Payments executive joins TranZfinity’s board
30 January, 2009
category: Contactless, Financial, NFC
Carlsbad, Calif.-based TranZfinity, a transaction solutions provider for contactless and NFC payments, has named Bud Waller, executive vice president at VeriFone, to its board of directors. Waller has served in a variety of executive leadership positions at VeriFone since 1986, including senior vice president and general manager of the Petroleum and Convenience Store Division.
Prior to VeriFone, Waller worked for 11 years at General Electric Company. He holds an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.
Waller joins Jesse Adams, TranZfinity’s COO and board chair, on the board. Prior to guiding TranZfinity’s executive team Adams held a variety of positions at VeriFone as its executive vice president and vice chairman through a successful IPO, where he partnered with many Fortune 100 company executives in the financial, information technology, services and retail markets.
Other Board members are: Jeff Miles, TranZfinity CEO and president; Felix Marx, SCM Microsystems CEO; and, Jonatan Schmidt, TranZfinity’s chief strategist.