Michael Praeger is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AvidXchange, the leading provider of on-demand accounts payables management and automated payment solutions. Since founding AvidXchange, Michael has led the company to secure the coveted title of Global Unicorn by CB Insights three years in a row, with a $1 billion-plus valuation by investors and 5,500 customers and 470,000 suppliers nationwide.

An expert on fintech, payments innovation, entrepreneurism and leadership, Michael has been an active participant and speaker at various industry conferences, including the 2018 Collision Conference and Money20/20. A Forbes contributor and having appeared in Authority Magazine, Business Insider, Inc., and The Wall Street Journal, he is considered a thought leader in developing creative solutions for mid-sized companies to grow their businesses, increase revenue and drive efficiencies.

Before establishing AvidXchange, Michael was Co-Founder of PlanetResume.com, a technology career enhancement and recruiting site that successfully completed its merger with CareerShop.com in November 1999. Prior to that, he was Co-Founder and CEO of InfoLink Partners, a software company specializing in automating the tax billing and collection functions for municipalities. Michael also served as an Associate with Summit Partners, a Boston-based Venture Capital and buyout partnership with more than $1 billion under management.

Michael is currently active in the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and serves on the advisory board of the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA).  He is also a board member of Charlotte City Center Partners, Kare Partners and E2D.

Michael received a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Georgetown University and is a graduate of the “Birthing of Giants” executive entrepreneurship program at MIT.

He lives in Lake Norman, N.C. with his wife.

Steve joined AvidXchange as Chief Operating Officer in April 2017 having spent his career in digital commerce, payments, and financial services.  Most recently, Boehm worked for eBay Inc. as Senior Vice President, Global Customer Experience, a 9,000-person world-wide team focused on making eBay easier to use and more reliable. Previously, Steve held senior leadership positions at First Data Corp., Wells Fargo/Wachovia Corp., and Visa Inc.  His functional breadth includes product management, technology delivery, service channel distribution, global operations, and process quality. He has his undergraduate degree in business from James Madison University, and an MBA in Information Systems from George Mason University.  He is a passionate fly-fisherman, leadership coach, and a student/practitioner of all things diversity.  Steve and his wife Mary live in Matthews, NC.

Dan is a Fintech leader with with 25+ years of Sales/Marketing, Product, and Operations experience at firms including GE, Bank of America, Capital One, and Fiserv where he excelled at helping teams drive next level growth.

Currently, Dan serves as the Chief Growth Officer for Avidxchange where he is charged with driving the overall execution of predictable, sustainable, and profitable revenue growth for the company.

Dan graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  Dan was Six Sigma Black Belt trained at GE as part of the Quality Leader track and has completed executive and senior executive course work at GE’s John F. Welch leadership institute.

Joel’s diverse experience, which includes international senior financial leadership roles at private and public companies, includes long-range financial planning and forecasting, operational accounting, annual budgeting, mergers and acquisitions and building and developing top talent.

Joel joined AvidXchange in 2017 as the Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Joel was the CFO at Quantros, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company in Greenville, S.C., that offers an enterprise-wide suite of applications that helps hospitals better manage the quality and safety of patient care. Prior to Quantros, Joel was the Senior Vice President of Finance for BenefitFocus, a leading SaaS provider of benefits administration software and solutions, and the CFO for the International division of Blackbaud. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG. Joel is a CPA and received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting with honors from the University of South Carolina.

Todd joined AvidXchange in 2014 to create and scale the Human Resources and Talent Management function.  Todd has over 26 years of experience with both public and private companies of varying sizes and industries in nearly every aspect of human resources.  Prior to joining AvidXchange, Todd held Senior HR positions at Bank of America for 11 years, focusing on talent management, development, and organizational effectiveness.  Todd holds a BSBA in Human Resources Management from The Ohio State University.  His family resides in the Lake Norman area.

Angelic Gibson joined AvidXchange in October 2018 as the Chief Information Officer.

Angelic has spent over 20 years in Information Technology serving the following industries: Higher Education, Wholesale Distribution and Logistics, Retail and Manufacturing in public, private equity and IPO models; including Technekes, LLC, American Tire Distributors (ATD), Estee Lauder, Inc, Sleepy’s, and the State University of NY.

Angelic has held various leadership positions, including most recently, the SVP, Information Technology at Technekes, based in Charlotte, NC. Previously, she worked for American Tire leading various IT operations functions since 2008.

Angelic has deep experience in enterprise technology systems and management practices supporting databases, networks, telecommunications, and infrastructure.  She was also central to the development and execution of information security standards, a technology program management office, and disaster recovery best practices.  She has built and supported business intelligence/data management platforms and has extensive cloud computing strategic insight.

Angelic holds a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems from American InterContinental University.

Since joining AvidXchange in 2000, Chris has architected the core system infrastructure as well as building a team of highly-skilled software and system engineers. Chris previously served as the Director of Application Development for e-Netrics where he spent two years designing, developing and implementing enterprise level e-commerce applications. Chris has many years of experience in the information technology arena with an expertise in enterprise-level B2B e-commerce applications. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a B.S. in Computer Science. Chris also served five years in the military.

Christina Quaine is the Chief Information Security Officer who has spent the last 19+ years focused on IT Audit, Vendor Management, IT and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. Most recently she served as the Chief Privacy Officer for Ally Bank where she was responsible for regulatory compliance, governance, incident management and Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

She received her BS from Wayne State University and her MS from Walsh College in Business Information Technology and holds the following certifications: CGEIT, CIPP/US, CISA, ITIL and PMP.

Christina resides in Waxhaw with her family and is a volunteer with ParaGuide and Project2Heel.

Don Finucane joined AvidXchange is January of 2019 to lead the Customer Solutions team as Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer.  Don has enjoyed a 30-year career focused on developing and evolving global information-based Products, primarily in FinTech, and also in other industry verticals such as Intellectual Property, Maritime, Agribusiness and Infrastructure.

Most recently Don was with Informa PLC, a leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events business based in London. Don joined Informa in April of 2015 as Head of Product Management for the Agribusiness and Maritime Intelligence business lines of Informa’s Business Intelligence (BI) division. In that role, Don introduced the Product Management discipline to these businesses, implemented the operating framework, and recruited the product teams that are currently driving major product investments and high-growth initiatives. In April 2017, Don Finucane was promoted to President; Strategy, Product Management & Innovation for the AFI group within BI (Agribusiness, Financial and Industry & Infrastructure).

Prior to joining Informa, Don was Vice President of Global Product Strategy at Wolters Kluwer where he had global responsibility for Product Management and Marketing for the company’s trademark and intellectual property research business for three years.  Prior to that, Don spent over 20 years in a variety of Product Management, Sales, and Marketing leadership roles in the financial services space, with Interactive Data, Standard & Poor’s, Market News International, and Thomson Financial Services. Don holds an MBA in Finance from Pace University and an undergraduate degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Serdar Dincaslan has spent 20 years as a financial services executive in the United States and overseas. Serdar worked for CapitalOne Financial Services in credit, marketing, service, and sales network management/partnerships. He later worked for Encore Capital Group in strategy, marketing, and channel leadership roles. Serdar also worked for Oliver Wyman in retail and business banking, where he consulted large bank and private equity clients in Istanbul and Europe. He has also been the CEO of two leading internet companies in InsureTech and FinTech, where he compared insurance and banking products for consumers in Turkey with a few millions users. Prior to joining AvidXchange, he was the CMO/ CSO for one of the largest bank sales channels in public insurance owned by one of the largest global insurers (Ageas) and Sabanci Group. Serdar is the proud father of two boys, and holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Bogazici University and Management & Technology MBA from RPI with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Finance.

Heather Caudill has created a career for herself over the last 20 years out of her innate passion for delivering an exceptional experience for customers. This passion has manifested itself in many roles throughout the years that were ultimately preparing Heather for her current position as Senior Vice President of Relationship Management for AvidXchange.

Since beginning her career with AvidXchange in 2002, Heather has worked in technical support and project management where she gained a deep knowledge of the solution and, more importantly, of the customer. As the company has grown exponentially, Heather has remained a constant voice for customer advocacy, and served as much-needed connective tissue throughout the organization. Her exemplary relationship skills have made her a revered leader at AvidXchange.

Heather received a Bachelor of Arts from UNC Charlotte, and her MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute. She lives in Charlotte, NC with three kids, four dogs, and a very supportive husband that keep her busy and inspired.

As the Senior Vice President of Sales for AvidXchange, Mike is responsible for the overall Sales Performance of the direct sales force across all the verticals and emerging markets.  A highly motivated, energetic, and team focused sales leader, Mike has 26+ years of successful sales and sales leadership experience with highly reputable and industry leading software companies such as HP, TIBCO, and most recently Fiserv. Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology while on a football scholarship, selected and played in the Senior Bowl and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 1986. Mike is very active outside of work enjoying many sports and fitness activities. Mike also enjoys volunteering in the community with his wife Kathy which includes their church.  Mike and Kathy have two (2) adult children; Ashley 32 is in the movie business and Coleman 26 lives and works in Denver, CO.

Tom Spencer has over 20 years experience leading teams and delivering for customers. Tom spent the last 15 years at Intuit in a variety of roles including VP of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support. As VP of Sales Tom’s responsibilities included direct revenue growth for business products and services such as professional accounting and tax solutions, payroll, bill pay, and QuickBooks offerings. While at Intuit Tom also helped grow and develop the Intuit Professional Partner Network for accountants. Prior to joining AvidXchange, Tom consulted in private industry with a variety of small and midsize companies on their sales and marketing capability to help create value for customers.

Tim has spent 25 years in the technology arena, the first ten years of which were at Digital Equipment Corporation, which is now HP. There, he spent his first five years in operations, then after spending six months in a full-time sales training program, he spent his second five years in sales selling technology solutions into Oil and Gas, achieving top 5% performer status. After leaving Digital, Tim took a four year hiatus from technology to run a family-owned beverage manufacturing company. He then returned to technology to join Market Velocity as COO, a SaaS application that enables trade-in programs and recycling for technology companies. Tim was instrumental there in taking the company from pre-revenue to $10 million before being acquired. He left there post acquisition after four years. He then founded a consulting company focused on executive search of technology sales talent where AvidXchange was a client.  He joined AvidXchange in 2005 and until early 2017, ran internal operations.  In his Avid tenure, he has started up 12 teams/departments, the most recent of which was the Growth Initiatives Team – the team he runs today.  Tim holds a B.S.B.A from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA, Finance, from Boston University.

After holding leadership positions at Tesla, eBay, Capital One, Visa and Barclays UK, Denise now drives supplier-side growth and customer value for AvidXchange.

Denise is an expert on innovation in payments, creative relationship building and honing in on data to solve customers’ pressing problems. She has garnered extensive knowledge through both national and international global customer experience positions and has played a key role in helping companies, and their customers, adopt the latest technology solutions, such as going paperless, leveraging mobile, and incorporating virtual assistance.

As a passionate, people-centered leader, Denise has been an active voice on managing global talent, achieving customer excellence and valuing people over the bottom line. She has been featured as a thought leader in key media outlets including CNBC, Forbes.com, The Guardian, Security Today and others.

Denise joined AvidXchange from Tesla, where she led Global Customer Experience for the brand’s Automotive and Energy Businesses. Prior to Tesla, she led Global Customer Experience for North America and Europe at eBay and developed deep commercial payments, product, and customer management skills through roles at First Data, Capital One, Visa, and Barclays UK.

Denise is an advisory board member for the Women Tech Council and received the Customer Excellence Award at the 2015 Women Tech Awards for her work at eBay.  Denise received a BA in Communications from Western State Colorado University.

Ryan Stahl, a strategic legal and business advisor, joined AvidXchange in 2015 as the Deputy General Counsel, Vice President and was recently promoted to General Counsel, Senior Vice President. With more than 16 years of broad based legal experience representing public and private companies, Ryan received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton. Prior to joining AvidXchange, Ryan was instrumental in leading Mercury Payment Systems, a rapidly growing payments provider, through its nearly completed initial public offering and its subsequent sale to Vantiv, Inc. Ryan began his legal career with Sidley Austin in Chicago.

Martin joined AvidXchange in June 2017 to build out a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function.  His team is responsible for Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting, Analysis, and both internal reporting for management as well as external for AvidXchange’s board and investors.  His team is charged with driving improved business performance by partnering with business leaders and sharing insights and analysis as well as education. Martin has spent his career in financial services and payments, holding executive positions at Citicorp, Wachovia, Wells Fargo and Bank of America in roles spanning Strategic Planning, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, and Treasury.  Before joining AvidXchange, Martin led Finance for PayPal’s Global Technology and Operations division. Martin earned his MBA in Finance from Pace University in New York and his undergraduate degree at the State University of New York at Albany. Martin and his wife enjoy traveling, the beach, and spending time with their two sons and extended families. ­

Al joined AvidXchange in March 2019 as Vice President, Head of Compliance.

Al served in senior legal or compliance roles at Bank of America and Ally Financial.  He built and managed the legal team that supported both Global Technology & Operations and Global Supply Chain Management at Bank of America and the compliance team that supported Technology and Operations at Ally.  More recently, Al led compliance and legal for clearXchange, LLC (now, Zelle), a P2P payments technology provider then-owned by Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase.  He has represented companies before the SEC, FTC, OCC, FRB-Chicago and FRB-Richmond.  As outside counsel, Al represented Bank of America in the formation and governance of several technology joint ventures.  Also, he worked at big law firms in Chicago and Charlotte as a business law, M&A attorney.

Al earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. from Wake Forest University.

Al resides in Charlotte with his wife, Sydney, and they have four children (Ginny, Cullen, Tait and Rebekah).  He enjoys fly fishing for trout.

Shishir joined AvidXchange in 2018 as Vice President of Business Insights and Data Science.

Shishir has served in BI and Data Science senior leadership roles, across multiple industries, for rapidly growing organizations, where he has consistently optimized customer engagement models, internal operations, and scaling of overall services delivery with data-driven solutions. He has led groups of various sizes & scope of responsibilities. From leading a small team of 5 focused on designing the next generation of insights and reporting capabilities, to leading a multi-faceted digital transformation, data management, reporting, and advanced analytics organization with over 160 team members, Shishir is known for building and developing top talent and high-performing cultures.

Shishir has also led significant workforce, process, and digital transformation efforts, and provides a consistent blend of people & technology-oriented leadership.

Shishir and his wife reside in Charlotte, North Carolina, and he holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Information Sciences & Technologies from Pennsylvania State University.

As Vice President of Energy Information Services at AvidXchange, Paul Kelly is responsible for AvidXchange Utility solutions, rate & tariff analysis and energy procurement activities, as well as operationalizing electronic bill delivery and auto-creation. Paul has led the development of the utility proprietary administrative tool, which is the backbone of all utility bill presentment and payment services. Prior to joining EnergySolve (acquired by AvidXchange in November 2010), Paul worked for Jersey Central Power & Light Co. for 15 years. He received his BA in Communications from the University of Scranton in 1982 and completed the University of Idaho’s Public Utility Executive Course in 1993.

As a VP of Avid Pay Solutions for AvidXchange’s Growth Org, Sarah is responsible for developing and executing our go to market strategy to accelerate the acquisition of new business for our offering of Avid Pay, through all channels, as well as direct sales responsibility to the aggregator segment. Sarah Williams comes to AvidXchange from Lakeview Payments, where she served as President, responsible for providing strategic Payment consulting solutions to B2B FinTech companies. Sarah has more than 20 years of experience in Corporate Business Development and Management with Accenture, Unisys and most recently 10 years with Comdata, MasterCard’s 2nd largest Corporate Card Issuer. At Comdata, Sarah created a healthcare payment solution which became Comdata Health, a now substantial vertical which has grown in 4 years to a $25M annual revenue portfolio. She also served as a Director of several divisions including Strategic Channels and Alliances, Comdata Health, and Corporate Large Market. Sarah’s unique approach to business development has led her to a consistent place at the top leader boards and a reputation as a market innovator.

Tobby joined AvidXchange in December 2014 with more than 20-years of experience in the Financial Services industry. During his career, he has been accountable for various aspects of commercial product development and management, bank operations, sales support, corporate operations and pricing and revenue management. Tobby has also worked for large commercial and retail banking organizations as a Senior Consultant focused on operational effectiveness, efficiency and innovation.

Tobby has served on the Technology and Operations Committee of the Virginia Bankers Association, and as a government relations representative to the Virginia General Assembly, FDIC, CFPB and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He is also a member of the Delaware Bankers Association. He was Director and Treasurer on the boards of the North Carolina Chapter of The Huntington’s Disease Society of America and the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity. He volunteers as a Certified SCORE Mentor and on build-crews for Habitat for Humanity and Project Homes.

Prior to entering the financial services industry, Tobby was a National Account Manager with a leading provider of commercial print, warehousing and logistical support to the banking and mortgage industries. Tobby also served 11 years with the United States Air Force and as a member of the Air National Guard which included service in the Allied occupation of Berlin, Presidential Security detail, Operation Desert Storm, and was stationed at various posts in the United States and abroad.

Henry is passionate about finance transformation. As the VP of Product Management at AvidXchange, Henry develops solutions that help clients automate purchasing and payables processes. Throughout his career, Henry has been a prolific spokesperson on purchase-to-pay automation. As the founder of PayStream Advisors, Henry’s thought leadership inspired hundreds of finance professionals to become automation strategists by leveraging insightful decision-making. Henry was also a manager with Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Consulting practice, and Vice President of Commercial Lending at Citibank. Henry has an MBA from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a BS in Finance from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

As a Vice President within the Real Estate group, Kristen Thomasino, has worked on hundreds of automation projects with companies in every industry in a variety of sizes. With over 13 years of educating, coaching, and most importantly – real-life automation experience, her view is radically different. Kristen truly understands that the choice to automate accounts payable process is a big one and helps customers walk through every step of the process. Kristen is passionate about helping businesses be successful, having a positive impact on the economy, and looking for opportunities to reduce negative impacts on the environment with her work.

As a Vice President for AvidXchange, Tyler Gill specializes in helping Home Owner Association (HOA) management companies streamline accounts payable (AP) operations and create efficiencies through software automation and best practices.  AvidXchange, with 450+ HOA management companies as clients, is the acknowledged market leader in providing AP solutions to the HOA-industry – an industry that covers 100 million American homeowners across all 50 States.

Tyler comes to AvidXchange from Strongroom Solutions, where he served as President & CEO and was responsible for the overall performance of the business.  Strongroom, headquartered in Houston, TX, was acquired by AvidXchange in June 2015.  Prior to Strongroom, Tyler spent a decade in senior leadership positions for both financial software and financial services companies located in Houston and Silicon Valley.

Tyler received his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and holds a BA from Indiana University. As a passionate emerging company leader, Tyler is active in the Fintech and start-up communities in Houston and nationally.  Tyler in his spare time enjoys spending time with his young family.

After graduating from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Jim began his professional career in 1979 with Timberline Software Corporation, a pioneer in the development of application software for the construction and real estate industries. After serving in various sales and sales management roles, Jim was appointed to the executive team as Vice President of Sales in 1996. The company was purchase in 2003 by Sage Software, and he continued in his senior management role there until 2005, when he became President of CIS Consulting Group, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. In 2010, CIS was acquired by Viewpoint Construction Software, where he served as Channel Sales Manager for North America before joining Avidxchange as Vice President of Construction Sales in March of 2016.

Jim is a native of Concord, NC, and resides there with his wife Margie, who is a partner in a local CPA firm. They have three children and four grandchildren. He is a Lifetime Honorary Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club of Cabarrus County, having served in several leadership capacities there and at his church, Central United Methodist. He is a current board member of Uwharrie Capital Corporation in Albemarle, NC, the holding company for Uwharrie Bank. He serves on the Audit Committee, and previously served on the Board of Directors of Uwharrie Capital’s subsidiary, Cabarrus Bank & Trust Company. Jim enjoys travel and is an outdoorsman, particularly enjoying time he spends in the North Carolina mountains hiking, fly fishing, small game hunting, and snow skiing.

Chris comes to AvidXchange from SAP, where she served as Regional Vice President, Mid-Market Sales, responsible for growing net-new business in the mid-market space across north America. Prior to SAP, Chris served in multiple sales and operations roles in the manufacturing, distribution and real estate industry. Chris has been leading teams for 20 years and is known for inspiring teams to use innovative thinking to solve customer challenges that have immediate impact and improve customer experience.