The 2019 MWAA Industry Achievement Award

O.B. Rawls IV
O.B. is an accomplished executive with a demonstrated record of success in the payments, banking and technology sectors. As CEO and President of iPayment, he was responsible for setting the vision and strategy for the organization to achieve annual growth and exceed revenue objectives.
Following the completion of Paysafe Group’s acquisition of iPayment in June 2018, O.B. became first the strategic advisor to Paysafe President and CEO Joel Leonoff, and then President of Payment Processing for North America for the Group. Prior to joining iPayment in 2016, O.B. served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Partner Solutions, First Data. His expansive career also includes executive leadership roles with Hypercom, Caredata, Unified Merchant Services and Bank of America. O.B. holds an MBA from Queens University of Charlotte and a BS in Social Work from East Carolina University.
Past Recipients
2018
Holly Targan
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss
2017
Jim McCormick
Founder of the Midwest
Acquirers Association
John McCormick
Founder of the Midwest
Acquirers Association
Jaques Breton
Founder of the Northeast
Acquirers Association
Sherry Friedrichsen
Founder of the Western States
Acquirers Association
2016
Deana Rich
Rich Consulting
2015
Gerry Wagner
Discover Financial Services
2014
Bob Jenisch
Digital Transactions
2013
Biff Matthews
Owner of CardWare
International
2012
Mark Dunn
Field Guide Enterprises and
Treasurer of the MWAA
2011
Dan Neistadt
Electronic Merchant
Systems
2010
Linda Perry
ISTS Worldwide
2009
Donna Embry
Payment Alliance International
2008
Kim Fitzsimmons
First Data Corp
2007
Mike Ponder
Integrity Payment Systems
2006
Dick Draper
PeriPheron Technologies
2005
John Rante
President of Online Data Corp
2004
Paul Green
The Greensheet
2003
Robert O. Carr
Heartland Payment Systems
The inaugural MWAA
Industry Achievement Award