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Johnny Ayers

Investor

Investor at Connectivity Ventures

Incline Village, Nevada, United States

FoundedSocure

About

Johnny Ayers is founder and CEO of Socure, an identity verification and risk decisioning platform serving approximately 3,000 enterprise customers across 195 countries. He established the company in 2012 and has built its digital identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention offerings. Ayers is also an investor and advisor to multiple financial services and fintech companies, and has received recognition including Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2022.

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Experience

  1. SocureFounder & CEOcurrent2012 — presentIncline Village, Nevada, United States
  2. Switch Hit VenturesFounder & General Partnercurrent2019 — presentThe Bahamas
  3. PagerAdvisor2013New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. Endeavor UpChief Operating Officer & Board Member2011 — 2013Greater New York City Area
  5. IBMSenior Consultant2009 — 2011Greater Boston

Education

  1. Boston College Carroll School of ManagementMS, Finance2008 — 2009
  2. Boston College Carroll School of ManagementBS, Finance2004 — 2008

Skills & more

Financial Modeling33Financial Analysis26Management Consulting4Strategic Planning16Business Development39Business Strategy15Project Management6Competitive Analysis6Strategy25Analysis24Marketing36Entrepreneurship12
+12 moreStart-upsFinanceStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsOperations ManagementDirect SalesVenture CapitalOnline FraudSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Financial Services

From Johnny's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Boston College Carroll School of Management49

Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionAmanda ChanInvestor at Third Rock VenturesKevin StarrInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAdam BrucePartner, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer at Flare Capital PartnersStefan SandovalPrincipal at SKY VCAndrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital

+ 43 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Socure16

Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveRory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersMerritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital VenturesRob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesMatthew ThompsonVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesGleb ChuvpiloManaging Partner at Thundermark Capital

+ 10 more

Also worked at Pager5

Todd KimmelManaging Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcGleb ChuvpiloManaging Partner at Thundermark CapitalPeter MiccaManaging Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersBill GeorgesPartner at AlleyCorpSander DuncanGeneral Partner at Lifeforce Capital

Also worked at IBM562

Kenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures

+ 556 more

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