Make AI and payments
painless.

I help businesses optimize payments and automate operations with AI. Strategic advice and hands-on implementation, from someone who's done it at Stripe and EY.

Industry Insight
90% of businesses pay more in processing fees than initially expected

Clearly Payments Research

How I can help?

Data-driven analysis and hands-on support. Whether you want to optimize your current stack or explore alternatives.

Payment Fee Analysis

Benchmark your costs against market data, identify pricing inefficiencies, and get support to optimize your current terms or explore alternatives.

Rapid AI POCs

Working prototype in weeks, not months. Get honest feasibility assessment and clear guidance on tools and costs.

Payment Health Optimization

Understand what's driving declines, disputes, churn, or onboarding friction. Get clarity on the problem and a path to fix it.

Custom AI Applications

Custom AI workflows for documents, data, and internal tools. Replace repetitive manual work with targeted automation.

Rick Warson

About

5+ years in payments and consulting.

I spent 3.5 years at Stripe as a Technical Account Manager and in Sales, helping enterprises fix payment flows, ship new revenue projects, and navigate compliance.

Before Stripe, I was a Technology Consultant at EY, leading process automation projects for financial institutions using AI (before it was cool).

5+
Years in Payments & Consulting

3.5 years at Stripe (TAM & Sales)

2 years at EY (Tech Consulting)

Stripe Perf Rating"Better than expected impact"
Provides excellent advice and works swiftly to resolve any issues. Additionally, Rick constantly shares valuable insights on upcoming changes and industry developments.

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