Brian Mcgowan Email & Phone Number

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the technology and financial services industry. Skilled in Start-ups, Software, Merchant Services, and Financial Services. Strong business development professional graduated from Pepperdine University.

Listed skills include Credit Cards, Financial Analysis, Merchant Services, Accounting, and 6 others.

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  Ceo And Co-Founder

  Prodigy Commerce, Inc.

  Jan 2017 - Present - Los Angeles, California, Us

  Prodigy Commerce is the only hosted eCommerce platform for WordPress that's free at any scale. Prodigy brings together the benefits of the world’s most popular content management system, WordPress, and a hosted eCommerce platform. Prodigy was built specifically for the WordPress community of developers, designers, and agencies so that they can more easily build beautiful, secure, fully functional stores for their clients. Store owners gain access to a Shopify-like platform from which to manage their products and orders.Prodigy’s founding vision was that the WordPress community should have more choices for their clients. The key benefits of Prodigy’s solution include:Requires only ONE free open-source pluginHosted platform is free at any scaleSolid infrastructure and securityComplete storefront design flexibilityShopify-like backend experienceMulti-channel customer serviceProdigy’s solution eliminates the complexity, security risks, and costs of WooCommerce’s plugin and extension architecture by tightly integrating all essential functionality, and natively building premium features, into the platform. Integration partners include ShipEngine, TaxJar, MaxMind minFraud, high-quality payment processors, Google Analytics, and Facebook Pixel. Natively built premium features currently include abandoned cart recovery and the ability to sell products and services on a subscription basis. No third-party services are needed to build fully functional stores.Prodigy’s business model is based solely upon revenue sharing agreements with the payment processors integrated into its platform, similar to Shopify’s exclusive relationship with payments’ facilitator Stripe. Prodigy, however, does not charge a subscription or app fees; it really is free. Payment processing rates start at the standard 2.9% + $0.30. For high-volume stores, Prodigy helps store owners negotiate lower rates and fees. Prodigy is perfectly aligned with a store owner’s primary goal, generating sales.