About us

Who we are

CredsNow was founded by former ITN International staff with decades of event technology experience. Since launching our platform in 2024, we have focused on building applications to make onsite operations efficient, effortless and economical. We apply experience and knowledge to build new technology and applications.

Decades of experience. Honest value. Done right the first time.

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Our team

Meet the team

Event technology professionals working together to help teams deliver better onsite experiences.

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Ivan Lazarev

President & CEO

Leads CredsNow's vision and strategy, drawing on decades of event technology experience.

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Chad Hymas

Chief Operating Officer

Oversees day-to-day operations, client success, support and implementation to keep events and onsite delivery all running smoothly.

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Chris MacLeod

Product & AI Engineering

Drives product development, build and AI engineering to create innovative event experiences and products that work.

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Jeff Bowden

Chief Technology Officer

Directs the platform's technology, development and architecture to keep CredsNow reliable and scalable across all hardware and software platforms.

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John Foulds

Technical Project Management

Manages all technical aspects from process, planning through to onsite execution for events of every size supporting our events and partners.

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Mike Sorgani

Sales and Market Advisory

Advises on sales strategy, market growth and business development, building partnerships that bring CredsNow to events everywhere.

Our story

Built by event people

Our team helped pioneer NFC, UHF, QR codes, facial recognition, digital wallets, and access management in event badging. After issuing hundreds of thousands of credentials, we built CredsNow to bring pre-event and onsite production together without compromising a brand.

  • Go the extra mile
  • Move with urgency
  • Make quality essential
  • Keep innovating
  • Support events everywhere

Your event badge space to do it all. Your way. Offsite or onsite.

One platform to manage every event credential requirement — design, print, check in, capture leads, and ship badges, however and wherever you want.