Innovator Series - TaxiPass: Cards Will Control Where Cash Was King

TaxiPass: Cards Will Control Where Cash Was King

Jason Diaz

Name: Jason Diaz

Title: CEO

Company: TaxiPass

What I'm working on now...bringing card acceptance to the taxi industry.

My crowning achievement is... savings cabdrivers’ lives (because they now don’t have enough cash on hand to make them attractive to robbers.

Industry Association Awards... in business magazine’s top 40 business men under 40

Education... BS Economics: Wharton School of Business – University of Pennsylvania

When I’m not working, I like to… play hockey with kids

My favorite payment factor is...my cell phone

I think the next big thing in payments is… Mobile payments

Cash is... Old school

NFC will... be here when it is part of an iPhone app

My mentor is/ I’ve learned from my mentor…you will be much more successful in life if you really know your strengths/weaknesses…and then create an environment where you leverage or compensate for both.

Executive Bio: Jason Diaz, Founder and Chief Executive Office of TaxiPass, has positioned himself as a leader in the largest all cash industry left in the United States: the taxi industry. With operations throughout the United States, TaxiPass provides taxi and livery service drivers and their customers the convenience of a cashless payment solution.

Jason is no stranger to the taxi and livery service industry. As an experienced licensed New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (“TLC”) driver, Diaz has been actively involved with improving the safety and quality of life of taxi, livery and limousine drivers and their passengers. Jason is also the founder of Cab Watch, a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the safety of cab drivers in the United States.

Through Cab Watch, Jason mobilized thousands of drivers. He secured partnerships with the New York City Mayor’s Office and the New York City TLC, and financial support from Sprint PCS, Ford Motors, and Clear Channel Media. Jason’s efforts has awarded him local and nation recognition from New York City Mayor Michal R. Bloomberg, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and the New York City TLC.

Jason graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Wharton School of Business with an economics degree.