AU10TIX Promotes Carey O’ Connor Kolaja to CEO

AU10TIX, a global ID verification and authentication platform, and its board of directors today announced that the appointment of its current president and chief operating officer-Carey O’ Connor Kolaja as Chief Executive Officer(CEO) with responsibility for establishing and driving the overall business strategy and day-to-day operations. Kolaja will take over from the firm’s former CEO Ron Atzmon, who remains an integral part of AU10TIX, but will transition to active deputy chairman and lead strategic client relationships, M&A activities and outlining strategic direction for AU10TIX.

In her new role, Kolaja will lead a team charged with enabling companies to onboard faster, prevent fraud, meet compliance mandates and build trust with customers.

Kolaja has more than 20 years of experience working at the intersection of payments, identity and adaptive technologies.

Throughout her career, O'Connor Kolaja has been known as an innovator, disrupter and operator who can drive from startup to scale-up. Prior to AU10TIX, she was the global chief product officer at Citi Fintech and vice president of global consumer products at PayPal. In these roles, she was responsible for the global product vision in service to hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. She led international teams charged with designing, deploying and operating global product and commercial strategies for consumer products to effectively serve the local needs and interests of customers in the 200-plus markets they serve.

"During her time at AU10TIX, Carey has been an invaluable asset to the organization. She believes deeply in what we do and is confident in the road ahead," Atzmon said. "I am confident she will help AU10TIX reach new heights of performance across all aspects of the company's operation and help transform the identity space as we know it today."