Announcing Triangle Business Journal's 2025 40 Under 40 winners

By Cameron Snipes – Associate Editor, Triangle Business Journal
Mar 20, 2025
Updated Apr 9, 2025 4:19 pm EDT

We're excited to announce our latest class of 40 Under 40 honorees. This annual award recognizes young professionals who are shaping Triangle business and their communities for the better.

40 UNDER 40

Celebrating next-generation leaders in payments.
– Recipients: Allison Raley (Arnall Golden Gregory), Joe Helmy (JP Morgan), Jerry Lee (Stripe, Inc.), Charles Cicack (High Wire Payments), Jonathan Cole (Corepay), Chelsye Toliver (Novo Platform Inc.), Ning Wang (CORE Business Technologies), Sandra Ishak (Ingenico Inc.), Daniel Resendez (FIS/WP), Nicole Pirog (Bishota Law PLLC), Dustin Magaziner (PayBright), Lysandra Justiniano (Stax Payments), Ashton Radican (Encytro), Anna Connors (Adyen), Matthew Hernandez (Maverick Payments), Evan O’Brien (Payroc), Robert Newton (CardFlight), Greg Gorman (North), Sophie Zhai (Universal Processing LLC.), Sean McDonald (PNC Bank), Casey Golden (Talus Payments), Danny Ferens (MAPP Advisors), Uri Kunstlinger (Sola), Michelle Travers (Humboldt Merchant Services), Travis Jordan (Merchant Focus), Joseph Saahene (Usio, Inc.), Steve Lovasz (U.S. Bank / Elavon), Alexis McDonough (PAYARC), Nabil Manji (Worldpay), Jimmy Virk (Beyond Bancard), Stacee Birdsong (Rainforest Pay, Inc.), Scott Hart (NMI), Brent Zucker (Featurespace, a Visa Solution), Jenny Miller (Wise US Inc.), Katie Klein (Mastercard), Conn Byrne (Payroc), Alex Paull (American Express), Zack Zahl (Verifone Inc.), Abubacker Nainamohamed (Valor Paytech), and Dakotah Dugan (Discover)