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Patrick Zirnig

Senior Tech Expert at Unzer

Service means looking at the entire business through the eyes of the customer.

My Focus

As a Senior Tech Expert at Unzer, my focus lies on robust payment solutions. For me, service means always looking at the entire business from the customer's perspective.

With extensive expertise in complex payment processing, PSP architectures, PSD2, and PCI-DSS compliance, I connect deep technical knowledge with real customer needs.

12+ Years in Support & Tech
A lot :) Secure Transactions
100% Passion

Core Competencies.

Technical Integration

Deep understanding of API architectures (REST), Webhooks, SDKs, Payment Gateways, and backend connections for efficiently implementing complex integration projects.

Payment & Acquiring

Profound knowledge of payment methods (Credit Card, Wallets, BNPL, etc.), Authorization Flows, 3DSecure, Tokenization, Routing, and Payment Orchestration.

Risk & Fraud Management

Experience in configuring fraud-prevention rules, scoring models, challenge strategies, chargeback reduction, and balancing risk with conversion.

Conversion Optimization

Analysis and optimization of checkout flows, reduction of payment friction, decline code analysis, smart routing, and retry strategies.

Data Analysis & KPIs

Confident handling of KPIs like Authorization Rate, Approval Rate, Fraud Rate, and Chargeback Ratio, as well as deriving data-driven action recommendations.

Key Account Management

Acting as the interface between enterprise clients, Product, Risk, Operations, and Development – focusing on sustainable technical solutions and long-term customer retention.

Project & Stakeholder Mgmt.

Managing complex implementation projects, prioritizing technical requirements, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

Incident & 3rd-Level Support

In-depth error analysis (Logs, API Responses, Network), root-cause analysis, and sustainable problem solving at the enterprise level.

Compliance Understanding

Profound knowledge of PCI-DSS, PSD2, SCA, AML, and their technical implementation in the payment environment to maintain regulatory standards.

Consulting Competence

Proactive identification of optimization potentials, upselling of technical features, and strategic consulting to scale the payment setup.

Experience.

Senior Tech Expert

Unzer
September 2020 - Present

Head of Support and Merchant Operations

mPAY24 GmbH
March 2017 - September 2020

Technical Support

mPAY24 GmbH
August 2012 - March 2017

Let's work together.

Interested in an exchange about payment innovations, PSD2, or customer support? Let's get in touch.