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Jim Shanahan

Managing Partner

Jim is Managing Director for Market Platform Dynamics where he helps companies find, ignite and monetize innovation. His breadth of experience within the payment industry is exceptional, having worked on virtually every type of payment product for leading issuers, acquirers and processors in 16 countries as an executive, as a consultant and as an entrepreneur. He was the CEO of the first card processor in China and was the Founder and CEO of Maverick Network Solutions, a provider of advanced payment solutions that was acquired by Fiserv and now serves as the cornerstone of their prepaid business.Jim has worked for several industry leaders, including American Express, Chemical Bank, MasterCard, and MBNA America. He is a Board member of NYPAY, a former Board member of the American Marketing Association and chaired MasterCard’s Commercial Card and Acquiring Committees. He holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame and a MBA from Columbia Business School.