SVP Business Development  
Perimeter eSecurity           
440 Wheelers Farms Rd., Ste 202
Milford, CT 06360
Work: 203-541-3404
Fax:    203-371-8926
Cell:    203-257-0027 (toll free)
Email:            kroberge@perimeterusa.com
Term Expires:           2008
Kathleen Roberge is Senior Vice President of Business Development at Perimeter Internetworking, a nationwide provider of managed security services for financial institutions. Ms. Roberge joined Perimeter in 1999 and is responsible for developing and managing the Direct Sales Group, Channel Development Group and the Marketing Group. Earning a BA in Marketing and Communications from Fairfield University in CT, Kathleen’s experience includes sales management and training, business alliance development, direct sales and marketing, and new product development from the financial market. Kathleen resides in CT with her husband and two children.

VP Customer Support        
COCC                         
1135 Darling Drive  
Avon Park South
Avon, CT 06001
Work: 860-678-0444
Fax:    860-678-9727          
Cell:    860-508-2657
Email:            marco.be@cocc.com
Term Expires:           2009

Marco Bernasconi is an Assistant Vice-President in Customer Service with COCC and brings 18 years of experience in the financial services industry to this role. During his thirteen years with the company he has played a pivotal part in strengthening client relationships and managing partnerships with strategic product vendors. Marco managed the nationally recognized initiative to convert COCC’s entire client base from mainframe platform to its open architecture and core processing environment, INSIGHT. Prior to this Mr. Bernasconi was responsible for the development and implementation of an innovative loan training program that promoted maximizing the clients return on their technology investment. Marco holds a Bachelors degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in Finance and Economics with a minor in Marketing. Based in Avon, CT Marco and his wife are the parents of five-year-old fraternal twins and are active in local events.

 

CEO                           
Compushare Inc
Three Hutton Centre Dr.
Suite 700
South Coast Metro, CA 92707
Work: 714-427-1000
Fax:    714-241-1270
Cell:    714-225-0728
Email:            rbosu@compushare.com
Term Expires            2009

As Founder, President and CEO of Compushare, Bosu is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the rapidly growing IT Services company.  This includes strategic management of key client relations and the company’s overall direction, service delivery and finances. Bosu founded Compushare in 1995.
 
Under Bosu’s leadership the company expanded its market reach to community based financial institutions nationwide.  With over 500 clients, his company stands alone today as the only financial services provider with dominate market share in California, Texas, the Mid West, and New England communities.

The company has remained profitable during it’s history and will continue to expand executing a duel strategy of internally funded expansion and strategic amalgamation of competitors or their business units.  Started in 2005 with the acquisition of the Pifer Company of Philadelphia, Compushare plans to operate in 10 major communities by 2010 and hold service contracts with at least 2000 clients.
 
Mr. Bosu is an avid golfer, beach comber, community advocate and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.  Romir currently resides in Orange County, California with his wife and three children.

 

VP Product Mkt      
Computer Services Inc      
3901 Technology Drive
Paducah, KY 42001-5201
Work: 270-442-7361
Fax:    270-575-6286
Cell:    270-210-0140
Email:            bezell@csiweb.com
Term Expires:           2009

Bob Ezell is the Vice President of Product Marketing for Computer Services, Inc. which provides service and software solutions for the community banks. Bob is responsible for product development and marketing at CSI on a variety of products. Bob has been with CSI for 18 years and has over 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. Bob is a graduate of Murray State University. Bob is a graduate of Leadership Paducah.

 

EVP                           
Fidelity IFS              
Building A-172
8200 Cameron Rd
Austin, TX 78754
Work: 512-339-8857
Fax:    512-339-1330
Cell:    512-940-5448
Email:            randy.fluitt@fnis.com
Term Expires:           2010

Randy is Executive Vice President, responsible for the Payment Services Division of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS)

Randy’s career began with Southwest Bankshares where he quickly moved into a senior position managing statewide data processing and operations.  He subsequently joined ACS and was the company’s first executive vice president. He participated in several acquisitions, an IPO, a name change to MTECH and the company’s acquisition by EDS. 

Randy was later recruited as president of Bankline, Inc., which doubled in size and was acquired by SLMsoft.com, at which time Randy assumed the expanded role of EVP/worldwide sales and marketing. (InterCept acquired Bankline)

With FIS’ acquisition of InterCept, the company gained the expertise of Randy, a senior-level leader with proven abilities to maximize the results associated with delivering outsourced products and services.

Randy was educated in programming and data processing and also earned a Bachelor of Theology in Christian Education.

 

General Manager    
Jack Henry & Associates   
1021 Central Expwy South 
Allen, TX 75013
Work: 972-359-5101
Fax:    972-359-5150
Cell:    214-585-2857
Email:            dfoss@jackhenry.com
Term Expires:           2010

David Foss is General Manager of ProfitStars, a division of Jack Henry & Associates.  ProfitStars provides specialized solutions to banks and credit unions of all sizes and core processors.  In this role he is responsible for all sales and operations of the current ProfitStars solutions, the acquisition of additional companies, and for the integration of acquired companies into the ProfitStars suite of solutions.

Prior to assuming his current role, he has served as General Manager of the Complementary Solutions Group, and President of the Open Systems Group at Jack Henry and Associates. 

Dave began his career in 1985 at NCR as a Systems Engineer writing, installing, and supporting core and ancillary banking solutions.  He joined Advanced Computer Systems (ACS) in 1989 as a sales manager marketing banking solutions to community banks in the upper Midwest.  In 1993 Dave left community banking for a few years to become BancTec’s Vice President of Professional Services and later Vice President of Operations managing large remittance processing solutions.  In 1999 he arranged the sale of BancTec’s community banking division to Jack Henry and Associates and joined JHA at that time.

He lives in Dallas with his wife and 3 sons.

 


VP Business Strategy         
Metavante Corp.                 
4900 W. Brown Deer Rd. CAPE1E
Brown Deer, WI. 53186
Work: 800-236-3282 ext 6-9290
Fax:    414-357-3060
Home:            262-521-9444
Cell:    414-460-0310 (toll free)
Email:            beth.griffin@metavante.com
Term Expires:           2008

Beth Griffin is a Vice President with Metavante Corporation and a member of the Healthcare Payments Solutions Group with responsibility for the Health Savings Account business.  She is a member of the ABA HSA Council.

Griffin joined Metavante in 1996 and has been active in various product management, vendor business development, and strategy roles during this time.  Prior to joining the Healthcare team, Griffin was part of the Business Strategy team with responsibility for defining cross-product business strategies for the Financial Technology Services business at Metavante.  Her primary focus at that time was on achieving these business strategies through development of strategic relationships via partnerships and acquisitions.  Griffin has also been responsible for bringing a critical integration component of Metavante's open architecture strategy, the Connectware product line, from its infancy as a message-based integration tool to its maturity as a solution leveraged both internally, as well as by the Metavante FTS client base.  

Prior to joining Metavante, Griffin developed an extensive banking background with Firstar (now US Bank) over a 12-year period.  She gained significant experience as a regional manager in the metro Milwaukee market, actively engaged in numerous leadership roles with the leading Milwaukee bank's management.  Afterwards she accepted a 4-state holding company role, with full ownership for vendor selection, implementation, marketing and support definition for the holding company's first Internet site and bill payment solutions.   With this entree into the technology field and her extensive bank management experience, Griffin was recruited to join Metavante to initially manage the CRM product line.

Griffin has a bachelor's degree in communication from St. Norbert College in DePere, WI.  She has been actively engaged in the last 22 years in numerous Board roles with various community-based and financial technology organizations.

SVP, Director of Sales        
IPS-Sendero            
230 Scientific Drive Suite 800
Norcross, GA 30092-2904
Work: 770-409-0047
Fax:    770-409-1735
Cell:    770-656-9269 (toll free)
Email:            kurt.guenther@ips-sendero.com
Term Expires:           2008

Kurt Guenther is Senior Vice President for IPS-Sendero, a worldwide provider of risk management, financial accounting, and profitability and performance measurement solutions for financial institutions. Kurt is responsible for directing all sales, sales support and business partnerships within the U.S. and Canada.  Kurt has been with IPS-Sendero for over 15 years and has held management positions in client services as well as sales. Prior to IPS-Sendero, Kurt served 8 years in the banking industry with Sovran Bank (Maryland) and Wells Fargo Credit Corporation (Arizona) with responsibilities ranging from financial planning and analysis to various management roles.

 

Vice President                     
RDSI Banking Systems     
2186 Kemmerer Lane
Bolingbrook, IL 60490
Work: 815-230-4909
Fax:    815-230-4929
Cell:    419-260-2234
Email:            steve.proud@rdsidata.com
Term Expires:           2010

Steven Proud, Vice President; Regional Sales Manager joined RDSI Banking Systems in August of 2004.  Steve has over 30 years of Bank Data Processing experience.  Prior to joining RDSI, Steve spent 15 years in sales and relationship management for Aurum Technology/GFS/On-Line Financial Services in Oakbrook, Illinois.  His entire career has been devoted to serving the financial community.  His extensive experience has focused on sales, customer service, consultative analysis and product implementation. 
Steve has served on various financial community service organizations and is a Past President of the Chicago Chapter of Financial Managers Society.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Illinois University and currently makes his home in Naperville, Illinois.

 

President                             
I TECH Corporation           
2825 3rd Avenue North    
Billings, MT 59101
Work: 406-896-7300
Fax:    406-896-7350
Cell:    406-671-4945
Email:            dsmith@itechcorporation.com
Term Expires:           2008

Richard Smith is the President of I TECH Corporations, Billings Montana. Richard has been with the organization since July 1997. Prior to joining I TECH he served as Senior Vice President at Iowa State Bank and Trust in Iowa City Iowa. Richard served as Steering Committee Chair at the Shazam Network, served on the Board of Directors for the National Automated Clearing House Association and on the Montana State University COT National Advisory Board. Richard and his wife Donna have two daughters.
Executive Office Staff

Jim has served as Executive Director of AFT since 1976, when the organization was known as the National Association of Bank Servicers (NABS).

Mr. Bannister’s 30 years of association management experience also includes service as Executive Director of the Hogan Users Group (HUG), MISER Users Group (MUG) and North American NCR Financial Users Group (NANCRFUG).

Jim’s knowledge of the industry, together with his management and leadership skills, stature in banking circles and among regulatory agencies is a valuable asset to AFT.

 

Denise handles most of the day-to-day administrative matters for the Association including accounting, database management, and membership and member services. She also assists in the planning and management of the Association’s biannual meetings.

 

34 N. High Street
New Albany, OH 43054
Tel: 614-895-1208
Fax: 614-895-3466
Email: aft@aftweb.com