John Payne is a Chairman and CEO at Croquet Labs, Inc based in Laguna Beach, California, United States, North America. Former CEO of two public Internet companies, Stamps.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) and Day Software (Zurich SWX: DAYN), founder and CEO of two banking/FinTech startups, Executive Chairman and interim or jumpstart CEO for other tech companies in XR, mobile, fintech, cybersecurity and SaaS. Inventor and patent owner with 20+ issued patents in smartphone, push notifications, Internet messaging, cybersecurity, digital mail and social search. Experienced fundraiser with over $1 Billion in transactions as CEO, including $650+ million in public and private venture capital raised from well-known funds, institutions and strategic investors. Exits include one IPO (Stamps.com, Inc.: NASDAQ: STMP), one turnaround of a public enterprise software company (SWX: DAYN) later acquired by Adobe, one cybersecurity sale to a public company (NYSE: McAFEE), one cybersecurity sale to Trustwave, a merger with a company going public on the NASDAQ (CFI Proservices: PROI) and the founding, growth and sale of the first loan origination software (LOS) company in the US, which grew to have 9,000 banks as customers and is now owned by Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WKL). Started life as a Wilderness Ranger for the US Forest Service working on foot, horseback and skis. In a post COVID world, splits his time between Laguna Beach, CA and other parts of the American West.
Current Position: Chairman and CEO
Company: Croquet Labs, Inc
Location: Laguna Beach, California, United States, North America
Social: Professional profiles available
Network: Extensive professional connections