At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based CFO’ operating in the Payments space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tobias Mezger
Co-Founder – COO/CFO of PayZen
I am passionate about solving big problems by making financial services more straightforward and more accessible. I am excited about building a great company.
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About PayZen: PayZen is a health care fintech startup that aims to tackle the growing patient payment responsibility problem.
Peter Bardwick
Chief Financial Officer of qolo
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About qolo: Qolo is a B2B payments hub that allows businesses to manage payments and reduced expense.

Tim Brinkman
CFO of PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank
Tim Brinkman is the Chief Executive Officer of ChargeSmart. Brinkman is responsible for ChargeSmart’s business development, strategic direction and overall growth. With more than 20 years experience in the financial industry, Brinkman has owned companies, led divisions and generated growth opportunities for several companies. Brinkman was a director at Wasserstein Perella and a managing director at C.E. Unterberg Towbin. He also co-founded asset management firm, Indusino Capital Management. Wall Street roles have included Proprietary Trading, Institutional Sales, Senior Management and Advisory Board member. Brinkman began his career as a CPA with Ernst and Young, a global firm that specializes in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, and continued his tenure at the firm as a management consultant in the financial services industry. Brinkman holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Miami University.
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About PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank: PushPoint provides local businesses with mobile marketing tools that reduce management effort and grow their business.
Roy Barak
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Vindicia
Roy Barak currently works as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Vindicia. He previously worked at Amdocs as Finance Business Partner – SI&O Sales, Marketing, Services R&D, O2A, and RevenueGuard.
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About Vindicia: Vindicia offers comprehensive subscription management solutions that help businesses acquire and retain more customers.
Adam Gouveia
CFO of AZA Finance
Adam has lived in four countries and oversees all things finance related at BitPesa. He spent 10 years in capital markets in cities by the sea (San Francisco and Cape Town) before joining BitPesa.
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About AZA Finance: AZA is a provider of currency trading solutions that accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure.
Kelly (Irlbeck) Georgevich
CFO of LimeLight CRM
Kelly Georgevich has over a decade’s worth of finance experience in public accounting and in the financial services industry. Experience with fast-growth, entrepreneurial companies, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, Caribou Coffee Company, and Oxfam Australia, guiding these companies through significant change and turnaround situations. Prior to joining LimeLight in 2016, Kelly worked in a number of different financial capacities such as the Finance Manager at Australia Post and as the Financial Reporting Specialist at National Australian Bank where she developed a robust compliance process. Prior to her innovations at National Australian Bank, Kelly was an audit manager at Ernst & Young for nearly a decade. Kelly graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in Accounting and Spanish, as well as a Certificate in International Business. She resides and is based in San Francisco, California with her husband and son.
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About AudioEye, LimeLight CRM, sticky.io: LimeLight is the one-stop shop eCommerce engine to manage and automate your recurring billing and customer lifecycle.

Janko Milunovic
Chief Financial Officer of Payment24
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About Payment24: Payment24 is an International Fuel Payment Solutions Provider based in Cape Town and Berlin

Nancy Larget
Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of Jopari Solutions
Nancy Larget is the Chief Financial Officer for Jopari Solutions, Inc. Ms. Larget is a seasoned finance executive with particular expertise in assessing and completing acquisitions, raising capital, creating financial control environments, and developing sound financial planning and analysis. She has a strong interest in solving the challenges of scaling high growth organizations. Ms. Larget has accumulated her financial expertise in a broad range of roles. At Charles Schwab and Co., she was Senior Vice President of Global Expansion and Integration where she defined and executed Schwab’s expansion into international markets. She served as CFO for Charles Schwab Europe during its launch of on-line trading. She also was employee number 16 and CFO of Schwab’s high growth 401(k) business. At Citicorp, she was a corporate banker, where she developed funding and cash management strategies for a broad range of clients. She received her CPA while working in Deloitte Touche’s audit practice. She has a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley and an MBA in General Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Jopari Solutions: Jopari is a leading customer-focused health information technology company.