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Served startups, mid-size & mature fintech/martech companies in the financial services, payments, retail & energy industries. Successful record of exceeding financial goals & driving revenue growth for existing/new businesses. Expertise in building and leading world-class leadership teams to create & execute strategy for short and long-term value. Responsible for sustainable business model transformations; product development including building & buying tech; turnarounds; business development & strategic partnerships. Keen understanding of the future landscape, including the importance of environmental, sustainable governance & knowledge to invest in technology and other products to meet current and future digital consumer and market needs.As President & CEO of Harland Clarke (HC), protected the core business and built for the future by accelerating growth of a marketing services' business; led the strategic acquisition of QuickPivot, a CDP and MarTech platform (became its CEO in Sep2019). Stabilized HC’s mature product line (checks), improved the product operating margins and client retention. Expanded Marketing Services, doubling its growth in 3 years, driving HC’s transformation from a payments and printing company to a customer engagement company, with technology-enabled services driving growth.Before, as President & CEO at Ecova, preserved and improved the core business while expanding into new services & building for the future. Grew revenue, EBITDA, improved operating margins, strengthened Ecova’s market position.Joined Ecova as SVP & GM, directed sales, consulting, client management teams & operations; grew revenue.Previously, as SVP, Sales & Marketing, Harland Clarke, led $1B in revenue, was responsible for sales/mktg services. Built 500-person nat’l team & increased profitability.Earlier, as VP, Business Dev, increased company-wide cross-sell rate.BS cum laude from Colorado State,completed exec programs at Emory University’s Goizueta, Wharton & Harvard business schools.

Most recently, Mr. Chia was Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Grubhub, the nation’s leading online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace. During his tenure as COO, Mr. Chia helped significantly grow Grubhub’s restaurant network to more than 95,000 restaurants in 1,700 cities nationwide and was the architect of the rapidly expanding Grubhub Delivery Network. Prior to Grubhub, Mr. Chia led strategic businesses and organizations at Amazon, Cisco and General Electric. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he holds a seat on the advisory board, and an MBA from Emory University.