Dan Pelegero

Payments Consultant @Retail Payments Global Consulting Group

Seattle, WA, US

Consulted clients such as Fiserv, StockX, and Airbnb on payment acceptance, strategic planning, and developing payments infrastructure.* Identified opportunities for enterprise merchants to improve approval rates by at least 3%, lower costs by at least 0.30% to net revenue, and increase market size by up to 30% in specific countries.* Led payment service providers and gateway request-for-proposal and negotiations for clients transacting between USD $100 million and $6 billion in Total Processing Volume.* Delivered market analysis and insights for a fintech used to secure $25 million Series B funding.* Co-authored white papers that define the ‘payments orchestration layer’, a $1.2 billion market as of 2022.* Developed courses and led education programs for Airbnb, Meta, and the Merchant Advisory Group.* Designed and authored the Paladin Payment Vendor Report (20••••21), distributed to over merchant decision-makers and influencers.* Managed subject matter expert teams to consistently meet requirements and deadlines on over 95% of client engagements.* Grew the client portfolio by 28% and improved the count of annual RPGC engagements by 8x.* Recruited subcontractor experts to join the RPGC Group, growing available staff by 7x.

Emerson College

Bachelors, Film Production