Spencer White, COO and EVP of Business Development at Sionic Mobile


Spencer's Bio:

For nearly 25 years, Spencer White has led a range of companies in building new businesses, markets, products and relationships.  Most, but not all, within emerging, technology related fields.  Over the past decade in particular, Spencer has established a reputation as a pioneer and innovator in the fields of mobile applications, emerging payment services and digital commerce, having: • Co-founded Softcard - the AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile mobile wallet joint venture (acquired by Google in 2015)
• Headed AT&T’s mobile financial services strategy & product efforts
• Launched the nation’s first multi-bank mobile banking application
• Executed ground-breaking Near-Field Communications (NFC) consumer payment trials
• Nurtured the mobile payments ecosystem through leadership in cross-industry working groups, Federal /State regulator outreach, advising and public speaking

In April of this year, Spencer joined Sionic Mobile Corporation, an Atlanta-based mobile loyalty and payments platform provider, to become its new Chief Operating Officer.  Sionic Mobile connects merchants with nearby, mobile-savvy consumers in a closed loop service.  Merchant use the ION Loyalty platform to engage, entice and reward consumers – increasing visits, sales and margins, while lowering their cost of payments acceptance.  Consumers use Sionic Mobile’s ION Rewards app to earn ION points on every purchase and spend those IONs like cash when paying at over 150,000 merchant locations.

Spencer holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University and an M.B.A from the University of Tennessee.