People on the Move: Alan Safahi, OpenCoin Advisory Board (May 2013)
Alan Safahi, founder and CEO of ZipZap Inc., a San Francisco-based cash payment network for online financial services and e-commerce transactions, has been named to the advisory board of OpenCoin, creator of the open-source currency platform Ripple. With nearly 30 years of hands-on experience in the IT, telecommunications and financial services industries, Safahi has created and managed numerous high-tech and payment processing startups. Prior to ZipZap, he founded three startups, including Card Express Inc. (CardEx), a prepaid card processor and program manager.
