Gregory Holmes

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Payments & Cybersecurity Advisor @ PricewaterhouseCoopers
new york, new york, united states
Gregory Holmes's Location
Mill Valley, California, United States, United States
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About Gregory Holmes

Gregory Holmes is a payments and cybersecurity specialist with more than 25 years of broad industry experience in operations and technology, including merchant processing, treasury solutions, EMV chip-card implementation and compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Over his career, Gregory has served many top financial institutions, merchants, acquirers, card networks, processors and fintech providers. At PwC, Gregory leads engagements in various industries, working with clients in the areas of payment processing, PCI compliance and risk management as well as cybersecurity threat reduction.

Gregory Holmes's Current Company Details
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Pricewaterhousecoopers

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Payments & Cybersecurity Advisor
new york, new york, united states
Website:
pwc.com
Employees:
250089
Gregory Holmes Work Experience Details
  • Pricewaterhousecoopers
    Director
    Pricewaterhousecoopers Jun 2010 - Present
  • Marin Economic Forum
    Member, Board Of Directors
    Marin Economic Forum Mar 2010 - Feb 2013
  • Western States Aquirers Association
    Board Of Advisors Member
    Western States Aquirers Association May 2010 - Dec 2012
  • Deloitte Consulting Llp
    Advisor
    Deloitte Consulting Llp Dec 2009 - Jun 2010
  • Holmes Associates
    President
    Holmes Associates Mar 2009 - Jun 2010
    Consulting practice serves clients in payments-related areas, including merchant services, money transfer, treasury solutions, market development strategy, mobile technology, prepaid card issuance and point-of-sale innovation. Also serves as advisor to non-profit and other organizations on PR/communications and community-building objectives.
  • Obopay, Inc
    President, U.S.
    Obopay, Inc Apr 2008 - Feb 2009
    Responsible for all Obopay’s U.S. regional operations, including product development, technology, marketing, partner management, business development, network ops, customer service and risk management.About Obopay:Obopay, Inc. (www.obopay.com) is a pioneering service that lets consumers and businesses purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone using Obopay’s mobile application, text message, mobile Web, widget or Obopay.com. As the first mobile payment service created exclusively for the mobile phone, only Obopay works on any phone and any carrier to empower consumers and businesses with the convenience of mobile payments. Obopay is bringing mobile payments to more consumers through industry-first alliances and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
  • First Data Corporation
    Senior Vice President
    First Data Corporation Dec 2005 - Dec 2007
    Senior Vice PresidentPremier Sales & Relationship ManagementBuilt and managed sales and client services team located throughout U.S., selling First Data’s full suite of payment solutions to Fortune 1000 clients in industries such as food service, retail, supermarkets, petroleum, cable and telecommunications. Managed $100M annual revenue portfolio with clients including Best Buy, BP, Burger King, Comcast, Costco, McDonald’s, Shell, Starbucks and Supervalu. • Achieved 20% revenue growth in 2007 by selling and implementing services ranging from prepaid cards and merchant processing to check truncation, point-of-sale (POS) hardware and collections.• Built industry teams, compensation plans, CRM tools, training curriculum as well as marketing initiatives to support sales and relationship activities.• Worked in collaboration with Citigroup Global Transaction Services organization on merchant processing services
  • First Data Merchant Services (Fdms)
    Senior Vice President, Market Development
    First Data Merchant Services (Fdms) Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
    Created and implemented product, sales and channel development strategies to build market share in “high growth” markets. Major target was quick service restaurant (QSR) industry. Managed sales team targeting top corporate food service accounts. Successfully sold international services by partnering with counterparts in global regions of First Data to give clients business solutions in Canada, Asia Pacific and the European Union.• Grew revenues for First Data in QSR market by 65% annually from 2003 to 2005.• Signed multi-year processing deals with food service leaders such as Burger King, McDonald's and Sonic as well as leading trade group, the National Restaurant Association, as a channel partner. • Implemented industry awareness campaign: advertising, PR, speaking platforms and trade shows. • Developed product strategy, mobilizing matrix across First Data to deliver Internet-based technology to offer "faster-than-cash" POS services.
  • Chase Merchant Services
    Vice President, Business Development
    Chase Merchant Services Oct 1999 - Jan 2003
    Chase Merchant Services (CMS) was an Alliance between FDMS and JPMorgan Chase Led Business Development with concentration on Internet-based and Business-to-Business (B2B) companies plus Recurring Payment “biller” industries; insurance, utilities, cable and telecos. Headed 15-person team that provided sales engineering, created and managed new services and drove channel & vendor partnerships. • Developed more efficient and productive referral relationship with JPMorgan Chase treasury to increase sales.• In partnership with JP Morgan, built new ACH service that enabled clients to receive ACH and merchant processing through an integrated bundle. • Managed Internet-based channel deals – with partners such as Intuit and Peachtree Software – that promoted services to small businesses, acquiring thousands of new clients for CMS.
  • Visa
    Senior Director, Merchant Sales & Integrated Solutions
    Visa Jun 1994 - Oct 1999
    Focusing on Emerging Markets for Visa growth, promoted card payments to both merchants and banks in health care, B2B and Recurring Payment “biller” industries. For Recurring strategy, managed cross-functional matrix team across Visa to achieve results. Developed strong relationships and promotions with clients such as Allstate Insurance, AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Safeco Insurance and 24 Hour Fitness. Partnered with leading banks Bank of America, Bank One, Chase, Mellon, Wells Fargo and others to integrate recurring payments into their treasury and card offerings.• Built and executed Visa's Recurring strategy, including: new rules and procedures; incentive pricing for merchants; advertising, PR & promotional campaigns; and marketing collateral• Developed software solutions with billing system vendors to enable "turn-key" processing for electronic payments. • Visa card volume in the Recurring Payment industries grew from $5B in 1995 to $16B in 1999.
  • Visa
    Corporate Communications Manager
    Visa Feb 1989 - Jun 1994
    Served as company spokesperson for Visa with consumer and trade media. Advised senior management on issues response and news development and conducted media trainings. Created and implemented PR campaigns to position Visa favorably on key issues such as bankruptcy, fraud, risk, debit & commercial products and education. Promoted in 1991 to Manager, leading communications activities supporting Visa U.S.A. Merchant Sales division. Supervised PR agencies and consultants as part of managing promotion of Visa’s solutions to financial institutions and Fortune 1000 companies in T&E, Retail, Supermarkets, Direct Marketing and Emerging Markets.

Gregory Holmes Skills

Strategy Product Management Start Ups Business Development Mobile Payments Payments Financial Services Credit Cards Management Electronic Payments Crm E Commerce Strategic Planning Payment Card Processing Cross Functional Team Leadership Leadership Risk Management Sales Business Intelligence Product Development Mobile Applications Payment Systems B2b Business Alliances Saas Emerging Markets Acquiring Debit Cards Relationship Management Banking Marketing Competitive Analysis Mergers Training Merchant Services

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