The SellingPrepaid.com Advisory Board is comprised of industry leaders from across the country. They head some of the prepaid industry's most successful enterprises. 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.
General Manager
Website:www.valutec.net
Bio:Dan Brames is general manager of Valutec, a Metavante company. Appointed to this position in October 2007, Brames is responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, operations and technology.
Brames joined Metavante in January 2007 through the company’s acquisition of Valutec Card Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of closed-loop, in-store gift and loyalty card solutions to small
and medium-sized businesses. Hired as vice president of sales, Brames has been with Valutec since 2004. Prior to joining Valutec, Brames led the small business division for Progeny Marketing, one of the nation's largest marketing companies in the financial services industry.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in business and administration with a major in finance from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
Lori Breitzke, E & S Consulting LLC
Consultant
Bio:Lori Breitzke is an expert in merchant acquiring, point-of-sale and prepaid card issuing of gift, payroll and general purpose reloadable cards. Her diverse background includes several leading transaction processing companies such as VeriFone, Ingenico and First Data. Lori is a frequent trade show and conference speaker and contributes to a number of industry publications. Lori is a member of the ETA Education Committee. Lori serves as an associate of The Strawhecker Group and owns her own consulting firm, E&S Consulting, LLC.
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.
President, Issuing Solutions Division
Website:www.metavante.com
Bio:John Focht is senior vice president of Metavante Corporation and president of the company’s Issuing Solutions division. In this role, he is responsible for supporting the services that enable Metavante clients to provide debit, credit, ATM and prepaid cards to their customers. He joined the company in July, 2007.
Prior to joining Metavante, Focht served as a vice president and prepaid card product manager at U.S. Bank in Milwaukee. Focht’s 29-year tenure at U.S. Bank encompassed 11 years in accounting, five years in card operations, seven years in debit card product management and six years in prepaid card product management.
Focht is a certified public accountant and has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis. He has been active with the Milwaukee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and has served as chairman of several committees at his parish in Wauwatosa.
Curt Hensley, CSH Consulting, Inc.
President & CEO
Website:www.cshconsulting.com
Bio:Mr. Hensley is the founder of CSH Consulting, the leading recruitment firm serving the transaction processing industry. Curt has led CSH Consulting in the placement of more than 1000 professionals in the merchant services industry. His background includes leading the expansion efforts of Natural Data, a Phoenix based technical recruitment firm that was recognized for rapid growth by Inc. Magazine. Curt is a current board member of Springboard Staffing, a Phoenix based healthcare staffing firm. He is a graduate of Indiana University and attended Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis. Curt is married with 2 children and resides in Scottsdale, AZ.
Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President
Website:www.rewardforloyalty.com
Bio:Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Landers served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of iPayment, Inc. (Nasdaq: "IPMT"), where he was responsible for corporate business development, mergers and acquisitions, and the recruitment and training of merchant-level sales professionals and ISOs.
From 2000 until 2002, Mr. Landers served as President, ISO Division for Global Payments Inc. (NYSE "GPN"), where he was responsible for growing the ISO base from three organizations (generating $13 million in revenue) to 60 organizations (generating $65 million in revenue) in three years.
From 1998 until 2000, Mr. Landers served as President of Bancard Consulting Group, Inc., a management consulting company in Nashville that he founded. Prior to this, Mr. Landers held various managerial positions in the payment services industry, including Director of Portfolio Management for PMT Services, Inc., Operations Support Manager for Financial Alliance Processing Services, Inc., and Sales Support Supervisor and Conversion Specialist for NOVA Information Systems, Inc.
Mr. Landers is a member of The Green Sheet Advisory Board, and a former member of First Data Corporation's Merchant Advisory Board and First Data's Industry Consulting Group.
Vice President of Marketing
Website:www.nfinansedms.com
Bio:Ms. Morgan joined nFinanSe (OTC: NFSE), an innovative financial services company and provider of stored value and prepaid card solutions headquartered in Tampa, Florida, in 2005 as Vice President of Marketing. She is a true veteran of prepaid, with over 10 years of marketing and public relations experience in many facets of the category, including financial services, telecommunications and electronic transactions. She has served on several industry committees including the Editorial Advisory Board of Intele-CardNews, the Electronic Transaction Association's Education Committee and the Electronic Transactionís Trade Show Committee. Ms. Morgan is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with degrees in Political Science and History.
Christian Murray, Global eTelecom, Inc.
Director Of Business Development
Website:www.globaletelecom.com
Bio:Christian Murray is Director of Business Development for Global eTelecom Inc. (GETI), a Florida-based check and gift and loyalty card processor. He is responsible for development of sales channels, national training initiatives and the expansion of GETI's check, automated clearing house, and gift and loyalty divisions. He also visits ISO offices nationwide and provides customized operational and sales trainings to help maximize value added sales and streamline operations.
Christian has over 12 years' experience in the bankcard, check, gift and loyalty, and prepaid industries. His contributions to the industry also include speaking events and regular magazine and newsletter articles.
Rick W. Nobel, J.D., BankCard Central
Chief Executive Officer
Website:www.bankcardcentral.com
Bio:Mr. Noble has been Chief Executive Officer of BankCard Central since 1998. Under his leadership, BankCard Central has become an innovator in providing unique payment and business intelligence solutions to merchants. Mr. Noble continues to lead BankCard Central, and its affiliated companies, on a consistent development plan that includes the expansion of internet payment technology, value added service offerings and an international division based in Mauritius.
Mr. Noble’s work and civic activities has been recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management, the Joseph A. Sherman Community Service Award, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in American Executives, and Who’s Who in American Law
