Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is the Founder and CEO of Ainsworth Payments and has over 25 years of experience in payments, acquiring, issuing, and risk management for large-scale online and offline retailers as well as some of the world’s largest banks. Mr. Foster has been featured in various publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and The Financial Times in addition to being a sought after speaker within the payments industry. Mr. Foster has appeared as a keynote or featured speaker around the world and has appeared on Bloomberg Television, CNN and ABC News.
Nicholas Koustas
Nicholas Koustas is a partner in Ainsworth Payments and an entrepreneur and executive professional with comprehensive experience in using, developing, marketing and selling new technology across a broad range of industries. With over 15 issued patents in his name, Mr. Koustas focuses on raising capital for new and early stage companies as well as advising them post finance through his holding company, Rolling Dice Productions, Inc. Mr. Koustas oversees technology advancements for Ainsworth Payments along with generating sales of the company’s payment products across myriad industries. Mr Koustas attended University of Colorado Boulder and studied Political Science.
Justin Soulen
Justin Soulen is a partner in Ainsworth Payments and handles a wide variety of law issues on behalf of the company as its general counsel. Mr. Soulen earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his law degree from Villanova Law School. While in law school, Justin worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County Philadelphia. Coupled with his law background, Justin has a distinctive understanding of the payments industry which allows Ainsworth Payments to stay strides ahead of the competition.