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Ryan O' Kane

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SVP Product at Stax Payments
📍 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Ryan is a fintech and payments executive with over 15 years of experience leading product strategy, platform transformation, and growth initiatives. As SVP of Product at Stax, he focuses on scaling payments businesses. He holds an Executive MBA from MIT Sloan and an MEng from Newcastle University.

He operates at the intersection of product, technology, and business strategy, with a keen interest in leadership and growth insights from top industry figures. He enjoys environments undergoing significant transformation or organizational change and is an active follower of developments within the fintech community.

Unique fact: Early in his career, he led commercial negotiations to establish international partnerships with major fintech companies like AliPay and Klarna.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
SVP Product
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Fintech & Payments
An executive with 15+ years of experience at firms like Stax, Global Payments, and Paysafe, focused on enterprise payments, omnichannel commerce, and payment facilitation.
Platform Modernization
Specializes in modernizing and scaling payments businesses through platform expansion, M&A integration, and technology-driven transformation.
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Career

Work history

2024
SVP Product
Stax Payments
2021 - 2024
Vice President Product Management
Global Payments Inc.
2017 - 2020
Director, eCommerce & Digital Product Solutions
Global Payments Inc.
2015 - 2017
Product Lead, International eCommerce
Global Payments Inc.
2014 - 2015
Partnerships Manager, Payment Network Team
Skrill
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Education
2021 - 2023
Executive MBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
2005 - 2009
MEng
Newcastle University
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