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Lazaros Kalemis (born November 15, 1972) is a first-generation Greek-American businessman and payments, industry veteran. He is known as the founder and chief executive officer of Simpay (United States), a payment processing and merchant business solutions company based in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. It was formerly known as Alpha Card Services. In May 202, Lazaros was awarded the Philadelphia 40 under 40 awards. July 11, 2012, the company announced that Kalemis was a finalist for the SmartCEO Circle of Excellence award under the Distinguished Leadership category. In 2012, Kalemis was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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| dbo:abstract | Lazaros Kalemis (born November 15, 1972) is a first-generation Greek-American businessman and payments, industry veteran. He is known as the founder and chief executive officer of Simpay (United States), a payment processing and merchant business solutions company based in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. It was formerly known as Alpha Card Services. In May 202, Lazaros was awarded the Philadelphia 40 under 40 awards. July 11, 2012, the company announced that Kalemis was a finalist for the SmartCEO Circle of Excellence award under the Distinguished Leadership category. In 2012, Kalemis was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Kalemis was one of five Philadelphia region CEO's inducted into the Philadelphia 100: 2011 CEO Hall of Fame, as well as the youngest member inducted in the organization's history. Additionally, Alpha Card Services as a company was inducted into the Philadelphia 100: 2011 Company Hall of Fame. Both honors were bestowed to the company due to the 5 consecutive years of Alpha Card Services being awarded the esteemed Philadelphia 100 ranking. The Philadelphia 100 award was created to honor and identify the fastest-growing companies in the Philadelphia region every year since 2007. A 2-time cancer survivor, Kalemis was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1998 and with Chronic Myloed Leukemia in 2005. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Lazaros Kalemis (born November 15, 1972) is a first-generation Greek-American businessman and payments, industry veteran. He is known as the founder and chief executive officer of Simpay (United States), a payment processing and merchant business solutions company based in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. It was formerly known as Alpha Card Services. In May 202, Lazaros was awarded the Philadelphia 40 under 40 awards. July 11, 2012, the company announced that Kalemis was a finalist for the SmartCEO Circle of Excellence award under the Distinguished Leadership category. In 2012, Kalemis was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. (en) |
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