Management Team
We are obsessed with creating a fantastic experience for our customers. Our team members have a wide variety of backgrounds in technology, personal finance and business management. If you are interested in joining our team, check out our Careers page for more information on open positions.
Devin Miller - CEO
Devin Miller is an experienced entrepreneur primarily focusing on product development, consumer marketing, enterprise sales and business management. Devin was a co-founder of Balance and has overseen development of our proprietary electronic bill payment and presentment (EBPP) platform. During the last 3 years as CEO of Balance, Devin has led the growth of the company to profitability and its establishment as a market leader. Devin’s experience most recently includes serving as Head of Product Management at Finsphere Corp. where he was responsible for the PinPoint product from conception through commercial consumer launch. Devin has several patents pending primarily related to the use of analytics in financial services.
Bassam Saliba - CTO
Bassam Saliba is an experienced executive with over 20 years in the software industry leading the design and development of large-scale, complex, mission-critical systems. Bassam sits on the board of several technology startups, in addition to his role as the CEO of Equiom, a software consultancy firm with over 70 technology professionals. Prior, Bassam was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Fidesic, where he pioneered an electronic invoice presentment and payments (EIPP) platform. Before Fidesic, he spent 10 years at Microsoft in various roles including the Group Manager for TransPoint, an ePayments venture between Microsoft, Citibank, and First Data Corporation. Bassam holds 8 issued ePayment-related patents.
John Yii - CIO
John Yii is a security, risk management, and technology leader with 18 years experience in the software industry. He is also a principal at Equiom, a leading consulting and technology incubation firm. Prior to his role at Balance Financial, John was the Director of Operations and Group Program Manager for Fidesic Corporation where he led the design, development, and deployment of its SAS70 compliant electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) service. John also spent over 10 years at Microsoft where he managed engineering projects for Windows XP, MSN Money Central, Microsoft Passport, and MSN Data warehouse. John is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
David Haner - Sr. Director of Engineering
David has 15 years of software engineering and development experience primarily within financial technology and payments at companies such as Microsoft, Fidesic, Seattle Savings Bank and Enliven Software. During his time at Microsoft David was part of the TransPoint team and led development of numerous consumer bill payment systems and integrations. Since leaving Microsoft in 2000 and based on his experience with TransPoint, David led engineering efforts and projects for several financial technology firms building electronic bill payment (EBPP) and electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) services as well as core back office software for financial institutions.
Debra Griffith - CFO
As CFO for public and private companies in industries ranging from cyber security to telephony to consumer electronics, Debra has more than two decades of high technology management experience. She was responsible for expanding the company's leadership position in secure substation communication, resulting in the sale of the company to a strategic buyer, Industrial Defender. There she served as Sr. VP of Corporate Development & CFO with responsibility for M&A intitatives, business development and management of the west coast location. Previously she in public accounts at Deloitte Haskins & Sells, specializing in the high tech and financial industries. A CPA, she holds a degree from the University of Washington
Trevor Honsberger - Director of Services
Trevor is our Director of Services. Trevor leads our staff on the everyday commitment of world class service for our clients and ensures the Balance team delivers the product we’ve promised to offer. As the lead of our service team, Trevor is an integral part in all customer relations. Trevor is a graduate of the University of Washington and native of Seattle.
