Eric Allen is LISNR’s CEO, responsible for leading our team and assisting with the growth of our company. With over 30 years of experience in the software technology field, Eric has been an integral part of fulfilling LISNR’s mission for over five years.

Focused on LISNR’s Key Goals & Objectives

For LISNR® to deliver real results to our clients, we must have a strong team. Day in and day out, Eric focuses his time on aligning our team with critical key goals and objectives. As a result, we’re able to continuously provide innovative solutions to solve our clients’ mobile payment and customer experience concerns.

Working to Understand & Solve Customer Experience Problems

Each client we serve has unique challenges associated with their payment processes and customer engagement. Passionate about solving these challenges, Eric believes the best way to address them is to first understand. He uses his expertise to work with clients to create a solution via LISNR® that helps them attain their goals. As a result, our clients experience increased customer satisfaction, leading to increased sales and revenue.

Over 20 Years of Experience in Innovation & Leadership

Eric brings to LISNR® over 20 years of experience in innovation and executive leadership in a wide range of areas, including strategy, marketing, operations and business development. Before being a part of LISNR®, Eric served Gracenote as the SVP. General Manager of Music, Auto and Addressability, as well as the SVP of Professional Service. Over the years, he has also worked with other successful and innovative organizations such as Gravity Mobile, Retailigence Corporation, mobilQ, Itochu Technology and Dijit. Eric’s leadership and expertise helped secure two Emmy’s, one in Interactive TV and the other in Interactive TV Advertisement. With two sons, 12 and 9, and as the CEO of a start-up, Eric admits that he doesn’t have much spare time. Yet, he’s inspired daily by the wins he helps our clients receive, pushing him forward.

Let’s Solve Your Customer Experience Challenges Together

Eric and our entire team are dedicated to helping retailers across the globe enhance their customer experience via the innovative, ultrasonic technology available through LISNR®. If you’re ready to solve your customer experience challenges, reach out to LISNR® today. Give us a call at 513-322-8400 or send us a message.

Jake Engwerda is LISNR’s Senior Vice President of Sales. Each day, Jake is responsible for sales, partnerships and commercial strategy to push LISNR® forward. He’s been a part of LISNR’s executive team since 2017 and a part of the tech industry since 2002.

Providing Real Results for Measurable Challenges

Jake understands that each client who reaches out to LISNR® is struggling with a unique retail payment or customer experience challenge. He also knows that these concerns are measurable and can find real resolution through LISNR®. Jake dedicates his time to discovering, creating and building solutions that empower the merchant to move forward. Jake is passionate about technology, disruption and impact, three things that LISNR® embodies and aims to deliver to each of our clients via ultrasonic sound capabilities.

Bringing 17 Years of Experience to the Table

Since 2002, Jake has made his mark on the tech industry throughout NYC, LA and Australia. He’s had the opportunity to lead teams of 70+ people who were accountable for over $500 million in revenue. He’s also been responsible for bringing start-ups to full profitability within 24 months of creation while securing game-changing customers and rolling out to over 8 countries at the same time. Before working with LISNR®, Jake worked for many successful organizations, including POSmusic as the Chief Commercial Officer, Carsales as the General Manager of MediaMotive, MediaMath as the Vice President of Sales, myThings as the Vice President of APAC and Global Accounts, and more. Now, he uses this expertise to drive growth and positive change for our innovative start-up, assisting our team with integrating our technology with innovative global partners. In his spare time, Jake enjoys riding and spending time with his wife and two children.

Solve Your Payment & Customer Experience Challenges With LISNR®

Jake and the team at LISNR® help clients just like you solve their retail mobile payment and customer experience challenges through ultrasonic technology. To learn more about LISNR® and to see how we can help, give us a call at 513-322-8400 or send us a message.

Chris Ostoich is LISNR’s Co-Founder and Head of Innovation, responsible for assisting our retail clients with both payment and checkout-related experiences. Since 2012, the year LISNR® first came onto the retail payment scene, Chris has been a critical part of the growing company’s backbone.

Dedicated to Discovering Payment & Checkout Experience Solutions

Chris commits his time to solving problems for retailers through LISNR’s secure and reliable alternatives to existing payment technologies—ultrasonic data transfer or data-over-sound. With state-of-the-art, disruptive technology comes many questions and concerns about what we do and how it benefits our clients. Chris stands in the gap, helping our clients understand how our technology can change the way they do retail each and every day. By running discovery sessions and using his expertise to provide solutions, our clients improve their payment experience, thus increasing customer loyalty and revenue.

A Leader in Innovation Engineering

Chris is no stranger to innovation engineering. Before LISNR®, Chris founded two other innovative companies, BlackbookHR and DisruptHR LLC, both successful in the field of human resources. But Chris admits that his biggest accomplishment to date is taking the idea of LISNR® and helping it grow into a company on the cutting edge of retail innovation. Since 2012, his efforts have helped LISNR® earn a CNBC Disruptor 50 Award, given only to companies who are truly changing the world. His efforts also contributed to LISNR’s Gold Lion Award, one of the top honors awarded by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. Now, LISNR® has raised more than $30M in venture capital, grown to offices in three cities and provides retail payment solutions to clients such as Ticketmaster, Jaguar Land Rover, Visa and beyond. In his spare time, you’ll find Chris lifting weights, cooking or driving a race car. He’s also an accomplished musician and a Level 1 Sommelier.

Take Control of Your Payment Moment. Reach Out to LISNR® Today.

Chris and the entire team at LISNR® assist retailers across the globe by providing them the means to take control of their mobile payment moment. If you want to improve the payment experience for your customers, reach out to LISNR® today. Give us a call at 513-322-8400 or send us a message.

Rodney Williams is the Co-Founder of LISNR®, responsible for leading all of the company’s commercial activities and strategy execution as Chief Commercial Officer. He’s been with LISNR® since its founding and served as the CEO till August 2018.

Award-Winning Leader & Entrepreneur

Rodney is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He’s a multi-time start-up founder and award-winning leader within the industry, capturing an outstanding list of accomplishments, most recently being selected as a member of the 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Although he measures all of his accomplishments the same, Rodney believes that his biggest will be making LISNR® a force to be reckoned with in the retail space. As such, he will continue to push LISNR® forward, ensuring the team continuously meets the necessary goals for explosive growth.

Dedicated Retail Problem-Solver

LISNR® delivers a better way to pay to retailers and mobility companies using the most advanced ultrasonic, data-over-sound platform. Rodney helps these organizations solve complex retail and customer experience challenges via LISNR® technology. How does he do it? Rodney believes in starting small. He begins by testing solutions, learning what works and what doesn’t for each unique company he serves. By communicating effectively and validating the use of LISNR® products, even the most complex problems can reach a resolution. Rodney possesses four degrees, including an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication, an MBA in Finance & Supply Chain Management, a B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics. In true entrepreneurship spirit, in his spare time, he likes to support and build companies.

Take Back Control Over Your Payment Moments With LISNR®

Rodney and the entire LISNR® team are dedicated to serving retailers and mobility companies across the globe by helping them take control over their payment moments. To start solving both payment and customer experience challenges today, reach out to LISNR®. Call us today at 513-322-8400 or send us a message.