Socure CEO and leadership

Johnny Ayers is the Founder and CEO of Socure. Johnny has managed and led strategy for the Direct Sales, Channel, Product and Growth organizations in various capacities since founding the company in 2012.

Johnny has been instrumental in building Socure's tremendous customer base and suite of industry-leading Identity and Fraud solutions. Johnny is a frequent industry speaker as an expert on Fraud, Authentication and KYC/AML and has been quoted in publications such as the WSJ, Forbes, Cheddar and PYMNTS.com.

Johnny is also an investor and advisor to the startup ecosystem including being an LP in Commerce Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Public, Astra, Paytm, Acorns, Zaam, Alloy, BillGo, amongst others.

Accomplished Senior Executive and Board Member with 20+ years of diverse financial, operational, turnaround and transactional experience, having served as a financial officer, management consultant/CFO advisor and board member, primarily at technology companies. Exposure to a broad range of evolving and complex - including distressed/crisis - situations. Sub-specialty: making order out of chaos. Clear focus on maximizing shareholder value. Core competencies include:

Emerging/High-Growth Cos

Financial Operations

Strategic Planning

Budgeting & Forecasting (P&L/Cash Flow)

Corporate Finance & Debt/Equity Raise

Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Process Re-engineering

Turnaround and Restructuring

Treasury Operations & Risk Management

International Operations

U.S. GAAP & SEC Technical Accounting

SEC Reporting, Registration Stmts. & Inquiries

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Restatements & Regulatory Matters

Corporate Governance

Crisis Management

Rivka Gewirtz Little, Research Director, Global Payment Strategies, IDC Rivka Gewirtz Little is Research Director for IDC Financial Insights responsible for the global payments practice. Ms. Little’s core research coverage includes the transformation of payment networks and technology, including the global move to real-time payments, as well as open banking and the interconnected financial services ecosystem. Ms. Little will additionally focus on digital, mobile and alternative payments. With a background in financial crime technology, Ms. Little will monitor the regulatory and financial crime implications of the payments revolution.

Full-stack growth CMO with a proven track record in building differentiated brands, demand generation engines and scalable teams for rapid revenue and marketing share growth for VC-funded and PE-owned companies to drive to a successful exit -- from an acquisition to IPO. Specializing in cyber security, digital identity, fraud protection, cloud and IT infrastructure spaces. 20 years of experience in building winning marketing teams and strategies, metrics-driven demand and revenue generation engines, and highly differentiated messaging, branding, and categories.Extensive knowledge in strategic planning, product marketing, public and analyst relations, category building, public speaking, online/ABM/SDR demand generation, field marketing, sales and partner enablement. Recognized by WSJ in Top 35 Marketing Executive List (along with CMOs from Google, Old Navy, Pepsico, Splunk, Uber, Clorox, and others). Experience with growing revenue in series A - C startups, series D- Mezzanine round companies, and public corporations:$500K -| $15MM (Zetta.net, Symantec Health)$15MM -| $100MM (Kount, Aryaka Networks, HP Security)$100MM -| $1B (Symantec, HP, Panda Security, Equifax)Recent success highlights:- $640M acquisition of Kount by Equifax - 4x revenue growth in 3 years (Aryaka Networks)- 17x revenue growth in 3 years (Zetta.net)- 11x customer acquisition cost reduction in 2 years (Zetta.net)- Category leadership (Kount, Aryaka Networks, Zetta.net, HP Security, Symantec IDS / IPS)

Johnny Ayers is the Founder and CEO of Socure. Johnny has managed and led strategy for the Direct Sales, Channel, Product and Growth organizations in various capacities since founding the company in 2012.

Johnny has been instrumental in building Socure's tremendous customer base and suite of industry-leading Identity and Fraud solutions. Johnny is a frequent industry speaker as an expert on Fraud, Authentication and KYC/AML and has been quoted in publications such as the WSJ, Forbes, Cheddar and PYMNTS.com.

Johnny is also an investor and advisor to the startup ecosystem including being an LP in Commerce Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Public, Astra, Paytm, Acorns, Zaam, Alloy, BillGo, amongst others.

Accomplished Senior Executive and Board Member with 20+ years of diverse financial, operational, turnaround and transactional experience, having served as a financial officer, management consultant/CFO advisor and board member, primarily at technology companies. Exposure to a broad range of evolving and complex - including distressed/crisis - situations. Sub-specialty: making order out of chaos. Clear focus on maximizing shareholder value. Core competencies include:

Emerging/High-Growth Cos

Financial Operations

Strategic Planning

Budgeting & Forecasting (P&L/Cash Flow)

Corporate Finance & Debt/Equity Raise

Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Process Re-engineering

Turnaround and Restructuring

Treasury Operations & Risk Management

International Operations

U.S. GAAP & SEC Technical Accounting

SEC Reporting, Registration Stmts. & Inquiries

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Restatements & Regulatory Matters

Corporate Governance

Crisis Management

Rivka Gewirtz Little, Research Director, Global Payment Strategies, IDC Rivka Gewirtz Little is Research Director for IDC Financial Insights responsible for the global payments practice. Ms. Little’s core research coverage includes the transformation of payment networks and technology, including the global move to real-time payments, as well as open banking and the interconnected financial services ecosystem. Ms. Little will additionally focus on digital, mobile and alternative payments. With a background in financial crime technology, Ms. Little will monitor the regulatory and financial crime implications of the payments revolution.

Johnny Ayers is the Founder and CEO of Socure. Johnny has managed and led strategy for the Direct Sales, Channel, Product and Growth organizations in various capacities since founding the company in 2012.

Johnny has been instrumental in building Socure's tremendous customer base and suite of industry-leading Identity and Fraud solutions. Johnny is a frequent industry speaker as an expert on Fraud, Authentication and KYC/AML and has been quoted in publications such as the WSJ, Forbes, Cheddar and PYMNTS.com.

Johnny is also an investor and advisor to the startup ecosystem including being an LP in Commerce Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Public, Astra, Paytm, Acorns, Zaam, Alloy, BillGo, amongst others.