Daniela Mielke

Chair of Tech committee, member of NomGov committee

From IPO to going private
Chair of Corporate Governance Committee, Member of Audit and HR/Compensation Committees
Member of Special Committees (short attack, going private)

Chair of NomGov Committee, Member of Risk and ESG Committees

RS2, one of the leading providers of payment processing services in Europe and Asia Pacific is entering the North American market. Extending its reach to the largest payment processing market in the world supports RS2’s and its customers’ growth ambitions. It’s highly differentiated BankWorks platform is now available to North American customers with a variety of business models such as ISOs, ISVs, Payment Facilitators and merchants.

Solving complex problems using cutting edge Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Advisory and consulting for Technology Companies, Private Equity, Financial Institutions and VC/start ups. Focused on innovation, growth, new market entry, geo expansion in areas such as
- Payments (mobile wallets, online payments, payment acceptance, PSP/payment facilitation, B2B payments, consumer payments, healthcare payments, integrated payments, blockchain/Bitcoin)
- International money transfer/remittances
- Big data/machine learning/artificial intelligence

• Led the development of Vantiv’s vision and strategy. Aligned capital investments, operating model and product portfolio to support the strategy
• Implemented “product” as a functional discipline by consolidating six product teams (from different business units and acquisitions), put in place product management excellence tools and processes and transitioned from Waterfall to Agile product development
• Developed strategies to penetrate fast growing verticals such as healthcare, specialty retail and recurring billing
• Led the extension of Vantiv’s SaaS based Developer Platform and managed a portfolio of over 70 technology driven products with over 300 features

• Led the development of PayPal’s vision and corporate strategy including PayPal’s move to the physical point-of-sale, omni-channel, mobile wallet, credit and platform strategies resulting in active user growth from 98M in 2011 to 184M in 2016 and annual revenue growth rates of > 20%
• Developed market strategies for key Asian (China, Japan) and selected European markets (UK, Germany), including partnership and ecosystem strategies
• Defined and guided strategic initiatives to deliver on the corporate strategy by embedding the initiatives in the line organizations and the financial structure. Initiatives included: wallet, financial hub, demand generation, identity, business services, merchant credit, consumer credit, acquiring, channel strategy, shipping and loyalty

a-connect allows Fortune 1000 companies and Private Equity Firms to in-source top notch independent consultants. Involved in founding the company in 2001 and officially joined a-connect in 2007 to open and lead its West Coast Office and Global Marketing function

Led the development of strategic and market intelligence projects for Visa International’s Executive Management Team and the International Board of Directors. Supported the wider organization with internal consulting capabilities. Scope of projects spanned corporate strategy, product strategies, business plans, corporate transformation, IPO preparation and performance enhancement.

Visa designated Board member of GCPS LLC, a multinational joint venture of Commercial Card issuing banks.

Led team of four Product Directors in the development and execution of product platform strategies, strategic marketing initiatives and operating plans for Visa’s global “mid- to large corporations” business (USD 75 bn in transaction volume).

Led and participated in strategic projects for Visa International’s Executive Management Team and the International Board of Directors.

Managed and led teams of consultants and clients in engagements in mostly growth related corporate and business unit strategy, corporate finance, business building and marketing and channel strategy for consumer goods, e-commerce and financial service clients. Gained experience in complex problem solving, cross-functional project management, cross-organizational and senior management communication, coaching and people development.