Executive Management Team
Eduardo Del Riego
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Global
Mr. Del Riego began his career in the freight industry in 1974. In 1999, after successfully launching and managing a series of freight companies, including building a U.S.... logistics company with over $100 million in revenue, Mr. Del Riego transitioned into the software business founding Athena Information Systems. After the sale of Athena, he headed Active Freight as President growing the company seven-fold prior to joining PayCargo as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 2013.
Lionel van der Walt
President & Chief Executive Officer – The Americas
Lionel van der Walt has more than 20 years of international executive leadership experience. He spent the early part of his career in the South African Air Force... and later over a decade with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he held various leadership roles based out of South Africa, Spain and the United States, including President of Cargo Network Services Corp. (CNS), IATA’s U.S. cargo subsidiary. Post CNS, he served as CEO at the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC). He also served as a member of PayCargo’s Board of Directors. Currently, Lionel is President and CEO, Americas at PayCargo and serves as a member of the PayCargo EU, the RCI Foundation and the Clayton Youth Rugby Club’s Boards of Directors. He holds an MBA in Strategy and General Management from Milpark Business School in South Africa and qualified both as an Air Traffic Controller, and an Aircraft Maintenance Technician earlier in his career.
Juan C. Dieppa
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Mr. Dieppa joined PayCargo in 2007 and co-founded, created and continues to design the online freight payment system for the cargo and shipping industry.... As COO, Mr. Dieppa is dedicated to PayCargo's go-to-market strategy and has operational responsibility for all department areas. He coordinates the planning process and implementation of strategic initiatives with other senior managers, including marketing and brand positioning.
Thomas Vieweg
Chief Growth Officer
Thomas joined PayCargo in September 2016 as Vice President of Business Development before taking on the role as Chief Growth Officer in June 2019. He is... an experienced entrepreneur. His dual-background in technology and finance matched with experience in startups has consistently helped him drive growth and enhance profitability for multiple startup companies. Throughout his career, Thomas has been an investor, advisor and consultant to cutting edge technology companies.
Jason Weber
Chief Legal Officer
Mr. Weber is ideally suited to his role as Chief Legal Officer of PayCargo due to his background as the founder of Xander Law Group, P.A., one of South Florida’s fastest... growing law firms. His experience as a commercial litigator makes him an astute problem solver and negotiator. Mr. Weber has represented PayCargo since 2013 and has been an active member of the management team since 2016. Mr. Weber’s responsibilities include overseeing legal initiatives in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Weber is a graduate of the Rutgers School of Business and the Rutgers School of Law and he successfully matriculated at the University of Miami’s Real Estate Development LLM program.
Henry Del Riego
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Del Riego joined PayCargo in June 2019 and has extensive experience in the finance field having worked in three medical schools and a major hospital... system in senior finance positions. His career in academic and healthcare administration spans over thirty-five years with more than twenty-five years in senior management positions. Mr. Del Riego attended the University of Miami where he received a Bachelor in Business Administration and Master of Science in Accounting degrees. In addition Mr. Del Riego also attended Nova Southeastern University where he received a Master of Science in Management Information Systems degree.
Doug Schmidt
Chief Technology & Information Officer
Doug Schmidt is the Founder of Metaprise, the virtual market platform that connects investors and corporate partners with private companies. Doug is also an active... mentor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at multiple global accelerator companies, advisor for growth-stage startups, and an advisor at Venture Capital Firms. Before becoming an entrepreneur and business owner, Doug worked as Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer for nearly 30 years for some of the world's largest public companies including CNET Networks, CBS Interactive, Pearson PLC, and Dentsu.
Management Team
Timothy Walton
Vice President of Sales
Mr. Walton joined PayCargo as Vice President of Sales in 2013 after leaving Maritime Software Solutions where he was Vice President of Sales for two years. He is... responsible for the 3PLs and Beneficial Cargo Owners sales divisions. With over 20 years of international sales and operational management experience in the logistics industry, Mr. Walton has managed offshore offices for ocean carriers such as Sea Land, Crowley and NPR.
Brian Akers
Vice President of National Accounts
Mr Akers joined PayCargo in October 2019 from CAI Logistics where he was Vice President of International Logistics. He previously served 12 years with DHL in... various global leadership roles most resent being as the Americas Vice President of business development for DHL Global Forwarding from March 2015 to February 2018. Prior to that he was Head of Transportation Sourcing for DHL Global Business Services. Mr. Akers has over 15 years logistics experience globally and across multiple modes including Air Freight, Ocean Freight, 3PL services, Supply Chain Solutions, 3rd Party Procurement. He earned his B.A. from the University of Dayton and has served as a member of the United States Coast Guard.
Ken Nieze
Vice President of Sales, West Coast USA
Mr Nieze joined PayCargo in October 2020 having over 30 years of professional commercial experience in logistics and... technology. He has served in the industry from various countries and leadership positions from SVP Global Sales at Kuehne + Nagel based in Switzerland to VP Stategic Accounts recently at Agility Logistics in Switzerland and Seattle, MA. He earned his B.A from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in production management, certified in commercial leadership from Wharton Business School and earned his MBA in Supply Chain Management at ETH, Zurich Switzerland.
Leonardo Hanon
Vice President of Operations
Leo Hanon oversees the day-to-day operations mainly related to Customer Experience and the different internal processes. Mr. Hanon started developing... the PayCargo – CNS partnership, setting the groundwork with the airlines on integrating their systems with the PayCargo-CNS system. Prior to PayCargo, Leo Hanon worked at IATA for 11 years at IATA leading the Financial Distribution Services Division, which processed and settled USD 35 billion per year of airline revenues in the Travel Agency Program and the Cargo Program. Mr. Hanon has a proven record of accomplishments in diverse industries such as Aviation Financial Distribution Services, Courier Express airline Transportation, Maritime Shipping Transportation, and Entrepreneurial projects, all from Engineering, Commercial and Management functions.
Board of Directors
Larry Brandt
Chairman of the Board
Throughout Mr. Brandt’s career starting in 1979, he founded, expanded, managed, and sold a series of successful tire dealerships. He is currently President of... the United Tire Group and runs a consulting firm, Brandt Marketing, directed towards tire dealers and remains active in the industry. Mr. Brandt is also the co-chair for TIA’s Environmental Action Committee.
Philip J. Philliou
Board Director
Philip J. Philliou has been involved in the transaction processing services and payment technology industries for more than 25 years. He currently serves as CEO of... PayCargo Capital, an independent finance company with a strategic partnership with PayCargo. Philliou founded and served as CEO of TruBeacon, Inc. (acquired by First Data Corp in 2016). Philliou was a Board Member of Harbor Payments (acquired by American Express) and several other fintech companies. Philliou held leadership positions with First Data Corp, UnitedHealth Group, and MasterCard. Mr. Philliou holds a B.S. in accounting from Fordham University’s Gabelli School and a J.D. from Fordham Law School. Philliou serves on the Entrepreneurial Law Advisory Council at Fordham Law School.
Mitchell P. Baxt
Board Director
Mr. Baxt is a Global Logistics Management Professional with over 30 years of successful experience encompassing responsibilities in International Freight Forwarding and... Export Management, Risk Management and Business Development. His long-time relationships with major carriers and shippers makes him an invaluable asset in the overall commercial strategy of PayCargo.
Cory Bricker
Board Director
Mr. Bricker has more than 20 years of executive payments and logistics experience. He started his career at Arthur Andersen where he became the Regional Specialist for... the JD Edwards transportation module. He later moved to Cass Information Systems where he has held several key roles including heading sales of their flagship freight audit and payment business unit, leading Cass’ supply chain finance efforts, head of corporate development and most recently heading their integrated payments business unit where services are provided to some of the nation’s best fintech providers.
Kevin Tice
Board Director
Mr. Tice is Co-Founder of Temperance Partners, a private investment firm focusing on investments in the financial services sector, as well as advising high net worth... families. He was a Board member of Banyan Partners LLC until its sale to Boston Private Financial Holdings in 2014, and is currently a Board member of PayCargo Finance L.P.
Eduardo Del Riego
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Global
Mr. Del Riego began his career in the freight industry in 1974. In 1999, after successfully launching and managing a series of freight companies, including building a U.S.... logistics company with over $100 million in revenue, Mr. Del Riego transitioned into the software business founding Athena Information Systems. After the sale of Athena, he headed Active Freight as President growing the company seven-fold prior to joining PayCargo as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 2013.
Vision & Mission
Our vision is to revolutionize the efficiency of the worldwide movement of goods and material shipped via land, sea or air through the use of PayCargo's propriety online payment solution.
Our mission is to work within the freight shipping industry to facilitate the delivery of cargo via our secure, cost effective and patented payment platform to improve the speed and profitability of our customers' businesses.
Our Partners
About IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 290 airlines or 82% of total air traffic. IATA supports many areas of aviation activity and helps formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.
On March 12, 2019, PayCargo LLC announced an agreement with IATA, the trade association for the world’s airlines, to jointly offer the Air Cargo Industry an advanced and efficient payment and settlement system: The IATA-PayCargo System, which allows customers worldwide to benefit from the ability to make fast, online payments, as well as to have immediate access to settlement data.
About CNS
Cargo Network Services Corp. (CNS), a subsidiary of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is dedicated to the entire air logistics chain by providing a unique set of business solutions that meet the requirements of the Air Cargo Industry in the United States, and PayCargo LLC, have partnered to offer the U.S. Air Cargo Industry a new innovative and efficient payment solution for Imports into the U.S. called the PayCargo-CNS System.
With the PayCargo-CNS System importers will be able to make online payments within minutes, and the payment data will flow to the Airline immediately allowing the importer to pick up their cargo at the airport facility within one (1) hour for a simple flat fee of $5.00 per transaction. The Airlines will receive their funds from PayCargo-CNS overnight and see their funds in their bank account the next morning.
About CHAMP
CHAMP is a leading supplier of integrated IT solutions to the air freight community. CHAMP has been providing outstanding service and a wide range of innovative IT solutions to the industry for over 30 years.
The integration between CHAMP and PayCargo API is one of a kind, it allows CHAMP's users of Cargo Management Application Services (Air Operational Systems) to view PayCargo transactions. They can now quickly check if a client has made a payment via the PayCargo system and authorize the release of cargo. Simply put, the PayCargo CHAMP API integration enables users of the CHAMP system to benefit from PayCargo without leaving their native CHAMP environment.
CHAMP is a Strategic Partner of PayCargo.
About Unisys
Unisys is a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions for the most digitally demanding businesses and governments on Earth. Unisys offerings include security software and services; digital transformation and workplace services; industry applications and services; and innovative software operating environments for high-intensity enterprise computing.
By adding payment capabilities into Unisys software, PayCargo gives users on both sides of a transaction visibility into billing, which will enable them to address any issues immediately and make payments more efficiently.
Our Clients
