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Matthew Gillin — AMPP Holdings
Mr. Gillin has been an active entrepreneur and pioneer in the financial technology industry for almost 20 years. Currently, Mr. Gillin is CEO of AMPP Holdings, a holding company founded in 2009 that invests in the financial technology sector. Most recently, Mr. Gillin served as the CEO for Ecount, Inc., a company he co-founded in his parent’s basement with his friend Paul Raden. Together, they built Ecount into the recognized leader in the prepaid card industry, and in 2007, they sold the company to Citi, thereby delivering considerable value to their investors and shareholders.
Mr. Gillin remained as the CEO of the renamed business until August of 2009 and was responsible for making Citi Prepaid Services the world’s first global prepaid solution provider. During Mr. Gillin's twelve years of leadership, the company delivered innovative payment solutions for Verizon Wireless, Microsoft, Sprint, Ford, GM, Toyota, Home Depot, as well as The State of Maryland and The State of Kansas.
Mr. Gillin is regarded as an innovator in financial technology and holds two patents in the US patent office for his inventions around electronic payments. Upon his departure, Citi Prepaid Services was issuing over 14 million cards per year, and delivering solutions in more than 40 countries to nearly 2,000 clients in the United States, Europe and Asia.
A start-up veteran, Mr. Gillin was also the co-founder of C/Base, a consultancy business that specialized in partnership marketing services for Internet-based companies. Over a two year period, C/Base structured more than $1/2 billion in total partnership deal value for industry-leading online businesses, such as Amazon, Microsoft, Netscape, Hotmail and others.
Mr. Gillin is a 2002 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and in 2004 was named one of the Philadelphia region's most influential executives under the age of 40. In 2006, Mr. Gillin was named the CEO of the Year by the Eastern Technology Council, and was awarded the Walter M. Aikman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007.
A recognized financial technology industry expert, Mr. Gillin has been featured by numerous national news outlets, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Dow Jones, and profiled in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Mr. Gillin graduated with a B.A. from Denison University.
