Sam Kies
Payments I GTM I Partnerships I Army Veteran
- Role
- Enterprise Sales at Checkout.com
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sam Kies
I like solving the hard, invisible problems in payments infrastructure that allows businesses to transact and grow. My background is a bit of a mix: I started as an Army officer and have spent the last decade-plus in the payments industry. While the environments have changed, the core challenge hasn\'t - leveraging the right infrastructure with a trusted team to navigate complex, high-stakes situations.I’m not interested in just \"driving results\" for the sake of it. I’m interested in untangling the friction in payments and building partnerships that can scale. I’m at my best when I’m leading a team through a problem that doesn\'t have a pre-written manual.What I focus on- Partnerships & Strategy: Building commercial and consumer capabilities that stick- Digital Innovation: Removing the friction from the transaction- Team Leadership: Building high-performing groups that actually enjoy working togetherOutside of work, you’ll likely find me doing dad things, stressing about the Mets, or thinking about the next time I can go skiing or fly-fishing. I take my work seriously, but I try not to take myself too seriously.If you want to talk about the future of payments or building better teams, feel free to reach out.
Experience
Enterprise Sales
Oct 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
Wake Forest University
BA, English, Economics
2004 — 2008
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Specializations: Strategy and Finance
2014 — 2016
Skills
- Investment Banking
- Counterterrorism
- Defense
- National Security
- Training
- Logistics
- Strategic Leadership
- Organizational Leadership
- Military Training
- Military Experience
- Military Operations
- Project Management
- Business Strategy
- Risk Management
- Command
- Change Management
- Military Logistics
- Resource Allocation
- Management
- Team Building
- Strategic Planning
- Strategy
- Leadership
- Military
- Logistics Management
- Operations Management
- Financial Analysis
- Security Clearance
- Army
- Counterinsurgency
- Microsoft Office
- Tactics
- Force Protection
- Public Speaking
- Business Transformation
- Maintenance Management
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Analysis
- Servant Leadership
- Financial Modeling
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