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.
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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Steve Christianson, All Card Processing Inc. President and CEO Website:www.allcardpro.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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National Sales Manager Website:www.credomaticpartner.com Email:jcreegan@credomaticusa.com Bio:Joe Creegan is National Sales Manager of Credomatic USA, which is a member of the BAC Credomatic Network; one of the largest financial services companies in the Americas, BAC Credomatic Network supports more than 100,000 merchants and 2 million cardholders in 10 countries. Creegan is responsible for Credomatic USA's ISO and agent sales program in the United States and oversees 300 sales partners nationally.
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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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Noel Fundora, First Data Corp. 
VP Partner Sales Website:www.firstdata.com Email:noels.fundora@firstdata.com Bio:Noel Fundora is Vice President of Partner Sales for First Data Corp. Noel has been in the payment acquiring business since 1996 and is currently responsible for managing the recruiting of new FSP, ISO and Agent partners to First Data North America. Previously he served in a Regional Sales Director role, managing the Southeast region for First Data in the FSP, ISO and Agent partner recruiting channel.
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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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Darrin Ginsberg, Super G Funding LLC Chief Executive Officer Website:www.supergonline.com Email:Darrin@supergfunding.com Bio:Darrin Ginsberg began his career in the bankcard industry in 1989 when the ISO industry was in its infancy. He started out as a one man operation, working from his garage to become one of the countryís largest ISOs doing in excess of 4,000 new accounts per month. Darrin has built and sold several very successful ISOs over his 20-year career in the bankcard industry.
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Glenn Goldman, Capital Access Network President and Chief Executive Officer Website:www.capitalaccessnetwork.com Bio:Goldman joined the company in 2001 with more than 15 years of experience in the financing, building and strategic positioning of nationwide consumer and commercial finance companies. Prior to becoming CEO, Goldman was a Founding Partner of G2 LLC, a boutique investment bank targeting the finance and technology sectors. Before joining CAN, he was Co-President of the Merchant Banking group at ContFinancial Corp., one of the largest private companies in the world .Goldman also covered banks and thrifts in the Money Markets and Capital Market Group at Merril Lynch.
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Chief Executive Officer Website:www.usaepay.com Bio:Ben Goretsky is the Chief Executive Officer and head of IT Development at USA ePay. He has been working with his brother Alex since they started the company in 1998. E-mail him at ben@usaepay.com or call him at 866-872-3729, ext. 350.
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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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President Website:www.rocket-pay.com Bio:Rod is the President of RocketPay, a firm specializing in international acquiring. He is a long-time payment professional, with over 28 years of POS management experience. Beginning with TeleCheck during the early adoption of electronic terminals, he has worked for companies such as British Telecom, MCI, CyberCash Inc., Apriva, and Hypercom Corp. He has managed diverse and complex sales, service and operational organizations in the United States and Europe, and is an expert at certification and distribution of a wide range of hardware, software, web-based and wireless solutions.
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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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President Website:www.signapay.com Bio:Kevin Jones was named President of Texas-based electronic payments company SignaPay in February 2011. Prior to joining SignaPay, Jones was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for First American Payment Systems and a Senior Territory Manager at Chase Paymentech Solutions LLC, where he built the companyís first merchant acquisition team.
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PayLeap
Email:rkatzfey@payleap.com Bio:Rod has been involved in the electronic payments industry and banking for over 19 years. He started in the payments industry on the street as a commission-only sales rep and has worked with several different acquirers/processors over the years.
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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 todayís rapidly evolving marketplace. Its people, technology, and breadth of products and services are some of the companyís key differentiating factors.
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Andie Kolb, National Processing Co. Vice President of Business Development Website:www.npc.net Bio:Andie Kolb is Vice President of Business Development for NPC, a Vantiv Company. Kolb is a sales-oriented professional who has been in the payment solutions business since late 2003. In April 2011, she joined the NPC family and is responsible for identifying and leveraging opportunities within the company.
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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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Vice President of Payment Partner Programs Website:www.trustwave.com Email:GLeos@trustwave.com Bio:Greg Leos has been a leader in the payments industry for over 15 years. He is regularly asked to speak at industry events and regional acquirer conferences. He has also actively participated on multiple committees for the Electronic Transaction Association for many years. Currently, Leos is Vice President of Payment Partner Programs for Trustwave, a leader in data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions. In this role, he manages PCI DSS compliance services and data encryption solutions for payment acquirers, ISOs and merchants. Prior to Trustwave, Leos held executive management roles for the Royal Bank of Scotland and Moneris Solutions.
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Senior Account Executive Website:www.verifone.com Email:timM9@verifone.com Bio:Tim McWeeney has been in the electronic payments industry since 1996 and in the point of sale manufacturing arena since 2004. Tim has sold through major channels across the industry and has represented products such as Lipman/Nurit, WAY Systems and, currently, VeriFone, Inc. where he is a Senior Account Executive.
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Vice President of Sales Website:www.signapay.com Email:AndyM@SignaPay.com Bio:As Vice President of Sales for SignaPay Ltd., Andy Meadows oversees and drives the recruitment and cultivation of strategic partners, as well as spearheads merchant retention efforts on their behalf. He joined SignaPay in July 2011 after more than a decade in the payments industry, most recently as the Inside Sales & Operations Manager for Fifth Third Processing Solutions. Andy earned his MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas and launched his career at Chase Paymentech Solutions LLC, where Senior Territory Manager Brad Olivier called him, "a driven and trustworthy person [who] has a passion for success that is contagious to those who work for him and with him."
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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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David Parker, Polymath Consulting 
Chief Executive Officer Website:www.polymathconsulting.com Bio:David Parker is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polymath Consulting, a leading European-based prepaid consultancy with clients in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe, which is now becoming active in the United States. Although he covers work across the cards and payments industry, he is particularly well known for Polymath's work on prepaid cards, e-wallets and mobile payments. He has carried out work across the complete value chain helping banks with their overall prepaid strategy right through to market entry analysis. He has also worked with processors and program managers on segment analysis, certification and membership applications. For card brands he has assisted in product proposition development, as well as managing the request for proposal processes and reviewing existing contract relationships for both open- and closed-loop schemes. David is frequently found chairing European, Middle East and Asia prepaid events, is a frequent contributor on LinkedIn, and has provided research for several articles for The Green Sheet.
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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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Jeff Rooney, Network Merchants Inc. Systems Engineer Website:www.nmi.com Email:jeff@nmi.com Bio:Jeff Rooney is the Systems Engineer for Network Merchants Inc., a graduate of DeVry University and a Cisco Certified Networking Professional. NMI builds e-commerce payment gateways for companies that want to process transactions online in real time anywhere in the world. Contact him at jeff@nmi.com.
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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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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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Theodore Svoronos, Atlantic Pacific Processing Systems Inc. VP of Sales Website:www.approcessing.com Email:tsvoronos@approcessing.com Bio:Theodore Svoronos has been proactive in the payments industry since 2001. He has served as a vice president in the industry and has been responsible for business development, education, training, regulatory compliance, strategic partnerships and ISO relationships. He is an active member of key advisory boards, a contributor to industry publications and a member of over 10 industry and security organizations. He has further expanded his industry reach through his dedication to educating others.
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Patricia L. Walters, Hypercom Corp. Vice President, Marketing and Security, North America Website:www.hypercom.com Email:pwalters@hypercom.com Bio:Patricia L. (Patty) Walters, CTGA, has more than 25 years of payments industry experience, the past 19 years spent with Hypercom and VeriFone. She now oversees Hypercom's Marketing and Security Solutions strategies in North America. Patty is the proud mother of a twice deployed US Marine; she has three children and one grandchild. She makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Cody Yanchak, First American Payment Systems 
Manager - Strategic Partners Website:www.go4faps.com Email:Cody.Yanchak@First-American.net Bio:Cody Yanchak is a Manager of Strategic Partnerships for First American Payment Systems. He began his career in the payment processing industry in 2007 and has worked for processors of diverse sizes, including a startup ISO. He is passionate about pursuing agents and ISOs who want to grow their business and works to help them develop a program that is customized to meet their needs. Cody is active in the Electronic Transactions Association and currently serves on the organization's ISO Practices Committee.
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