Hi,

I'm Plinio. I sell, launch, and manage cross border payment rails.

Open to Account Executive, GTM partnership, and Ops
Launched payment rails in 31 countries
Originated $30M+ in 18 months
Closed and managed a $300M+ account
126% AOV lift from one integration

Seven years, three continents
One thing: Payments.

2021—2025
COO & Co-founder · Betaramps
31 countries
Payment infrastructure · United Kingdom
Launched wallet infrastructure that replaced manual crypto transfers — 95% of transactions automated, scaled to $1M annual TPV. Led a two-week Norway sprint that cut fees 40% and drove 4× MoM growth.
2020—2021
Sales Manager · Cellulant
$100M lead
Payment service provider · Kenya
Led sales for global e-commerce merchants across Africa; ran feasibility on a $100M enterprise lead, surfacing FX-pricing gaps, and proposed USDT/NGN liquidity swaps to mitigate currency risk.
2018—2019
Sr Business Developer & AE · EBANX
−67% tickets
Payment infrastructure · Brazil
Built a cross-border expansion workflow (HubSpot + Tableau + API signals) that automated country activation; grew quarterly upsell 18%.
2016—2018
Business Developer · EBANX
$30M+ TPV
Payment infrastructure · Brazil
Acquired 80+ international merchants, generating $30M+ in new processing volume over 18 months. Co-led LatAm localization, including a Mexico installment integration that lifted AOV 126% MoM.
Discover the world's top instant payment schemes
2025—2026
University of Texas at Austin
MS, Technology Commercialization · Honors Graduate, GPA 3.91
2020
Harvard Business School
CORe: Credential of Readiness, Global Business
2015—2016
University of Kent
MSc Finance, Investment & Risk · Distinction
Areas
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Customer lifecycle management
  • Commercial Agreement Negotiation
  • Stablecoin & Crypto Payment Rails
  • Data visualization & A/B testing
  • Agile delivery
Tools
  • Figma, Miro, Trello
  • Tableau, Excel, SQL, HTML
  • DBeaver, JetAdmin, HubSpot
  • Claude Code
Languages
  • English · fluent
  • French · fluent
  • Portuguese · fluent
Awards
  • Best Negotiator Award · MSTC 2026
  • Most Collaborative Student Award · MSTC 2026
  • Winner of the Launch Competition · MSTC 2026
The easiest way to reach me is dioufplinio@gmail.com. I'm currently open to Account Executive, GTM partnership, and Ops roles.