{"id":14254,"date":"2022-09-08T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.wpengine.com\/?p=14254"},"modified":"2022-09-29T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:37:34","slug":"i3-verticas-chief-technology-officer-cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/key-placement\/i3-verticas-chief-technology-officer-cto\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0i3 Verticals Appoints Pete Panagakis as Chief Technology Officer (CTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14254\" class=\"elementor elementor-14254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4984b458 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4984b458\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-635a28a6\" data-id=\"635a28a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783022be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"783022be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14257 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/i3v_seondary_dark-300x63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/i3v_seondary_dark-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/i3v_seondary_dark-1024x215.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/i3v_seondary_dark-768x161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/i3v_seondary_dark.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Pete Panagakis has been named as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i3verticals.com\/\">i3 Verticals<\/a><\/strong>, a software company providing solutions for Public Sector, Education, Healthcare, Nonprofit, Hospitality, Property Management and Merchant Solutions throughout the United States. Buffkin\/Baker was pleased to partner with the company on this comprehensive search led by\u00a0Mark Farrington, Operating Partner\u00a0and\u00a0Ryan Baggett, Principal.<\/p><p>As the senior-most technology officer, he will help lead the delivery of integrated\u00a0software and payment solutions to its thousands of customers. Additionally, he will be responsible for overseeing the Company\u2019s technology teams, including\u00a0enterprise-wide software engineering, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology operations.<\/p><p>Mr. Panagakis was most recently an Executive Officer with Imperial PFS, a financial\u00a0services firm in the Midwest. He has also held similar technology roles with MarksNelson, LLC, and Epiq Systems.\u00a0<\/p><p>i3 Verticals delivers seamless, integrated payment and software solutions to customers and end users in strategic vertical markets. Building on its sophisticated and diverse platform of software solutions, the Company creates and acquires software products to serve the specific needs of\u00a0public and\u00a0private organizations in its strategic verticals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Panagakis has been named as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at i3 Verticals, a software company providing solutions for Public Sector, Education, Healthcare, Nonprofit, Hospitality, Property Management and Merchant Solutions throughout the United States. Buffkin\/Baker was pleased to partner with the company on this comprehensive search led by&nbsp;Mark Farrington, Operating Partner&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ryan Baggett, Principal. 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