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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.

Tony Abruzzio, Global Payments Inc.

Website:www.globalpaymentsinc.com

John Arato, MagTek Inc.

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.

Adam Atlas, Attorney at Law

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.

Clinton Baller, PayNet Merchant Services Inc.

Website:www.paynetsystems.com

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.

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.

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.

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.

Steve serves on numerous boards and committees including Vice President of the Western States Acquirers Association, The Green Sheet Advisory Board and for the publication ISO & Agent, he also serves on the Membership Committee of the Electronic Transaction Association. Steve has been married for over 17 years and has one daughter, age 15. He has worked with companies such as Cross Check, eFunds, Go Software and FDC’s PayPoint.

W. Ross Federgreen, CSRSI

Website:www.csrsi.com

Ed Freedman, Total Merchant Services

Website:www.upfrontandresiduals.com

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.

Russ Goebel, Quantus Health Solutions, LLC.

Website:www.quantushealth.com

Matt Golis, Yapstone

Website:www.yapstone.com

Curt Hensley, CSH Consulting

Website:www.cshconsulting.com

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.

Kevin Jones, First American Payment Systems

Website:www.first-american.net

Jerry Julien, Equity Commerce LP

Website:www.equitycommerce.com

Lazaros Kalemis, Alpha Card Services Inc.

Website:www.thealphaedge.com

Dee Karawadra, Impact PaySystem

Website:www.impactpaysystem.com

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.

He shares in the goal of educating and giving back to the industry through his involvement as a board member of the Midwest Acquirers Association, member of the ISO and Agent Advisory Board and member of The Green Sheet Advisory Board.

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.

Alan brings 15 years of financial service experience. Prior to entering the payments industry, he spent a number of years in venture capital and merchant banking. His broad experience and global insight will continue to lead the company to introducing new products to enhance the sales team's productivity and profitability. Alan serves as a Board Member and Advisor for several organizations, including being an Alumni Board Member at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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

Mitch Levy, Merchant Cash & Capital

Website:www.merchantcashandcapital.com

Dan Lewis, AmeriBanc National Ltd.

Website:www.abnlifetimeresiduals.com

Douglas Mack, Payex

Website:www.pay-ex.com

Paul Martaus, Martaus & Assoc.

Website:www.martausandassociates.com

Biff Matthews, CardWare International

Website:www.cardwarestore.biz

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.

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.

Patti Murphy, The Takoma Group

Website:www.takomagroup.com

Michael Nardy, Electronic Payments Inc. (EPI)

Website:www.elecpayments.com

Steve Norell, US Merchant Services

Website:WWW.USMSLLC.COM

Michael Petitti, Trustwave

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.

Bill Pittman, SoundPOS LLC.

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.

Steven Rizzuto, TransFirst

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.

Prior to joining TransFirst, Rizzuto led numerous sales teams at NaBanco Merchant Services and First Data Corp. He has been responsible for more than 1,000 field sales executives in support of more than 35 bank partner programs. He has also helped integrate various sales divisions as a result of acquisitions and mergers, including Brown Foreman, C.E.S. and Concord.

Rizzuto holds a Bachelor of Science in applied economics and Master of Business Administration in management from Hofstra University. He lives in Dix Hills, N.Y., with his wife and two daughters.

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.

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.

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.

Previously, Lisa was the Senior Vice President National Sales, Hypercom North America. In this capacity, she managed Hypercom's national sales team. She also served as President of The Horizon Group where she was responsible for all operations of this Hypercom entity. Previously, she was Hypercom's Vice President of Sales.

Before joining Hypercom in 1996, Lisa spent 10 years in both card issuing and merchant acquiring groups with NationsBank and its predecessor. She is recognized as a professional with in-depth experience in the payments industry. Her focus on customers is perhaps the most critical component of her success.

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.

Rick Slifka, Exec-Links

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.

Rich has strong relationships with many of the bankcard industry's prominent leaders. He launched Exec-Links in 2002 and continues to specialize in the payments industry. A high-energy, focused and passionate consultant, Rick has a reputation for quickly determining the ideal cultural fit; no matter the degree of difficulty, he continues to consistently identify best-in-class talent.

Rick's commitment to quality, cost-effective service, cooperation and confidentiality has ensured Exec-Linc's ongoing success. A boutique firm with select clients, Exec-Links has established a network of other boutique firms around the United States. They all target the payment processing space.

Rick also served for six years as Director - Sales and Membership Marketing with the PGA Tour.

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.

In 1999, Anna and David had the opportunity to become involved in the development of a payment gateway. Returning to the industry in 2001, they built a company that currently has 38 employees and several agent offices nationwide. Their focus changed from purely retail to include e-commerce solutions and software integration. Together Anna and David have grown their company, initially as agents on the street and today as leaders of a full-risk ISO. Now Anna handles the marketing, information technology development and industry relations aspects of the business.

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.

Theodore Svoronos, Group ISO

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.

Stuart Taylor, Hypercom

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.

Scott Wagner, GO DIRECT Merchant Services, Inc.

President

Website:www.4godirect.com

Dan D. Wolfe, Teledraft Inc.

Website:www.teledraft.com