John Thomson

John Thomson is the current CEO and founder of PayIt, a software company that specializes in marketing technology. Prior to PayIt, John was the CEO of Saepio for six years, during which time they helped deliver the company's innovative cloud-based platform to some of the world's biggest brands. Under John's leadership, Saepio was recognized by industry analysts as a "Cool Vendor" to watch, and the company regularly appeared in reports from Gartner Group, Forrester Research, Aberdeen, and Frost & Sullivan. In addition, three patents were issued to Saepio during John's tenure as CEO.

Prior to their work at Saepio, John held various positions at Cerner Corporation from 1995 to 2001, including engineering, product strategy, corporate analyst, and sales. John then went on to work as a national account manager at EMC Corporation from 2001 to 2007.

John is passionate about attracting and retaining top talent, and their commitment to this was evident in their work at Saepio where the Kansas City Business Journal named the company a Best Places to Work Finalist in both 2011 and 2012.

John Thomson's educational career would involve completing a Bachelor of Science in Business at Baker University.

Some direct reports include Ned Tobey - SVP, Product, Kelly Davis-Felner - CMO, and Jack Laskowitz - VP, Client Success.