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IndustryUpdate

APPOINTMENTS Provana recruits Mike Keister

Provana, a platform provider for the credit and collections industry, named
Two executives sign Mike Keister as senior vice president and chief revenue officer. Keister will
on with VizyPay oversee the company’s sales and business development strategy and execu-
tion, with a focus on customer success. Keister joins Provana from Zapproved,
VizyPay appointed Jason Bahnsen as a legal technology company. With nearly 20 years of sales leadership experi-
general counsel and director of risk/ ence in SaaS solutions, Keister excels at scaling sales organizations to support
compliance, and Mana Thongvan rapid growth and is passionate about combining this approach with a keen
as director of operations. Each is attention to delivering on client expectations, Provana stated.
the first to hold their respective
roles within the company; both will Matt Thompson joins Socure
help drive the organization forward
through streamlined operational Socure, a provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, selected
workflow, as well as with develop- Matt Thompson to serve as general manager of public sector solutions.
ment and implementation of a risk Thompson is a recognized leader and innovator in the digital identity space,
and compliance program, VizyPay with a proven track record of successfully working with government agencies
stated. Previously, Bahnsen was a and leading large-scale digital transformation projects, Socure stated.
creditor's rights litigator with a pri-
vate law firm for 14 years. He led IDEMIA’s Civil and Digital Identity Business in North America,
where he oversaw efforts to drive the industry-wide transition from physical
He then joined a national bank where to digital driver’s licenses. A co-founder of ID.me, he has also been awarded
he served as compliance officer in three patents covering mobile biometric liveness detection, as well as tiered
consumer lending compliance— and third-party authentication.
cards, retail and merchant services.
Before Vizypay, Thongvanh held
engineer and project manager posi-
tions in the construction field for
17+ years. Thongvanh oversaw the
building of hotels, hospitals, casi-
nos, apartment buildings and more.

IF hires P. Norman Boone Jr.
Independent Financial named
P. Norman Boone, Jr. as head of
treasury management. Boone, a
Certified Treasury Professional,
will manage professional teams in
both Texas and Colorado that man-
age, consult and sell treasury solu-
tions to commercial customers.

Responsible for sales, strategy and
execution within the corporate,
middle market, he will also oversee
support and training for commer-
cial card sales, merchant services,
foreign exchange services and trea-
sury sales. Boone has more than 29
years of experience in the banking
industry supporting growth objec-
tives, developing lines of business,
reshaping product platforms and
building sales programs.

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