George Zirkel

About George Zirkel

Payments executive with significant business development, client collaboration and…

Experience

1. Senior Vice President and Head of Global Payments Strategy

   Transaction Network Services (TNS)

   Jul 2016 — Present

   TNS has been a trusted provider to the Payments industry for over 25 years. A core part of all of our solutions is the TNS Secure Payments Network, a unique, highly resilient network designed to securely and quickly deliver critical payment transaction information to banks, merchants, processors and other payment institutions. This network, which reliably delivers billions of transactions each year, is also used by TNS to deliver a host of innovative value added solutions to our customers, all of which are designed to help them improve their operational efficiencies and grow their revenues. TNS is a certified level 1 PCI DSS service provider. The Head of Global Payments Strategy works closely with the TNS leadership team at the organization’s headquarters in Reston, VA, as well as its in-country teams based across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. The role is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company’s Payments Division and contributing to the objectives of its product, sales, development and operations teams worldwide.

Skills

• Financial Risk
• E-Commerce
• Project Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Nfc
• Start-Ups
• Credit
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Development
• Mergers
• Strategy
• Analysis
• Mobile Payments
• Payment Systems
• Vendor Management
• Financial Analysis
• Payments
• Payment Card Processing
• Portfolio Management
• Product Management
• Electronic Payments