Jared Isaacman is the founder and CEO of Harbortouch, a premier POS system provider and payment processing organization based out of Allentown, PA. He is considered to be one of the industrys most influential business leaders and has been recognized as one of Americas Best Entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek Magazine and 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 by Inc. Magazine. Isaacman has also been named as a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2006, 2007 and 2008 and was the youngest person ever named to the list of Industry Leaders by the credit card industrys leading publication, The Green Sheet, where he now holds a position on the Advisory Board. He has also been featured on NBCs Today Show, ABC News and Bloomberg, and has been profiled in Entrepreneur Magazine and ISO and Agent Magazine, among other publications and media outlets. Isaacman started the company in the basement of his familys house when he was only 16 years old. With the help of his father and business partner as well as his first employee, Brendan Lauber, who now serves as the companys CTO, he built the company into the industry leader it is today. Under Isaacmans handson leadership, Harbortouch has become one of the largest payment processors in the nation, providing merchant services to over 110,000 business locations and processing in excess of $9 billion in credit card volume annually. Consistently recognized as a leader in innovation, the company was named one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. for five consecutive years (2005-2009) by Inc. Magazine and was ranked by Deloitte on their list of fastest growing technology companies in the Connecticut, New Jersey and New York area in 2008. Additionally, Harbortouch has won first place Golden Bridge Awards for two consecutive years (2012-2013), Best in Biz Awards for two consecutive years (2012-2013) and a Bronze award from the 2012 American Business Awards. In addition to guiding the strategic vision for Harbortouch, Isaacman has demonstrated a commitment to philanthropic giving. He has organized a charity poker tour which has been hosted at 4 major industry trade shows and donates all proceeds to the Goodwill Rescue Mission for the Homeless and The MakeAWish Foundation of New Jersey. He also launched Pennies for Humanity, a program that allows the companys merchants to contribute a portion from every credit card transaction they process to their preferred charitable organization. A jet pilot in his spare time, Isaacman has also raised over $100,000 for the MakeAWish Foundation of New Jersey by piloting two record-breaking flights around the world.