Growing Your Company with an A-Player Only Mentality with Dean Leavitt at Boost Payment Solutions
In this episode, we explore the concept of Growing your Company with an A-player Only mentality with Dean Leavitt, CEO of Boost Payment Solutions. Boost Payment Solutions, listed as No. 4373 on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list, is a leading provider of payment optimization and electronic payments services. Dean shares his approach to fostering an “A-player Only” culture and the impact it has on driving company success and innovation. Learn the strategies that have helped Boost Payment Solutions attract and retain top talent, ensuring a high-performance team. Tune in to understand how adopting an “A-player Only” mentality can transform your hiring practices and propel your business to new heights.
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Dean Leavitt: The Transcript
About: Dean M. Leavitt is a well-respected veteran of the electronic payments industry with over 30 years of experience in leadership roles at both public and private companies. Dean founded Boost Payment Solutions in 2009 to meet the untapped needs of the B2B payments industry with patented technology solutions that seamlessly serve the needs of today’s commercial trading partners. Today, Boost is widely recognized as the global leader in B2B payments, operating in 45+ countries. Immediately prior to forming Boost Payment Solutions, Dean served as the bankruptcy court-appointed Interim President of Cynergy Data, where he led the credit card processing company through its restructuring and sale process. Prior to Cynergy Data, Dean served as Chairman and CEO of publicly traded US Wireless Data. Prior to US Wireless Data, Dean founded and served as President of US Data Capture, a New York-based credit card processing company serving the institutional marketplace. While at USDC, Dean entered into ground-breaking card acceptance agreements with many businesses and institutions that had not previously considered card acceptance as a form of payment, including hospitals, universities, municipalities and supermarkets. Dean has received numerous awards from his industry peers, and he is regularly asked to speak at various electronic payments industry events. Dean currently serves as a member of both the Global and European Advisory Boards of Commercial Payments International. Dean previously served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Transactions Association. Dean and his family are involved in several charities, and he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the JCCA. Dean holds a B.A. in economics, psychology and art history with high honors from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where he served on the College’s Alumni Board of Trustees from 2002-2008.
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