Payson JohnstonCo Founder

United States - Campbell, California,

Payson serves as the CEO of Crowdz, a Fintech startup in Silicon Valley focused on digitizing and automating supply chain finance. He has worked for 25+ years in diverse areas, including value chains and supply chain management, building analytic platforms, sustainability, business ethics, and technology. He designed the company he co-founded from scratch after recognizing a critical need in the supply chain and Fintech industry for a global receivables marketplace. In addition, Payson's research and teaching interests include sustainability, business & robotic ethics, and philosophical theology. These experiences bring to the table a unique combination of skills and leadership that drives innovation, helps form strategic and lasting partnerships with very diverse organizations and people, and delivers real results.

Payson's most important calling and vocation is being a father to 3 kids and spending time with his wife while enjoying hobbies of travel, visiting old bookstores, participating in his faith community, watching movies, raising children, and living life together.

Life motto:
Change the world in a radical, visionary, innovative, and positive way, without losing your soul, all while making an unequivocal and lasting impact on family, friends, colleagues, individuals, communities, society, and the world; an impact that promotes goodness and human flourishing.