Joe Proto

Investor

Co-Founder at Windham Venture Partners · Co-Founder at Windham Capital Partners

New York, New York

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Co-founder of Windham and Chairman/CEO of Transactis. A veteran of the billing and payments industry, he previously founded REMITCO and Financial Telesis, both later acquired.

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Invests in

BiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechSaaS

Experience

Green Check; Finexio; Identifee; LendKey; Photon Commerce; Google Cloud EABBoard Chairman, Director, Advisorcurrent2021 — present
Windham VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2004 — presentNYC
Mastercard (retired)Executive Vice President2019 — 2022
TransactisChairman and CEO2007 — 2019
First Data now FiservPresident, REMITCO2000 — 2006
REMITCO acquired by FirstData now part of FiservFounder-CEO1995 — 2000
CoreStates Bank now part of Wells FargoSVP1992 — 1995
Financial Telesis / CashFlexCo-Founder/Executive acquired by Corestates Bank now part of Wells Fargo1982 — 1992

Education

Maharishi International UniversityMA, Education1978 — 1980
Montclair State UniversityBA, English1974 — 1978

Skills & more

Strategic Partnerships99Electronic Payments61Thought Leadership3Debit Cards1Start-ups54Enterprise Software1Portfolio Management19Outsourcing2Payments76Account Management1E-commerce11Entrepreneurship12

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Product ManagementFinancial ServicesCustomer AcquisitionManagementSaaSExecutive ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBankingStrategyStrategic PlanningLeadershipMobile Devices

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