Executive Management

Dushyant Sharma, our Founder, has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since our inception, and is also currently serving as our Chairman. Before founding Paymentus, Mr. Sharma cofounded Derivion Corporation, a SaaS-based electronic billing company, in 1998. Derivion was acquired in 2001 by Metavante Corporation, a banking and payment technologies provider. Mr. Sharma continued employment with Metavante from May 2001 to November 2004. Mr. Sharma holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Marathwada University, India.

Matt Parson has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Prior to joining Paymentus, Mr. Parson served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Operations, of CloudBees, Inc., an enterprise software delivery company, from January 2018 to August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Parson served in various finance roles at Red Hat, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source solutions, from June 2005 to December 2017, most recently as Treasurer. Mr. Parson holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Accounting from North Carolina State University.

Jerry Portocalis has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since October 2020 and prior to that served as our Senior Vice President, Sales and Operations since October 2012. Prior to joining Paymentus, Mr. Portocalis served as President and Chief Executive Officer of QT Technologies, a business-process outsourcing and ePayments company, from October 2006 to March 2012. Mr. Portocalis was also previously an Executive Founder of the BillMatrix Corporation, a Fiserv company providing business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-payment solutions, from March 1999 to October 2006, most recently as Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Client Services. Mr. Portocalis holds an M.B.A. from California State University, East Bay and a B.S. in Marketing from Northern Illinois University.

John Morrow has served as our General Counsel and Secretary since April 2020. Prior to joining Paymentus, Mr. Morrow served as General Counsel and Secretary, and in various corporate development positions, at Apptio, Inc., a SaaS provider of technology business management solutions, from September 2014 to March 2020, most recently as Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary. From June 2006 to March 2014, Mr. Morrow was with Vertafore, a leading insurance technology provider, in a variety of roles, including Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Morrow was previously a shareholder at Heller Ehrman LLP, and held positions at Venture Law Group and Baker & Hostetler LLP. Mr. Morrow holds a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from DePauw University.