


Employees at DaySmart Software rank Pat Shanahan in the Top 5% of CEOs in Flint, MI. Comparatively, employees at Vagaro rank Fred Helou in the Bottom 45% of CEOs in San Francisco. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

CEO of DaySmart Software
BIO: Since joining CardConnect in 2008, Shanahan’s career has focused on helping small business customers utilize integrated payments to improve their businesses. That focus helped CardConnect, where Shanahan served as chief operating officer (COO), grow to more than 67,000 customers before being acquired by Fiserv (formerly First Data) in July 2017 for $750 million. In his role as COO, Shanahan managed many of CardConnect’s key partner relationships – including DaySmart Software. Shanahan joined DaySmart’s board of managers in 2019 after the recapitalization by LLR Partners and Parthenon Capital and has since advised DaySmart on its growth strategy.

CEO of Vagaro
BIO: Fred Helou is the founder and CEO of Vagaro. Prior to founding Vagaro, Helou was the Director of Software for Novellus, leading a software development team for 15 product lines, spanning different countries. While Helou is passionate about his business and entrepreneurship, outside of work, his favorite hobbies are skiing, golfing and rooting for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Women at DaySmart Software rated their CEO a C+

Women at Vagaro rated their CEO a B

Diverse Employees at DaySmart Software rated their CEO an A+

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At DaySmart Software, employees in the Sales department rate Pat Shanahan the highest. According to employees, Pat Shanahan's ability to drive business results is Excellent.

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