
Payments Industry Strategist
Columbus, Ohio Area

Payments Industry Strategist
Columbus, Ohio Area
Payments industry executive with extensive experience in technology, operations, marketing and product development. Currently focused on developing and deploying emerging payment technologies at Alliance Data - a leading provider of transaction-based loyalty and marketing solutions.
Strategic business development. Innovation. New client relationship development and management. New entity creation. Payments industry. Legal and compliance. Electronic commerce. Mobile marketing and commerce.
(Public Company; ADS; Financial Services industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Strategy, research & development for core payment capabilities. Responsible for development and management of digital technology initiatives, including e-business, mobile commerce and mobile marketing.
Currently leading strategic development initiative to enhance core e-business and other digital platform capabilities.
Developed and executing mobile channel strategy including strategic investment plan, partnership selection, R&D, product development and implementation.
(Public Company; ADS; Financial Services industry)
August 2001 — July 2008 (7 years )
Strategy, channel and market development. P&L management for emerging products. Sales and marketing.
Principal organizer of de novo Utah Industrial Bank, including business plan, application development, recruiting & product development.
Launched retail commercial card line of business, including full P&L responsibility, product development, sales & marketing.
Negotiated and executed numerous agreements for card programs and strategic partnerships.
Developed strategic business plans for evaluation of revenue enhancement and market expansion initiatives.
(Public Company; ADS; Financial Services industry)
August 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Developed and managed suite of enterprise eCommerce products for private label credit card and business process outsourcing firm.
Managed initial partnership development for mobile commerce joint venture/pilot program.
(Public Company; ADS; Financial Services industry)
September 1998 — August 2000 (2 years )
Designed, developed and managed proprietary commercial card programs in petroleum industry (US domestic & international).
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Client management and new client development for top 10 US oil companies. Managed retail credit infrastructure, enhanced network development and proprietary card processing.
(Public Company; GE; Machinery industry)
February 1996 — February 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Managed all customer contact, credit and collections functions for $500 MM retail card portfolio in home center/lumber industry. Total span of control over 120 FTE.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1994 — February 1996 (2 years 2 months)
Managed commercial lending programs for variety of clients in office products industry.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1992 — January 1994 (2 years 1 month)
Managed all operational aspects of client relationships between private label credit card provider and three clients in office products industry.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
September 1989 — January 1992 (2 years 5 months)
Held a variety of managment positions for provider of private label credit card services. Experience spans operations, credit, collections and training.
BS , Economics , 1984 — 1990
Mobile technology, innovation, location based services, intellectual property, digital photography, design