Technology leader and operator · Founder & CEO, Paydock 2015–2025
Proven technology leader even banks rely on.
I founded Paydock and ran it for ten years. Oversaw product, engineering and go-to-market streams as Founder and CEO. Focus on high performing teams and cultural leadership. The technology acquired in 2026 as nationwide infrastructure.
Today I work with other founders and companies on strategy, capital, go-to-market, technology and leadership.
Companies I've built, served and advised
- Commonwealth Bank
- United Bank for Africa
- Coles Group
- UNHCR
- Azupay
- MPGS
- Mayrock
- Origin VC
- Drovox
- Emeris
- CamelCRM
- GetSifted
5
markets opened: the UK, Australia, Africa, Canada and the GCC
Tier-1
banks signed as customers, with the first deals sold personally
Millions
of people still served by the technology every week
100+
people across five regions, led through COVID and the war in Ukraine
30+
bank, acquirer and processor integrations, across 700+ releases
2026
technology acquired by a major Australian financial services and retail group
Speaking
On stage
Web Summit, Lisbon 2024
MPE, Berlin 2025
On air
Host of PayTalk. Guest on Fintech Chatter, Leaders in Payments and FinTech Focus TV.
In print
The Paypers, 2024. Forbes Australia, Top Fintech Leaders to Watch, 2023.
Mentoring
J.P. Morgan Fintech Forward
I mentored J.P. Morgan's 2025 Fintech Forward cohort of B2B founders on go-to-market, pricing and selling to banks.
Private mentoring
I also mentor pre-Series A founders one to one, on growing fast enough to earn the round and then getting it closed.
My top CliftonStrengths are Empathy, Learner and Achiever. In practice that means I listen first, I read everything, and I finish what I start.
Other apps and services
github.com/RobLincolneEmeris
Work planning built around time, not task lists.
CamelCRM
Agentic deal flow tracking 3,300+ investors and 8,000+ companies.
GetSifted
Inbox triage across email and WhatsApp Business.
arabme
Flashcards for Saudi-dialect Arabic, built to teach myself.
Thinking
Orchestration, before it had a name
I started building payment orchestration in 2015 and took it from prototype to live bank customers.
Banks at the front of payments
My case in The Paypers for how orchestration keeps banks close to their merchants.
Agentic commerce
How AI agents start and complete a payment: tokenised credentials, agent authentication and merchant controls.
Credentials
PCI DSS Level 1 · ISO 27001 · SOC 2
Held throughout at Paydock, answering to bank boards, risk teams and auditors
Forbes Australia
Top Fintech Leaders to Watch, 2023
Banking Tech Awards
Best Bank/Fintech Partnership, Highly Commended, 2023
Harrington Starr
Most Influential FinTech Firms, 2024
Pay360 Awards
Best Payment Orchestration Solution, shortlisted, 2024
J.P. Morgan
Fintech Forward mentor, 2025 cohort