Ken Allen
InvestorOperator | Board member | Advisor at Vendara at Leaders Fund
Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States
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About
Operator, board member and advisor at Vendara within the High Velocity Community.
Experience
- VendoIQBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
- BeeBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Fravity AIAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- IronVestAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- KWA LLCPresidentcurrent2014 — present
- TryNovaAdvisor2023 — 2025
- Vendara (Formerly Choice Merchant Solutions)Chief Operating Officer2023 — 2024Tennessee, United States
- Warburg Pincus LLCAdvisor2023
- LiminalPrincipal Advisor2022 — 2023
- BillGOBoard Member2018 — 2023
- HelloPatientsChief Executive Officer2021 — 2022Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- EquifaxGlobal SVP Identity, Fraud and Compliance2017 — 2021Atlanta Metropolitan Area
- SocureSVP Operations2015 — 2017Greater Richmond Region
- Capital OneSVP, Fraud and Debit Operations/VP Bank Analysis2013 — 2014Greater Richmond Region
- Western UnionVP, Head of Payments, Fraud and Operations at Western Union Ventures (WU Digital)2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Western UnionVice President of Risk Management2004 — 2012
- First Data CorporationDirector2004 — 2006Englewood, CO
- ExpanetsDirector of Treasury2000 — 2004
- CDI Contractors, LLCFinance Manager1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Management39Strategy99Leadership36Analysis18Board of Directors2CEO1Change Management11Modeling3Technical Understanding2Payments74E-commerce51Fraud Management1
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Executive ManagementOperations ManagementProject CoordinationFraudFinancial AnalysisTechnical AnalysisRisk ManagementAnalyticsBusiness Process ImprovementCredit CardsProgram ManagementElectronic PaymentsLanguages 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
- Who is Ken Allen?
- Operator, board member and advisor at Vendara within the High Velocity Community.
- Where does Ken Allen work?
- Ken Allen is Operator | Board member | Advisor at Vendara at Leaders Fund.
- Where did Ken Allen go to school?
- Ken Allen studied at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Masters, Business Administration); Metropolitan State University of Denver (Bachelor's, Finance).
Same school
Also attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock7
Jeff StandridgeCo-Founder & General Partner at Cadron Capital PartnersBrad JohnsPartner at Yaletown PartnersMax HooperBoard Member at InveniamTerry GiltonPartner at Celesta CapitalMATT JORDANMANAGER AND CEO at Premier Performance HoldingsAulicino EricExecutive Officer at LifeAire Systems
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Also attended Metropolitan State University of Denver15
Michael EarnestSenior Advisor Utility Executive at Ridgewood InfrastructureNatasha WhitledgeHead of Brand Operations at Founders FundAmanda MallecOffice Manager and Executive Assistant at Resource Capital FundsClint SharpCo-Founder and CEO at CriblJayson DenneyExecutive Officer at Horne TechnologiesSteffany AyalaChief Financial Officer at Trelora
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Shared employers
Also worked at VendoIQ2
Also worked at Fravity AI1
Also worked at Warburg Pincus LLC123
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
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Also worked at Liminal6
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