Strategic Advisory Board, SolomonEdwards

John M. Zazzera

Chief executive, president, chief operating officer, and board director. Payments, bank cores, custody, and AI in production.

John M. Zazzera
About $8BProfit and lossFIS cores, wealth, and payments
About $4TA yearTD payments and custody
About 200MAccountsFIS bank cores
About $358MNet revenueFIS payments platform

Biography

Operating record

I advise banks, FIS, and Fiserv from the SolomonEdwards Strategic Advisory Board. The work is tokenization, stablecoins, custody controls, and agentic payments. I am not a principal and not a filer. Software prepares a payment. A named person reviews and releases it before funds move.

The presidency of First National Bank of Pasco ended in August 2026, after a change of control. The work was stabilization and modernization. I am not a current bank chief executive.

Full record

Leadership

Banks, products, and technology

Pasco

President, CEO, and director, through August 2026

Stabilization and modernization with the board. The role ended after a change of control.

Axiom Bank

COO and director, 2021 to 2023

28 branches. Interim chief financial officer for more than six months. Efficiency from the high 90s to the low 60s. Assets from about $650 million to about $810 million.

FIS

FinTech Global CTO, then Global Head of Products and AI/ML, through July 2021

About an $8 billion profit and loss. About 200 million accounts. Payments net revenue of about $358 million, grown from about two people.

TD Bank

Head of Global Payments, Technology, and Enterprise Risk, 2009 to 2015

The only U.S. executive spanning the bank and Global Transaction Banking. About 3,600 people. Payments and custody of about $4 trillion a year.

Expertise

Where the work sits

Payments

Fedwire, CHIPS, SWIFT, and ACH. Cross-border wires that showed fee, foreign exchange, and tax before send.

Bank cores

Modern Banking Platform, Digital One, Systematics, Horizon, IBS, and Profile. Temenos, including BSA/AML, at FundBank.

Custody

FundBank digital-asset custody and trust build, on the launch team. I did not file or launch the charter.

AI in production

Fraud, KYC, and real-time risk at FIS. A named person releases the payment. FinScientists AI product, launched in 2018.

Examinations

At TD, 24 MRAs, 2 MRIAs, and 14 failed audits closed. At Axiom, legacy exam findings closed.

Boards

SolomonEdwards. Federal Reserve payments advisory forums. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Founders Society.

Advisory

Current and recent seats

SolomonEdwards Strategic Advisory Board, September 2025 to present. FinScientists Founding Advisory Board since 2018. McKinsey Global Panel Pulse, external advisor from May 2025, not employment.

The Abra consulting engagement on a proposed Florida digital-asset trust ended in October 2026. I did not file or launch that charter.

Contact

Windermere, Florida

zazzeraj@gmail.com
(401) 585-7296
linkedin.com/in/johnzazzera

I welcome a conversation about a chief executive, president, chief operating officer, or director role.