by Ken Kruszka

Kenneth Kruszka drives m-Via‘s strategic product vision and roadmap, as well as their realization through the creation of industry-leading mobile financial products and services. In his role, Ken leads the product management, product development, service delivery, and information technology organizations.

Previously, as co-founder and CEO of m-Via Financial Services, Ken grew the company into an industry-recognized leader in mobile financial services and brought the company to cash-flow positive before leading the sale of m-Via to Clikit Technologies (which subsequently rebranded itself as m-Via).

In addition to Ken’s success in leading innovative technology-based financial services initiatives at m-Via, SVC Financial Services, Mellon Capital Management, and Wells Fargo, Ken also brings to his role extensive experience in the development and marketing of products and solutions for the telecommunications, energy, and automotive industries, as well as for the US Department of Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and NASA.

Ken holds a BS with distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University, an MS in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the University of San Francisco.

View Ken’s LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kruszka.

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• PACT International Investment Forum – March 2010
  Innovation Winner: “m-Via Mobile Money Transfer Service”
  
• Mobile Rules sponsored by Nokia – March 2008
  First Runner-Up (Business Plan): “The Mobile Transaction Network (www.MTxN.net)”
  

Upcoming and Recent Speaking Engagements

• Future of Money and Technology Summit – San Francisco, CA – February 2011
  “Serving the Unbanked”
• Prepaid and Mobile Payments 2010 – Denver, CO – June 2010
  “Mobile Payment – The Next Generation Payment”
• East Bay Innovation Group – Best Practices – Oakland, CA – November 2009
  “The Realities of Launching a Software Startup”
• Mobile2.0 Meetup – San Francisco, CA – December 2008
  “Mobile International Remittance for the Unbanked Consumer”
• Mobile Financial Services Summit – Denver, CO – July 2008
  “It Takes a Network: Bridging the Mobile Transactions Chasm”
• MobileCampSF2 – San Francisco, CA – June 2008
  “The Power of Mobile: Reducing Global Poverty”
• Mobile Rules Expo – Espoo, Finland – May 2008
  “The Mobile Transaction Network”
• SDForum – International Program:  The Impact of Technology on Emerging Economies:  Microfinance – Menlo Park, CA – February 2008
  “The Forgotten Billions”
• MobileCampSF – San Francisco, CA – November 2007
  “Mobile Payments: Showing Value to Overcome Consumer Doubt”