# Scott Dorey

> Scott Dorey is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of OpenPath, a payment orchestration company, and chairman of West1. His career includes corporate law at Paul Weiss, investment banking at Lehman Brothers and founding an Asian equities fund. His payments work includes OpenPath’s IPSIPay Express joint venture and its later FlexFactor decline recovery partnership.

- **Role:** Co-founder, chairman and CEO at OpenPath
- **Organizations:** OpenPath, West1, Lehman Brothers, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, IPSIPay Express, Institute of International Education, Inter-Citic Resources, Largo Resources
- **Education:** Law degree, King’s College London, Undergraduate degree; subject not specified, Wilfrid Laurier University
- **Known for:** Co-founded OpenPath and serves as chairman and CEO., Founded an Asian equities fund in 2010., Led West1’s publicly announced 2018 investment in OpenPath.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked as a corporate lawyer at Paul Weiss in New York, focused on global mergers and acquisitions.
- **—** — Worked at Lehman Brothers in New York and London in technology and communications/media M&A, relationship management and principal transactions.
- **2010** — Founded an Asian equities fund; subsequently served as chairman and co-CEO, according to his podcast biography.
- **2018** — West1 announced an investment in OpenPath on February 15; transaction terms were undisclosed.
- **2023** — OpenPath joined IPSI and eFinityPay in IPSIPay Express. Its operating agreement appointed Dorey initial chairman and CEO.
- **2024** — Appeared on Category Visionaries; the episode was released October 15.
- **2025** — OpenPath and FlexFactor announced an ecommerce decline recovery integration on March 25.
- **2026** — IPSI’s March annual report described IPSIPay Express as dormant and no longer viable. On July 9, Spreedly announced OpenPath gateway support.

## Achievements

- Co-founded OpenPath and serves as chairman and CEO.
- Founded an Asian equities fund in 2010.
- Led West1’s publicly announced 2018 investment in OpenPath.
- Named initial chairman and CEO of IPSIPay Express in its 2023 operating agreement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Spreedly added OpenPath gateway support on July 9, including purchases, authorizations, captures, refunds and transaction retries.
- **2026-03** — IPSI’s annual report stated that IPSIPay Express had not launched, had produced no revenue or cash distributions for IPSI, and was dormant; the filing also described the venture as no longer viable.
- **2025-03** — OpenPath and FlexFactor announced a decline recovery integration for WooCommerce, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce and Shopify merchants.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/scottcdorey
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-dorey-656a641a2/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23