Created in 2001, The Green Sheet Advisory Board is comprised of industry leaders from across the country. They head some of the payments industry's most successful enterprises from individual sales offices to large processing concerns, consultancies and equipment providers. All are innovators who give generously of their time to inspire high industry standards and further our individual and collective prosperity. They are an invaluable source of advice and insight in our mission to educate and serve ISOs and merchant level salespeople. We are proud to have them on our Advisory Board.
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Andrew Altschuler, AmeriMerchant Vice President, Sales Website:www.amerimerchant.com Bio:Andrew Altschuler is the Vice President of Sales for AmeriMerchant. He has been with AmeriMerchant in this capacity since the companyís inception in 2002, which is over eight years ń a long period of time in the merchant cash advance (MCA) industry. Andrew has extensive sales and sales management background in MCA, merchant processing and related financial products. He has been instrumental in bringing AmeriMerchant from its early days as an ISO/merchant services provider to its current status as one of the largest MCA funding sources in the country.
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Vice President, Business Unit Manager, Retail Products Website:www.magtek.com Bio:John Arato joined MagTek Inc. in 2003 and has 20 years' experience in the payments industry. Previously, Arato spent 10 years in senior sales management positions at Hypercom Corp. He also served as a Director of Sales for American Express Co. where he helped launch the first POS terminal data capture product, The Express 3000. It was installed at over 35,000 merchant locations in the United States.
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Website:www.adamatlas.com Bio:Adam Atlas is an attorney with extensive payments industry expertise. A member of the Bars of New York state and Quebec, Canada, he assists agents, ISOs and processors throughout the United States. Atlas advises clients on agent and ISO agreements, buyouts, financing, portfolio transfers, breaches of agreements, and business strategies. His clients are primarily in merchant acquiring and other payment processing businesses.
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Audrey Blackmon, TASQ Technology 
Director of Client Relations Website:www.tasq.com Bio:Audrey Blackmon is the current President /of of the Founders of the Southeast Acquirers' Association. Audrey has 20+ years of sales management experience including over 12 years in the electronic payments industry. Audrey currently is the Director of Client Relations at TASQ Technology. She can be reached at audrey.blackmon@tasq.com.
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Robert Christiansen, ARM Loyalty 
Sr. Vice President Website:www.armloyalty.com Bio:Robert Christiansen is Senior Vice President at ARM Loyalty, providing loyalty and rewards programs for the prepaid market. He was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Bank Freedom prepaid debit cards and is a 25-year veteran of the technology industry.
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Steve Christianson, AAmonte Bankcard President and CEO Website:www.aamonte.com Bio:A Co-Founder of Aamonte Inc., Steven Christianson has more than 18 years' payments industry experience. Career highlights include establishing several registered ISOs, overseeing customer service for thousands of merchant accounts and being top salesman for processor Bancard Inc. He is a founding member of the Western States Acquirers' Association and is Treasurer of its board. Also active in the Electronic Transactions Association, he recently served on its ethics committee.
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Steve Eazell, Secure Payment Systems Vice President of Sales & Marketing Website:www.securepaymentsystems.com Bio: Steve Eazell is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for San Diego based Secure Payment Systems, Inc. (SPS), a national provider of value added services including Prepaid Gift Cards both Open and Closed Loop, plus a wide array of Check Services such as Check Guarantee, Electronic Check Conversion, ACH and WebEFT. Steve brings over 19 years of industry expertise working in practically every facet of the merchant acquiring business. Steve is a true veteran of the payments industry experiencing great success in sales and management working with every type of sales channel but mostly focusing on ISO/MLS’ sales agents.
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Robert Ficarra, Sterling Payment Technologies 
Vice President of ISO Sales Website:www.sterlingpayment.com Bio:Bob Ficarra, Vice President of ISO Sales for Sterling Payment Technologies, has a long and distinguished career in the financial services and electronic payments industries.
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Marc Gardner, North American Bancard Founder, President and CEO Website:www.gonab.com Bio:Marc Gardner is at the helm of North American Bancard, one of the industry's top 50 acquirers. The company is a multifaceted payment solutions provider dedicated to delivering the latest technology and the highest levels of service. NAB now processes over $3 billion in transactions annually. Gardner employs over 150 people at his corporate office and works with 700 active independent agents throughout the country.
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Chad T. Gay, PNC Merchant Services - Corporate National Florida Commercial Marketplace Assistant Vice President Website:www.pncbank.com Email:chad.gay@pnc.com Bio:Chad has been in the electronic payments industry for 12 years, serving in many different management and individual contributor roles. He is currently working with PNC Merchant Services as the company's Commercial Account Manager for the State of Florida, and is focused on PNC's middle-market clients. Chad has been with PNC since Feb 2010. Prior to that, he was employed with Citizens Financial Group, which is part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's RBS WorldPay Inc.
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Director of Product Marketing, North America Website:www.verifone.com Bio:Scott Henry joined VeriFone in 2004 and has been instrumental in establishing the strategy for VeriFone service and solutions initiatives such as the ON THE SPOT hospitality solutions, which is the first comprehensive suite of solutions designed for the North American pay-at-table market. He is responsible for all strategic product planning and roadmaps, market analysis, product lifecycle management and solution development for the North American region.
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Jared Isaacman, United Bank Card Inc. CEO Website:www.isoprogram.com Bio:Jared Isaacman is the founder and CEO of United Bank Card Inc. Under Isaacman's leadership, UBC has realized many impressive achievements, including being ranked the 32nd largest processor, by volume, by the Nilson Report and becoming the 19th fastest growing private company in the United States in 2005. Dedicated to innovation, Isaacman strives to keep his company at the forefront of technology.
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Rod R. Katzfey, Katzfey's International Consultant
Email:katintl@aol.com Bio:Rod has been involved in the electronic payments industry and banking for over 17 years. He started in the payments industry on the street as a commission-only sales rep and has worked with several different processors.
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Alan Kleinman, Meritus Payments Co-founder & Principal of Meritus Payment Solutions Website:www.merituspayment.com Bio:Meritus Payment Solutions is the innovative leader in advanced global transaction processing for optimal business productivity. The company offers versatile, state-of-the-art payment strategies that businesses need to compete in today's rapidly evolving marketplace. The company's people, technology, and breadth of products and services are some of its key differentiating factors.
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Allen Kopelman, Payment Access Website:www.PaymentAccess.com Bio:Allen Kopelman with over 10 years experience in the payments industry as an MLS. In 2009 Allen launches Payment Access with software developer Steve Rodrick to bring the MLS, Agent, Sales Offices and ISO's On Demand Software for Merchant Processing. Allen is now teaching MLS, Agents and ISO's how Payment Access can help them sell more merchant accounts. For more info contact Allen Kopelman at AllenK@paymentaccess.com
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Sonny McKinney, TransWORKS LLC Chief Operating & Compliance Officer
Email:smckinney@transworksprocessing.com Bio:Sonny McKinney has over 22 years in the financial services industry. He has held several key positions with Citibank N.A., First Data Corp., Card Establishment Services and Planet Group developing strategic initiatives worldwide. Mr. McKinney has extensive knowledge and experience in global finance, business development, association regulations, operations, product development, regulatory compliance, anti-money-laundering and sales. He joined TransWORKS in April 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and has directed the company's efforts in introducing RS2's bankWORKS technology to the U.S. Region. Mr. McKinney serves on the board of Trans Coil Pvt Ltd. and Patel's Analog & Digital Mst. Co. Pvt. Ltd.
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Tim McWeeney, WAY Systems, Inc 
Vice President, North American Sales Website:www.waysystems.com Bio:Tim McWeeney is Vice President, North American Sales for WAY Systems, Inc., the leading provider of pocket-sized wireless point of sale terminals. Tim's background includes a strong history of sales and management excellence. Tim has been in the point of sale industry for 5 years and has worked for Lipman, USA and ExaDigm in addition to WAY. Tim also worked in merchant acquiring for such companies as Global Payments Inc., First National Merchant Solutions and Cardservice International. Tim has more than 25 years' experience in sales and sales management and has authored training seminars for salespeople and managers. He is married and lives in the greater Phoenix area.
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Justin Milmeister, Elite Merchant Solutions President Website:www.elitedatacorp.com Bio:Justin Milmeister is the President and founder of Elite Merchant Solutions, which was honored last year by INC magazine as one of the top 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the nation. Justin can be reached at justinm@elitedatacorp.com, and more information on Elite Merchant Solutions can be found at www.elitedatacorp.com.
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Chief Marketing Officer Website:www.trustwave.com Bio:Mike Petitti is the Chief Marketing Officer for Trustwave and is responsible for leading all corporate marketing initiatives including branding, lead generation, marketing communication, product and partner marketing and relationship management with the credit card brands. He has more than 15 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies such as Exelon, Occidental Petroleum and VeriSign and leading integrated marketing firms such as J. Walter Thompson. He is a member of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) Board of Advisors and also serves on the editorial advisory board of ISO & Agent.
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President Website:www.soundpos.com Bio:Bill Pittman is Founder and President of TPI Software LLC, the developers of SmartPayments, which is a next generation payment software solution for large and small businesses. Pittman has over 15 years' experience developing integrated payment software technology for both the physical and the virtual worlds. Before establishing TPI, Pittman founded GO Software Inc., which is now part of VeriFone. He wrote the first PC-Charge application.
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David H. Press, Integrity Payments Vice President of Risk Management Website:www.integritypaymentsystems.com
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President of Independent Sales Services Website:www.transfirst.com Bio:A seasoned industry executive, Steven Rizzuto has more than 15 years of sales management experience. He leads TransFirst's direct and indirect sales efforts and oversees the company's Independent Sales Services division, which supports the company's ISO and ISA partners. He is also responsible for enhancing and expanding TransFirst's field sales alliance presence. Additionally, he played an integral role in launching TransFirst's $4 million telesales center, which opened in June 2008.
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Charles Salyer, GlobalTech Leasing Inc. President Website:www.globaltechleasing.com Bio:Charles W. Salyer has over 27 years' experience in the equipment leasing industry. He has been directly involved in the creation and management of lease/finance organizations for Digital Equipment Corp., Philip Morris, and Steelcase Inc. Salyer joined the payments industry in 1998 as the President of Global Finance & Leasing. In addition to his leadership role at GlobalTech, Salyer is on the board of directors for International Card Establishment Inc.
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Jeffrey I Shavitz, Charge Card Systems 
Founder Website:www.chargecardsystems.com Email:jshavitz@chargecardsystems.com. Bio:Jeffrey Shavitz is a partner and founder of Charge Card Systems Inc. Prior to CCS, he was an investment banker in the Mergers and Acquisitions division of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., working on financial transactions. He currently serves on the First Data ISO Advisory Board and The Green Sheet Advisory Board and is also a contributing writer for The Green Sheet on current issues in the payments space.
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Susan Sheen, TSYS Acquiring Solutions 
Chief Marketing Officer Website:www.tsysacquiring.com Bio:Susan Sheen currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for TSYS Acquiring Solutions. During her TSYS career, Sheen has served in sales, sales strategy, and product and relationship marketing. She is a distinguished President's Circle winner from 2008 and graduate of the Leadership Institute.
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Lisa Shipley, Ingenico North America 
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Website:www.ingenico-us.com Bio:Lisa Shipley is Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Ingenico North America. She manages strategic relationships with major clients, the sales teams in Canada and the United States, as well as product hardware and software marketing and professional services.
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Dave Siembieda, CrossCheck Inc. President and CEO Website:www.cross-check.com Bio:J. David Siembieda has been the President and CEO of CrossCheck Inc., a national check approval and guarantee provider, for over five years. He has more than 15 years of experience in the check services field and serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Transactions Association.
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President & CEO Website:www.exec-links.com Bio:Rick Slifka began his career in the recruiting search industry in 1981 when he joined one of the country's leading national recruiting organizations. Since then, he has recruited hundreds of talented individuals for a variety of positions for Fortune 1000 companies, regional businesses and entrepreneurial firms.
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Nick Starai, Network Merchants Inc. Vice President of Product Development Website:www.nmi.com Bio:Nick Starai is the Vice President of Product Development for Network Merchants Inc. NMI provides a full range of payment processing solutions distributed exclusively through a network of ISO/MSP partners and leading financial institutions. Nick has been directly involved in designing multiple patent pending payment processing technologies used today throughout the world. He holds projects he deals with to absolute precision standards.
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Certified e-Commerce Consultant, Certified Fraud Examiner Website:www.groupiso.com Bio:Theodore Svoronos has been in the e-commerce industry for 8 years. His areas of expertise include identity theft and fraud, credit card transactions, debit card programs, alternative payments, e-commerce, and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance. He is a sought-after speaker at payments and related industry tradeshows across the country. Svoronos is a member of several organizations, including the National Association of Payment Professions.
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Vice President of Global Marketing Website:www.hypercom.com Bio:Stuart Taylor as Vice President, Global Solutions and Marketing, Hypercom Corporation. He is responsible for all aspects of the Companyís marketing activities, Hypercomís Global Solutions business unit and global strategic relationships. He reports to Philippe Tartavull, Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Taylor has more than 20 years of international marketing and business development experience in the electronic payment and ATM industries. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Graduate School of Business.
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