Fitz Tepper
FinTech Leader @ Cardless
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Operating Officer
2023 - Current
Cardless is the leading platform for consumer brands to launch credit card products. Our technology powers credit card programs for some of the largest airlines and retail brands in the world like Alibaba and Qatar Airways. We power cards on all three major card networks including American Express, Visa and Mastercard. I run our Operations, Customer Service, Partnerships , Fraud and Marketing teams in addition to overseeing all new brand launches.
Trustee
2019
Serve on Board of Trustees at The Haverford School, a non-sectarian, all-boys college preparatory day school, junior kindergarten through grade twelve with over 1000 students and 250 faculty and staff. Chair the Audit Committee - responsible for oversight of annual 3rd-party audit process. Member of the Executive Committee, Finance Committee (overseeing $25M+ yearly budget), and Investment Committee (managing $100M+ endowment).
Vice President Operations
2018 - 2023
Joined pre-Series A, subsequently raised $50M+ from funds like Upfront Ventures, Accel, & more. Built and ran day-to-day Operations function. Teams included: Asset Acquisition & Management, Customer Support, Back-Office Support, Marketing & Partnerships. Led legal strategy related to product development, marketing, regulatory and registration matters w/ SEC & FINRA. Primary point of contact with all regulated partner-entities, including broker-dealers, ATS providers, banking & KYC partners, etc.
Writer
2015 - 2018
Fitz Tepper is a writer at TechCrunch based in New York City. He's written nearly a thousand stories with tens of millions of views on a wide range of topics including sports tech, payments, fintech, social apps, government legislation and more. Fitz also frequently does on-stage appearances and video interviews for TechCrunch and has sat down with media personalities including Steve Wozniak, D.J Khaled and others. He's also appeared as a technology commentator on CNN's Los Angeles-based "CNN Newsroom".
CEO & Co-Founder
2013 - 2015
Built and scaled platform for the hospitality industry to offer time-sensitive promotions in real-time with 10,000+ users. Developed initial technology platform and managed team of three developers plus operations teams in each of OffPeak’s active cities.
Summer Intern
2013 - 2013
Spent a summer analyzing and building models related to CMBS and CDO deals the company was pursuing.
Summer Intern
2011 - 2011