Scott Goldthwaite was named new Senior Vice President of Operations at ROAM less than two weeks ago, on April 1, 2013. A man with experience at payments innovators such as Payment Planet, Hypercom, WAY Systems and other companies, Goldthwaite’s resume speaks for itself when it comes to mobile payments and international expansion.
How does ROAM plan on leveraging Goldthwaite’s experience, and what attracted Goldthwaite to ROAM? PYMNTS.com spoke with ROAM’s new executive to find out.
According to Goldthwaite, ROAM is well positioned for success because of the biggest demand in the market today: mobility.
“In prior companies I’ve been fortunate to work with many of the world’s largest acquiring banks and processing partners, as well as their large and small retail restaurants and hospitality merchants all around the world,” Goldthwaite said.
“And over the last 24 months, the number one thing on all merchants’ to-do lists right now is mobility. Merchants want to be more agile to better serve their customers, and they want to be able to conduct businesses wherever their customers are.”
Goldthwaite said that desire for mobility stems from what he calls a “pervasive bubble of connectivity,” in which people are connected to one another and to their businesses all the time.
“Whether we’re on the turnpike in our car, 40,000 feet on an airplane or 200 miles out to sea on a cruise ship, we are in constant connection both at a personal level – and more importantly at a business level – with all of our enterprise applications,” Goldthwaite said. “ROAM is in a very attractive place to serve that, and I’m very excited to be a part of that opportunity.”
So how does Goldthwaite plan to use his experience and expertise as ROAM’s new SVP of Operations? According to the man himself, mobility and international growth are key.
“As SVP of Operations, my immediate focus will be on aligning initiatives and organizing resources so we can capitalize on the most relevant opportunities that provide ROAM with significant growth both here domestically, but more importantly internationally,” Goldthwaite said. ““When you combine the fantastic mobile product sets with the global distribution channel that’s available to ROAM now, the company is poised for hyper-growth.”
To hear more Goldthwaite on his role as SVP of Operations at ROAM, listen to the full podcast below.
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Scott Goldthwaite
SVP of Operations, ROAM
Scott is an experienced payments industry professional with over 15 years of experience in driving business growth with technology-focused companies in emerging markets in the payments industry. Most recently, he served as a senior member of the leadership team at Planet Payment where he was responsible for directing the product management and marketing efforts to drive Planet Payments business globally. Prior to Planet Payment, Goldthwaite was Vice President, Mobile Business Development at Hypercom (acquired by VeriFone) where he was responsible for business development and marketing of Hypercom’s integrated payment solutions and mobile POS terminal solutions. Prior to joining Hypercom, Goldthwaite was a founding member of WAY Systems, (acquired by VeriFone), an innovative mobile POS systems provider. Scott has authored several patents in the field of mobile payments and holds a B.S. degree in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University and a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University.