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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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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Sam Chanin, Business Payment Systems/TRIBUL 
Website:www.busy-as-a-bee.com Bio:Sam Chanin has over ten years of experience in the merchant processing industry and has held ownership positions in many industry related companies. As the CEO of Business Payment Systems LLC, Sam throughout the years has been highly focused on building a profitable and robust distribution of merchant services products, including credit card processing and cash advances, through a vast sales force spanning across the United States. Sam is also the founder of 2nd Source Funding LLC, and Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Streampay LLC.
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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 Eazelle, 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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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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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, Comdata Processing Systems Senior Vice President and General Manager Website:www.comdata.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, including CPS, where he is currently employed.
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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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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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Joseph Natoli, National Processing Company (NPC) 
Senior Executive Vice President for Client Services Website:www.npc.net Bio:JJoe founded his own ISO business in 1991. He leads all marketing and client service functions as well as relationship management teams. In addition, Joe is the principal and senior sales executive for legacy Retriever. He is affiliated with the ETA's Strategic Planning Committee. He is a member of the ISO and Agent Advisory Board and a member of The Green Sheet Advisory Board.
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Marcelo Paladini, Cynergy Data 
Website:www.cynergydata.com Bio:Prior to Cynergy Data's launch in 1995, Marcelo Paladini established himself as a successful management executive and entrepreneur, first in his homeland, Argentina, where he served as Director of Media for an Argentinian advertising company, and then in New York, where he developed a reputation as an expert in finance and operations.
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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 Bankcard Consultant Inc. Founder and President Website:www.integritybankcard.com Bio:David H. Press founded Integrity Bankcard Consultants Inc. as a consultancy specializing in acquirer back-office solutions. Integrity provides risk management and assessment assistance to numerous banks, processors, merchant service providers and ISOs. Press has over 25 years' experience in financial crime and insurance fraud investigations. He has worked with many major financial institutions worldwide and has extensive experience working with law enforcement agencies.
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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 Bio:As Founder of Charge Card Systems Inc., Jeffrey I. Shavitz is responsible for the company's vision and day-to-day management. Previously, he worked in Lehman Brothers' investment banking division, focusing primarily on real estate mergers and acquisitions. Following Lehman, Shavitz founded and was President of Mericom Marketing Inc., a full-service promotional company working with Fortune 500 Corporations and professional sporting leagues and teams.
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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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Anna Solomon, Fast Transact Inc. Co-founder, Vice President and board member Website:www.fasttransact.com Bio:Anna Solomon is the co-founder, Vice President and a board member of Fast Transact Inc. Along with her husband, David Solomon, she began as a bankcard agent in 1995. Anna performed tasks such as sales, customer service, employee supervision, equipment downloads and residual reporting.
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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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