Meet the Experts

Abhishek Veeraghanta

Co-Founder and CEO of Pidgin

Abhishek Veeraghanta, co-founder and CEO of Pidgin, thrives in motion. Whether he's navigating competing priorities, cutting through ambiguity, or finding the fastest path to a solution, Abhishek brings sharpness and adaptability to every challenge. His work at Pidgin reflects a builder's mindset: he's drawn to complexity not in spite of it, but because of it. Outside of work, Abhishek finds focus through music — both listening and playing. It's a discipline that mirrors his professional approach: filter out the noise, stay attuned to what matters, and execute with precision.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: Dodgeball
‍What's on your desk: LEGO Toyota GR Supra — I like building things, and I like going fast.
‍Skill or hobby: Music — listening and playing. It helps me cut out the noise.

Tim Rozanski

SVP Sales & Co-Founder

Tim Rozanski is one of the architects of Pidgin's growth. As SVP Sales and Co-Founder, Tim built and led the go-to-market strategy that positioned Pidgin as an industry leader in faster payments adoption — and he continues to drive that momentum forward by deepening relationships with new and existing customers and partners alike. With more than a decade of experience working with financial institutions across the full size spectrum, from community banks to the largest institutions in the U.S., Tim brings both strategic range and operational credibility to his work. His expertise spans the complete landscape of fintech deployment methods, and his leadership has been central to Pidgin's ability to translate real-time payments innovation into real-world outcomes. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut and lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with his wife and their two young sons.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: Mission: Impossible
‍What's on your desk: A family photo. Actually, several :)
‍Skill or hobby: Grappling. After about 12 years with my gym, I earned my BJJ black belt in 2025. Coaching my sons alongside my own training has taught me work ethic, discipline, strategy, and patience — all of which show up in how I lead my team at Pidgin.

Kevin Olsen

SVP Innovation & Strategy, Co-Founder | AFPP, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC

Kevin Olsen is one of the payments industry's most recognized voices — and one of its most effective teachers. As SVP of Innovation and Strategy and Co-Founder of Pidgin, Kevin has spent nearly three decades developing and delivering education programs that make complex payment topics clear, engaging, and memorable. His signature style, which he calls "edutainment," blends deep expertise with the kind of energy that keeps rooms paying attention. Widely known as the "Payments Professor," Kevin holds a master's in industrial/organizational psychology — a background that informs not just what he teaches, but how. His ability to translate the mechanics of electronic payments into compelling, human-centered learning experiences has made him one of the most sought-after speakers and trainers in the industry. At Pidgin, Kevin channels that same clarity and forward momentum into innovation strategy, helping shape where the company is headed and why it matters.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: The Shawshank Remittance
‍What's on your desk: Pictures of kids. Some are even mine — the others came with the frame.
‍Skill or hobby: Chess. It's all about seeing what's coming or adjusting for surprises.

Angela Murphy, Ph.D.

VP Marketing & Solutions

Angela Murphy, Ph.D. — widely known as Payments Elsa — is a leading voice at the intersection of faster payments, artificial intelligence, and fintech strategy. With a doctorate and nearly a decade of hands-on experience spanning payments, solutions integration, AI, and financial technology, Angela bridges the gap between emerging capabilities and practical implementation, helping financial institutions transform how money moves. As Vice President of Marketing and Solutions at Pidgin, Angela works with banks, credit unions, and fintechs to navigate the complexities of real-time payments, behavioral AI, and digital infrastructure modernization. Angela's background spans global research and fintech markets — giving her a perspective on financial inclusion and payments innovation that is genuinely rare in the industry.
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‍Movie title that describes your role: Hamilton
‍What's on your desk: A ceramic penguin and incense.
‍Skill or hobby: Dancing and singing. Not simultaneously. Well, sometimes simultaneously.

Ed Paciolla

Head of Product

Ed Paciolla brings more than 30 years of electronic payments expertise to his role as Head of Product at Pidgin. Over the course of his career, Ed has built and transformed payment platforms across credit, debit, ACH, prepaid, and real-time payments — developing a track record for delivering scalable, innovative solutions that help financial institutions and businesses operate more efficiently and serve their customers better. At Pidgin, Ed leads the product organization responsible for the company's real-time payments platform. His focus is ensuring that Pidgin continues to meet the evolving needs of financial institutions, payment facilitators, and businesses as the instant payments landscape expands and the expectations around speed, security, and performance continue to rise. Ed's approach to product leadership is practical, precise, and always grounded in what actually works — because in payments, execution is everything.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: The Fixer
‍What's on your desk: A picture of my family.
‍Skill or hobby: Golf. You have to think about what you want to do, understand how you want to do it, and then execute. It won't be perfect every time — but you never stop improving.

Vidya Pothumahanty

Implementation & Delivery Lead

Vidya Pothumahanty is the person you want in the room when a project needs to move. Part strategist, part collaborator, and full-time problem solver, Vidya specializes in helping clients navigate complex implementations with confidence and clarity. With an MBA and certifications as a Scrum Master and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, she brings deep expertise in agile delivery, release management, and operational excellence — particularly in FedNow and RTP implementations. Vidya is known for her ability to keep teams aligned, timelines intact, and clients informed from kickoff to go-live and beyond. She combines agile discipline with a strong client focus, transforming intricate processes into efficient, repeatable workflows that hold up long after launch day. Her philosophy is straightforward: a successful implementation is not measured at go-live. It is measured by the outcomes it produces and the partnerships it builds.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: Apollo 13
‍What's on your desk: At work, process documents — they reflect how organized and detail-oriented I am. At home, lots of sticky notes. I plan, pivot, pause, and sometimes panic... okay, maybe often.
‍Skill or hobby: Volunteering at a nonprofit. It keeps me grounded and reminds me why the work I do — helping organizations run better — matters beyond the spreadsheet.

Erika Voreh

UX Designer

Erika Voreh approaches UX design the way she approaches everything: with deep empathy, rigorous thinking, and genuine care for the people on the other end of the experience. A UX Designer at Pidgin since March 2023, Erika brings a background that is anything but conventional. After passing the Georgia bar, Erika began her legal career at a nonprofit supporting survivors of domestic violence — work that sharpened her understanding of advocacy, accessibility, and what it means to truly center the user. Recognizing that her strengths translated powerfully into design, she made a deliberate transition into UX, completing a design bootcamp and bringing her legal and human-centered lens to the field. At Pidgin, that combination shows. Erika designs experiences that are not just functional, but genuinely intuitive — because she has always built with people in mind.

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‍ Movie title that describes your role: The Lego Movie
‍What's on your desk: A collection of colorful pens, pictures of my family, and typically my cat, Dandelion, trying to sleep on my keyboard.
‍Skill or hobby: Flag football. It sharpens quick thinking, adaptability, and the ability to anticipate how others will move — which translates directly into designing user-centered experiences.

Tarun Reddi

Onboarding Associate

Tarun Reddi makes one of the most critical moments in the client journey look easy. As an Onboarding Associate at Pidgin, he guides financial institutions through the implementation process with steady focus, clear communication, and a genuine interest in getting it right. Over two years at Pidgin, Tarun has built deep fluency in the operational and technical realities of banking, giving him the context to anticipate what clients need before they have to ask. His approach reflects a simple but powerful philosophy: complex problems get solved one step at a time, with a calm head and a willingness to keep learning. That mindset has served him well in an environment where faster payments means faster everything.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: The Martian — Because I solve problems calmly, one step at a time.
‍What's on your desk: A minimal setup... plus snacksssss.
‍Skill or hobby: Snowboarding. Turns out navigating a mountain and navigating an onboarding timeline have more in common than you'd think.

Jayda Stallings

Marketing Coordinator

Jayda Stallings joined Pidgin after graduating from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Public Relations, and she has been shaping the brand's presence and visibility ever since. As Marketing Coordinator, Jayda is involved in the full range of what it takes to build a recognizable, credible brand in a fast-moving industry — from campaign execution to content creation to the behind-the-scenes coordination that keeps everything running. She brings creative instincts, a strong sense of audience, and the kind of adaptability that makes her effective across every channel Pidgin shows up in.
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‍Movie title that describes your role: Everything Everywhere All at Once
‍What's on your desk: Noise-cancelling headphones.
‍Skill or hobby: My screen time. I know what's trending, what's landing, and what people are actually paying attention to — which is exactly what good marketing requires.

Jake Thompson

Partnership Sales

Jake has spent 10 years in the fintech space. He began his career as the 9th employee at SimpleNexus, a mortgage technology startup that was eventually acquired by nCino in 2022 for $1.2B. Jake studied Economics at Brigham Young University with a minor in Business Management and emphases on Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. Since 2023 Jake has overseen partnership sales at Pidgin by developing tight nit relationships with technology providers, correspondent FIs, and others.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: Everything Everywhere All at Once
‍What's on your desk: It might not be a physical item on my desk, but my desk always has music playing from my laptop when I’m not in a meeting (though I do also have a physical record player). I spend my free time listening to all sorts of albums, going to concerts, and playing the drums.
‍Skill or hobby: I play chess. a good way to get blood flowing to my brain that improves my job performance––unless I lose too many online games in a row and get tilted.

Scott Harris

Sales Specialist

Scott Harris has spent more than 30 years in the payments industry doing one thing exceptionally well: helping financial institutions modernize. As a Sales Specialist at Pidgin, Scott brings deep expertise in evaluating, implementing, and optimizing payment technologies to help institutions strengthen their infrastructure, streamline operations, and stay competitive in a fast-moving landscape. Scott's strategic approach is built on the kind of industry insight that only comes from decades of real-world experience. He combines forward-looking perspective on emerging technologies with a results-driven, practical mindset — partnering with financial institutions to deliver solutions that are scalable, efficient, and built to last.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: The Outsiders - Because of being viewed differently bringing disruptive payment technology
‍What's on your desk: A book that my Aunt Deb gave me called "Jesus Calling"...A daily reading of scripture that I enjoy!
‍Skill or hobby: Competitive sports - The will to win!

Joe Coronelli

Sales Support Analyst

Joe Coronelli is the kind of person every sales team needs: someone who genuinely enjoys wearing many hats. As a Sales Support Analyst at Pidgin, Joe runs product demonstrations, serves as a subject matter expert on the Pidgin platform, administers Salesforce, helps execute contracts, and steps in wherever the team needs him. Seven years in tech sales have sharpened his ability to move fast, think clearly, and bring clients along for the ride. Originally from Chicagoland and now based in Brooklyn, Joe brings big-city energy and a Midwestern work ethic to everything he does.

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‍Movie title that describes your role: Joe did not submit a movie title — but given the job description, our money is on something with an ensemble cast.

Jack Puhr

Account Executive

I’ve been working in sales over the last decade primarily in tech and finance roles. I excel in concise communication of complex ideas and understanding the problems facing clients and prospects. My approach is simple: build relationships based on trust, with a foundation of transparency and straightforward communication. Prior to joining the team at Pidgin, I started my own recruiting company focused on the banking and healthcare industries where I learned about the needs of financial institutions and how to find the right match that works best for everyone. This continues to inform how I do business to this day, finding the right solution and implementation plan for the right financial institution.

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‍Movie title : The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
‍What's on your desk: A minimum of 3 caffeinated beverages keeps my energy high and allows me to stay focused on meeting the needs of my clients and prospects.
‍Skill or hobby: Playing chess has helped me think more strategically, plan ahead, and work well under time constraints.

Landry Lima

Account Executive

Landry Lima brings a consultant's instinct and a competitor's drive to his role as an Account Executive at Pidgin. Working with banks and credit unions across the western U.S., Landry helps financial institutions cut through the complexity of real-time payments adoption — translating the promise of FedNow and RTP into practical, confident next steps. He specializes in helping teams understand where transaction volume is coming from, what post-launch performance looks like, and how to stay competitive as the payments landscape continues to shift. Outside of work, Landry is a proud dad to three kids who motivate him every single day to build something meaningful.

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Movie title that describes your role: Moneyball
‍What's on your desk: A running list of target institutions and deal notes, a picture of my kids, and a few personal reminders that keep me focused on long-term goals outside of work.
‍Skill or hobby: Fitness and training. It has nothing to do with payments, but it's taught me discipline, consistency, and how to stay focused under pressure — which carries over directly into sales.