Bill Bing
CEO, Loyalese

Bill is the Founder & CEO of Loyalese, a loyalty program that is simple, fun and social. Loyalese members get rewards for shopping and sharing at more than 900 stores, and merchants have the opportunity to build stronger relationships with their best customers.

Prior to founding Loyalese Bill was an early employee at Upromise, a leading online loyalty program. After Upromise was acquired by Sallie Mae in 2006, Bill joined Square 1 Financial. At Square 1, Bill worked closely with early-stage companies and venture firms, and in 2008 he helped raise, invest and manage Square 1’s initial venture capital fund-of-funds.

Brad Halferty
CEO, Twongo.com

Brad Halferty is the CEO and Founder of Twongo.com, a social savings platform based on the Chinese principle of tuangou, the power of team buying. Twongo launched in January 2010 and is based in Cary, NC. Brad is responsible for business development & strategic partnerships for Twongo. Twongo is in the pre-funding stage and is currently running promotions in several cities in the United States and Canada.

Christian Taylor
CEO, Payvment

Christian serves as CEO of Payvment, a venture-backed startup that has created the leading shopping platform on Facebook. Payvment provides, free of charge, the only application that enables retailers to create their own storefronts where Facebook's 500 million users can shop without ever leaving the social network. Launched in late 2009, Payvment has already signed up more than 30,000 retailers offering more than 500,000 searchable products. Previously, Christian served as President of Xcreative Interactive, an interactive media and web development firm.