At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based COO’ operating in the Payments space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Karim Ben-Jaafar
President and COO of Beanworks
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About Beanworks: Beanworks is an accounts payable automation solution that helps companies eliminate paperwork and reduce invoice processing costs.
Don Kirkwood
Co-Founder & COO of PayWith
Co-founder and developer of AXON, a transformation consultancy firm he eventually sold for $650M. Don is one of Vancouver’s top Angel investors and he excels at growing businesses from concept to thousands of employees in short periods of time.
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About PayWith: PayWith is a mobile application development firm that enables businesses to track data and run gifting, marketing, and loyalty campaigns.
Greg Allen
Evp & Chief Operating Officer of AscendantFX Capital
Greg brings more than 25 years’ experience in treasury, operations and risk management in the foreign exchange market. Until his departure from Western Union Business Solutions (formerly Custom House) Greg was VP, Treasury, Risk Management and Credit. At Western Union, Greg had a variety of positions including managing the payments, investigations and global operations. His team implemented swift and numerous other payment systems to allow timelier, cost effective and error free payments. Following that he led the global treasury, risk and credit team. His risk mitigation and credit expertise allowed the company to grow substantially while maintaining risk at conservative levels. He was instrumental in the implementation of an industry leading treasury system. Greg`s team also implemented numerous risk mitigating system controls. Greg as a member of the executive management team was part of the small group that approved prioritized and managed all new products, enhancement and front and back office system changes.
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About AscendantFX Capital: AscendantFX is a Payment Solution Provider.
Philipp Postrehovsky
Co-Founder & COO of RentMoola
Philipp co-founded RentMoola, one of North America’s leading fintech companies that is changing the landscape of paying rent all over the world. Solving the age-old problem that paying and collecting rent is a major hassle, RentMoola is an online global payment network that allows tenants and owners to pay rent and other payments by credit card, debit card, RM Direct Debit™ or RM Cash™ while earning rewards. It was recently voted as Canada’s best online business and was recognized as BC’s next crop of $1 billion anchor tech companies. Philipp is also an award winning marketer and a former brand leader for Mogo Technologies and Vancity. He has been involved in the Vancouver tech scene for over a decade and was part of the committee that brought the first Startup Weekend to Vancouver. He is also the founder of Grind For Kids, a program which has raised nearly $1 million for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
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About Canadian Lenders Association, VoPay, Warranty Life, Zūm Rails: Pay rent with credit card, debit card & more. Get access to exclusive MoolaPerks!
Mike Monty
Chief Operating Officer of Hyperwallet
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About Hyperwallet: Hyperwallet provides growing organizations with a frictionless, transparent, and reliable way to send payments almost anywhere in the world.
Ty Summach
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
Ty Summach (@tysummach) is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of ProSmart Enterprises Inc. He’s a proud Canadian with a full head of hair and enjoys a couple cold ones on a sunny weekend patio with friends. Ty graduated (MBA) with a GPA sitting in the meaty part of the bell curve, not lagging behind, but not trying to show off, either. Golf is now his game after finally admitting he’s a terrible skater. He’s long off the tee, but can’t putt if his life depended on it. Email: ty@prosmartsports.com https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tysummach
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About ProSmart Enterprises Inc.: ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSX-V:PROS) is the parent company of Sportgo, a global online network connecting sports fans, teams and brands.
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