Cards and Payments USA - list of speakers

Recognized as a pioneer in the development and implementation of campus card programs in the United States, Lowell Adkins worked in various capacities at Duke University for 17 years becoming Director of the DukeCard Program. In 1997, he joined AT&T CampusWide (later Blackboard) where he served as Director of Product Management and later as Vice...

Dave is the Chief Information Officer of the Cumberland Farms Gulf Oil Group, a new position created when Cumberland and Gulf came under common management in late 2008. David has 25 years of experience in information technology and operations management in the energy industry. In recent roles, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Electricity...

John E. Ekers is Global CIO for ABnote Corp. and previously spent 3 years in Australia as CTO managing ABnote’s Australasia technology division. During that time, he oversaw the development of the ABnote NFC and TSM solution and EMV migrations from SDA to DDA and dual interface. Mr. Ekers has been in the smartcard industry since 1996 with a...

Kevin is Head of Business Development with Acquirer Systems. Kevin brings a vast array of experience in both general payment solutions and specifically in EMV, having worked with some of the world's largest banks and international retailers. Kevin formerly worked with MasterCard as an EMV specialist consultant assisting clients to implement...

Sherry has been in the commercial card industry for over 25 years. Working in conjunction for companies like Citicorp Diners Club for eleven years, nine years with US Bank and last but not least four years with JPMC/Bank One. Selling to fortune 500 companies like Motorola, ConAgra and Wal-Mart to name a few. In addition Sherry has worked as...

Christina Hulka is a member of the EMVCo Board of Managers, representing Visa Inc. Christina currently serves as Senior Business Leader of Business Development for Global Risk and Authentication Products. Within this role Christina is responsible for Visa Inc.'s global risk and authentication strategic planning, including the deployment of smart...

Pete Kledaras builds on twenty years of success teaming hands–on, collaborative people with cutting edge, data driven technology. Breakthrough risk management performance at the Bank of New York, First USA/Bank One, and boutique retail banks opened opportunities for Pete to advise blue–chip organizations on three continents at an executive...

Brian M. Pearce is Senior Vice President, Head of Retail Mobile Channel for Wells Fargo’s Internet Services Group. His team is responsible for the Wells Fargo retail mobile strategy and managing Wells Fargo’s retail mobile presence, including wf.com, downloadable apps (iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Palm) and the Text Banking service (short code ...

Brian Rigney has deep experience validating powerful economic, service and technology models. At CashStar, he oversees all aspects of the company’s sales and business development, with a focus on B2B business and product offerings. Previously, at Wright Express he spearheaded the development of a payments solution for the North American...

Vincent Thomas, founder and CEO of Billhighway, leads strategic direction and initiatives as well as overall management for Billhighway. Vince developed Billhighway twelve years ago on a college campus as a simple way to manage finances among roommates. Since then, the company has grown to become the pioneer and leader in Financial Performance...

Melissa Thomas is the Vice President Electronic Payments and Card Services at VyStar Credit Union. She is responsible for strategic growth and operations of all electronic payments and delivery systems. The electronic payment and delivery systems for the credit union consist of credit and debit cards, ATM transactions, ACH (receiving and...

John Tuders is the Product and Payments Innovation Executive within the Consumer and Small Business Bank. In this role, he provides a Customer Design Center of Excellence resource for Segment, Product, Marketing and Integrated Channels responsible for researching, designing, testing, developing, and launching innovative and profitable customer and ...

With over 20 years experience, Richard Whaite is a seasoned marketer with a diverse range of knowledge and skills. Richard’s career encapsulates a breadth of experience including executive management roles within the advertising industry, and client‐based senior marketing roles, as well as the entrepreneurial drive of creating a number of...