and study materials to supplement students’ SAT preparation. Tutored high school students for the Math section of the SAT.

Curriculum Developer/SAT Math Tutor

Neuro Kinetics, Inc.

Performed statistical analysis with SPSS to identify how concussions impact athletic performance. Collaborated with the CTO to synthesize and present research study’s findings to physicians. Reviewed and managed patient data of oculomotor, optokinetic, and vestibular tests.

Data Analysis Intern

NeuroRecovery Technologies, Inc

Participated in research to help people who have suffered a spinal cord injury recover neuromotor and sensory function of the brain and spinal cord. Responsibilities included observing the recovery progress of paralyzed rats subjected to different treatments and creating excel sheets to record the recovery process.

Research Intern

Killing creator piracy | CEO @ Kahana

Imagine how much better your life would be if you didn't have to waste it:
- Squinting to find tabs
- Sending zip files back and forth and opening files & links one by one
- Spending more time looking for pieces of information than... actually doing work.

It's 2024: why is the experience of working with and consuming information so archaic and messy?

That's why we built Kahana: an elegant platform that transforms the way we curate, share, and consume information. 

Less hunched over your computer and pulling your hair out trying to find that window, more Tony Stark working with Jarvis. 

Our patented "hub" technology is a unique delivery mechanism that enables you to curate ALL the different materials you're working with on any given project or topic - docs, sheets, links, PDFs, videos, your choice - all in a single tab. 

And our collaborative features make it easy for groups of people to work together within hubs, all sharing the same exact view of all relevant materials. 

→ Sound like something that could help? Chat with us here: https://kahana.co/enterprise

Jonathan Gans

Payroc

The payments platform built for partners

Experience Payroc: where innovation meets seamless integration and unparalleled support, turning payments challenges into revenue drivers. Discover roc-solid partnerships and growth-focused solutions today.

VP of Integrated Business Development

Fortis

Fortifying your business through unique payment experiences. Fortis is the only payments partner dedicated to transforming commerce into your competitive advantage. We’re here to guide you through your unique commerce journey and equip you with the right tools and capabilities for your industry. 

Let us help guide you through our vertical expertise enabling Fortis to tailor our proprietary payments platform to deliver unique commerce experiences for today and tomorrow.

Partner Development Director - ISV

Usio, Inc.

Usio, Inc. (Nasdaq: USIO), is a registered Payment Facilitator and financial technology solutions provider to software companies. We are an integrated payment solutions provider for:
*Auto Enrollment, Auto KYC and AML
*Credit/Debit/Pinless debit
*ACH
*Prepaid
*Push To Card
*eBilling


USIO makes payments simple:  We serve technology companies with merchant processing and card issuing solutions under one roof.

We provide an all-in-one solution for accepting payments in any environment, including NACHA certified  ACH payments and credit card acceptance while streamlining the experience for both the developer and the end user.

USIO provides robust easy-to-implement API with all the perks of being a PayFac without the risk, registration, expense or regulations.

A full suite of API calls in popular programming languages enables our integrated payment solution to maintain  control of look-and-feel of your brand and platform. 

www.usio.com

Director, ISV Partner Development

U.S. Bank

At U.S.Bank/Elavon, we understand there’s no one-size fits all approach to meeting the today’s payment technology needs. That’s why we’ve designed our partner program with a variety of integration; certification, business and partnership levels so that you can tailor the program that works best for you.

From eCommerce to mobile wallets, U.S. Bank/Elavon helps businesses, small and large, accept all payment types – Whether they need a simple or sophisticated payment solution, we’ve got them covered.

For 25 years, we’ve helped more than one million customers around the world grow their business through payments. Our flexible, secure omnicommerce technology focused payment solutions help businesses attract and keep customers, develop partner relationships, process payments and simplify operations.

Director of Strategic Partnership Development - ISV and Digital Payments - Elavon

SumUp

SumUp is a global Fintech leader in mPOS technology and payments integrations focused on SMB merchants for platforms, mobile applications and cloud POS. SumUp empowers partners with global card acceptance with a seamless easy to integrate solution that is also fast and frictionless for end merchants. 

With SumUp you have one payment solution for every requirement: in-store, online, or mobile integration. Secure payments via proprietary PCI-compliant and EMV certified BLE hardware and drop-in native SDK's for Android and iOS.

Signed and executed partnerships from the ground up with ISV's looking for an integration with a simple, easy to use payment platform for their end users/merchants.

https://sumup.com/

https://www.inc.com/inc5000eu/list/2018

Business Development Manager - ISV, US

Apriva

Helped POS software developers (ISV) in omnichannel focused retail, restaurant and services verticals  understand and maximize payment technology integration. Met with decision makers to discuss best ways to manage frictionless and secure payment integrations though the Apriva gateway. Discovered gaps in product  and uncovered needs for ISV that Apriva could solve with a one-to-many gateway solution.

Senior Sales Executive - ISV Partnerships

Autodesk

Evangelized Autodesk cloud design/engineering and manufacturing platforms Fusion 360 and enterprise platform Fusion Lifecycle (PLM) to product development and manufacturing companies as part of Autodesk's 'Future of Making Things' product innovation vision focused on process automation and improved workflows.  Discussed disruptions in product development/manufacturing including connected products (IoT), generative manufacturing (3d printing) and meeting customer demands more rapidly.

 Consulted to the C-suite and other stakeholders, promoting  better ways collaborate internally and externally with teams, stakeholders and suppliers leading to increased production and quality-- for some organizations increasing productivity and quality by over 20 percent.

Promoted the benefits of cloud SaaS Fusion platform over on-premise solutions including ongoing software improvements/updates; lower cost and ease of implementation along with flexibility. Set meetings and demos establishing next steps passing opportunities over to internal and external partners once developed.

Business Development - Fusion 360 and Fusion Lifecycle

Intuit

As business consultant for the world’s leading small and medium-size business accounting and business management software, I helped business owners spend less time on administrative functions and bookkeeping and more time on building, innovating and growing their businesses.  

Advised small and medium size business owners and stakeholders how to overcome challenges managing day-to-day business functions though QuickBooks Online SaaS platform; QuickBooks legacy and QuickBooks Enterprise. Asked qualifying questions to 'right-fit' QuickBooks product to the business owner's needs.

Inside Sales, Business Consultant II (Intuit closed Colorado office)

Vantiv Integrated Payments

Consulted to retail and restaurant merchant owners on how to save time, money and eliminate transaction errors  while increasing payment network security with integrated POS payments. 

Successfully managed complexities of deals involving multiple moving parts including rate-and-fee negotiations, specialized equipment needs/costs of POS system, and existing contracts. Showed flexibility in balancing company bottom line against partner closing point-of-sale deal with a collaborative approach to the sale. 

Managed and built strong relationships with channel VAR/ISV partners including key strategic partnerships.  I was the go-to Sales Executive for VAR/ISV Business Development teams roll-out of important new partnerships ensuring each new partnership began with limited friction and early success.

Integrated Payments Sales Executive - Point Of Sale Channel

HomeAdvisor

Advised small and medium-sized service providers including construction firms, designers, blacksmiths and other service providers on how to market their business with digital content and reputation management.

Business Consultant - Inside Sales

I have 17+ years of direct sales, channel sales  and business development experience, including fintech and payments. I use a human approach to sales-- connecting with people building rapport while taking the time to listen and understand challenges and recommend solutions. I am energized by great teams and great leaders, but also extremely self-motivated as well.

Specialties: partnership development, hunting new business, building relationships, relationship management, account growth, developing opportunities, prospecting, Social Selling, up-selling and cross-selling, negotiation, SaaS sales, financial sales, mentoring, B2B and B2C ,C-suite, and SMB.

Personal strengths: Loyalty, determination, drive-to-win, resourcefulness, self-evaluation and desire to help others solve challenges. 

I am a transplanted Ohioan and Ohio State Buckeye and have lived in the Denver area for 15 years. I love fly fishing, a little bit of skiing,  Buckeye football; hiking and camping.

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