Erik Bogaard

Founder

Boston, Massachusetts, United States15 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Invented password-free online checkout used by major companies.
  • Secured PPE for hospitals during COVID-19 crisis.
  • Founder of multiple successful startups in fintech and education.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce innovator with extensive startup leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

Business OwnershipStart-up LeadershipXanoLow-Code DevelopmentUser Experience (UX)Artificial Intelligence (AI)EntrepreneurshipSocial MediaMarketing StrategyStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsSEMMobile DevicesVenture CapitalOnline Marketing

About

Sole inventor on 6 issued US patents for advancements in mobile, Internet payments technology (fintech); invented pin-based, password-free online checkout (you receive text message with code to checkout - now used by two ~$100B companies), and hands-free in-store checkout in 2011. 15+ years experience founding companies, developing custom software, building teams, managing investors and overseeing all business operations. Experience leading product and technology development for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 10 leaders. Have helped company executives, HR teams, founders and engineering teams build highly complex platforms from scratch with shoestring budgets that have now generated over $150M+ for various clients in fintech, education, healthcare and retail. Secured tens-of-thousands of PPE in the earliest days of COVID for hospitals and non-profits.

Experience

Reveel

Founder & CEO

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • https://hello.usereveel.com -- Community over commercials. A brand recommendation from someone you trust is more influential than an ad or countless strangers. Reveel your favorite brands, earn cashback on your own and followers' purchases.

Task force lab

Founder & CEO

Mar 2020Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Los Angeles

  • Task Force coordinated on-site testing services for senior living (independent living, skilled nursing facilities, etc.), production companies (worked with IATSE, SAG-AFTRA and DGA), colleges/universities and businesses looking to get back to work with 24-48 hour turnaround time.
  • Trained medical professionals arrived onsite to test employees and residents in a single visit. Worked with clients across California.

Forge lab

Founder & CEO

May 2017Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · Boston, MA

  • Forge has over 15+ years of building our own technology companies and helping clients do the same.
  • Depending on client needs, Forge acts as a Fractional CTO, CPO and engineering team, leading product and engineering so clients can stay focused on their business.
  • We partner with companies that need more than just developers - they need someone to solve problems, help define the product, architect the system and actually deliver it. From strategy and design to full-stack development and launch, we can help run the entire product lifecycle with your internal team.
  • Our clients span fintech, commerce (omni-channel and eComm), education, digital consumer experiences, and encrypted communication. And we have experience managing remote and in-house teams across the US, Europe, India and China.
  • In addition to traditional development (frontend, backend, mobile), we’re also leaders in hybrid low-code approaches. As certified Xano and WeWeb partners, we can move even faster and leaner — without compromising on quality or scalability.
  • Need a partner who’ll own the outcome, not just the code? Let’s talk
Business OwnershipStart-up LeadershipProduct DevelopmentEngineering Leadership

Boom! payments

Founder & CEO

Jan 2014Apr 2021 · 7 yrs 3 mos · greater los angeles area

  • Boom is building the most convenient and secure payment experience ever by empowering in-store shoppers to checkout without removing anything from purse or pocket, providing online shoppers a password-free checkout experience and eliminating the need to share any static personal or financial data at the point of sale.
  • Boom changes the game for strategic partners by giving them technology that massively increases sales and revenue, reduces fraud and lowers cost all without requiring them to make the traditional choice between security and convenience.
  • Prosecuted and received 6 issued US Patents for advancements in mobile, Internet payments technology.

Mybookcrate

Founder & CEO

Jan 2011Jan 2014 · 3 yrs · Greater Los Angeles Area

  • myBookCrate is the first and only online marketplace that instantly connects students on campus in order to buy & sell their textbooks. Our marketplace is the most convenient way for students to buy their textbooks and the only way to resell them for their actual fair-market value. We provide students from more than 7,500 campuses across the United States with access to thousands of books on our dynamic online marketplace.
  • Semifinalist for Forbes "America's Most Promising Companies".

Education

MIT Sloan School of Management

Sloan Fellow

Jan 2027Present

Boston University

Economics

Flintridge Preparatory School

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