Steve Elefant
Education
UCLA
BS, Political Science -
UCLA
Bachelor's degree, -Work Experience
Independent Consultant
Current
Independent Consultant
Soaring Ventures
Current
Soaring Ventures
Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX)
2014-01-01 - 2016-12-01
Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX)
GoPago (acquired by Verifone)
2013-01-01 - 2014-01-01
GoPago (acquired by Verifone)
2012-01-01 - 2013-01-01
Heartland
2008-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Heartland
AircraftFuel.com
2005-01-01 - 2008-01-01
AircraftFuel.com
Claremont Creek Ventures
2005-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Claremont Creek Ventures
Yaga, Inc - Advanced Payment Systems
2002-01-01 - 2004-01-01
Yaga, Inc - Advanced Payment Systems
PriceRadar / iMiner
1999-01-01 - 2001-01-01
PriceRadar / iMiner
Skills
Summary
As a proven, award-winning leader, I bring more than 40 years of success and expertise in creating and building high-growth technology companies. I serve as a senior corporate advisor, business strategist, and a regular speaker at payment processing, technology, and security industry events. By combining a solid technology background with C-Level business expertise, I excel at driving cutting-edge solutions and the top-performing teams behind them. Hobbies and passions include flying airplanes, golf, tennis, international travel/cruises, fine dining/foodie, hiking, swimming, photography, techy toys, etc. I passed my Series 7 investment license years ago, have held a top-secret security clearance from the US Government, and have been doing philanthropic work as President of my Rotary club and I am a Reserve Deputy Sheriff doing search and rescue for the San Francisco Sheriff's Air Squadron for over 40 years. Specialties Include: Payments Systems, Electronic Payments, Financial Technology, Security & Compliance, Software Development, Product Development, PCI DSS, SaaS, Point of Sale (POS), Cloud Solutions, Corporate Development, Start-Ups, C-Level Management, Strategic Planning, P&L Responsibility, Program Management, Business Development, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Change Management, Mobile Payments, Mobile Applications, Mobile Marketing, Credit Cards, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing, Trade Shows, Speaking & Presentations, COO, CIO, VP, CEO.
