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“Talking Digital Finance” Panel Discussion, presented by TAG and BPM

September 13, 2019 by Mike

Bona Allen (Moderator), Christine Santos (Comcast), Nigel Andre (First Data), Judy Romano (Equifax International) and Raj Verma (Host/Organizer) prepare for the “Talking Digital Finance” Panel Discussion.

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and Business Process Management Group presented “Talking Digital Finance”, a panel discussion with CFO’s from Comcast, Equifax and First Data on September 10, 2019 at the First Data Corporation HQ in Atlanta.

Speakers on the panel included Nigel Andre, former Managing Partner with First Data; Christina Santos, SVP of Finance at Comcast; and Judy Romano, CFO with Equifax International.

Raj Verma – GoProcure and BPM Board Member (Event Host/Organizer)

Judy Romano – Equifax International (Featured Speaker)

Bona Allen – Kajima Building & Design Group (Moderator)

Alan Vickness – Elavon and BPM Board Member

Christine Santos – Comcast (Featured Speaker)

Sherita Shelby – The Coca Cola Company and BPM Board Member

Ian O’Brien – American Cancer Society and BPM Board Member

Maria Luisa Pineda – Maestral Solutions

Elizabeth Hoemeke with Elavon, Marc Gorlin with Roadie and Matt Sander with Mint Ventures

February 11, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Elizabeth Hoemeke with Elavon, Marc Gorlin with Roadie and Matt Sander with Mint Ventures

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Elizabeth Hoemeke is the Senior Vice President of IT Strategy & Global Business Services for Elavon, a leading global provider of merchant acquiring services and integrated payments processing. With more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology, Elizabeth specializes in developing global sourcing partnerships, building high performance IT teams, optimizing software development life cycle and driving transformation through a metrics-driven approach. She is an advocate of leveraging partnerships and a vast professional network to accelerate the development and integration of new technologies and strategies. A native of Atlanta, Elizabeth is an active mentor and volunteer. She is involved with Women in Technology, Technology Association of Georgia and charitable organizations such as Junior Achievement and Year Up, an organization that helps urban youth. She is Board President for Improve International, an organization dedicated to sustainability of clean water and sanitation projects worldwide. Elizabeth has two sons, and holds BS in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech.

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Marc Gorlin is the Founder and CEO of Roadie, the first on-the-way delivery service. Marc is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in successful startups (including Kabbage, PGP and VerticalOne).

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Matthew Sander is with Mint Ventures. A graduate from UGA, Matt began his career in the insurance business, but found a talent for software sales in 1992. However, by 1994 Matt knew he’d wanted to start his own company, so he launched Natural Pet Litters and introduced the first flushable, biodegradable pet litter. With eventual distribution into 7200 outlets nationwide, Matt sold his company to a competitor and turned his attention to helping small businesses grow and expand their client base. In 2004, Matt saw the furied pace of the real estate industry and entered as an investor/appraiser and began to value and invest in properties across Atlanta. Then 2008 arrived. Recognizing early the industry had hit the wall, Matt turned his attention to an idea a friend brought his way. The result was Court Revenue Systems; a SAAS platform allowing citation recipients to pay their fines, and court mandated cost online. CRS went the extra step by adjudicating the case within the software reducing the court’s workload by 30%. The results were phenomenal, and the company entered the radar screen of a larger court software company who offered Matt a chance to roll his company into theirs and grow across the southeast. By 2012 the results were meeting management expectations and Matt turned his attention to the wellness industry. The goal was to drive physical activity into areas of commerce and WALQUE was born. WALQUE was great example of failing forward. The company launched well before the market wanted it, a pivot was implemented but still no one wanted the end results. Today, Matt spends his time helping SMBs achieve greater results with their human capital strategy as a business advisor with Insperity (NSP). Matt still works pro-bono helping entrepreneurs reach their dream of starting their own endeavor. He also works with companies preparing for the ICOR experience and is active with multiple organizations looking to build the business culture of Atlanta. His back-burner endeavor is under R&D and is collecting data at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/scanpop.

Follow Matthew Sander on LinkedIn and can be reached at 678.491.1640

Jason Cronk and Stancil Johnson with Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair, Kyle Valencia with Motivdeals and Valencia Productions,Wally Mlynarski with Elavon – Buckhead Business Radio

April 14, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Jason Cronk and Stancil Johnson with Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair, Kyle Valencia with Motivdeals and Valencia Productions,Wally Mlynarski with Elavon - Buckhead Business Radio

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11108215_1578966449030016_2937777054294166517_n — Wally Mlynarski, Stancil Johnson, Jason Cronk, Kyle Valencia

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Jason Cronk/Stancil Johnson/Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair

Co-organizers

Jason Cronk is a serial entrepreneur with three businesses under his belt. He is a long time IT professional and a licensed attorney in Florida. He is been in the Atlanta area for over a year now but also lived here as a child when his Dad attended Georgia Tech. He runs a Bitcoin related legal blog and is the Co-organizer of the Bitcoin Consumer Fair.

Stancil Johnson long time entrepreneur interested in Bitcoin because it’s the next big thing. Originally from Pennsylvania but 21 year resident of Atlanta.

2015 Event is Saturday April 18th.

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www.BitCoinConsumerFair.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Kyle Valencia/Motivdeals

Founder/Owner

Naturally passionate about creating and building. A dynamic high-energy leader driven for business development and innovation. Has owned and operated Valencia Productions for 11 years now and currently is the Founder CEO of MotivDeals Fundraising. The digital version of those plastic fundraising cards.Where is it that you derive the day to day motivation needed to be successful in this cutthroat world of startups?

www.MotivDeals.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Wally Mlynarski/Elavon

VP of Mobile Commerce Solutions

Global payments company and subsidiary of US Bancorp. Wally also leads the mobile payments innovation center at Elavon, which is focused on developing new mobile payment products and services.

www.Elavon.com

Kim O’Connor with Elavon, Brian S. Smith with Snellings Walters Insurance Agency, Nicole Houser with Nikki’s Delightful Treats, Aunyx Burrell with Amenta’s Key – Buckhead Business Radio

March 17, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Kim O'Connor with Elavon, Brian S. Smith with Snellings Walters Insurance Agency, Nicole Houser with Nikki's Delightful Treats, Aunyx Burrell with Amenta's Key - Buckhead Business Radio

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Brian Smith,Aunyx Burrell,Nicole Houser,Kim O'Conner,Host Rich Casanova — Brian Smith,Aunyx Burrell,Nicole Houser,Kim O’Connor,Host Rich Casanova

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Kim O’Connor/Elavon

VP of New Product Innovation

Kim has been in the payments industry for 20 years, in product management, product marketing and market development roles. Kim has been at Elavon for over two years focusing on new product innovation initiatives. She currently has Product Strategy responsibility for Security solutions and EMV. Prior to joining Elavon, she successfully introduced encryption and tokenization services to both National and SmallMedium Business merchants, and was responsible for managing the Small Business PCI Program. She also introduced several wireless and mobile innovations, and helped bring the earliest electronic gift and loyalty card programs to market. Kim holds an MBA from Florida Atlantic University and resides in South Florida.

www.Elavon.com | LinkedIn

Brian S. Smith/Snellings Walters Insurance Agency

CIC, ARM

Brian Smith is a commercial insurance specialist with Snellings Walters Insurance of Atlanta. In his role, Brian serves business clients with risk management solutions focused on reducing hazards, enhancing profitability, and promoting a safe work environment. The basis of his business practice is client-centric, emphasizing truthful engagement, accountability , and measured results. In addition to his insurance career, he served 14 years as a US Army Reserve Officer as an evaluator. Brian is a certified insurance counselor and associate in risk management.

www.SnellingsWalters.com | www.TheRiskRecon.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Nicole Houser/Nikki’s Delightful Treats

Owner

Nicole is a native of Atlanta Georgia who been chosen as a winner of The American SmallBusiness Championship hosted by SCORE, mentors to Americas small businesses, and Sam’s Club. Nicole’s passion for baking inspired her to open Nikki’s Delightful Treats were she allows her creativity to follow. Nicole loves to make her customer happy by delivering unique desserts for their special events.

www.NikkisDelightfulTreats.com | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Aunyx Burrell/Amenta’s Key, LLC

Founder/Owner

25 year old, Mother, Wife and Entrepreneur. Co-founder of Amenta’s Key

www.AmentasKey.com | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest

Elavon Merchant Services

September 23, 2014 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Elavon Merchant Services

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Today I sat down with Megan Heinze of Elavon merchant services, one of the world’s largest provider of merchant payment processing services. The company was founded in Atlanta in 1991 as NOVA Information Systems, with a focus of providing services supporting small- to mid-sized companies. The company combined forces with USBank, who brought a compliment of large client companies from around the globe. Elavon continues to innovate payment processing services, providing a range of technologies, access to key business data, and customer loyalty options that help companies operate and grow more efficiently.

Megan talked about Elavon’s platform called, “Talech”, which gives the small- and mid-sized company owner the ability to use a variety of devices, including tablets and smart devices, to take orders, process payment, manage inventory, assess sales histories for their products/services, and more—all at their fingertips. This platform gives the small- to mid-sized business owner the ability to more efficiently “wear the many hats” that small company executives often have to wear to operate their business. Additionally, Elavon provides the business owner with the ability to offer “cardless” customer loyalty programs that are highly customizable. Customers are able to be recognized by either their credit card or phone number, eliminating the need for a punch card or cumbersome rewards card they have to carry to be able to accrue/redeem the rewards they qualify for.

For companies in the hospitality and food/beverage spaces Elavon has partnered with Micros, the maker of point-of-sale platforms to enhance the level of security from end to end. This collaboration will help reduce risk for both the merchant and their customers.

Special Guest:

Megan Heizne, Senior VP/General Manager, US Bank Payment Solutions & Partner Channels of Elavon