Daniel Kornitzer serves as EVP and Chief Business Development Officer of Paysafe. Prior to this, upon rejoining the Group in 2014, Daniel served as Paysafe’s Chief Product Officer. In his 20+ years in technology management, he has pioneered ground-breaking initiatives, from the world’s first over-the-phone speech recognition systems at Nortel Networks and  ISO/ITU standards for video coding in use today, to FirePay's digital wallet and risk management processes, which led to his appointment to the NACHA Risk Management Task Force. Daniel is also member of the advisory boards of Shyft Network and Smart Valor, two leading blockchain companies. He holds a B.Eng in electrical engineering from Ecole Polytechnique, M.Eng from McGill University and a diploma in network engineering from University of Toronto.