Michael Weissglas is a transformational leader with a strong background in product development and managing a line of business. With over 10 years of experience in strategy and payments, he has a proven success record of improving credit card profitability by 20%, accelerating growth and doubling sales of mature merchant services business within 2 years. Michael has forged and managed many of the organization's most critical partnerships, with 10 years of business development experience. Michael holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science, Manufacturing Systems Option from the University of Toronto.

Throughout his career, Michael has held various leadership positions at BMO Financial Group, including Head, North American Small Business Credit Risk Management; Managing Director, Retail Payments Product, Loyalty & Partnerships; Head of North American Moneris & Payments Partnerships; Director, Payments Strategy, Acquisition & Performance; and Senior Manager, Payments Strategy & Product Analytics. Before joining BMO Financial Group, Michael served as a Consultant at Bain & Company and Senior Consultant at Navigant Consulting. Additionally, Michael has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer at Celestica.

Michael also has a strong track record of team building and helping team members succeed and grow.

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