I have the privilege of leading our Growth Advisor, Account Executive, and Client Relations teams. Through these teams, our missions is to understand our partners' goals, provide guidance on growth strategies, and drive meaningful results through our sales teams. First American by Deluxe is a payment technology company based in Fort Worth, Texas, with nearly 155,000 merchants throughout the Americas and Europe, processing over $40B and 295 million transactions annually.We provide Technology Driven Payments to a number of partners and merchants representing a wide variety of industries including retail, restaurant, salons, government, nonprofits, health care, ecommerce and more.

I had the privilege of leading Gluent’s strategic partnership with Google Cloud and global enterprise sales. What is Gluent? Gluent Data Platform is the fastest and safest method for migrating enterprise data to the cloud, without needing to rewrite applications or ETL, while maintaining your applications' visibility to the data. Reduce expenses, increase scalability, and leverage new tools. It's time to have your cake and eat it too.Now, for the more textbook description of what we do - We allow organizations to offload significant workloads to modern data management platforms, on-premises and/or onto modern cloud environments such as Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake, or Cloudera. Building transparent interoperability between applications running on traditional database technologies, such as Oracle and Teradata, with modern Big Data platforms like Hadoop, Spark and others. Leveraging the strengths of each - traditional SQL databases and new Big Data technologies - to provide advanced analytical insights for business value and competitive advantage.

MAD Security is the premier provider of information and cyber security solutions that combine technology, services, support, and program management. MAD Security has particular expertise with Civilian Government Contractors subject to NIST standard and the banking industry subject to FFIEC, and have enabled clients in a wide range of industries to manage risk, meet compliance requirements, and reduce costs via the most effective and complete managed security platform. MAD Security is committed to cyber security excellence and has a track record of delivering quality solutions that maximize security effectiveness and operational efficiency.- The most complete and effective Managed Security Services on the market.- Technical testing led by engineers from NASA and US Coast Guard Cyber Command.- Global Risk and Compliance aligned with security standards from PCI and HIPAA to DFARS, NIST 800-xxx, FFIEC, ISO 27000x, etc.- Professional residency

As the Vice President of Strategic Partners with the Western Bankers Association, my goal is to continually surpass the expectations of our member banks and strategic partners. Through a personalized approach, I assist our strategic partners and member banks create synergies to meet the individual needs of the bank and provide their customers with an exceptional experience. As new fintech’s enter the industry and trusted bank service providers continue to bring new products to market, I believe there is tremendous opportunity to provide meaningful value to customers, increase internal efficiencies, accelerate growth potential and create brand awareness. I believe banking has a bright future and the partnerships we forge today will have a direct impact on our path to get there.

- Develop strong relationships with banking association executive teams, Board Member banks and bank leadership teams throughout the U.S.- Cultivate positive relationships and form strategic partnerships with community banks throughout the United States- Provide program analysis and provide recommendations on growth strategies aligned with our partner's individual priorities, needs, and goals- Drive brand awareness through published articles, keynote speaking engagements, conference exhibits on new payments trends and technologies

- Manage strategic partnerships and sales for North America while focusing on brand development- Create & maintain company website, purchase & design all advertising and promotional material- Build relationships with new suppliers and oversee the purchase of high value inventory

- Client relations, sales and brand development for SwitchPay- Assist in web design, maintain SwitchPay blog, assist in the creation of promotional material and brand management- Build and maintain positive relationships with acquiring bank, equipment suppliers and clients