Ken is a FinTech and Payments pioneer, who holds the distinction of being the first person to send $1 around the world by mobile transfer. In his career, Ken has launched: the first mobile remittances service in the US, the first global mobile bank account, the first neobank for immigrants in the US, and the first decoupled business payments smart switch.
Ken is a FinTech and Payments thought leader, consultant, and advisor, currently leading Zermelo Group. Before this, Ken served as Head of Product for AWS Payments and Head of Merchant Product & Network at Trustly after spending 17 years founding, growing, and exiting 3 cutting edge FinTech startups.
Ken is a Founding Member of the Faster Payments Council and has served as on the Federal Reserve’s Business Payments Coalition and the FedNow Community. He has been recognized as a Top Innovator to Watch by Bank Innovation, a Top FinTech Innovator by Aspioneer, a Top 25 FinTech CEO by Technology Innovators, a Top CEO in Mobile Payments by Boardroom Media, and a Leading Corporate Digital Transformation Innovator by Databird.
