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2021 Annual Conference Registration Roster 8 MAG 2021 Annual Conference Registration Roster This list is not to be distributed or reproduced outside the MAG. Registrations as of 9/17/2021 ATTENDEE TYPE COMPANY FIRST NAME LAST NAME TITLE In Person [24]7.ai Jeff Meyers Account Executive In Person [24]7.ai Storm Stonestreet Strategic Account Executive In Person 7-Eleven, Inc. Michael Silver Digital Payments - Credit Card Fraud Data Analyst In Person ACI Worldwide Keith Bryant Sr. Account Executive, Petroleum Customer Success In Person ACI Worldwide Dan Coates Solution Evangelist - Omni-Commerce In Person ACI Worldwide BRYAN CROTEAU Executive Consultant In Person ACI Worldwide James Harrison Sr. New Business Development In Person ACI Worldwide Brad Kireta Sr. New Business Developer, Petroleum Fuel In Person ACI Worldwide Bobby Koscheski Director, Solutions Consulting In Person ACI Worldwide Spencer Lewis Sr. New Business Development In Person ACI Worldwide Tommy McDeermond Sr. New Business Developer In Person ACI Worldwide Dennis Odiwo Product Manager In Person ACI Worldwide Mike Pitura Sr. New Business Developer In Person ADT Security Grant Olson Payments Strategy and Assurance In Person ADT Security Ryan Sadorf Director, Finance & Treasury In Person ALDI Jeffrey Luna National Projects Director In Person ALDI Teresa Turner Retail Payments Manager In Person Alon Brands, Inc. Jason Burger Senior Payment Services Analyst In Person Alon Brands, Inc. Holly Roldan Senior Manager, Payment Card Services In Person Amdocs Leslie Ragojo Customer Business Executive In Person Amdocs Inc Sridhar Gajula Director Sales and Architecture In Person American CryptoFed, Inc. Marian Orr CEO In Person American CryptoFed, Inc. David Tcheau Lead Control Engineer In Person American CryptoFed, Inc. Zhou Xiaomeng Chief Operations Officer In Person American Express J.J. Kieley Vice President, Payments Consulting Group, US & LAC In Person American Express Bryan Penny Vice President - Global Network Policy and Innovation In Person AT&T Julie Cartwright Director Financial Systems In Person AT&T Mary Chen Program Manager - DTC Global Fraud & Payments @ HBO Max In Person AT&T Jeffrey Clarke Lead Financial Systems Analyst In Person Aurus Inc. Parag Shirname Vice President - Client Relationships In Person AutoNation, Inc. Romel Hossain Manager Retail Treasury Operations In Person B2 Payments USA Itai Sela CEO In Person Bank of America Juan Garrido SVP, Product Management Executive In Person Bank of America Monica Kennedy SVP, Merchant Portfolio Executive In Person Bank of America Luis Leonor SVP Merchant Sales Executive • Large Corporate In Person Bank of America Peter O'Rourke Merchant Executive • Global Commercial Bank In Person Bank of America Robin Reodica SVP, GBAM Product Management In Person Bath & Body Works Jennifer Eichenauer Manager, Banking and Cash Management In Person Bath & Body Works Eric Lakner AVP Finance In Person Bath & Body Works Heather Sargeant Associate Vice President Banking and Cash Management In Person BCG Michael Gade BCG-Senior Advisor In Person Best Buy Josh Mueller Sr Manager In Person Best Buy Mike Owen Financial Services Manager In Person Best Buy Joe Vasterling Director, Payment Acceptance and Gift Cards In Person Best Buy Justin Fletcher Director - Technology In Person BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc Laura Felice CFO In Person Blackhawk Network Paul Kelly Sr. Director Business Development In Person Bluefin Luis Barros VP, Partner Channel Management In Person Bluefin Sean Gately VP National Sales In Person Bluefin Christina Lemonides Director, Security Solutions In Person Bridgestone / Credit First National Association Rob Murphy Payments, Products, & Innovation Director In Person Bridgestone / Credit First National Association Adam Pizzurro VP, Sales, Marketing, & New Product Development In Person Buy It Mobility (BIM) Networks, Inc. Troy Carrothers President In Person Buy It Mobility (BIM) Networks, Inc. Adam Frisch CEO In Person CEFCO Convenience Stores Walter Chapman Corporate Controller In Person Certegy Kellie Amodeo VP of Customer Experience In Person Certegy Christie Gott Account Executive In Person Certegy Greg Lipari VP, Strategy & Commercial Development In Person Chargeback Gurus Suresh Dakshina President In Person Chargeback Gurus Deen Ferrell Enterprise Business Development Manager In Person Chargeback Gurus Tim Tynan Board Member In Person Chargeback Gurus Martin Williams VP | Guru ATTENDEE TYPE COMPANY FIRST NAME LAST NAME TITLE In Person Chargebacks911 Madison Pearman Sales Administration In Person Chargebacks911 David Pirtle VP Enterprise Engagement In Person Checkout.com Renee Howard Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager In Person Checkout.com Ed McGrath Sr Sales Engineer In Person Checkout.com Chris Perry VP Commercial In Person Checkout.com Aria Radke Sr. Marketing Manager In Person Chevron Products Co. Michael Fritz Merchant Acquiring Specialist In Person Chevron Products Co. Rod Tos Manager: Payments, Loyalty, Mobility, & Websites In Person Chick-fil-A, Inc Bryan Green Sr. Principal Team Leader Customer Technology Solutions In Person Chick-fil-A, Inc Aly Lehmann Sr. Team Leader In Person Chick-fil-A, Inc Andrew Murray Analyst III In Person CHS Inc Mike Lindberg Director, Payment Solutions In Person CITCON Jamie Elgie Head of Marketing In Person CITCON Katie Hollenbaugh Assistant Marketing Communications Manager In Person CITCON Steven Mu Director of Partnerships In Person CITCON Ryan Noland Head of Business Development US Retail In Person CITCON Sydney Vaccaro Marketing In Person CITCON Vicky Walker Director, Global Omnichannel Sales In Person CITGO Petroleum Corp Jeff Maybray POS Product Manager In Person CMSPI Callum Godwin Chief Economist In Person CMSPI Alex Ellwood SVP, Merchant Advocacy In Person CMSPI Elley Frost President In Person CMSPI Aditya Thakur Payments Consultant In Person CMSPI Michael White Sales Consultant In Person CommonSpirit Health Ron Collins Manager, Merchant Card - Treasury In Person CommonSpirit Health Jean Ham VP, Assistant Treasurer In Person CommonSpirit Health Deborah Keefe Director, Treasury Operations In Person CommonSpirit Health Stephanie Meyers Sr Merchant Card Analyst- Treasury In Person CommonSpirit Health Roy Ricasata System Senior Merchant Card Analyst In Person Conexxus, Inc. Linda Toth Managing Director In Person Constantine & Cannon Owen Glist Attorney In Person CyberSource, a Visa Solution Andy Conrad Senior Director In Person CyberSource, a Visa Solution Jason Mick Client Executive In Person CyberSource, a Visa Solution Marcie Rehfield Client Executive In Person Darden Restaurants Amanda Chambers Financial Analyst In Person Darden Restaurants Varun Sagi Systems Engineer In Person Darden Restaurants Gabriel Sugar Sr. Director, Ops Accounting In Person Darden Restaurants Debbie Greenhut Manager of Revenue Accounting In Person Delta Airlines Lane Clements Manager - Payments Acceptance In Person Delta Airlines Mark Elliott Director - Treasury, Global Payment Acceptance In Person Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Mike Pohl Treasury Manager - Payments & Ops. In Person Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Dave Wallace Director of Treasury In Person Discover Global Network Amy Parsons Senior Vice President In Person Discover Global Network Jennifer Cruz Vice President In Person Discover Global Network Judith McGuire VP, Digital Products In Person Discover Global Network Dave Preston Senior Relationship Manager In Person Domino's Baljit Puri Director - Payment Strategy In Person EG America Kelly Andrus Head of Payments In Person Elavon Bob Walker Payments Consultant In Person Elavon Kari Ross Vice President, Airlines In Person Elavon Tara Sulflow VP Client Management Hospitality In Person Ethoca Gilbert Clark Analyst, Business & Market Development In Person Ethoca Cody Hesseltine Sales Manager Merchant Relations In Person ExxonMobil Brad Timbes Global Payments & Loyalty Manager In Person ExxonMobil Scott Waite North America Payments & Loyalty Manager In Person Fareway Stores, Inc. Scot Kinne Vice President of Banking, Payments and Investing In Person Fareway Stores, Inc. Zachary Lane Director of Retail Systems In Person FIS Jamie Landheer Head of Principal Client Office North America In Person FIS Denis Bouchard VP, US Real Time Payments In Person FIS Susan DeVries Vice President In Person FIS Ben Jared Sr. Payments Solution Consultant In Person FIS Steve Latham Head of Enterprise Sales - North America In Person FIS William Lee SVP Enterprise Sales In Person FIS A. Wayne lullo Market Executive, Corporate Enterprise Sales In Person FIS Bethany Vincent Managing Director Airline, Travel & Hospitality In Person FIS Dan Whitely Loyalty Sales Executive In Person FIS / NYCE Payments Network Matt Belue Sales Executive, NYCE Payments Network ATTENDEE TYPE COMPANY FIRST NAME LAST NAME TITLE In Person FIS / NYCE Payments Network Deborah Taylor Sales Executive In Person Fiserv Chris Abele VP, Product Strategy In Person Fiserv David Keenan Senior Vice President, Network Solutions & Risk In Person Fiserv Thomas Brown VP Sales In Person Fiserv David Conroy SVP, National Sales In Person Fiserv Jeffrey Gheraldi Vice President, Enterprise Clients In Person Fiserv Steve Herrmann SVP, Large Corporate Enterprise Sales In Person Fiserv Patricia Jagodzinski-Bart VP, Network Business Development In Person Fiserv Steve Mathison SVP In Person Fiserv John Nicola Senior Vice President In Person Fiserv Kerry Podest Marketing Manager In Person Fiserv Heath Pontious Director, Corporate Enterprise Sales In Person Fiserv Joe Profeta Chief Sales Officer In Person
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