Management
Executive Profiles
Drew Sievers
Co-Founder & CEO
Drew Sievers has been creating and delivering technology-based marketing solutions for Fortune 500 companies for over 15 years. He has worked with world-leading brands such as Toyota, Lexus, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Continental Airlines, AT&T, Microsoft, Motorola and Disney. As co-founder of mFoundry, Drew set out with a vision to help companies find a way to leverage the power of mobile devices.
Prior to mFoundry, Drew was President of Semaphore Partners, one of the largest interactive agencies in the U.S. Before his role at Semaphore, Drew spent 5 years in Japan as Asia Regional Director for Saatchi & Saatchi. He also held management positions at top advertising agencies, Wieden & Kennedy and Ogilvy & Mather.
Rodney Aiglstorfer
Co-Founder & CTO
Rodney Aiglstorfer has been designing and developing internet-centric consumer solutions for U.S. and Japanese companies for over a decade. As the co-founder and CTO, Rodney is the principal architect and technical visionary of mFoundry.
Prior to mFoundry, Rodney was National Director of Technology for Semaphore Partners, one of the largest interactive agencies in the U.S. As such, he provided strategic technical leadership and managed engineering departments across three geographies (San Francisco, Chicago, and New York). During his tenure, Rodney helped deliver solutions for Orbitz, LeapFrog, RestaurantPro, Screen Actors Guild, Behr, and BEA.
Rodney also worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in their advanced solutions group where he specialized in Java-based Web-Centric Enterprise Architectures. Rodney began his professional career in Japan, working for a number of companies in electronic gaming and e-business solutions.
Kim Vogel
CFO
Kim brings a wealth of experience to mFoundry with skills in finance, management and operations. Kim has held a variety of positions from CFO at a top interactive agency to Senior Research Analyst and Vice President at Montgomery Securities (now Bank of America Securities). With expertise across a number of industries, Kim has worked at leading companies such as KPMG Peat Marwick and Sutter Health Systems. Kim has in-depth experience in strategic analysis, business valuation, financing, M&A and public markets.
Kim is an alumnus of St. Mary’s College where she is currently a Professor at the Graduate School of Business. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
John Pizzi
COO
John has been building high growth technology companies for over a decade. Along the way he’s helped some of the world’s most recognizable brands leverage technology to drive business innovation – AFLAC, AT&T, Bank of America, Citi, Continental Airlines, General Mills, Philip Morris, Starbucks, Starwood and more.
John joined mFoundry shortly after its founding and has led the growth of the operations into the leading provider of mobile financial technology services in the U.S. He manages mFoundry’s world-class products and services, with a focus on retaining talent and creating strong client, partner, and supplier relationships.
Prior to mFoundry, John held management positions with a number of Publicis Groupe companies, most recently, directing the New York operations of Arc Worldwide. Before Publicis, John led the development of Capital One’s online sales and customer servicing platform, ultimately helping to create one of the most trafficked sites in the Financial Services industry. John earned his B.S. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.
Drew Manning
VP of Product Support & Operations
Drew has 17+ years of extensive experience in vendor management, project management and data center support in the financial services and mobile technology industries. Prior to mFoundry, Drew worked at Vitech Systems Group where he managed end-to-end systems design, development, deployment and support. Andrew also worked for PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Andersen Consulting. He has designed and developed systems solutions for Financial Services companies including Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, Guy Carpenter/Marsh & McLennan and AAA.
As VP of Product Support & Operations, Drew oversees the data center operations of mFoundry’s managed service solutions. He also manages the installation of mFoundry software at our partner’s data centers, and is responsible for managing all 3rd party vendors. Drew’s team is responsible for all post-production support to mFoundry customers.
Anne Mueller
VP Human Resources
Anne brings 13+ years of human resources experience within financial services, staffing and technology industries. Her specialities include talent management, employee relations and start-ups. Prior to mFoundry, she held positions at Andor Capital, Semaphore Partners, and Banc of America Securities in human resources and recruiting roles. As VP of Human Resources, Anne oversees recruiting, health benefits and employee development initiatives. She has a B.A. in Organizational Communication from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Rob Sabella
SVP of Product Development
Rob brings deep expertise in product management and software development with an emphasis in the financial services industry. Prior to mFoundry, Rob was VP within the Internet Services Group at Wells Fargo where he provided leadership and oversight for all projects related to the wellsfargo.com web site. Rob has also held positions at Semaphore Partners, a web consulting firm and at Accenture, where he led projects for American Express, US Bank and Fireman’s Fund, among other financial services clients.
As SVP of Product, Rob oversees the mobile banking and mobile payments product teams. Rob is responsible for defining and delivering on the product roadmaps for mFoundry.
Alex Yi
SVP of Client Services
Alex brings 13+ years of management consulting experience specializing in financial services and mobile software technologies. Prior to mFoundry, he worked at Accenture in the Financial Services group for 11 years where he directed all aspects of program and project delivery for large and small system integration projects. Some of his key clients included Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase. As VP of Client Services, Alex leads the delivery of all Client Services work. Alex is responsible for working closely with our clients to ensure successful delivery on all projects.
Board
The mFoundry Board of Directors: The industry’s best thought leaders.
mFoundry’s board is a strategically selected group of thought leaders in the mobile, banking, payments, technology, and retail industries. This breadth of senior leadership provides mFoundry with an unparalleled view into the trends, opportunities, and business issues that will reshape the banking, payments, and retail industries.
Drew Sievers
Chairman & CEO
Drew Sievers has been creating and delivering technology-based marketing solutions for Fortune 500 companies for over 15 years. He has worked with world-leading brands such as Toyota, Lexus, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Continental Airlines, AT&T, Microsoft, Motorola and Disney. As co-founder of mFoundry, Drew set out with a vision to help companies find a way to leverage the power of mobile devices.
Prior to mFoundry, Drew was President of Semaphore Partners, one of the largest interactive agencies in the U.S. Before his role at Semaphore, Drew spent 5 years in Japan as Asia Regional Director for Saatchi & Saatchi. He also held management positions at top advertising agencies, Wieden & Kennedy and Ogilvy & Mather.
Gary Norcross
Corporate Executive Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer, FIS
As Chief Operating Officer of FIS, Gary Norcross is focused on steering the company’s global operations. Highly respected throughout the financial technology industry, Norcross has earned a reputation of being intensely customer-focused while maximizing performance. He has overseen phenomenal growth in his 22-year tenure at FIS by following his proven methodology – establish a sound, well-focused business strategy and then stay the course so it can achieve its objectives.
Kelly Rodriques
CEO, Pensco Trust
Kelly is currently the CEO of Pensco Trust, a leading provider of self-directed retirement solutions. Kelly is a highly accomplished visionary executive with experience in founding and operating growth companies. Over the last 14 years, he has successfully exited three companies at various stages of maturity in three different sectors of technology.
Prior to his duties at Pensco, Kelly was the CEO of Totality, now a $300 million advanced managed services unit within Verizon Business. Previously, he ran an internet marketing and development company called Novo which he sold to Publicis in 2001.
Mr. Rodriques is also an investor, advisor, and board member to several growth companies.
Brian McLoughlin
Partner, Global Retail Partners (GRP)
Brian is a Partner at GRP Partners, an investment fund targeting technology-based solutions for the retail industry. Previosuly, Brian spent nine years at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, most recently as a Senior Vice President in DLJ’s Investment Banking Division. Prior to joining GRP, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HomeSpace, Inc., a financial services company.
Brian brings to the firm substantial experience in advising growth stage companies in operations, capital raising and M&A. Brian attended Rutgers University where he received a BA, and received an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rich Tong
Founding Partner, Ignition Partners
Rich is a founding partner of Ignition Partner. He invests in telecommunications and wireless as well as end-user/consumer-facing companies. Rich is also the co-author of the bestselling, acclaimed new book, The Marketing Playbook.
Prior to Ignition, Rich spent 12 years at Microsoft where he most recently served as Vice President of Marketing for MS Office and BackOffice. He was responsible for business branding, advertising and pricing for the MS Office and BackOffice family of products, contributing to a $2 billion revenue stream and driving Windows NT and Exchange to become #1 in Microsoft’s unit sales. He oversaw the purchase and integration of over 20 different companies and technologies into the Microsoft enterprise software family.
Investors
Backed by some of the world’s most successful and powerful brands.
With a long history of success, mFoundry is in the fortunate position to carefully select investors that can add long-term strategic value to mFoundry and our clients.
As such, we are currently backed by leaders in the banking, processing, mobile, retail, technology, and payments industries. Our management team meets regularly with relevant investors to request strategic guidance and industry knowledge that can add value to our products and technology.
While our investors consistently add value to our business strategy, our management team ensures that no investor receives any confidential or proprietary client information.
MasterCard (NYSE: MA) is a global payments and technology company. It operates the world’s fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. MasterCard’s products and solutions make everyday commerce activities – such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more efficient for everyone. Learn more at www.mastercard.com, follow us on Twitter @mastercardnews or join the conversation on The Heart of Commerce Blog.
Fidelity Information Systems (FIS) is the world’s top-ranked technology provider to the banking industry. With more than 30,000 experts in 100 countries, FIS delivers the most comprehensive range of solutions for the broadest range of financial markets, all with a singular focus: helping you succeed. Every FIS solution has the strength you need for profitability today, and the power to help you manage whatever comes next. FIS is part of the S&P 500. FIS has also been named the number one overall financial technology provider in the world by American Banker and Financial Insights (FinTech 100).
Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 57 million consumer and small business relationships with 5,900 retail banking offices, more than 18,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with 29 million active users. Bank of America is among the world’s leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations in more than 40 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people’s lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information visit www.motorola.com/mobility.
PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay without sharing financial information and gives consumers the flexibility to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances. With more than 153 million accounts in 190 markets and 17 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global eCommerce. PayPal is an eBay company. More information about the company can be found at www.paypal.com.
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment and M&A organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, health, consumer Internet, digital media, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech.
Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$10.4 billion in over 1,185 companies in 51 countries. In that time frame, 194 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 286 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2010, Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 119 investments with approximately 44 percent of funds invested outside the U.S. and Canada. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com.
Apax Partners is one of the world’s leading private equity investment groups, operating across the United States, Europe and Israel. With more than 30 years of direct investing experience, Apax Partners Funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. It pursues a balanced equity portfolio strategy, investing in late venture, growth capital and buyouts. Apax Partners Funds invest in companies across its 6 chosen global sectors of information technology, telecommunications, healthcare, media, financial services, retail and consumer.
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading the way businesses interact with customers. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
GRP Partners is a venture capital and growth equity firm focused on financing and helping to build companies in business & consumer services, retail & related technology, and financial services & related technology. GRP Partners finances early-stage and late-stage companies that have developed solutions meeting pressing consumer and business needs. Over the course of nearly 20 years, the GRP Partners team has been involved with many companies that have become household names today, such as Costco, Starbucks, PETsMART, Office Depot, Ticketmaster, P.F. Chang’s and many others. • With offices and Los Angeles and London, GRP Partners manages approximately $650 million on behalf of more than 150 limited partners in North America and Europe. To learn more about GRP Partners, visit www.grpvc.com.
Ignition Partners, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a premier venture capital firm focused on investments in software and communications technology, with a particular emphasis in enterprise and consumer facing software and services, telecommunications and network infrastructure. Ignition brings together an unparalleled combination of domain focus, technical expertise and operational experience. Ignition’s partners are proven business leaders who have built some of the world’s most successful businesses of the last two decades, including Microsoft Windows, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless and Microsoft’s enterprise business. The VC’s founders are also credited with leading McCaw’s entry into wireless and Microsoft’s Internet turnaround.
Awards
mFoundry: The most awarded company in the mobile banking and payments industry.
With a focus on product innovation, solid technology, and real business results, our products have received more awards than any other competitor in the mobile banking and payments industry. The following awards are a sampling of accolades received by mFoundry.
