Created in 2001, The Green Sheet Advisory Board is comprised of industry leaders from across the country. They head some of the payments industry's most successful enterprises from individual sales offices to large processing concerns, consultancies and equipment providers. 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.
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Vice President, Business Unit Manager, Retail Products Website:www.magtek.com Bio:John Arato joined MagTek Inc. in 2003 and has 20 years' experience in the payments industry. Previously, Arato spent 10 years in senior sales management positions at Hypercom Corp. He also served as a Director of Sales for American Express Co. where he helped launch the first POS terminal data capture product, The Express 3000. It was installed at over 35,000 merchant locations in the United States.
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Website:www.adamatlas.com Bio:Adam Atlas is an attorney with extensive payments industry expertise. A member of the Bars of New York state and Quebec, Canada, he assists agents, ISOs and processors throughout the United States. Atlas advises clients on agent and ISO agreements, buyouts, financing, portfolio transfers, breaches of agreements, and business strategies. His clients are primarily in merchant acquiring and other payment processing businesses.
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Sam Chanin, Business Payment Systems/TRIBUL 
Website:www.busy-as-a-bee.com Bio:Sam Chanin has over ten years of experience in the merchant processing industry and has held ownership positions in many industry related companies. As the CEO of Business Payment Systems LLC, Sam throughout the years has been highly focused on building a profitable and robust distribution of merchant services products, including credit card processing and cash advances, through a vast sales force spanning across the United States. Sam is also the founder of 2nd Source Funding LLC, and Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Streampay LLC.
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Steve Christianson, AAmonte Bankcard President and CEO Website:www.aamonte.com Bio:A Co-Founder of Aamonte Inc., Steven Christianson has more than 18 years' payments industry experience. Career highlights include establishing several registered ISOs, overseeing customer service for thousands of merchant accounts and being top salesman for processor Bancard Inc. He is a founding member of the Western States Acquirers' Association and is Treasurer of its board. Also active in the Electronic Transactions Association, he recently served on its ethics committee.
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Marc Gardner, North American Bancard Founder, President and CEO Website:www.gonab.com Bio:Marc Gardner is at the helm of North American Bancard, one of the industry's top 50 acquirers. The company is a multifaceted payment solutions provider dedicated to delivering the latest technology and the highest levels of service. NAB now processes over $3 billion in transactions annually. Gardner employs over 150 people at his corporate office and works with 700 active independent agents throughout the country.
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Alan Gitles, Landmark Merchant Solutions 
President and CEO Website:www.lmsalescenter.com Bio:As company President and CEO, Alan Gitles is responsible for all aspects of Landmark Merchant Solution's business. Before founding Landmark, he was CEO and Founder of American National Credit Card. He helped build that company from two employees into an enterprise with 28,000 merchant customers and $750 million per year in Visa and MasterCard sales. Previously, Gitles was a real estate developer and attorney in Chicago.
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Vice President of Sales Website:www.paybytouch.com Bio:Russ J. Goebel is Vice President of Sales for Pay By Touch Payment Solutions and has over 13 years of electronic payment processing experience. He has held senior level management positions with Retriever Payment Systems, Heartland Payment Systems and First Data Corp. Goebel was a founding Advisory Board member and has completed the NACHA Payment Institute for Professionals.
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Jared Isaacman, United Bank Card Inc. CEO Website:www.isoprogram.com Bio:Jared Isaacman is the founder and CEO of United Bank Card Inc. Under Isaacman's leadership, UBC has realized many impressive achievements, including being ranked the 32nd largest processor, by volume, by the Nilson Report and becoming the 19th fastest growing private company in the United States in 2005. Dedicated to innovation, Isaacman strives to keep his company at the forefront of technology.
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Tim McWeeney, Way Systems, Inc. 
Vice President, Strategic Accounts Website:www.waysystems.com Bio:Tim McWeeney is Vice President, North American Sales for WAY Systems Inc., a leading provider of cost-effective, mobile transactions. Tim's background includes a strong history of sales and management excellence. Prior to WAY, Tim served as Director, Strategic Accounts for Lipman USA. He also has worked in the merchant acquiring industry for companies such as Global Payments, First National Merchant Solutions and Cardservice International. Tim has more than 25 years' experience in sales and sales management and has authored training seminars for salespeople and managers. He is married and lives in the greater Phoenix area.
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Joseph Natoli, Retriever Payment Systems 
Senior Executive Vice President and Director Website:www.retrieveronline.com Bio:Joe Natoli joined Retriever Payment Systems in 1994 and currently sits on the board of both Retriever and Iron Triangle Payment Systems. Directly before joining Retriever, Natoli was Principal for an ISO at Card Services International. Previously, he was Regional Vice President and Marketing Director for Cherry Payment Systems.
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Bill Pittman, TPI Software LLC Founder and President Website:www.tpisoft.com Bio:Bill Pittman is Founder and President of TPI Software LLC, the developers of SmartPayments, which is a next generation payment software solution for large and small businesses. Pittman has over 15 years' experience developing integrated payment software technology for both the physical and the virtual worlds. Before establishing TPI, Pittman founded GO Software Inc., which is now part of VeriFone. He wrote the first PC-Charge application.
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David H. Press, Integrity Bankcard Consultant Inc. Founder and President Website:www.integritybankcard.com Bio:David H. Press founded Integrity Bankcard Consultants Inc. as a consultancy specializing in acquirer back-office solutions. Integrity provides risk management and assessment assistance to numerous banks, processors, merchant service providers and ISOs. Press has over 25 years' experience in financial crime and insurance fraud investigations. He has worked with many major financial institutions worldwide and has extensive experience working with law enforcement agencies.
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Charles Salyer, GlobalTech Leasing Inc. President Website:www.globaltechleasing.com Bio:Charles W. Salyer has over 27 years' experience in the equipment leasing industry. He has been directly involved in the creation and management of lease/finance organizations for Digital Equipment Corp., Philip Morris, and Steelcase Inc. Salyer joined the payments industry in 1998 as the President of Global Finance & Leasing. In addition to his leadership role at GlobalTech, Salyer is on the board of directors for International Card Establishment Inc.
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Jeffrey I Shavitz, Charge Card Systems 
Founder Website:www.chargecardsystems.com Bio:As Founder of Charge Card Systems Inc., Jeffrey I. Shavitz is responsible for the company's vision and day-to-day management. Previously, he worked in Lehman Brothers' investment banking division, focusing primarily on real estate mergers and acquisitions. Following Lehman, Shavitz founded and was President of Mericom Marketing Inc., a full-service promotional company working with Fortune 500 Corporations and professional sporting leagues and teams.
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Senior Vice President, National Sales Website:www.hypercom.com Bio:Lisa Shipley joined Hypercom Corp. in 1996 and is currently Senior Vice President, National Sales, for Hypercom North America. In this capacity, she manages Hypercom's national sales team. In 2001, Shipley was named President of The Horizon Group, a Hypercom entity. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Sales and was responsible for managing key Hypercom accounts in the Southeastern United States.
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Dave Siembieda, CrossCheck Inc. President and CEO Website:www.cross-check.com Bio:J. David Siembieda has been the President and CEO of CrossCheck Inc., a national check approval and guarantee provider, for over five years. He has more than 15 years of experience in the check services field and serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Transactions Association.
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Certified e-Commerce Consultant, Certified Fraud Examiner Website:www.groupiso.com Bio:Theodore Svoronos has been in the e-commerce industry for 8 years. His areas of expertise include identity theft and fraud, credit card transactions, debit card programs, alternative payments, e-commerce, and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance. He is a sought-after speaker at payments and related industry tradeshows across the country. Svoronos is a member of several organizations, including the National Association of Payment Professions.
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