About Us
Our Story
POPcodes® was founded in 2014 by Gregg Aamoth and Glenn Yuen, who recognized that smart payment terminals have significant untapped potential beyond the credit and debit acceptance role they were playing.
They were joined in 2016 by Ben Stevenson, now POPcodes’ Chief Technology Officer. For nearly a decade, our skilled and dedicated team has been delivering an expanding array of value-added solutions to solve some of the most challenging needs of the $80 Billion dollar payment industry – and, in parallel, laying the foundation for bringing unprecedented new opportunities to the $30+ trillion dollar retail, restaurant, and travel industries.
About POPcodes®
At POPcodes® real-time communication is our secret sauce. We reduce support friction, increase your value-added functions, and boost your brand awareness, with the smartest B2B and B2C solutions at the in-store point of purchase.
You can send notifications, alerts, and campaigns directly to your merchants’ smart payment terminals. By connecting you at the point of purchase (POP) directly, we ensure you understand your merchants’ needs and that your merchants understand the range of your value-added services (VAS).
Benefit from higher sales, fewer support calls, and greater ROI, with the holy grail of smart terminal technology.
Leadership
Gregg Aamoth
Co-Founder & CEO
Gregg is a recognized expert in omnichannel, data-driven marketing and customer data management.
Gregg Aamoth
Co-Founder & CEO
POPcodes was founded in 2014 by Gregg Aamoth and Glenn Yuen, who recognized that smart payment terminals have significant untapped (pun intended) potential well beyond the credit and debit acceptance role they were playing.
They were joined in 2016 by Ben Stevenson, who is now POPcodes’ Chief Technology Officer. For nearly a decade, our skilled and dedicated team has been delivering an expanding array of value-added solutions to solve some of the most challenging needs of the $80 Billion dollar payment industry – and, in parallel, laying the foundation for bringing unprecedented new opportunities to the $30+ trillion dollar retail, restaurant, and travel industries.
Glenn Yuen
Co-Founder
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of POPcodes, Glenn Yuen was the Founder of Dynamic Risk.
Glenn Yuen
Co-Founder
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of POPcodes, Glenn Yuen was the Founder of Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems, an engineering advisory service that improves gas and oil field operations through the use of big data. Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems was named one of Profit Magazine’s fastest-growing companies two years in a row and a Technology Company finalist in 2012 for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in the Prairies Region.
As an angel investor and a VC with Valhalla Private Capital, he has made several early-stage investments in innovative startups in North America and SE Asia. He graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.
Ben Stevenson
Chief Technology Officer
Ben is a full-stack developer with previous experience in medical and financial software development.
Ben Stevenson
Chief Technology Officer
Ben is a full stack developer with previous experience in medical and financial software development. He focuses on TDD methodology, continuous delivery, and agile development. Ben is a founder of YYCDev and a long-time organizer of education and outreach programs for technology in Calgary.
Our Mission
POPcodes mission is to transform the globally connected card-present payment ecosystem into a platform for communication, engagement, and seamless experiences between merchants and their service providers, partners, and consumers.
Our Vision
Our vision at POPcodes is to revolutionize the payments industry by empowering merchants and acquirers through our unique solutions.
We will achieve this by continuously innovating, staying ahead of the curve, and anticipating the evolving needs of our clients.
POPcodes will continuously research and optimize our white-label application to make our vision a reality.
Our Partners & Associations
Our Solutions
Digitize your processes by utilizing POPcodes® Direct-to-Merchant™ (D2M) communication platform. Our solutions help prevent disruptions, boost brand awareness, and streamline merchant communication. Minimizing merchant attrition, significantly lowering support calls, and increasing revenue growth.