Ian Halpern
CTO at Payload
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolIan Halpern is a pragmatic technology leader and serial founder with 13 years of experience building and scaling payment platforms for real estate, co-working, and developer-focused businesses. As CTO and co-founder of Payload and former CEO/CTO of Place (acquired by i3 Verticals), he blends hands-on engineering, product design, and business strategy to deliver robust API-driven payments and automation. His early work on targeted video ad systems at Visible World and teaching curriculum for General Assembly reflect a rare mix of deep systems knowledge and clear technical communication. Ian is known for designing elegant, production-ready solutions across languages, frameworks, and databases while keeping developer experience front and center. He often focuses on integration and automation patterns that turn complex payments flows into simple developer APIs. Based in New York, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a continuous drive to simplify fintech infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Digital Media, Software Engineering Digital Media at Drexel University
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
payload-code/payload-java
May 2019 - Jul 2024
Payload Java Library
Contributions:10 releases, 3 reviews, 12 PRs in 5 years 3 months
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payload-code/armrest-node
May 2023 - May 2024
Armrest Node.js Client Library
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 7 PRs in 1 year
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