
Credit Card/Consumer Lending/Payments industry executive, consultant, board member, expert witness, media contributor
Greater Chicago Area

Credit Card/Consumer Lending/Payments industry executive, consultant, board member, expert witness, media contributor
Greater Chicago Area
Currently President of 2Checkout.com, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. I am the former senior executive of Discover Card’s global merchant network. In this capacity I was in charge of $2+ billion in revenues, 2000+ employees, $250 million+ expenses, and 22 facilities (including sales, operations, POS terminal and collateral fulfillment centers) . My responsibilities included the Discover merchant network, bank/processor relations, operations, finance, planning/strategic development, marketing,, information technology, international expansion and sales. I was also responsible for Morgan Stanley's U.S. fulfillment operations. I was a direct-report to the Chairman/COO of Discover and a member of Discover’s Management Committee and of parent Morgan Stanley’s senior management group. More recently have been a consultant to the financial services industry. Some of my clients have included Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bain, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Citigroup. I am a member of the Board of Directors of Merchant e-Solutions (a payments processor) and a Board Advisor to Progress Financial Corporation (a Hispanic-oriented lender). I have provided key testimony in several high-profile card industry litigation cases and do expert witness work. I am president of Valtegrics LLC, an organization-development consultancy focusing on values, integrity and ethics. I have been a contributor to trade publications and have served as an industry expert in print, radio and television media.
Expert services in the card/payments industry: Expert witness, process reviews, competitive landscape, pricing, negotiation, vendor selection, settlement, issuing, and operations. I've managed operations, call centers, sales/marketing, finance, technology, strategy and admin functions. Board member of a payment processor, board advisor to a lender, board advisor to a commercial lender. Media contributor. Also founder of an organization development consultancy. (please visit www.valtegrics.com)
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
President at 2Checkout.com, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio.
(Financial Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Member of the Advisory Board and Board Observer at iMerchantAdvance, which provides liquidity to merchants, secured agains future credit card receivables.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
(Management Consulting industry)
2002 — Present (7 years )
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2003 — September 2009 (6 years )
I am a contributor to media (Newspapers, Magazines, Television, Radio) on the card and payments industry. My recent contributions include American Banker, Card Management magazine, Bank Technology News, The Green Sheet, Nilson Report, Progress Magazine, Voice America radio, ABC national network television, Smartmoney.com, Wall Street Journal, creditcards.com, Forbes, Associated Press.
(Banking industry)
October 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 9 months)
After leaving active employment as SVP/Management Committee Member at Discover Card, I continued to be employed as an Advisory Director at Morgan Stanley/Discover.
(Management Consulting industry)
1983 — 2005 (22 years )
(Management Consulting industry)
1983 — 2005 (22 years )
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years )
(Management Consulting industry)
1984 — 2003 (19 years )
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1983 — 2003 (20 years )
1982 — 1987
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