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Happy to announce and highlight June's Top Performer and Gritty Award winners!! Trey Baker reclaimed his spot as top performer of June by exceeding…
Happy to announce and highlight June's Top Performer and Gritty Award winners!! Trey Baker reclaimed his spot as top performer of June by exceeding…
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✨ AI-powered AP isn't what's next. It's what's now. That's why we've embedded AI throughout the accounts payable lifecycle to help finance teams…
✨ AI-powered AP isn't what's next. It's what's now. That's why we've embedded AI throughout the accounts payable lifecycle to help finance teams…
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What makes a great technology partnership? On the latest episode of The Power of Change, our CEO and Co-Founder Michael Praeger sits down with…
What makes a great technology partnership? On the latest episode of The Power of Change, our CEO and Co-Founder Michael Praeger sits down with…
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Experience & Education
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AvidXchange, Inc.
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Volunteer Experience
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Founder
AvidXchange Foundation
- Present 21 years
The AvidXchange Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in locations where we work and live. We focus on empowering future generations to take advantage of the digital economy, which will be even more important in the future than it is today. We work with local community partners to provide career skills, programming, and science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) curricula to students.
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Board Member
Charlotte Center City Partners
- 4 years
Charlotte Center City Partners works to ensure that Center City remains a welcoming, equitable, economically secure, and culturally rich place for all. Our work focuses on economic and community development, programming and events, research, and urban planning.
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Board Member
Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D)–Charlotte
- Present 8 years
E2D-Charlotte is dedicated to eliminating the digital divide in the Carolinas. We collect used laptops from corporations and local businesses and refurbish them in student-led technology labs. We also distribute them to students who don’t have a computer at home.
Honors & Awards
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Top 100 Leaders in FinTech
FinTech Magazine
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Most Admired CEO
Charlotte Business Journal
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Top 50 SaaS CEO
The Software Report
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Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Southeast Winner
Ernst & Young (EY)
Organizations
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North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH)
Advisory Board Member
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor, Birthing of Giants
-Birthing of Giants was established to promote entrepreneurial capitalism and help develop the future business leaders who will launch and scale the most impactful companies and solutions of the future. I serve as a mentor for the program.
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Michael Dunn, CEO of Centerbase, shared several great insights in the latest episode of AvidXchange, Inc.'s Power of Change podcast. One that really…
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I’m excited to welcome Wade Fairey to AvidXchange, Inc. as our new Chief Operating Officer. Wade brings extensive experience in payments, fintech…
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