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MWAA 2010 Conference
The Board of the MWAA is pleased to release the 2010 MWAA Conference Agenda and speakers. For the full agenda, click on Event Agenda in the black column at left.
Day One
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Field Guide Seminar
International Acquiring for ISO's - Carrie Hometh
Growing Revenues through Mobile Marketing - Pal Flagg
Getting the Most from Your Portfolio Investment - Craig Jessen
Recruiting and Hiring Your Sales Team - Matt Clyne
Sales Training: Drudge or Domination? - Mark Dunn
Putting Social Networking to Work in Merchant Services - Mary Winningham
ABC's of ACH:
Nancy Grant, Sr. Director
NACHA
ABC's of Self Service:
TBD - NCR
Bruce Shirey
Hot Topics in Merchant Acquiring:
Holli Targan, Jaffe, Raitt Heuer & Weiss, PC & President ETA
Impacts of Social Media on Payments:
Jack Dorsey
Founder of Twitter
MWAA Web Site Sponsored by
Day Two
Thursday, July 22, 2010
State of the Industry:
Tom Wimsett, President & CEO
NPC
Globalization Future of Payments:
Panel Discussion
Keith Wilson, Discover
Dan Skaling, JCB
Driving Sales Thru LinkedIn:
Melissa Giovagnoli
President & Founder of Networlding
Retail Crime:
David Ellis
Security Metrics
Forensic Investigations, CISSP, QSA, QIRA
"No Soup Today-How to keep Customers":
Tony Abruzzio, SVP Emerging Technologies, Global Payments, Inc.
MWAA Officers:
*Lori Carney (First Data) - President
*Donna Ayers (ACH Payment Solutions) - Vice President, Secretary & President Elect
*Mark Dunn (Field Guide Enterprises) - Treasurer
MWAA Main Board Members:
Lisa Lenczyk (NPC)
Juan Ortiz (BluePay)
Rod Katzfey (Katzfey's International)
Donna Embry (Payment Alliance International)
MWAA Advisory Board Members:
Brent Barg (TransFirst)
Regina Dumas (NPC),
Jim McCormick (General Credit Forms),
Art Petrarca
Linda Rossetti (Bluestone Payments)
Dinah Suppes (Spectra Payments)
Linda White, (Discover)
Mary Winingham
