Shaliza Somani

Shaliza Somani directs new business development for Paramount Commerce, a Toronto-based company with 15 years of experience in payment processing and associated risk management. A trusted provider of technology-driven banking processes, Paramount has facilitated more than $35 billion in global transactions. Over her 3 years with the company, Shaliza Somani has created and instituted a number of new internal standard operating procedures, with an emphasis on client support. She also successfully extended Paramount’s SaaS licensing model, resulting in millions of additional processing volume.

Shaliza Somani formerly served 6 years as director of sales and marketing for a digital e-wallet provider. Working out of company offices in both Toronto and Los Angeles, she eliminated operational bottlenecks to decrease customer service costs and boost account usage by 30 percent. Ms. Somani also spearheaded human resources initiatives to increase monthly processing volume from $10 million to $100 million in just 8 months.