Robert Butler Email & Phone Number

Board member, investor, advisor and consultant in fintech, property tech and vertical SaaS

Prahan, Victoria, Au

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Payrix is on a mission to be the global leader in embedded payments for vertical software businesses. We are committed to giving our clients more freedom and peace of mind with a proven solution that helps eliminate friction, unleash their possibilities with new revenue, and make their customers’ lives easier. Payrix clients including Real Green Systems, Storable, Kangarootime and Resman have harnessed our unique, all-in-one platform — combined with a white-glove approach — that enables them to capitalize on the opportunities within embedded payments for growth, innovation, and transformation. Payrix is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with an office in Brisbane, Australia, and more than 100 employees worldwide.Unleash your possibilities at www.payrix.com

I took the opportunity to complete several multi-million-dollar architecturally significant high-end real estate projects in the Palm Springs area. It’s was great but I was ready to get back into the next challenge of building a company.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

I was recruited to the executive leadership team after the 2012 acquisition by Brazilian company Cielo, the world’s 4th largest payments company that processes $30B and $80T globally in online, mobile and in-person payments. I headed sales with a holistic approach to revenue management and —with a team of 5 SVPs and more than 140 people in sales, marketing, business development, customer care and relationship management — I directed a complete transformation of the company’s sales culture. We revamped all marketing and branding, websites, customer support and B2B partnerships, growing processing volume 15% annually in 2014 and 2015, averaging 29% new net revenue growth, improving client retention 29% and grew EBITDA by 12% in 2014 and 14% in 2015

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

When Bain Capital and Advent International invested in WorldPay, the 3rd-largest electronic payments processing company in the world, I was brought on to the new executive management team to set strategic direction for US operations and to execute the strategy for the sales organizations. I built and led an elite team of 100 to develop global strategic partnerships and established a high-performance Strategic Partner Business Development channel with 23 reps serving 50K merchants and partners. I also created a new partnership team and channel management structures and led the sale organization through tumultuous times. We produced $27M in annual EBIDTA contributions. I also served as point person with investment bankers and equity owners on all things related to revenue during M&A transactions and participated in monthly management review meetings with Bain Capital and WorldPay UK executives.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

On the initial acquisition by Bain Capital and Advent International, I was recruited internally to drive the 500+ person small business sales organization. I oversaw the complete transformation of the WorldPay direct sales organization, including recruiting to replace 4 of 6 VPs and more than 15 sales managers in 6 months. I also completely overhauled the sales compensation program, implemented new sales process system, and grew merchant unit sales more than 20% annualized in 6 months.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

I was internally recruited from World Pay’s parent company RBS in 2008 right before the global financial collapse and tasked with running sales for the 15-person midmarket sales organization of 40+ people. I held direct P&L accountability for two of the company’s four financial reporting lines of business.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

I helped the Royal Bank of Scotland establish a new cash management business for their Fortune 1000 and large corporate RBS US portfolio. I oversaw sales and marketing as well as the bank’s treasury partnership in the US with international banking partner Bank of China

During these years, I worked on real estate and design consulting services for high-end interior products, and concurrently acquired and restored midcentury homes in Palm Springs. I grew the interior design business from $240K in year one to $6.5M in three years. For the real estate development firm, my restoration projects often quadrupled property values.

I led national business development, marketing and sales for this wholesale payment services which catered to medium and large financial institutions. The company did not survive the dotcom crash.

PayMyBills.com was an Idealab startup with innovative centralized bill payment services. They recruited me to lead a 10-person team, help with financing, manage deals with several large and well known financial institution partners, and expand in to the person-to-person space.

Sales Director for Politzer & Haney who provided ecommerce, cash management and banking software to financial institutions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

I joined Pittsburgh National Bank as a retail banking trainee and moved through several roles as PNC grew to become a top national bank. I moved through many roles throughout to retail and commercial banking organization and opened PNC's first off site Treasury Management Office in Los Angeles. Managed and drove strong results in new sales channels with direct and private label partnership clients.My roles included:Vice President, Region Manager, Los Angeles Office | 1994 - 1998 Directed treasury management marketing and sales effort on and led a team of 10 large-corporate sales professionals in states west of Indiana, Illinois, and the Mississippi River.Assistant Vice President, Cash Management | 1991 – 1993I developed and pioneered PNC Bank's strategic plan to establish their first off-site Treasury Management Services sales office in Los Angeles. Commercial Banking Officer | 1987 – 1990In my first PNC job, I handled business client management and new business development for a 30-branch region and completed the Pittsburgh National Corporate Credit Training Program and the Pittsburgh National Bank Retail Banking Training Program.