FORT WAYNE, IN (May 15, 2019) — Allied Payment Network, the industry’s most progressive provider of online and mobile bill payment services to banks and credit unions, announced today the addition of Jeffrey A. Harper as chief revenue officer, effective May 6, 2019. In his new role, Harper will focus on growing the company’s market share and solidifying its reputation for technology innovation, thought leadership and client support. He reports to Allied president, Kelli Schultz.
Harper is a 28-year financial industry veteran who has spent much of his career developing successful teams; identifying and managing strategic alliances; sales; marketing; accounting and finance. He has forged profitable relationships with many of the nation’s top-tier and community financial institutions, trade associations and suppliers to the banking industry. At Allied, Harper will expand the company’s channel partner network and advise on ways to create tangible differentiation in the way the company services its clients and end users.
“Jeff’s proven track record coupled with his powerful network of industry contacts will be invaluable to Allied as we continue to expand our footprint and impact on the payment industry,” said Schultz. “We are very fortunate to have someone of his caliber join our talented group. Jeff is a fantastic fit within our leadership team. He exhibits the sort of values and integrity that we at Allied pride ourselves on and use to fuel the delivery of industry-leading products with second-to-none service levels. I look forward to the immediate impact he will have on our growth strategy.”
Harper joins Allied from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based Velocity Solutions, LLC, which acquired his prior company, BSG Financial Group of Louisville, Ky. In his role as president of BSG Financial, he led the charge to double the company’s revenues and facilitate the successful sale of the business. Prior to BSG Financial, Harper was executive vice president for Strategic Resource Management; commercial lender for PNC Bank and SunTrust Bank; and staff accountant for PWC (formerly Coopers & Lybrand). Harper serves on the board of the Association for Financial Technology (AFT), and has been a member of various banking associations, including the Financial Managers Society. He is also an active member in numerous non-profit associations in Louisville and serves on the Executive Advisory Council for the College of Business at James Madison University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Jeffrey A. Harper
Allied Payment Network believes that “moving money matters.” Its mission is to provide banks and credit unions with world-class payments tools that help establish them as the heart of the communities they serve. With a real-time, open-network model guiding its Universal Payments vision, its suite of online and mobile solutions includes online billpay, P2P, PicturePay®, BizPay, PortalPay, A2A, and Vault. For more information, visit www.alliedpayment.com.
Doug Elser
Director of Marketing
404.509.9636
Doug.Elser@AlliedPayment.com
Jennifer Silva
Account Associate
404-503-6594 mobile
800-683-7685 main office
jennifer@yorkpublicrelations.com
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