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.
Ben Abel, Bank Associates Merchant Services
Regional Director
Regional Director
ben@bams.com
Ben Abel is Regional Director at Bank Associates Merchant Services. Since joining the team in 2006, he has risen through company ranks with a paradigm that his success was measured by the success of those around him. Ben is a dedicated, pioneering trainer whose methods of merchant services consultation have helped many agents expand their portfolios in terms of processing volume, deal count and profitability. He can be contacted at 347-866-9571 or ben@bams.com.
John Arato, PAX
Senior Vice President – Retail Sales
Senior Vice President – Retail Sales
John Arato, whose experience in the payments industry spans decades, joined PAX as senior vice president – retail sales in 2021, after having served in leadership at MagTek Inc. since 2003. 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.
Thomas Aronica, Biller Genie
Founder
Founder
taronica@billergenie.com
In 2017, Thomas Aronica founded Biller Genie, an innovative A/R automation and e-invoicing app that connects with popular accounting software and helps SMBs accelerate cash flow and reduce operational costs. Prior to that, Tom served as the CEO of SkyBank Financial, a full-service provider of payment solutions to businesses in the United States and Canada. As a University of Miami graduate where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science, Tom’s multi-disciplinary approach to technology enables his clients to achieve success by making workflow automation cost efficient and accessible.
Adam Atlas, Attorney at Law
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.
To see an introductory video about Atlas' business, click here: Welcome video.
Clinton Baller, Avid Payment Solutions
President and founder
President and founder
John H. Beebe, Celestial Payments and SBA Lending Group
CEO
CEO
john@celestialpayments.com
John H. Beebe, is a founding member of The Green Sheet Advisory Board and early contributor to the publication. He is currently President and CEO of Celestial Payments and SBA Lending Group. In addition, he holds a Crisis Management position as a U.S. Coast Guard Liaison Officer to the Emergency Operations Center. Previously, John founded Global eTelecom (GETI) where, as Chairman and CEO, he led the company from a single person startup to an enterprise processing over $1 billion annually for more than 38,000 merchants.
Matt Bruno, Payment Logistics Limited
Vice President of Sales
Vice President of Sales
Matt Bruno is the Vice President of Sales for San Diego-based Payment Logistics, an ISO that has focused on electronic payment technology since 2008. Matt specializes in creating new and expanding existing partnerships with independent agents, VAR partners and POS developers. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and currently resides in San Diego, Calif.
Mark Cerminaro, RapidFinance
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Mark Cerminaro is the Chief Revenue Officer for RapidFinance, a nationwide provider of working capital to small and midsize businesses. Mark's primary responsibilities entail managing RapidAdvance's Sales, Marketing and Business Development departments as well as identifying and executing on opportunities in the marketplace for strategic growth.
Mark has been instrumental in product development and strategic initiatives, as well as positioning RapidAdvance as a leader in the alternative financing industry. He has over 12 years' experience in the finance and financial sales industries. Prior to joining RapidAdvance, Mark was a Financial Advisor and Associate Branch Manager for Morgan Stanley. Mark holds a B.A. from Georgetown University.
Lane Conner, ParkHub
President of Payments
President of Payments
parkhub.com
Lane.Conner@ParkHub.com
Lane Conner is president of payments for ParkHub. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Fuzse, a fintech organization that specialized in working with mobile app, custom software, and web development firms to bring more advanced solutions for easier e-commerce. Fuze was acquired by ParkHub in August 2022. Prior to Fuzse, Lane was the founding employee and Vice President of Blue Star Payment Solutions, a Jerry Jones owned entity and sister company to the Dallas Cowboys. Blue Star was acquired through private equity from Providence Equity Partners in 2015. Prior to Blue Star, Lane was an executive at First American Payment Systems and Century Payments which sold to Bain Capital and WorldPay in 2013. Lane is a leader in the electronic payments industry, sitting on the Greensheet Advisory Board, serving on the WSAA Board of Directors, and the Vice Chair of the Member Engagement Committee for the Electronic Transaction Association. He is also very engaged in giving back in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Lane is a Board Member of the SMU Mustang Club, a Board Member of Dallas based non-profit Bold Idea, a Mentor at startup incubator Tech Wildcatters, a Mentor at the SMU Emerging Leaders Program, a Mentor at the Cube – SMU, and is a Council Member and Member Engagement Committee Chair of The Mayors Star Council in Dallas.
Mark Dunn, Field Guide Enterprises LLC
mark@gofieldguide.com
Steven Feldshuh, betterpay
President
President
btrpay.com
stevenf@btrpay.com
Steven Feldshuh, President of betterpay, has 20+ years experience in sales and ISO development. Based in the heart of New York City, he devotes the bulk of his time to assisting agents in building their offices and merchant portfolios. He strongly believes in agent training, which includes role-playing to overcome objections. Prior to taking a key role in developing betterpay, he was President of Merchants Choice Payments Solutions East.
Mike Fox, Group ISO Merchant Services
CPP, Vice President of Sales
CPP, Vice President of Sales
Mike Fox, CPP, and Vice President of Sales for Group ISO Merchant Services in Irvine, Calif., has drawn on his payments industry expertise to serve businesses large and small for almost eight years. Having learned the payments industry from the ground up after significant experience in the restaurant, customer service and project management spheres, he creates solutions for all types of merchant, ISO and agent businesses.
Among Mike's specialties are the intricacies of interchange, credit card and automated clearing house processing, level II and III processing, relationship building, agent recruitment and retention, organic growth, sales and sales management, contract review and negotiation, mobile processing, emerging technologies, and hard to place merchant accounts. Mike provides a tested, solutions-oriented approach enhanced by wisdom gained through hands-on experience. He offers a no-nonsense, open and honest processing relationship, as well as the stability, expertise and benefits only a company whose leaders boast more than 70 years' combined industry experience can provide.
Noel Fundora, Volt Merchant Solutions Inc.
President
President
noels.fundora@firstdata.com
Noel Fundora is President of Volt Merchant Solutions Inc.
Marc Gardner, North American Bancard
Founder, President and CEO
Founder, President and CEO
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.
Maurice Griefer, Maverick Payments
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
maverickpayments.com
mgriefer@maverickhq.com
Maurice Griefer is the Chief Revenue Officer at Maverick Payments, an ISO based in Los Angeles. His father started in the bankcard industry in 2000 and has since founded two successful ISOs, which include several bank sponsorships and acquisitions. Since joining his father and brother in the Maverick team, he has been able to learn and experience the ins and outs of building a nationwide ISO program. Today, he works with sales, marketing and operations to ensure revenue growth and client satisfaction. His primary responsibilities include statement analysis/RFPs, growing the company's sales channels, and general portfolio management and analysis. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Economics, and he's an avid surfer.
Charles Hogan, Signature Payments
President
President
Charles Hogan, Signature Payments President, has 15+ years of experience in the financial services and payment processing industries. He was co-founder of Tranzlogic and founder and CEO of Radius Financial Inc. Before Radius, he served as Executive Vice President of CKC Holdings, where he led acquisitions and business development. Charles also managed CKC's financial and organizational restructuring and negotiated contracts with key banks, vendors and partners. Prior to CKC, he served for four years as President and CEO of Direct Merchant Service Inc., one of Humboldt Bank's largest independent sales organizations. He serves on the Electronic Transaction Association Strategic Leadership Forum Planning Committee, is a member of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and serves on the Board of Trustees at Children's Bureau. Charles holds an MBA from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.
Rod Hometh, RPY Innovations
Rod is a co-founder and partner of RPY Innovations, a leading consulting firm serving the payments industry in the US and internationally. He has managed sales, service and operational organizations for companies such as TeleCheck, British Telecom, CyberCash, Apriva and Hypercom in both the United States and internationally. For five years he led Ingenico’s Strategic Development group in the United States, creating successful initiatives to enter the healthcare payments and self-service segments. Rod regularly speaks at payments events and has been interviewed as an industry thought leader on Bloomberg’s Market Makers television program.
Michael Isaacman, Shift4 Payments
Chief Commercial Officer
Chief Commercial Officer
Michael Isaacman is chief commercial officer of Shift4 Payments LLC, a payments technology company with offices in North America and Europe and over 7,000 sales partners.
Dee Karawadra, Impact PaySystem
CEO
CEO
dee@impactpays.com
Dee Karawadra is president and CEO of Impact PaySystem, and Emily Karawadra is the company's chief financial officer. Since 2001, Impact PaySystem has been a leading provider of payment processing technologies and services to merchants throughout the United States. Through alliances with payments industry leaders such as Chase Paymentech, First Data, Buypass, Sage and more, Impact PaySystem offers tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of each merchant.
Tod Kellen, Riverside Payments
Vice President of New Business Development
Vice President of New Business Development
Allen Kopelman, Nationwide Payment Systems Inc.
C.E.O.
C.E.O.
www.b2bvault.info
Allen co-founded Nationwide Payment Systems in 2001 and we service low risk to high-risk merchants and everything in between. We also offer consulting services to merchants, companies, banks that need help placing high volume and merchants in new or emerging markets. NPS has direct relationships with processors and banks in the USA and Internationally. We specialize in matching merchants with technology that will help them run their business, NPS where merchant services meets Fintech.
Get in touch with Allen at Allen@npsbank.com.
Dustin Magaziner, PayBright
CEO
CEO
Dustin Magaziner is CEO of PayBright, founded in 2012 with the motto "Merchant Services, Done Right." In the top 1% of merchant processors in the US and growing, PayBright is focused on providing agents and ISOs, and in turn their merchants, with the best experience in the industry by offering the absolute best rates, no contracts, and free terminals and POS for each merchant with true transparency.
Dustin runs the sales organization for PayBright, recruiting, training, and managing over 300 agents. PayBright is the top ISO for one of the largest publicly-traded payments companies in the world and is on track to grow beyond 500 agents in 2022.
Justin Milmeister, Elite Merchant Solutions
President
President
Justin Milmeister is the President and founder of Elite Merchant Solutions, which has been honored three years in a row by Inc. magazine as one of the top 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the nation. He is also a member of The Green Sheet Advisory Board. Justin can be reached at justinm@elitedatacorp.com, and more information on Elite Merchant Solutions can be found at www.elitedatacorp.com.
Timothy Munto, TSYS Acquiring Solutions
Group Executive, Sales and Client Relationships
Group Executive, Sales and Client Relationships
tsys.com/
tmunto@tsys.com
As a sales expert for the payments and banking industries, Timothy Munto brings more than two decades of experience to TSYS Acquiring Solutions. A proven leader and market specialist, he offers a distinguished background in sales and client relationship management with a track record for success in a wide variety of market verticals, including retail, petroleum, quick service restaurants, travel and entertainment. His expertise in joint venture support and integration is a tremendous asset to TSYS Acquiring Solutions.
Munto most recently served as Senior Vice President and Sales Executive for Bank of America Merchant Services where he was responsible for delivering millions of dollars in sales. Prior to his time at Bank of America, Munto spent five years as Senior Vice President of Merchant Services for National Processing Co.; he also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of National Sales at NPC. Known for his keen relationship management skills, clients can see and feel the high value Munto places on every personal interaction.
Munto holds a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Wright State University.
Michael Nardy, Electronic Payments Inc. (EPI)
Steven Peisner, Acquiring Solutions International
Vice President
Vice President
speisner@aqsl.com
Steven Peisner, Vice President of Acquiring Solutions International is a veteran of the bankcard industry and a true bankcard professional with more than 28 years industry experience in sales, marketing, and operational management for some of the most successful Independent Sales Organizations in the industry, including Peachtree Bancard Corporation, Cardservice International, and E-Commerce Exchange.
Peisner is well versed on the rules and regulations set forth by the card companies for merchants and ISO's and has been hired as an expert consultant and expert witness due to his knowledge of the ISO industry. As an agent Peisner specializes in merchant processing solutions for all types of Card-not-Present and Business-to-Business industries including 501c3 Nonprofit Organizations, Internet Retailers, Continuity Merchants, Internet Gun Dealers, Large Ticket, and Adult merchants.
Peisner has served industry related organizations including the ETA's Fraud & Risk and Government Relations Committees, the Greeen Sheet Advisory Board, and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.
Jeffrey I Shavitz, ToolBox Payment
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
jeff@shavitzgroup.com
Jeff Shavitz is the founder and CEO at ToolBox Payment, a company dedicated to making payment acceptance seamless and mobile for professionals in the home services market. He has worked in the payments industry since 2002 when he co-founded Charge Card Systems Inc., a national credit card processing company. In 2012, he sold CCS to Card Connect, owned by FTV Capital, a private equity firm rolling up merchant processing companies in the space.
Jeff also started several other companies in the payments space: Alternative Merchant Processing Inc., a company devoted to working with high-risk merchants; Charge Card Funding, which focused on providing working capital and cash advances to merchants nationally; LexCharge LLC, with an emphasis on legal payments; XeroFees LLC, featuring a cash discount program; and CBDProcessing LLC.
Jeff has published three books: Size Doesn't Matter ‒ Why Small Business is Big Business; Small Business Aha Messages; and The Power of Residual Income – You Can Bank on It! He can be contacted at 800-878-4100 or jeff@shavitzgroup.com; his websites are www.jeffshavitz.com and www.ToolBoxPayment.com.
Rick Slifka, Exec-Links
President & CEO
President & CEO
Rick Slifka began his career in the recruiting search industry in 1981 when he joined one of the country's leading national recruiting organizations. Since then, he has recruited hundreds of talented individuals for a variety of positions for Fortune 1000 companies, regional businesses and entrepreneurial firms.
Rich has strong relationships with many of the bankcard industry's prominent leaders. He launched Exec-Links in 2002 and continues to specialize in the payments industry. A high-energy, focused and passionate consultant, Rick has a reputation for quickly determining the ideal cultural fit; no matter the degree of difficulty, he continues to consistently identify best-in-class talent.
Rick's commitment to quality, cost-effective service, cooperation and confidentiality has ensured Exec-Linc's ongoing success. A boutique firm with select clients, Exec-Links has established a network of other boutique firms around the United States. They all target the payment processing space.
Rick also served for six years as Director - Sales and Membership Marketing with the PGA Tour.
Steve Sotis, eProcessing Network LLC
President and Founder
President and Founder
ssotis@eprocessingnetwork.com
Steve Sotis, President and Founder of eProcessing Network LLC., brings over 20 years of leadership and experience to the payment processing industry. Steve began his career as a Software Developer at System Development Inc. and, through ingenuity and hard work, advanced to the position of Senior Software Developer in tandem with earning his master's degree and starting a family. In 1996, Steve had the foresight and saw a need within the transaction processing industry to offer small to mid-sized merchants a secure e-commerce solution that was not only easy to manage but also cost effective. From this concept, eProcessing Network (ePN) - a software development company specializing in secure, real-time transaction processing services, solutions and support - was founded.
Today, the eProcessing Network Payment Gateway processes transactions using each merchant's own merchant account. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ePN is certified to process a comprehensive suite of electronic payment transactions through all major credit card, check/ACH, and gift card/loyalty processors, and sells its services and products exclusively through the ISO sales channel. eProcessing Network is a registered Visa USA Third-Party Service Provider and is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Mike Zalansky, MerchantE
Vice President, Head of Business Development
Vice President, Head of Business Development
mzalansky@merchante.com
Sam Zietz, TouchSuite
CEO
CEO
szietz@touchsuite.com
Sam Zietz is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of TouchSuite and all of its affiliates since inception. His company has appeared on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies four years in a row and has twice been named the fastest growing company in South Florida by the South Florida Business Journal. He is also an active angel investor with a number of investments under management.
Prior to entering the merchant processing industry, Zietz was a corporate attorney specializing in Structured Finance with the New York based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP. Prior to Skadden, he worked in the Business Tax Planning Department at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Zietz earned a LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and went on to receive his JD from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Fla., where he graduated first in his class. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan. Zietz is on the Executive Board of the Palm Beach chapter of the Young Presidents Organization and is on the Executive Board of the South Florida chapter of the Entrepreneur's Organization.
