Company Leadership
Brian Brinkley
Chief Executive Officer
Brian has over 30 years of experience in enterprise and start-up environments. He is a leader in omnichannel commerce and digital payments technology. Brian co-founded Zave Networks which was acquired by Google in 2011 and became a key component of Google Wallet. Brian has held executive roles at Sprint PCS and Lucent Technologies. Brian joined QRails as CTO in 2019 and was asked to lead QRails’ growth strategy as CEO in 2021. Brian was recognized for his innovation and leadership, being named in the Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2021.
Jessica Pass
Chief Operating Officer
Jessica has over 10 years of experience in leadership positions leading high-performance teams in prepaid technical implementations, software quality assurance, account management, and fraud analysis. Jessica has led the effort of building out the implementation, customer service, account management, and operational areas of QRails.
Doug Earp
Chief Technology OfficerDoug oversees the company’s global information technology (IT) organization, with responsibility for the deployment of QRails products as well as other innovative technologies and programs. He has led Fortune 500 enterprise IT initiatives and several executive teams to success as a CTO for over 9 years. This includes building out international data centers on several continents and architected systems for the largest financial organizations. Doug has 25 years in financial services and was the Lead Systems Architect for DST Systems and a Vice President at Zurich, Scudder Investments, and Kemper Financial Services.
Scott Relf
Chief Revenue Officer
Scott is an innovation leader in hi-tech startups and hi-growth Fortune companies; specializing in game-changing strategies and commercializing new products and services. Scott was a co-founder of payments pioneer Zave Networks acquired by Google in 2011, and also PikMobile, a revolutionary social networking SaaS platform. Scott held executive positions in marketing and product development at Sprint PCS, Kellogg, and The Gallo Winery.
David Grawemeyer
Chief Legal Officer
David has over 30 years of experience as a lawyer. He has had senior legal positions at financial services, real estate, and technology companies. David began his career as a corporate and securities lawyer at a major law firm in Chicago.
Phil Martin
Chief Compliance Officer
Phil is a multi-dimensional compliance professional with private sector and regulatory experience who leverages the capacity to self-serve and analyze data to enhance 3 lines of defense governance infrastructure. Prior to joining QRails, he performed anti-money laundering and regulatory compliance roles at Promontory Financial Group, Fintech unicorn WorldRemit, and Colorado’s Department of Revenue. He also founded a financial services compliance consultancy focused on high-risk industries, which was acquired in 2020.
Garrett Stanley
Chief Information Security Officer
Garrett is an Information Security professional with over 20 years of experience in Information Technology, having worked for top private and government entities in the U.S. and globally, and holds multiple industry-relevant degrees and certifications; all of which stemmed from a passion for Information Security analytics, engineering, and compliance. This has allowed him to serve on the front lines of designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining core Security Operations for multiple organizations across varied industries.
Karen Henricksen
Controller
Karen comes to QRails after being an independent business owner who has provided consulting, training, and other business financial services for Retailers, Non-Profits and Service Providers by developing and reorganizing their Finance/Accounting strategies and procedures. She has also worked for larger corporations in healthcare and the Oil and Gas industries.
Linda Abbott
Head of Fraud Prevention
Linda has nearly 20 years of retail and commercial banking experience, working her way up from teller to operations manager. Her passion for account fraud investigations and recovery led her to shift careers into financial fraud. Before joining QRails, Linda spent the last 8 years working in the fraud department for 2 financial institutions and a major card network.
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Kevin Green
BSA/AML Officer
Kevin Green heads the BSA/AML department at QRails. Kevin began his career working in the securities industry working transaction monitoring and conducting compliance reviews for unregistered securities. After working his way up and earning multiple FINRA licenses, Kevin transitioned to the banking industry. There he conducted quality control for BNP Paribas’ Corporate and Institutional Banking and developed compliance and AML policies at Bank of the West.
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Chris Huber
Head of Product Development
Chris has over 15 years of experience in Enterprise and startups, focused on omnichannel commerce and digital payments technology. Chris co-founded Zave Networks which was acquired by Google in 2011 and became a key component of Google Wallet. Chris is a product expert and is responsible for the product direction of AnyDay.
Mike O’Malley
Head of Data Services
Mike has over 30 years of experience designing high-performance analytic data solutions and leading teams to deliver them to clients. This includes building modern data warehouses and data lakes on most leading RDMS as well as AWS Cloud. He has worked with many of the large corporations in the Kansas City Area and has broad experience across numerous business domains. He has also worked for Brian Brinkley at Sprint, Zave Networks, Google, and now QRails.
James Troutman
Head of Infrastructure, Architecture, Development
James is a leader in the engineering and architecture of multi-platform e-commerce systems. He has previously held leadership positions where he built systems that scaled to support billions of transactions.
Jason Britton
Head of DevOps
Bio coming soon.
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Kelsey Castellano
Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO
As QRail’s Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO, Kelsey is responsible for all office procedures and human resources coordination. Kelsey received her degree in Hospitality Management and prior to joining the QRails team, she managed front office operations for Marriott Hotels.
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Business Development
Jon Weiss
Vice President, Partnerships
Jon has worked in the HCM / Payroll space for many years developing “White Labeled Solutions“ for partners to enhance their product and service offerings helping them to be more competitive in the marketplace. Before joining QRails, Jon held executive partnership roles at Nettime Solutions (acquired by Paychex) and eLabor (acquired by ADP).
Shawn Ramsey
Vice President, Business Development
Shawn has over 25 years of sales leadership experience in the HR/Payroll industry. Prior to joining QRails, Shawn helped build and lead the sales organizations at Paychex, TriNet, Empower Software Solutions (acquired by Kronos), NGA (acquired by Alight), and Rizing HCM.
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Jim Ackerson
Managing Director of Strategic Channels
Jim brings global card and payment experience across multiple verticals including retail brands, financial institutions, bankcard associations, and card processors. Jim has held leadership roles at Marqeta, MasterCard, I2C, Citibank, MBNA, and AAA.
UK & Europe Leadership
Sharon Kirby
Senior Vice President
Sharon oversees operations in the UK & Europe and is responsible for driving the launch of the AnyDay platform internationally. She is an industry veteran with years of experience in managing global businesses, large enterprise sales teams and partner alliances. Most recently director of partnerships at EWA provider Hastee. Sharon regularly leads webinars and speaks at events on the topic of financial wellness.
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Nancy Lester
Head of Corporate Legal
Nancy was head of M&A and Strategy and on the Executive Committee of Bunzl plc for 14 years, following 6 years there as Legal Counsel. Prior to that she was an attorney at Slaughter and May.
Harriet Gill
Head of Partnerships
Harriet is a seasoned SaaS sales professional with over 20 years of experience working with enterprise clients and partners. Experienced in building successful alliances and account management, Harriet is a strategic thinker and passionate about partnership collaboration, delivering customer success and driving best value for money.
Emma-Rose Manase
Head of Brand & Marketing
Emma-Rose is an award-winning marketer with over 9 years of experience in brand and marketing for leading financial brands. Most recently at Earned Wage Access provider, Hastee. She is passionate about social impact driven marketing that removes jargon and helps customers move their finances forward.
Syeda Islam
Head of Customer Success UK & Europe
Syeda has several years of experience working in client account management. She is focused on achieving success by working closely with her clients & establishing a trusted and strategic relationship.
Board of Directors
Peggy Mangot
Chairperson
Peggy Mangot is Head of Fintech Partnerships, Commercial Banking, for JPMorgan Chase. Her team leads fintech partnership strategy and execution for the commercial bank. Previously Peggy was the Operating Partner for PayPal Ventures, a global strategic VC investing in fintech, commerce, infrastructure and crypto. Peggy brings a unique perspective with broad experience across traditional financial institutions, the Fintech startup ecosystem & large technology companies. Prior to PayPal Ventures, Peggy was GM/SVP, Innovation at Wells Fargo where she led the development and launch of the bank’s challenger bank and its enterprise identity management platform. Formerly, Peggy was founder & CEO of SparkGift, a Y Combinator backed micro-investing platform. Prior to SparkGift, Peggy led a partnerships team for Google, focused on launching new payment & commerce products. During her career, Peggy also held senior roles at Visa, Allianz, Accenture, PwC and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Peggy earned her B.S. in Finance from Indiana University and her J.D. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Brian Brinkley
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Brian has over 30 years of experience in enterprise and start-up environments. He is a leader in omnichannel commerce and digital payments technology. Brian co-founded Zave Networks which was acquired by Google in 2011 and became a key component of Google Wallet. Brian has held executive roles at Sprint PCS and Lucent Technologies. Brian joined QRails as CTO in 2019 and was asked to lead QRails’ growth strategy as CEO in 2021. Brian was recognized for his innovation and leadership, being named in the Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2021.
Dan Revers
Board Member
Dan Revers is the founder of ArcLight and has over three decades of energy finance and private equity experience. Dan is responsible for overall investment, asset management, strategic planning, and operations of ArcLight and its funds. Prior to forming ArcLight in 2000, Dan was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group at John Hancock Financial Services, where he was responsible for the origination, execution, and management of a $6 billion portfolio consisting of debt, equity, and mezzanine investments in the energy industry. Prior to joining John Hancock in 1995, Dan Revers held various financial positions at Wheelabrator Technologies, where he specialized in the development, acquisition, and financing of domestic and international power and energy projects. Dan Revers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Lafayette College and a Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
Angus Walker
Board Member
Angus is a founding member and senior analyst of the investment team at EFM Asset Management, an alternatives global growth equities manager based in Hong Kong. EFM is a specialist investor in the technology and financial services industry where it takes high conviction positions in public and private companies backed by deep fundamental research. Prior to EFM, Angus’s roles include working in the Group Strategy team at Commonwealth Bank where he focused on the digital banking and payments landscape throughout Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Will Weisman
Board Member
Will Weisman is the founder and Managing Director of KittyHawk Ventures, an early-stage frontier technology venture capital firm with investments in longevity, computing, AI/ML, networking, life sciences, MedTech, aerospace, advanced materials, fintech, and more. Previously Will spent seven years as Executive Director at Singularity University, a think tank / educator focused on leveraging accelerating technologies to solve the world’s biggest problems. Will helped build Singularity into a global benefit corporation with over 170 chapters in 159 countries, and 300k community members. Besides KittyHawk, Will currently serves as a Senior Advisor to XPRIZE & Singularity University founder, Peter Diamandis. Among Will’s most unusual accomplishments is that he created and popularized the wrap, yes, the burrito like thing, at a 30-unit restaurant chain he founded and sold called World Wrapps. Will has an MBA from Stanford and a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He regularly speaks on exponential technology trends as well as venture investing and entrepreneurship. Will is an avid kiteboarder and ocean swimmer and resides in Santa Monica, CA.
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