Joe Chouinard is a payment services expert who has a passion for delivering innovative products and services that help his clients manage risk, grow revenue, and improve customer experience. With a degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Oregon, Joe has honed his skills in strategic partnerships, product development, corporate strategy, sales, and team leadership. Joe has worked on groundbreaking product and service initiatives during his career, making significant contributions to market growth and industry innovation.

Joe's areas of expertise include authentication services, risk products, mobile payments and banking, mobile advertising, partnerships and alliances, business development, deal negotiation, strategy development and execution, project, and program management, e-commerce, payment technologies, location-based services, change leadership, and team leadership and development.

Before gaining his experience in the payment services sector, Joe held roles as a Director of Sales, Western Region at First Data Corporation, and as an ATM Sales Representative at NCR Corp. Joe went on to become the Co-Founder, Co-President, Chairman at Mobile Payment Forum before becoming Vice President, Mobile Payments at Visa International, and then Vice President at Visa International. He gained valuable experience as the Vice President, Global Strategy at Visa International before becoming SVP Product and Business Development at StepNexus. Joe also worked as a Product, Marketing, and Business Development Consultant at QSecure and an Advisory Board Member at Vayulogic. Joe then served as the Director, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships at Nokia before moving to Visa, where he held the position of Authentication and Risk Products, and then Marketing, and End User Engagement for Visa Digital Commerce App.

Joe is always keen to reconnect with former colleagues and make new connections, offering his expertise to those who seek it. He can be reached via his LinkedIn page or by email at joe.chouinard@yahoo.com.