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Ken Allen

Investor

Operator | Board member | Advisor at Vendara at Leaders Fund

Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States

About

Operator, board member and advisor at Vendara within the High Velocity Community.

Experience

  1. VendoIQBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
  2. BeeBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  3. Fravity AIAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  4. IronVestAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  5. KWA LLCPresidentcurrent2014 — present
  6. TryNovaAdvisor2023 — 2025
  7. Vendara (Formerly Choice Merchant Solutions)Chief Operating Officer2023 — 2024Tennessee, United States
  8. Warburg Pincus LLCAdvisor2023
  9. LiminalPrincipal Advisor2022 — 2023
  10. BillGOBoard Member2018 — 2023
  11. HelloPatientsChief Executive Officer2021 — 2022Nashville, Tennessee, United States
  12. EquifaxGlobal SVP Identity, Fraud and Compliance2017 — 2021Atlanta Metropolitan Area
  13. SocureSVP Operations2015 — 2017Greater Richmond Region
  14. Capital OneSVP, Fraud and Debit Operations/VP Bank Analysis2013 — 2014Greater Richmond Region
  15. Western UnionVP, Head of Payments, Fraud and Operations at Western Union Ventures (WU Digital)2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Western UnionVice President of Risk Management2004 — 2012
  17. First Data CorporationDirector2004 — 2006Englewood, CO
  18. ExpanetsDirector of Treasury2000 — 2004
  19. CDI Contractors, LLCFinance Manager1997 — 2000

Education

  1. University of Arkansas at Little RockMasters, Business Administration
  2. Metropolitan State University of DenverBachelor's, Finance

Skills & more

Management39Strategy99Leadership36Analysis18Board of Directors2CEO1Change Management11Modeling3Technical Understanding2Payments74E-commerce51Fraud Management1
+12 moreExecutive ManagementOperations ManagementProject CoordinationFraudFinancial AnalysisTechnical AnalysisRisk ManagementAnalyticsBusiness Process ImprovementCredit CardsProgram ManagementElectronic Payments

Languages English

From Ken's professional profile.

Colleagues at Leaders Fund

Amiram Shachar
Co-Founder & CEO at Upwind at Leaders Fund
Dara Newton
Community at Leaders Fund
Dave MacDonald
Venture Partner at Leaders Fund
David Kamenetsky
Principal at Leaders Fund
David Priemer
Founder & Chief Sales Scientist, Cerebral Selling at Leaders Fund
David Stein
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Leaders Fund
Dianna Lai Read
Marketing at Leaders Fund
Galina Antova
Co-Founder & Chief BD Officer at Claroty at Leaders Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ken Allen work?
Ken Allen is Operator | Board member | Advisor at Vendara at Leaders Fund.

Same school

Also attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock4

Jeff StandridgeCo-Founder & General Partner at Cadron Capital PartnersBrad JohnsPartner at Yaletown PartnersMax HooperBoard Member at InveniamTerry GiltonPartner at Celesta Capital

Also attended Metropolitan State University of Denver1

Clint SharpCo-Founder and CEO at Cribl

Shared employers

Also worked at VendoIQ2

Lerry WilsonDirector at Innovation StudioDavid HowertonCEO VendoIQ at Innovation Studio

Also worked at Fravity AI1

Poorvi VijayPrincipal at Elevation Capital

Also worked at Warburg Pincus LLC72

Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesLawrence BettinoManaging Director at Dot CapitalAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMiloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI Capital

+ 66 more

Also worked at Liminal4

Andrew ShikiarVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesAlan TaetleGeneral Partner at Noro-Moseley PartnersPascal G BouvierSenior Practitioner Advisor at SC VenturesDasha CherepennikovaFounder at Line.Build