BitPay Onboards E-commerce Expert Bill Zielke to Head Marketing
- Bill held several roles with leading B2B and B2C companies including Forter, eBay and PayPal.
BitPay has poached e-commerce veteran Bill Zielke as the crypto Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl provider looks to expand its business and flex its marketing muscle across the mainstream finance space. Zielke has taken on the firm's newly-created role as BitPay’s first chief marketing officer effective September 2019.
“As BitPay looks to maintain and expand its leadership position as the largest global Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe payments provider, we realized we needed a seasoned marketer to advance the company to the next level,” said Stephen Pair, CEO, and co-founder of BitPay.
Zielke is an experienced executive with a career spanning over two decades, where he led profitable business at various fintech and payment technology companies. Most recently, he was CMO at Ingo Money, a payments technology company that enables businesses and banks to send funds to more than four billion debit, prepaid, credit card, and mobile wallet accounts.
BitPay drives greater crypto acceptance
Prior to joining Ingo Money, Zielke has served as head of eBay Motors, responsible for marketing and sales for the company’s vehicles business unit. He also held other senior marketing roles at PayPal, where he was responsible for driving the market strategy for its flagship payment product Express Checkout.
In previous roles, Zielke led go-to-market plans for Bill Me Later, his Linkedin shows, part of a career dating back to 1993.
BitPay facilitates the acceptance of cryptocurrencies by monitoring, validating, and confirming client transactions on each blockchain. On the merchant side, Bitpay allows clients to settle in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash, and has recently added options to settle in multiple stablecoins, including Circle USDC and Gemini Dollar.
Commenting on his appointment, Zielke said: “The future of payments is on the blockchain and BitPay is at the forefront of blockchain-payment technology globally. My career goals have been to helping cutting edge companies build and launch new products into new markets to grow. BitPay has the opportunity to disrupt the current global payments market as blockchain is superior and less expensive than traditional payment processing methods because every transaction is verified, recorded and stored on a public, tamper-resistant ledger.”
BitPay has poached e-commerce veteran Bill Zielke as the crypto Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl provider looks to expand its business and flex its marketing muscle across the mainstream finance space. Zielke has taken on the firm's newly-created role as BitPay’s first chief marketing officer effective September 2019.
“As BitPay looks to maintain and expand its leadership position as the largest global Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe payments provider, we realized we needed a seasoned marketer to advance the company to the next level,” said Stephen Pair, CEO, and co-founder of BitPay.
Zielke is an experienced executive with a career spanning over two decades, where he led profitable business at various fintech and payment technology companies. Most recently, he was CMO at Ingo Money, a payments technology company that enables businesses and banks to send funds to more than four billion debit, prepaid, credit card, and mobile wallet accounts.
BitPay drives greater crypto acceptance
Prior to joining Ingo Money, Zielke has served as head of eBay Motors, responsible for marketing and sales for the company’s vehicles business unit. He also held other senior marketing roles at PayPal, where he was responsible for driving the market strategy for its flagship payment product Express Checkout.
In previous roles, Zielke led go-to-market plans for Bill Me Later, his Linkedin shows, part of a career dating back to 1993.
BitPay facilitates the acceptance of cryptocurrencies by monitoring, validating, and confirming client transactions on each blockchain. On the merchant side, Bitpay allows clients to settle in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash, and has recently added options to settle in multiple stablecoins, including Circle USDC and Gemini Dollar.
Commenting on his appointment, Zielke said: “The future of payments is on the blockchain and BitPay is at the forefront of blockchain-payment technology globally. My career goals have been to helping cutting edge companies build and launch new products into new markets to grow. BitPay has the opportunity to disrupt the current global payments market as blockchain is superior and less expensive than traditional payment processing methods because every transaction is verified, recorded and stored on a public, tamper-resistant ledger.”