EXECUTIVE TEAMMeet the Shift4 Family

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jared Isaacman

Chief Executive Officer

Jared Isaacman

Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Jared Isaacman manages the core divisions of Shift4 Payments as well as the overall operations of the company. In 1999, Isaacman started the company in the basement of his family’s house when he was only 16 years old. Isaacman is considered to be one of the industry’s most influential business leaders and has been recognized as one of “America’s Best Entrepreneurs” by BusinessWeek Magazine and “30 Entrepreneurs Under 30” by Inc. Magazine. Isaacman was named as a finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and was the youngest person ever named to the list of “Industry Leaders” by the credit card industry’s leading publication, The Green Sheet, where he now holds a position on the Advisory Board. He has also been featured on NBC’s Today Show, ABC News and Bloomberg, and has been profiled in Entrepreneur Magazine and ISO & Agent Magazine, among other publications and media outlets.

Terry Sullivan

Chief of Staff

Terry Sullivan

Chief of Staff

As Chief of Staff, Terry Sullivan is responsible for managing and coordinating strategic business initiatives and helping to guide them to completion. Terry also plans and directs administrative and operational activities on behalf of the CEO and other company executives. Terry graduated cum laude from Hood College and received a Juris Doctorate from the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University. He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Taylor Lauber

Chief Strategy Officer

Taylor Lauber

Chief Strategy Officer

Taylor works within the Strategic Projects Group at Shift4 and is mainly focused on evaluating and executing on business development opportunities. Prior to joining Shift4, Taylor worked Blackstone in a variety of roles, most recently as the COO and lead portfolio manager for Blackstone Total Alternatives Solutions funds. He also worked on various initiatives within corporate Finance and on the development of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions group. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Taylor worked as a Private Banker at Merrill Lynch where he advised numerous Fortune 500 companies and their executives on capital markets transactions. Taylor received an Economics and Finance Degree from Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He is currently a member of the Young Leaders Society for the United Way of New York City.

Brad Herring

Chief Financial Officer

Brad Herring

Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Brad is responsible for all financial elements of Shift4 including accounting, financial planning and analysis, cash management, and tax. Prior to joining Shift 4, Brad was the CFO of Elavon, one of the world’s largest merchant processors. Prior to Elavon, Brad served as the CFO for the Digital Banking group at Fiserv and held various leadership roles at Equifax. Brad holds a BS in Management and an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.

Doug Demko

Chief Operating Officer

Doug Demko

Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer, Doug Demko oversees the entire organization’s operations. This includes customer service, 24/7 technical support, inventory and deployment, customer onboarding, order fulfillment, equipment installation and on-site services.

Scott Carcillo

Chief Payments Officer

Michael Russo

Chief Technology Officer

Michael Russo

Chief Technology Officer

Michael Russo has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality and healthcare technology space, building cutting-edge software products, leading agile teams, driving strategic business initiatives and developing go-to-market strategies. Prior to joining Shift4 Payments, Mr. Russo was Chief Technology Officer at MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading hospitality solutions provider that was acquired and renamed Oracle Hospitality. Throughout his career, Michael has worked with companies at all stages, including venture-backed start-ups, turnarounds and public companies.

Michael Isaacman

Chief Commercial Officer

Michael Isaacman

Chief Commercial Officer

Michael Isaacman is the Chief Commercial Officer at Shift4 Payments, responsible for the revenue strategy, marketing, sales support as well as building upon critical customer and partner relationships. He brings over two decades of leadership in growing revenue, defining business development strategies, cultivating sales organizations and capturing new business across multiple B2B industries.

Prior to joining Shift4 Payments, Isaacman was a key executive at Draken International, where he had responsibility for sales strategy, process, quality management and winning large contracts across government, military and defense industry domains. Preceding Draken, Isaacman spent 20 years within the Information Technology Services industry successfully driving revenue, building sales organizations and implementing creative business solutions for Fortune 500 companies and government organizations.

Jordan Frankel

General Counsel

Jordan Frankel

General Counsel

As General Counsel, Jordan Frankel oversees the company's legal team, human resources department and quality control department. Jordan has been instrumental in contract negotiations as well as various other legal matters for the company. Mr. Frankel attended the Syracuse University Martin J. Whitman School of Management, then Quinnipiac University School of Law where he obtained his law degree and the Quinnipiac University Lender School of Business where he obtained his Masters in Business Administration.

Gail Miller

Chief Accounting Officer

Steven Sommers

Chief Application Architect

Steven Sommers

Chief Application Architect

Steve has nearly 40 years of software development experience. He is responsible for user interface design and is the co-architect and primary developer of Shift4's Application Program Interface (API). Steve has developed a wide variety of accounting software applications and specialty programs, including the majority of the auditing functions within the Shift4 gateway. Steve is a specialist in multitasking communications applications and is considered the father of Shift4's original payment application,  $$$ IN THE BANK.

Kevin Cronic

Chief System Architect

Kevin Cronic

Chief System Architect

A prolific programmer, Kevin has more than four decades of experience in software development. While the majority of his handiwork is never seen by end-users, Kevin's systems are what make Shift4's 99.98% gateway uptime possible. Kevin earned his BSCS degree from California State University, Fullerton. He is the primary developer of Shift4's Universal Transaction Gateway® (UTG). He also designed and developed Shift4's communications connections to all the major processing companies.

Daniel Drasin

Chief Development Officer

Daniel Drasin

Chief Development Officer

Daniel Drasin has nearly three decades of experience leading and transforming product development organizations in the hospitality, healthcare and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining Shift4 Payments, Mr. Drasin was Vice President of Food & Beverage Development at MICROS Systems, Inc. and continued to lead the organization after it was acquired by Oracle. In this role, he was responsible for all F&B-related product development, with additional responsibilities in professional services deliveries and hardware engineering.

Brendan Lauber

President & CTO, Harbortouch

Tim Ernst

President & CTO, Future POS

Jay Shavitz

President & CTO, Restaurant Manager

Peter Lipman

President & CTO, POSitouch

Mike Ward

EVP, Operations

Phil Crofton

EVP, Direct Sales

Joe Messina

EVP, Direct Sales

Soo Kwon

EVP, Strategy

Shanna Milford

SVP, Human Resources

Shashi Varma

SVP, Information Technology

Brian Downs

SVP, Finance & Treasury

Tracey Hickey

SVP, Legal Operations

Val Apoderado

SVP, Payments Group

Rohan Mani

SVP, Business Development

Suzanne Davis

SVP, Business Development

Daniel Montellano

SVP, Enterprise Development

Emily Hess

SVP, Risk

Kyle Lasko

SVP, Payment Operations

Sasha Serok

SVP, Service & Support

Nate Hirshberg

VP, Marketing

Sophie Kioulos

VP, Creative Services

Joseph Daddona

VP, Operations

David Robertson

VP, Customer Experience

Samantha A. Weeks

VP, Corporate Transformation

Bruce Hildreth

VP, Software Engineering

Steven Calandrelli

VP, Development

Bill Masker

VP, Customer Deployments

Bryan Schmutz

VP, Service and Support

Matt Herbert

VP, Information Technology

Efren Mannino

VP, Channel Operations

Kristin Moretz

VP, Human Resources

Annette Wilson

VP, People & Culture

Min Chung

VP, Compensation and Benefits

Aaron Thieme

VP, Assistant General Counsel

Amber Olson

VP, Client Services

Jared Isaacman

Jared Isaacman has served as Shift4 Payments, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors since its formation, and is the Founder of Shift4 Payments, LLC, as well as serving as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Shift4 Payments, LLC’s board of managers since its founding in 1999. Mr. J. Isaacman is also the founder and a current member of the board of directors of Draken International, a provider of contract air services. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. J. Isaacman was named as a finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, was the youngest person to ever be named to the list of “Industry Leaders” by The Green Sheet, a leading publication in the credit card industry and has been recognized as one of “America’s Best Entrepreneurs” by BusinessWeek magazine and “30 Entrepreneurs Under 30” by Inc. Magazine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We believe Mr. J. Isaacman is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive experience in executive leadership positions in the payment processing industry and his knowledge of our business in particular, gained through his services as our Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Don Isaacman

Donald Isaacman has served as a member of the board of directors of Shift4 Payments, Inc. since its formation, and has served as the President and a member of the board of managers of Shift4 Payments, LLC since its founding in 1999. From February 1971 to September 2000, Mr. D. Isaacman also served as the Vice President of Supreme Security Systems, Inc., a home alarm and business security system company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Sales from Monmouth University. We believe Mr. D. Isaacman is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his senior management experience and his knowledge of our business in particular, gained through his services as our President.

Christopher Cruz

Christopher Cruz has served as a member of the board of directors of Shift4 Payments, Inc. since its formation, and as a member of the board of managers of Shift4 Payments, LLC since May 2016. Mr. Cruz is a Managing Director at Searchlight, which he joined in 2011. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Cruz served on the investment team at Oaktree Capital Management, a global alternative investment management firm. Prior to that, Mr. Cruz was in the leveraged finance and restructuring group at UBS Investment Bank, from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Cruz has also served as a member of the board of directors of M&M Food Market, a frozen food retail chain, since 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Honors Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. We believe Mr. Cruz is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive experience in finance and capital markets and his knowledge of our business in particular, gained through his services as a member of our board of managers.

Karen Roter Davis

Ms. Davis is Director of Early Stage Projects at X (formerly Google X) and focuses on providing strategic direction and oversight for a portfolio of early-stage technology ventures. Ms. Davis has held various senior positions at Google in her career – initially from 2003 through 2008 -- serving as a Principal in their New Business Development group, and overseeing operations for the company’s groundbreaking IPO in 2004. More recently, in September 2016 she returned to Google as Director for mapping and local search strategy and business development by way of Alphabet’s acquisition of Urban Engines, a geospatial analytics platform. Ms. Davis was Urban Engines’ first business hire and helped establish foundational business development, strategy, and operations functions in her role. She previously served on the board of Innovyze, acquired by Autodesk, where she was chair of the audit committee and member of the compensation committee. Ms. Davis earned her MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, and her B.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs. We believe Ms. Davis is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to her two decades of experience in the technology industry and her various senior leadership and advisory roles spanning startups to global corporations.

Nancy Disman

Nancy Disman has been nominated to serve on our board of directors. Ms. Disman is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Intrado Corporation, a provider of cloud-based technology, which she joined in December 2017. From 2016 to 2017, Ms. Disman served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the Merchant Acquiring Segment of Total System Services, Inc., a global provider of payment solutions. Ms. Disman has also served as a member of the board of directors of Intrado Foundation since June 2019 and various subsidiaries of Intrado Corporation since December 2017. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. We believe Ms. Disman is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her experience in leading companies in the payments industry and her knowledge in finance and accounting.

Sarah Grover

Sarah Grover has been nominated to serve on our board of directors. Ms. Grover is the interim Chief Marketing Officer of Veggie Grill, a vegan and vegetarian food chain, which she joined in January 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Grover served in executive marketing roles at various food & beverages companies, including Garden Fresh Restaurants, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and True Food Kitchen, since 2016. Ms. Grover has also served various executive roles at California Pizza Kitchen, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer. Ms. Grover has served as a member of the board of directors of the Annual UCLA Restaurant Conference since 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from DePauw University. We believe Ms. Grover is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her experience and insight acquired from leading companies in the restaurant and consumer industries.

Jonathan Halkyard

Jonathan Halkyard has been nominated to serve on our board of directors. From 2013 to 2019, Mr. Halkyard held various senior management positions at Extended Stay America, Inc., an integrated hotel owner and operator, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Halkyard has also served as a member of the board of directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. since September 2011, including as the chair of its nominating and governance committee and member of its finance committee since June 2016, and as a member of its audit committee since September 2013. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colgate University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. We believe Mr. Halkyard is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his experience in leading companies in the finance and hospitality industries and his knowledge of the board and corporate governance practices of other organizations.

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