Anand Goel's Profile

Title:

CEO

Company:

Optimized Payments Consulting

Business Listing:

Seasoned "intrapreneur" and entrepreneur with broad experience in business development, marketing, and analytics. Currently, pursuing my passion of building a consulting firm in the electronic payments industry.

Education

University	Degree	Start Date (Year)	End Date (Year)	Activities and Societies
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (at Babson College )	MBA	1998	2000	Chairman of Graduate Judicial Board, Director of Babson Technology Venture Group
The University of Texas at Austin	BBA	1987	1991

Experience

Company	Dates	Title	Job Description
Optimized Payments Consulting I am currently working here	08/2007	CEO
Elavon	06/2003 - 07/2007	Senior Director, Pricing & Analytics
Fidelity Investments	06/2002 - 02/2003	Consultant, Strategic Marketing	Developed and refined acquisition and retention strategies for retail brokerage and retirement customers.
MCI Telecommunications	01/1992 - 09/1998	Senior Manager, Business Development	Developed and managed affinity partnerships, including American Express and Charles Schwab.

Expert Information

Areas of Expertise

Automated Clearing House (ACH), Electronic Payments, Interchange Fees

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Expert's Bio
Anand Goel is the CEO and Founder of Optimized Payments Consulting. Optimized Payments is a niche consulting firm that leverages its proprietary software and industry expertise to help merchants understand and reduce the cost of credit and debit card payments. Under Mr. Goel’s leadership, Optimized Payments has helped Fortune 100 to mid-sized companies save over $120 million in interchange and processing fees. Prior to founding OPC, Mr. Goel was a payments leader at Elavon, the third largest payment processor in the U.S., where he managed the pricing and profitability of the organization for four years. Mr. Goel has 18 years of management and consulting experience in the financial services and telecommunication industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA with honors from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business from Babson College.

Expert's Bio

Anand Goel is the CEO and Founder of Optimized Payments Consulting. Optimized Payments is a niche consulting firm that leverages its proprietary software and industry expertise to help merchants understand and reduce the cost of credit and debit card payments. Under Mr. Goel’s leadership, Optimized Payments has helped Fortune 100 to mid-sized companies save over $120 million in interchange and processing fees. Prior to founding OPC, Mr. Goel was a payments leader at Elavon, the third largest payment processor in the U.S., where he managed the pricing and profitability of the organization for four years. Mr. Goel has 18 years of management and consulting experience in the financial services and telecommunication industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA with honors from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business from Babson College.