Management Team

Trevor Healy, CEO

Trevor is Chief Executive Officer at JAJAH and is responsible for all aspects of the company. A successful entrepreneur and NASDAQ 100 executive, he brings a blend of early stage skills, and public company knowledge to JAJAH.

Prior to joining JAJAH, Trevor was Vice President at PayPal Inc., a division of eBay Inc. There he was a general manager to an Internet eCommerce business, which processed in excess of $50 billion of eCommerce transactions annually. Formerly, Trevor was Vice President at Verisign Inc. There he was the general manager of the Electronic Commerce group, which processed mobile and eCommerce transactions for retailers, mobile operators and consumers. He led the growth of this business for three years, and its eventual sale to eBay Inc.

Before joining VeriSign, Trevor was Co-founder of CelNX (“Cellular Network Exchange”). A private company, CelNX was one of the first companies to offer consumers a method to add prepaid minutes to their mobile handset over-the-air. CelNX was sold to VeriSign and became part of VeriSign’s mobile offering.

Prior to joining CelNX, Trevor was an Executive Vice President at Trintech Group PLC, where he led the electronic and wireless commerce division, which marketed products to mobile operators, financial institutions and retailers globally. Trevor had full responsibility for all aspects of the division including sales, technology and operations. As the second employee and co-founding member of Trintech Inc., he started the company’s U.S. operation, which completed an IPO on NASDAQ and subsequent secondary offering.

Trevor holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, in Ireland.

Jeff Baeth, CFO

Jeff is Chief Financial Officer at JAJAH; he oversees finance and administration, investor relations, legal and human resources at the company.

Prior to JAJAH, Jeff was Senior Vice President at VeriSign Inc. He was a member of the Office of CFO (OCFO) and was responsible for managing VeriSign’s global Financial and Performance Management operations. Jeff played a critical role in the growth of the company from a small, venture-backed start-up to a global corporation. He was a key member of the management team, helping to set financial and business strategy, leading financing rounds and conducting a successful IPO and secondary offering. Additionally, Jeff was part of the VeriSign M&A team that conducted the acquisition of Jamster, Network Solutions, 3i Mobile and m-Cube among others.

Jeff has more than 20 years of experience specializing in finance and accounting for high tech companies. Prior to joining VeriSign, he worked for Adobe and KLA-Tencor, in both finance and accounting capacities. Prior to that, he was a senior auditor at KPMG Peat Marwick, where he had a wide range of responsibilities including assisting in business planning and consulting, running client audits and financial reporting services, and litigation support.

He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business with a concentration in Accounting and Finance from Pacific University.

Michel Veys, Chief Operating Officer

Michel Veys is Chief Operating Officer at JAJAH; he is responsible for managing the company’s business operations, segment P&Ls, and implementations.

Prior to joining Jajah, Michel was General Manager of the e-commerce gateway business at PayPal, a division of eBay Inc. Formerly he was head of Products for the Electronic Commerce group at VeriSign Inc. where he was responsible for product marketing and management, and oversaw international expansion.

Earlier in his career, Michel was Chief Executive Officer of QEDSoft, a venture backed company in rich media, and Vice President of Products at Trintech Group PLC, a global provider of e-commerce products and services which completed a successful IPO on Nasdaq. Michel also served as Vice President of transaction processing solutions at Visa International, and held management positions with Citigroup Consumer Services in France as resident vice president, in charge of strategy and operations, and Intel.

Michel received a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Solvay, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

FOUNDERS

Daniel Mattes, Co-founder

Daniel, a serial entrepreneur, embarked on a career to change the world of voice communication and thus cofounded JAJAH together with Roman Scharf.

Daniel began his career when he started his first company, Auftrag.at, an online public tendering solution for which he received the Austrian Federal Award of Excellence. The company was acquired within two years of inception and today is the largest tendering solution in Austria and Europe. Daniel then went on to invest in Technik Design AG, a media technology company where he joined the management board. During his tenure the company expanded rapidly and reached profitability.
A celebrated expert in database technology, Daniel has published three books including SQL – Usage in Extra- and Internet, Databases with Delphi and Database development in the Internet. He has also been published many times in tech related publications.

Roman Scharf, Co-founder

Roman co-founded JAJAH together with Daniel Mattes on the belief they will change the world of voice communication.

After working at the European Commission in Brussels, Roman began a career as a management consultant. Early on, he became a managing partner in the management consulting firm ECOS Consulting, where he developed expertise in executing large, complex projects on a pan-European basis.

Roman then went on to become an original angel investor, and later a member of the management team, in Ecotech Software GmbH, a provider of software solutions for architects and engineers. He was responsible for business development and marketing for the Ecotech Group as well as Executive Manager of Ecotech Software Germany - the group’s main branch. In 2004, Rockwool International acquired Ecotech.

Roman holds a degree from Vienna Business School, receiving an award from the European Commission for his thesis on "Environmental Management and Eco-Auditing."