Jill Willard

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About Jill Willard

I drive the future of FinTech and SaaS by leading payment solutions that enhance security, scalability, and efficiency. As a technology leader and strategist, I’ve scaled global payment infrastructures, optimized risk management, and built high-performing teams. I have also developed cross-functional SaaS capabilities designed for use across multiple verticals. My expertise spans end-to-end software architecture, SaaS innovation, and leveraging technology to drive operational excellence. I am passionate about solving complex challenges, improving organizational efficiencies, and enabling seamless payment experiences. Let’s connect to discuss FinTech, payments, SaaS, and the future of digital transactions. Key Achievements Include: Architected and scaled a payment gateway from scratch, processing $40B in annual transactions globally, leveraging strategic leadership, technology prowess, and agile project management United a geographically diverse team despite pandemic pressures, then led a seamless merger and comprehensive global expansion, showcasing both deep technical/domain knowledge and leadership capabilities Spearheaded acquisition integration, streamlined US payment systems and teams in a 9-month period and built a new global platform strategy driving international expansion, leading high-performing teams across both projects Engineered 435% gateway growth via EMV terminal program with tokenization as Director of Gateway Development (2014-2018) Leveraged global resources to expand the support system to 24/7 without increasing the budget, effectively reducing on-call burdens, decreasing developer time spent on call, and improving developer retention Championed the adoption of AI to optimize engineering workflows, including automated code reviews and regression testing Contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.