Bio

RENÉ M. PELEGERO
President and Managing Director

Mr. Pelegero founded RPGC Group LLC in the Fall of 2002 after working four years as the head of Global Payments at Amazon.com, where he was responsible for all aspects of Payments made to Amazon.com by consumers and companies on a global basis and for driving the adoption of new forms of payment.

A seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience working in the financial services and payments industries, Mr. Pelegero was Vice President of Product Management for Electronic Payment Services, Inc. (EPS), responsible for the definition and delivery of new ATM/EFT products and services for BUYPASS Corporation and MONEY ACCESS SERVICE INC. (the MAC ATMs), both subsidiaries of EPS

Mr. Pelegero’s experiences also include a stint at GE Capital, Global Consumer Finance, where he was responsible for defining business requirements and introducing new technologies to GE financial institutions providing consumer finance (private label credit cards, sales finance, etc.) around the world.  Further experiences encompass ten years at Tandem Computers where - as a Product and Marketing Manager for the Financial Services Industry - had global responsibility for marketing and supporting sales efforts of Card Based Payments systems. 

Mr. Pelegero has also provided strategic planning and systems integration advice to the bankcard and retail banking industry in a consulting capacity.

Mr. Pelegero received a B.A. in Business Information and Computing Systems and a M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.

Other Accomplishments

• Co-Chair of the E-Commerce Purchasing Council of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA), 2001-2002
• Board Member of Direct Response Forum (DRF), 2002
• Keynote and recognized e-commerce speaker at worldwide conferences sponsored by industry organizations such as ETA, Lafferty International, NACHA and DRF
• Quoted in many industry related publication, trade magazines, and general purpose publications such as:

• Wall Street Journal
• American Banker
• Credit Card Management
• USA Today
• The New York Times