Ben Psillas

Chief Executive Officer

Terra Dotta

Jun 2023 - Current (3 years 1 month)

Terra Dotta is the trusted leader in higher education travel, study abroad, and international program management solutions. Over 700 universities and colleges use Terra Dotta’s global engagement platform to facilitate cross-cultural experiences for students, faculty, and staff in more than 85 countries worldwide. With Terra Dotta, higher education institutions can: - Automate and manage the entire lifecycle of student international travel and programs - Deliver real-time safety and emergency communication worldwide - Ensure compliance with university policies and government regulations - Increase enrollment in high-impact global learning opportunities Terra Dotta is a PE backed company and has been a trusted leader in global engagement s

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CEO

First Performance Acquired by Mastercard

Jun 2019 - Apr 2023 (3 years 11 months)

First Performance is a leading data enrichment provider to the worlds largest banks. We empower the bank and their cardholders to use, manage, and control their finances digitally. The company is backed by some of the largest and most respected financial and corporate investors including RRE Ventures, Mastercard, Fiserv/First Data, Synchrony Ventures, Regions Bank, and Thandorf Ventures. Recruited by the board to pivot and rapidly grow the business. In first three years, migrated from being Card Controls to a Data Enrichment provider, increased revenue by 3x and cardholder base from 7m to over 30m, expanded from 7 to 11 countries, and signed seven figure partnership / reseller agreements with largest payment processors and networks to

Chief Revenue Officer

First Performance

Jan 2019 - May 2019 (5 months)

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President

Debx Acquired by Mastercard

Sep 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 4 months)

Debx is a personal finance app that combines the benefits of a credit card with the peace of mind of a debit card by helping consumers automate smarter payment habits. I started Debx out of my own love-hate relationship with my debit and credit card...love my debit for its fiscal discipline, but they offer no rewards and limited consumer protections. I love my credit cards, primarily for their rewards and consumer protections, but hate the huge monthly bill…so built Debx to combine the best of both. Debx helps consumers with the following: - Earn more rewards with the peace of mind of debit - Avoid fees and interest charges by never missing a monthly credit card payment again - Balances, transactions, and rewards conveniently aggregat

Managing Partner

CrossServ Advisors

Mar 2014 - Current (12 years 4 months)

Strategic advisory firm that works with venture capital and PE firms plus Founders/Board of Directors in transformational changes in M&A, fundraising, sales/marketing, growth, product, go-to-market, culture, and business models to drive shareholder value. We are experts in positioning companies for the next level of growth, investment or potential sale. Our unique approach includes inserting team members and capital, when needed, into the client’s organization, meeting face to face, day to day, with the client’s executive team, customers and partners to develop and implement new and enhanced go-to-market strategies to drive shareholder value. Recent Engagements: Managed Service Provider (MSP): sales / marketing and strategic advisor to l

EVP of Network and Financial Services

Cardtronics

Oct 2010 - Feb 2014 (3 years 5 months)

Oversaw the Financial Institution Group, a $250m P&L, including high growth divisions of Allpoint, bank branding, network and managed services for Cardtronics (now NCR), the worlds largest ATM/kiosk owner operator. Responsibilities included managing a national sales team, a cross functional team in operations, finance, retail, and technology/IT, growing revenue and engagement with Fortune 500 financial institutions (e.g. Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, PNC, USAA, etc.), international network partners (e.g. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and CO-OP Network) and global largest retailers (e.g. Target, 7-Eleven, CVS, Walgreens, Oxxo). Executive, Management and Strategic committee member who help drive enterprise revenue from

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Member of the Board of Directors

The Electronic Funds Transfer Association

Jan 2010 - Dec 2014 (5 years)

Electronic Funds Transfer Association is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of electronic payments and commerce. Our objective is to inform debate over the consumer, business and policy aspects of new and existing payments technology. We do this through public outreach to Congress, the Executive Agencies, consumers and the media. Since its founding in 1977, EFTA has represented its members on a range of topics, from ATMs and debit technology to current issues like data breach and cybersecurity, data privacy and mobile payments. EFTA membership includes top ten banks, payment processors, ATM & debit networks, card companies, technology providers, security companies, ATM owners and manufacturers and government agencie

President and Founder

Allpoint Network

May 2000 - Feb 2014 (13 years 10 months)

Created the world's largest surcharge-free ATM network. Built a global payments brand totaling 60m cardholders, 1,200 financial institutions, and 55,000 ATMs in three continents (North America, Europe and Australia) Saved consumers over $1b in ATM fees globally while at the same time creating a new value driven eco-system between retailer, financial institution, ATM owner/operator and consumer. Developed the industry’s first ATM as a service (ATMaaS) subscription business model. Secured 8 figure partnerships with the largest financial institutions (Bank of America, Chase, Citi, PNC, Capital One, USAA), payments networks (Visa, MasterCard, STAR), and prepaid issuers (GreenDot, Netspend, ACS). Built the first Electronic Funds Network (

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Vice President of Business Development

Effinity Financial acquired by and formely Countrywide Bank

Jul 1998 - Apr 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Executive team member and co-founder of Effinity Financial, an internet bank, which was acquired by Countrywide Financial in 2000. Countrywide Bank is currently a $60b subsidiary bank of Bank of America.

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First Time Entrepreneur

BSP Publishing

Jan 1993 - Dec 1998 (6 years)

My first startup helped college grads find jobs in major metropolitan areas. Called the "Job Source", we created a series of books for the largest metro areas and sold it a couple of years later to a company in California.

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Event Manager

Georgetown University Athletic Department

Jan 1993 - Dec 1995 (3 years)

Management Trainee

Kidder Peabody Co

Jan 1990 - Dec 1993 (4 years)

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