Dean Leavitt

Founder and CEO Boost Payment Solutions

Last Reviewed: July 31, 2026

Executive Summary

Dean M. Leavitt is Founder and CEO of Boost Payment Solutions, widely recognized as the global leader in B2B payments technology. He founded the company in 2009 after identifying a significant gap in the payments ecosystem: despite the global B2B market being roughly $125 trillion, dwarfing the B2C market, no purpose-built solutions existed for complex commercial payment needs.

Career Highlights

• Founded Boost Payment Solutions in 2009; the company now operates in more than 180 countries and is recognized as the global leader in B2B payments.
• Holds patented Straight-Through Processing technology (Boost Intercept) used to automate virtual card payments for enterprise suppliers.
• Led a partnership between Boost and American Express to optimize virtual card payment acceptance for U.S.-based suppliers.
• Member of the Forbes Finance Council; serves on the Global and European Advisory Boards of Commercial Payments International.

Professional Journey

Leavitt built more than 30 years of leadership experience across public and private companies in the electronic payments industry before founding Boost. He founded and served as President of US Data Capture, a New York-based credit card processing company serving institutions including hospitals, universities, municipalities, and supermarkets that had not previously accepted card payments. He went on to serve as Chairman and CEO of publicly traded US Wireless Data, and later as the bankruptcy court-appointed Interim President of Cynergy Data, leading the credit card processing company through its restructuring and sale process.

In 2009, drawing on more than 20 years of payments industry experience, Leavitt founded Boost Payment Solutions to build purpose-built B2B payment technology for large enterprises, recognizing that prior attempts to adapt consumer payment solutions for commercial use had consistently failed. Under his leadership, Boost has grown into the global leader in B2B payments, operating in more than 180 countries with patented technology that optimizes commercial card acceptance and processing. He has served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Transactions Association and serves on the Global and European Advisory Boards of Commercial Payments International.

Education

Emory University

BA, Economics, Psychology, Art History (1977-1981)