Meet Our Team
The People Behind Paystri
Jeremy Straley
Head of Sales
Jeremy began his payments career in 2008 and worked at companies including Chase Paymentech and Worldpay/FIS. Prior to joining Paystri in 2021, Jeremy worked for three years at a software company leading sales and managing the company’s payments business. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys coaching mountain biking and baseball for his children’s teams.
Eric Bowsfield
Customer Success Specialist
Eric started worked in the payment processing industry in 2008 and assists our customers with service requests, transaction inquiries, basic terminal troubleshooting, and answering questions quickly and accurately. Outside of work, Eric enjoys history and fantasy/sci-fi.
Jeff Martin
Customer Success Specialist
Jeff is a Customer Success Specialist with over a decade of successful experience supporting Paystri merchants. A strong believer in a positive attitude and can-do approach, Jeff specializes in hardware and payment gateways but is also fluent with PCI compliance and customer service. Jeff enjoys skiing, mountain biking, saltwater fishing, and dog walking.
Jennie Fountain
Systems Quality Manager
Jennie’s role as Systems Quality Manager requires her to wear many hats including data quality, technical support escalations, auditing technology-based finances, and process improvement. She enjoys painting, cooking, and going on spontaneous adventures with family and friends.
Jim Kimberly
Customer Support Specialist
Jim is a Customer Support Specialist who started in the payment industry in 2000 with over 2 decades of experience managing a technical support team. A team-first-oriented person, Jim specializes in hardware, software, PCI compliance, and advanced troubleshooting of all things related to processing. Jim enjoys working out, playing golf, cooking and being outdoors as much as possible.
John DiStefano
Vice President, Sales
John is responsible for product sales, channel management, and ongoing support. He also specializes in managing payment strategies and integration for the Towing and Laundry industries. In addition to spending quality time with family, John is a freelance photographer and can be found tournament bass fishing in the summer months.