# Dan Holt

> Dan Holt is the Fort Collins-based co-founder, CEO and board director of BillGO. An eight-year U.S. Air Force veteran and former HEIT CEO and CSI managed-services leader, he has steered BillGO from its consumer-app beginnings toward payments infrastructure for small businesses. His public interviews address company pivots, team leadership and the practical difficulty of getting businesses paid.

- **Role:** Co-founder, CEO and board director at BillGO
- **Organizations:** BillGO, HEIT, Computer Services, Inc. (CSI), U.S. Air Force, MVB Financial Corp. (past board service), Colorado State University Entrepreneurship & Venture Accelerator Program (mentor)
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, University of Maryland, College Park, Master of Business Administration, Colorado State University
- **Known for:** Led HEIT before its 2011 acquisition by CSI., Co-founded BillGO in 2015., Named to The Financial Technology Report’s Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs lists in 2020 and 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Before HEIT** — Served eight years in the U.S. Air Force; subsequently worked in Silicon Valley technology roles.
- **2003** — Became CEO of HEIT.
- **2005** — Relocated HEIT to Colorado.
- **2011** — HEIT acquired by CSI; Holt became a managed-services leader at CSI.
- **2014** — Left CSI, according to his Accelitas biography.
- **2015** — Co-founded BillGO.
- **2017** — Appointed to the MVB Financial Corp. board.
- **2021** — Named a Growth & Innovation honoree with BillGO co-founder Kelly Seidl in the Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals program.
- **2022** — Reappointed to MVB Financial Corp. board; participated in the Federal Reserve Payments Innovation Roundtable on December 2.
- **2025** — Discussed BillGO’s strategic transformation and leadership changes publicly; MVB annual meeting identified him as not standing for reelection.

## Achievements

- Led HEIT before its 2011 acquisition by CSI.
- Co-founded BillGO in 2015.
- Named to The Financial Technology Report’s Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs lists in 2020 and 2022.
- Recognized alongside Kelly Seidl in the 2021 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals Growth & Innovation category.
- Participated in the December 2022 Federal Reserve Payments Innovation Roundtable.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — BillGO published a Dan Holt-authored article on small-business payments and its Exchange network; the article reports more than 75,000 small businesses served, a company-stated figure.
- **2025-09** — Appeared on IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews, episode 922, discussing U.S. small-business receivables.
- **2025-07** — Payments Dive published a Q&A in which Holt predicted paper checks would persist for another two decades; this was his forecast.
- **2025-05** — Spoke with Carey Ransom on Operate about leading through a business-model pivot and reducing the team from 340 to 150.

## Links

- Website: https://billgo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwholt

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Last updated: 2026-10-22