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Both organizations will continue to operate as independent brands, pending field and in the corporate office
a branding review, and offer their entire suite of reports, subscriptions, data for TMX Finance, a company that
services, bespoke research and consulting, and conferences. provides consumer credit prod-
ucts. Most recently she was TMX's
APPOINTMENTS regional vice president of opera-
tions. In that role, she provided
sales and career leadership for over
Aliaswire selects Brian Bartlett 150 employees and was responsible
for the hiring, coaching and busi-
Brian Bartlett is the new CFO at Aliaswire, a provider of bill payment and ness development for one of the
credit solutions for businesses and banks. In his role, Bartlett will be respon- company's largest regions.
sible for financial operations, planning and reporting; human resource
management; and helping to shape overall strategy and direction. Bartlett’s Kurt Hemecker signs
experience spans 20 years as an entrepreneurial-minded finance leader, on with Mina
working with startup and growth-stage companies in such areas as raising
capital, M&A and business development. Most recently, Bartlett was chief Mina Foundation recruited as
financial and accounting officer at AZTherapies. Directly prior, he was a part- its chief operating officer Kurt
ner at The DMF Group. He also served in executive roles at SaaS companies Hemecker, former chief of staff and
MembersFirst and GetConnected, as well as at Houghton Mifflin and edocs, head of internal business operations
an innovator in the online self-service space. and HR at Diem Networks (for-
merly Libra). While there, he played
LeAnn Cotten joins Vergent a key role in building the organiza-
Fintech lending platform Vergent hired LeAnn Cotten as its new vice presi- tion’s charter before orchestrating
dent of sales and vendor management, stating that Cotten is a veteran of the efforts to start the company's first
consumer lending industry with more than 20 years of experience in opera- business development team, work-
tions. Before joining Vergent, Cotten served in various capacities both in the ing with members that spanned
enterprise, blockchain native, social
impact, payments and venture
capital organizations. Previously,
he was a senior director at PayPal
responsible for significant global
initiatives with mobile network car-
riers, Mina stated.

FCTI taps Peter Kulik
ATM solutions provider FCTI Inc.
welcomed Peter Kulik as its vice
president of technology. He will
oversee the hardware and soft-
ware driving the FCTI’s products
and services. Kulik, who has more
than 35 years of experience in ATM
and financial technology, began
his career with NCR Corp. where
he worked on international and
domestic financial, ATM, and retail
systems, and eventually on part-
ner technical programs. Kulik later
worked with consultancy KLCI
Research Group, Fifth Third Bank,
and Vantiv in roles spanning debit
networks, telecom, payment prod-
ucts and mobile financial services.
Kulik joined FCTI from Citibank,
where he served as the director of
engineering, ATM Technology. He
is also chair of the ATM Industry
Association's executive board.

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