Ivo Mehide is a seasoned technology executive and payments specialist with 12+ years building product and engineering organizations across fintech and public transport ticketing. As CTO of Sfey and long-time CEO of Degeetia, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery in payment systems, contactless and mobile payments, RFID/NFC, and e-invoicing. His background includes directing card product development at SEB, leading payments product at Ridango, and managing NFC payment research—giving him rare end-to-end expertise from research to commercial deployments. Based in Estonia and holding an MSc in Informatics from the University of Tartu, he excels at translating complex payment standards and integrations into reliable, scalable systems. Known for bridging banking-grade security with real-world transit and ticketing use cases, he often operates where compliance, hardware constraints, and user experience intersect.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Informatics, MSc, Informatics at University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science
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