Tabbedout, a free mobile payment app we’ve covered in the past, has a new CEO with big plans for the company. Paul Fiore is replacing co-founder Rick Orr, who will stay on as Executive Vice-President. If you haven’t heard or used TabbedOut, it lets you pay a bar or restaurant tab in real time from your iPhone or Android.

Fiore is a bit of a startup veteran, having successfully co-founded and then sold a company for a nice, healthy, makes-one-jealous 10 figures to Intuit.

I had a really fun conversation with Paul about startups, Hollywood, and what’s in store for TabbedOut. Here are excerpts from our conversation...

Veteran technology and financial services executive brought on to manage rapid growth

Tabbedout Offers give easy-to-redeem discounts and specials to consumers using the mobile payment app

Consumers can now pay tabs with their phones in local bars and restaurants

“Mobile payment sets the foundation for and is transforming customer loyalty, because to drive repeat business effectively it's essential that a merchant knows what the consumer wants and prefers,” says Rick Orr, CEO and Co-Founder of TabbedOut.

Smartphone Application Enhances the Customer Experience Allowing Patrons to Pay Tabs with a Mobile Device; Hospitality Powerhouse First to Offer Technology in Boston and in a Casino

Emerging mobile payment technologies provide the foundation to build smarter, more action-oriented customer loyalty programs – aside from their time-saving attributes, mobile payments yield a plethora of entry-points for sponsorships, data gathering, social tools and much more that can be used drive customer engagement and create opportunities to reward loyal patrons.

This pre-recorded webinar will divulge how merchants are integrating and using the latest POS and mobile technologies. Rick Orr, Tabbedout CEO, will explain how you can build measureable customer loyalty programs by leveraging mobile payments in conjunction with POS systems.

Using direct and social marketing, plus a guerilla approach to marketing itself, TabbedOut has made a name for itself in the hospitality industry. In 69 cities in the US, across 20 states, you can go out with nothing more than your mobile device to make your payments. A credit card is attached to your TabbedOut account and if you’re at a TabbedOut business, all you have to do is log in and pay your tab directly through the app.

Tabbedout Lets bar-goers open, review and pay their tab from a smartphone. Integration with POS systems means no training or changes to settlement processes for bar owners.

Tabbedout, the secure and convenient way to open, view and pay your tab with a smartphone, is now certified on Dinerware, Inc., a leading developer of hospitality POS (point of sale) software. The certification means more restaurant and bar locations across the country will now offer a mobile payment option, making mobile payments for consumers a reality today.