Patricia Montesi is a founder and CEO of Qolo, the omnichannel payments platform for Fintech. Founded in 2018 and launched in April 2020, Qolo offers fast and simple transactions within an industry-leading secure environment powered by advanced AI tools. Understanding managing payments inefficiently can impact a business’s ability to grow, and increase its expenses, Qolo serves markets where money must be exchanged quickly and efficiently between people and businesses. Qolo’s all-encompassing payments hub was designed to be fast, easy-to-implement, and secure. Companies rely on Qolo for easy cross-border transactions delivered faster, and at a lower cost Montesi and Qolo’s founding management team have a deep legacy of industry firsts. They have designed, built and launched seven payment/loyalty platforms over the years, and written/been issued numerous payment/IT-related patents. They’ve also taken over 500 loyalty, prepaid card, and B2B payment programs to market. An accomplished business executive with over 20 years of global management experience across a diverse set of industries, Montesi sought a better way to serve the payments industry in a meaningful way. Her executive sales and marketing expertise, and extensive operations and technology deployments at Fortune 100 companies, startups, and everything in between has allowed her to transform and scale complex businesses. Prior to Qolo, she spent 15 years in executive roles across all sectors of the payments industry leading teams to industry firsts and deploying award winning technology solutions for clients. She received a BBA in Finance from the University of Miami, an MBA in Accounting from Nova Southeastern University, and a Certificate in Strategic Leadership from Columbia Business School.