Kevin G. Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Leveraging +20 years in fintech, Kevin founded Celero Commerce in late 2018. As CEO, he has combined 12 acquisitions with consistent organic growth to solidify Celero’s position as a top 10 non-bank payments processor, and the fastest growing financial services company headquartered in Tennessee. Celero serves over 50k American businesses through financial institution partnerships, business management software integrations, and direct-to-merchant strategies.

In Celero, Kevin’s mission is to deliver a unique solution that helps small-to-midsized businesses compete and thrive by combining business management software technologies, business data analytics, and modern payments solutions into an easy-to-consume bundle that is both high-tech and high-touch.

Kevin Jones launched his FinTech career at Chase Paymentech building an industry leading solution for strategic partners including financial institutions and software developers. Next, he helped drive material growth of the strategic partner channel at First American Payment Systems. In 2013, Kevin successfully founded partner-focused Anovia Payments,  delivering an 8.5x investment return and organic growth of over 10,000 customers in 2018.

Kevin served as President of the Electronic Transactions Association, emphasizing government relations and member advocacy on the Hill. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro and lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and three children.