Tom Dailey provides independent expert strategic and practical advice to merchants, payment processors, investors, law firms, and other organizations. He is a recognized, trusted expert in the card and payments space. As a senior executive at Discover, he managed the multi-billion dollar merchant business unit, including a team of over 2,000 across 28 facilities. More recently, as CEO at international eCommerce payments processor 2Checkout, Dailey led more than $70 million in funding rounds and a quadrupling of the company’s market valuation. In addition to consulting, Tom serves in expert witness, consulting, and litigation support roles for payments-related matters. He is also active as an investor, board member, and philanthropist across a variety of companies. Tom serves as the Chair-Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, and is Founder/Chair of the Tom E. Dailey Foundation Inc. Tom and his partner Sung Jin are also currently managing five restaurants, including four Zoup! fast-casual restaurants as well as a new concept, Tasty Dog, in Central Ohio through their company Tasty Main LLC.