Strategic Leadership Forum
CUTTING-EDGE INSIGHTS FOR DECISION-MAKERS
SEPT 16–18, 2024 • THE RITZ-CARLTON • NAPLES, FL • #ETASLF
2024 Attendees
Attendee list as of 9.16.24.
This list will be updated periodically.
First |
Last |
Title |
Company |
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| Gregg | Aamoth | CEO | POPcodes | gregg@popcodes.com |
| Todd | Ablowitz | Co-CEO & Co-Founder | Infinicept | todd@infinicept.com |
| Bryan | Acevedo | MDR | Vendelux | bacevedo@vendelux.com |
| Mike | Adams | Director: FinTech M&A | Waller Helms Advisors | michael.adams@wallerhelms.com |
| Tim | Aden | EVP, Global Partners | Verifone | timothy.aden@verifone.com |
| Raghuram | Adiraju | Vice President - Head of US Commercial Acceptance | Mastercard | raghu.adiraju@mastercard.com |
| Scott | Agatep | President & COO | Infinicept | scott.agatep@infinicept.com |
| Jim | Allen | Head of Business Transformation | Wells Fargo | jim.allen@wellsfargo.com |
| Bob | Alvarez | Director of Sales | Payway | bob.alvarez@payway.com |
| Stephen | Aschettino | Payments Practice Leader | Steptoe LLP | saschettino@Steptoe.com |
| Caleb | Avery | CEO | Tilled | cavery@tilled.com |
| Rehman | Baig | CPO | FlexFactor | rehman.baig@flexfactor.io |
| Mainak | Banerjee | Head of Payment Partnerships | Checkout.com | mainak.banerjee@checkout.com |
| Joseph | Barna | CEO | JMB | joebarna73@gmail.com |
| Jim | Battista | Managing Partner | MAPP Advisors | jim@mappadvisors.com |
| Tom | Bell | Board of Advisors | The Strawhecker Group | tbell@tsgpayments.com |
| Mark | Bergner | GM, Business Development | 1stMILE | mark.bergner@1stmile.com |
| Mark | Bishopp | SVP - Head of Customer Strategy | Payliance | MBishopp@Payliance.com |
| Raj | Biyani | EVP | Aurionpro Fintech US | raj.biyani@aurionpro.com |
| Sandra | Blair | Bead Pay | sblair@beadpay.io | |
| Bobby | Bowyer | Chief Operating Officer | Aperia Solutions | bbowyer@aperiasolutions.com |
| Debra | Bradford | President of Merchant Services | Deluxe | debra.bradford@deluxe.com |
| Mark | Brady | President & COO | VikingCloud | markbrady@vikingcloud.com |
| Stacy | Bransfield | CEO & Co-Founder | Midmetrics | stacy@midmetrics.com |
| Alea | Brim | VP Account Management/Partner Support | Global Payments | aleabrim@tsys.com |
| Dominic | Brown | SVP, Strategy & Partnerships | Bankful | dbrown@bankful.com |
| Chris | Brundage | VP | Paya | chris.brundage@paya.com |
| Spartak | Buniatyan | CEO | PayEngine | spartak@payengine.co |
| Joshua | Byrne | Director - US Market Development | Mastercard | joshua.byrne@mastercard.com |
| Donald | Chapman | Managing Director - Head of North America | Pollinate | donald.chapman@pollinate.global |
| Fadi | Cheikha | CEO | US Alliance Group | fadi.cheikha@usag-inc.com |
| Jing | Chen | General Manager | UnionPay International USA | chenjing@unionpayintl.com |
| Amit | Chhabra | Chief Product Officer | CHARGE Anywhere | achhabra@chargeanywhere.com |
| Shal | Chowdhury | Managing Director | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | shal.chowdhury@kbw.com |
| Tom | Clark | SVP, Client Partner for Payments and Banking | Blankfactor | tom.clark@blankfactor.com |
| Alex | Clifton | SVP, Payments and Banking | Blankfactor | alex.clifton@blankfactor.com |
| Manny | Cofresi Jr. | EVP | Elavon | manny.cofresi@elavon.com |
| Greg | Cohen | CEO | Fortis | greg.cohen@fortispay.com |
| Bill | Collins | Director - Strategic Client Management | Discover | billcollins@discover.com |
| Steve | Contino | CEO | Unity FI Solutions | steve.contino@unityfisolutions.com |
| Sheila | Corvino | Attorney | CorvinoLaw | sheila.corvino@corvinolaw.com |
| Christopher | Cruz | Investor | Searchlight Capital | ccruz@searchlightcap.com |
| Marcus | Dagenais | President, Canada & Corporate Development | Payroc | marcus.dagenais@payroc.com |
| David | Daily | Owner | Cutter | davidd@cutterfinancial.com |
| Jed | Danbury | SVP of Sales & Partnerships, International | Computop | james.danbury@computop.com |
| Brian | De Leon | VP of Sales | Infinicept | brian.deleon@infinicept.com |
| Anne Willem | De Vries | CEO | Silverflow | annewillem@silverflow.com |
| Patrick | Deal | VP of Sales | REPAY | pdeal@repay.com |
| Bill | DeSimone | VP, Acquirer Services | Mastercard | bill.desimone@mastercard.com |
| Brandon | Dieter | Sr Director - Digital Payments | Brink's | Brandon.Dieter@BrinksInc.com |
| Paul | Donofrio | CFO | Fidelity Payment Services | pdonofrio@fidelitypayment.com |
| Sean | Donovan | CEO | Tesouro HQ | sean@tesouro.com |
| Jared | Drieling | Chief Innovation Officer | The Strawhecker Group | jdrieling@thestrawgroup.com |
| Monica | Eaton | CEO | Chargebacks911 | monica@chargebacks911.com |
| Colin | Eddy | Director of Sales | Midmetrics | colin@midmetrics.com |
| James | Egbert | SVP Business Development & Strategic Partnerships | Global Payments | jim.egbert@globalpay.com |
| Jim | Ellis | Digital Payment Solutions | Entrust | Jim.Ellis@entrust.com |
| Kristin | Enevoldsen | Newline Team Lead | Fifth Third Bank | kristin.enevoldsen@53.com |
| Pelwasha | Faquiryan | Chief Growth Officer | Chargebacks911 | pel@chargebacks911.com |
| Diane | Faro | CEO & Partner | Savify | diane.faro@savify.co |
| Ryan | Fernandes | Managing Director | Broadhaven Capital Partners | ryan.fernandes@broadhaven.com |
| Rodrigo | Figueroa | COO | Chargeback Gurus | rodrigo.figueroa@chargebackgurus.com |
| James | Fink | SVP, Middle Market & Enterprise Acquiring | Woodforest Acceptance Solutions | james.fink@woodforestpay.com |
| Ixiim | Flores | Senior Director, Head of Strategy & BPO, Acquiring & Enablement | Visa | ixiflore@visa.com |
| Josh | Fochek | Vice President, Sales | TSYS | jfochek@tsys.com |
| Scott | Fortenberry | Head of Client Success | The Strawhecker Group | sfortenberry@tsgpayments.com |
| Antonio | Gagliardi | SVP Strategy, Acquiring Partners, Product & Strategy | American Express | antonio.gagliardi@aexp.com |
| Erick | Garcia | Analyst | 3 Drivers Capital | Erick.Garcia@3driverscap.com |
| Marc | Gardner | CEO & President | North | nlendl@north.com |
| Juliana | Gerrick | Partner | Steptoe LLP | jgerrick@steptoe.com |
| Gina | Gioia | VP of Compliance, AML/OFAC Officer | North American Bancard | ggioiaranson@nabancard.com |
| Dave | Glaser | CEO | Dwolla | dglaser@dwolla.com |
| Brad | Goad | CRO | Matera | brad.goad@matera.com |
| Michael | Gramz | CRO | Maast | mike@maast.com |
| Michael | Gray | Principal & Founder | Gray Consulting ATX | mgray@grayconsultingatx.com |
| Michael | Green | VP Strategic Alliances | PayNearMe | mike.green@paynearme.com |
| Howard | Haffner | SVP, Partner Incubation | Elavon | howard.haffner@elavon.com |
| Sara | Hafner | VP Acquiring and Acceptance | Mastercard | sara.hafner@mastercard.com |
| Frank | Haggar | CTO | Slim CD | frank@slimcd.com |
| Danny | Hakimian | CEO | TrueBiz | danny@truebiz.io |
| Kate | Hampton | Chief Strategy Officer | NMI | kate.hampton@nmi.com |
| Greg | Hansen | VP, Partner Sales | Fiserv | gregory.hansen@fiserv.com |
| Jason | Hanson | President, Payment Services | Discover | jasonhanson@discover.com |
| Guy | Harris | Chairman | Chargebacks911 | guy.harris@chargebacks911.com |
| Christopher | Hartner | SVP & COO | Woodforest Acceptance Solutions | christopher.hartner@woodforestpay.com |
| Rajib | Hasan | Director | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | hasanr@kbw.com |
| Onur | Haytac | CEO | PNC Bank | onur.haytac@pnc.com |
| Henry | Helgeson | CEO | BlueSnap | henryh@bluesnap.com |
| Andy | Henke | Executive Director, Merchant Services | Wells Fargo | andy.henke@wellsfargo.com |
| Deron | Hicks | SVP, GR | Global Payments | dehicks@tsys.com |
| James | Hicks | President & CEO | Moneris | james.hicks@moneris.com |
| Eric M. | Hoffman | ETA Board of Directors Executive Team | Investor/Advisor/Board Member | erichoffman99@yahoo.com |
| Caroline | Hometh | Managing Partner | RPY Innovations | chometh@rpyin.com |
| Rod | Hometh | Partner | RPY Innovations | rhometh@rpyin.com |
| Carlee | Hudachko | Chief Revenue Officer | BridgePay Network Solutions | carlee.hudachko@bridgepaynetwork.com |
| Brett | Husak | Founder | PayBlox | Brett@PayBlox.com |
| Gloria | Jiang | Senior Business Development Manager | UnionPay International USA | gloriajiang@unionpayintl.com |
| Jim | Johnson | President | FIS | jim.johnson@fisglobal.com |
| Tiffany | Johnson | Chief Product Officer | NMI | tiffany.johnson@nmi.com |
| Kevin | Jones | CEO | Celero Commerce | kevinj@celerocommerce.com |
| Theresa | Kananen | Partner | Arnall Golden Gregory LLP | theresa.kananen@agg.com |
| Andrea | Kando | Chief Payments & Strategy Officer | Touch Bistro | akando@touchbistro.com |
| Nicole | Kennedy | VP Partner Sales | FlexFactor | nicole.kennedy@flexfactor.io |
| Casey | Klyszeiko | SVP & GM, Global e-Com and Carat Platform | Fiserv | casey.klyszeiko@fiserv.com |
| Marla | Knutson | SVP Strategic Partnerships | CardFlight | marla@cardflight.com |
| Bart | Kohler | Chief Sales Officer | Unity FI Solutions | bart.kohler@unityfisolutions.com |
| Kimiko | Kokka | Director AMR Business Development and Partnerships | Apple | kimi@apple.com |
| Phil | Krivacek | Managing Partner | Indeflex | phil@indeflex.com |
| Kristi | Kuehn | SVP, Enterprise Compliance | Global Payments | kristi.Kuehn@globalpay.com |
| Shobhit | Kumar | Head Sales & Ops | PayEngine | shobhit@payengine.co |
| Jeff | Kump | President | Kump | jeff.kump@forte.net |
| Joseph | LaFalce | VP, Partnerships and BD | Lendio | joseph.lafalce@lendio.com |
| Joe | Lamar | SVP, Product Management Executive | Bank of America | joe.n.lamar@bofa.com |
| Vaden | Landers | President & CEO | MerchantE | vlanders@merchante.com |
| Andrew | Lane | Director, Emerging Acceptance, Canada | Visa | anlane@visa.com |
| Adam | Langdon | Managing Director | FNBO | alangdon@fnbo.com |
| Dean | Leavitt | Founder & CEO | Boost Payment Solutions | dleavitt@boostb2b.com |
| Christine | Lee | CEO | MarketTime | clee@markettime.com |
| William | Lee | Chief Revenue Officer | North American Bancard | wlee@north.com |
| Joseph | Lenahan | Account Director | Burson | joseph.lenahan@bcw-global.com |
| Natalia | Leonardis | VP of Business Development | CardFlight | natalia@cardflight.com |
| Todd | Linden | President & CEO | Woodforest Acceptance Solutions | Todd.Linden@woodforestpay.com |
| Michael | Lozanoff | Global Head of Merchant Services | JP Morgan Chase | michael.lozanoff@jpmorgan.com |
| Anthony | Lucatuorto | Chief Executive Officer | SphereCommerce | anthonyl@spherecommerce.com |
| Rick | Lynch | Chief Strategic Officer (CSO) | DisputeHelp | rick@disputehelp.com |
| Shanshan | Ma | Assistant General Manager | UnionPay International USA | mashanshan@unionpayintl.com |
| Nick | Maas | CFO | VizyPay | nmaas@vizypay.com |
| Austin | Mac Nab | CEO & Founder | VizyPay | austin@vizypay.com |
| Joe | Mach | CEO, Castles North America | Castles Technology | joe.mach@castlestech.com |
| Anthony | Malatesta | Managing Director | Wellesley Hills Financial | a.malatesta@wellesleyhillsfinancial.com |
| Edward | Marshall | Partner | Arnall Golden Gregory | edward.marshall@agg.com |
| Guiseppi | Marzelli | Co-Founder | OvationCXM | joey@ovationcxm.com |
| Ali | Mast | Founder & Principal | Mast | ali@parachuteadvisory.com |
| Nerino | Mayer | Head of Global Channels | Payfactory | nmayer@payfactory.io |
| D. Mack | McAlhaney | EVP | Elavon | David.mcalhaney@elavon.com |
| John | McAneny | Principal | Blue Owl Capital | john.mcaneny@blueowl.com |
| William | McClure | President | PayGate Logistics | bill@paygatelogistics.com |
| KJ | McConnell | Managing Director | GTCR | kj.mcconnell@gtcr.com |
| Sean | McDonald | SVP, Head of Merchant Solutions | PNC Bank | sean.mcdonald@pnc.com |
| Philip | McHugh | EVP & Group President, Global SMB | Worldpay | philip.mchugh@worldpay.com |
| Taylor | Mefford | Managing Director | Goldman Sachs | taylor.mefford@gs.com |
| Georgina | Mejia Solorzano | Director | Visa | gmejiaso@visa.com |
| Will | Messina | CEO | GrailPay | william@grailpay.com |
| Ruston | Miles | Founder/CEO | Payfactory | ruston@payfactory.io |
| Laura | Miller | Chief Revenue Officer and Global Head of eCommerce | Nuvei | laura.miller@nuvei.com |
| Dan | Miller | Co- Founder and Principal | Unity FI Solutions | dan.miller@unityfisolutions.com |
| Ashleigh | Mitchell | Executive Director | JP Morgan Chase | ashleigh.a.mitchell@jpmorgan.com |
| Wally | Mlynarski | Head of Merchant Solutions | Bank of America | wally.mlynarski@bofa.com |
| Jody | Muehlegger | COO | Handpoint | jmuehlegger@handpoint.com |
| Jay | Myers | Director, Global Merchant & Network Services | American Express | jay.b.myers@aexp.com |
| Daniel | Nadeau | Owner | Payway | Dan.nadeau@payway.com |
| Jimmy | Nafso | President | Fortis | jimmy.nafso@fortispay.com |
| Mark | Nagy | CEO | DataMesh Group | marknagy@datameshgroup.com |
| Irfan | Nasir | Head of Product | Ingenico | irfan.nasir@ingenico.com |
| Matthew | Nicholas | Head of FSP/ISO | Fiserv | matthew.nicholas@fiserv.com |
| Trevor | Nies | SVP - Global Head of Digital | Adyen | trevor.nies@adyen.com |
| John | Nix | Senior Vice President | Aperia Solutions | jnix@aperiasolutions.com |
| Jonathan | Noel | Founder & President | Semper Payments | jnoel@semperpay.com |
| Daniel | O'Connell | CFO | Valor Paytech | daniel@valorpaytech.com |
| Jonathan | O'Connor | CEO Third Party Payments | Synovus Bank / MAAST | Jonathan@Maast.com |
| Nina | Ohiku | Head of Business Development | Finix | nina.ohiku@finix.com |
| Tor | Opedal | SVP & GM, Payments | Olo | tor.opedal@olo.com |
| Lisa | Orman | Head of Merchant Services, SVP | Truist Financial Corporation | lisa.orman@truist.com |
| Joe | Pappano | Chief Revenue Officer | Tesouro | joe@tesouro.com |
| Manish | Patel | VP Commercial | Featurespace | manish.patel@featurespace.com |
| Alex | Paull | VP, U.S. Partner Acquisition & Capabilities | American Express | alexander.e.paull@aexp.com |
| Vince | Pavese | SVP Business Development | FIS | vince.pavese@fisglobal.com |
| Darrin | Peller | Managing Director/Senior Analyst | Wolfe Research | dpeller@wolferesearch.com |
| Daniel | Percey II | CEO | Lyfecycle Payments | Daniel@lyfecyclepayments.com |
| John | Perry | CEO | Bluefin Payment Systems | jperry@bluefin.com |
| Jim | Plappert | CEO | ACH Payment Solutions | jim.plappert@achpsinc.com |
| Lisa | Polter Tennant | Head of Global Client Relations, Verifi | Visa | lisa.tennant@verifi.com |
| Casey | Porter | Vice President, Acceptance Fast Track | Visa | caporter@visa.com |
| John | Pratt | President | PayCafe | john@paycafe.com |
| Justin | Price | Vice President, Business Development | POS Portal, a ScanSource Company | justin.price@scansource.com |
| David | Prochnow | SVP Fintech Payments | Byline Bank | dprochnow@bylinebank.com |
| Julie | Pukas | Head of Commercial Product Integration | TD Bank | julia.pukas@td.com |
| Asif | Ramji | Chairman | Blankfactor | asif.ramji@blankfactor.com |
| Brian | Randolph | President | Moonlight Payments | brian@moonlightpayments.com |
| O.B. | Rawls | Executive Director/Partner | Wellesley Hills Financial | ob.rawls@wellesleyhillsfinancial.com |
| Michael | Reed | CEO | Fidelity Payments | mreed@fidelitypayment.com |
| Tina | Reese | Executive Director | JP Morgan Chase | tina.reese@jpmorgan.com |
| Phil | Ricci | CRO | Tilled | pricci@tilled.com |
| Deana | Rich | Co-CEO & Co-Founder | Infinicept | deana@infinicept.com |
| Rob | Riggs | CTO | Savify | rob.riggs@savify.co |
| Heather | Riggs | CMO | Savify | heather.riggs@savify.co |
| Joe | Rodriguez | Business Development | Aevi | joe.rodriguez@aevi.com |
| Matt | Rogers | VP - Strategic Alliances | EBizCharge | matt.r@ebizcharge.com |
| Kate | Root | President, Payments Division | Chesapeake Bank | kroot@chespay.com |
| Francisco | Rosario | Executive Director | JP Morgan Chase | francisco.a.rosario@jpmorgan.com |
| Paulette | Rowe | CEO | Stax | Paulette.Rowe@staxpayments.com |
| Andrew | Rueff | Executive Chairman | SphereCommerce | andrewr@spherecommerce.com |
| Konrad | Rymaszewski | SVP Finance | Swivel Transactions | konrad.rymaszewski@getswivel.io |
| Andy | Salemi | SVP | Newline by 53rd Bank | andrew.salemi@53.com |
| Paul | Sari | EVP, Head of Financial Institutions & Associations | Elavon | paul.sari@elavon.com |
| Mary Allen | Saunders | VP, Strategic Alliances | Toast | maryallen.saunders@toasttab.com |
| Jimmy | Scarborough | Vice President, Multi-Regional Acquirers | Visa | jscarbor@visa.com |
| Jim | Schinella | SVP, Global Digital Partnerships | Visa | jaschine@visa.com |
| Dave | Schneider | President, PULSE | Pulse Network | dschneider@pulsenetwork.com |
| Mark | Schulze | CRO | Confidence Systems | schulze.mark@gmail.com |
| Derek | Schultz | VP, Business Development and Alliances | G2 Risk Solutions | derek.schultz@g2risksolutions.com |
| DJ | Seeterlin | Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer | Chesapeake Bank | dseeterlin@chesbank.com |
| Vinay | Shiriwastaw | CCO | DISPUTEHELP | vinay@disputehelp.com |
| Denise | Shomo | President | Cutter | denises@cutterfinancial.com |
| Zeev | Shoval | Co-founder, Chief Commercial Officer | FlexFactor | zeev.shoval@flexcorp.io |
| Joshua | Silver | CEO | Rainforest | joshua.silver@rainforestpay.com |
| Drew | Soinski | Managing Director/Senior Payments Executive | JP Morgan Chase | drew.soinski@chasepaymentech.com |
| Timothy | Stahl | COO | Celero Commerce | tims@celerocommerce.com |
| Peter | Stewart | President, NAR | Ingenico | peter.stewart@ingenico.com |
| Paul | Stovall | Chief Revenue Officer | G2 Risk Solutions | paul.stovall@g2risksolutions.com |
| Mike | Strawhecker | President & CEO | The Strawhecker Group | mike@tsgpayments.com |
| Kurt | Strawhecker | Managing Partner | The Strawhecker Group | kurt@tsgpayments.com |
| Kirk | Stuart | SVP, Head of Merchant Solutions & Acquiring, North America | Visa | kstuart@visa.com |
| Mike | Sullivan | VP, NA Sales, Acceptance Solutions | Visa | mike.sullivan@visa.com |
| Christopher | Sweetland | Global Head of Payments Markets & Partnerships | PayPal | csweetland@paypal.com |
| Jay | Sykes | CEO | Bead Pay | jay@beadpay.io |
| Denise | Tahali | Head of ISO | FIS | denise.tahali@worldpay.com |
| Austin | Talley | CEO | Everyware | austin@everyware.com |
| Stacey | Tappin | Vice President, Global Acquirer Processors | Visa | stappin@visa.com |
| Colleen | Taylor | President, Merchant Services | American Express | colleen.j.taylor@aexp.com |
| Rick | Taylor | CEO | BridgePay Network Solutions | rick.taylor@bridgepaynetwork.com |
| Andy | Tierney | CRO | POPcodes | andy@popcodes.com |
| Eddie | Torres | VP, NA Sales, Acceptance Solutions | Visa | etorres@visa.com |
| Mark | Van Horn | Digital Solutions Lead, North America | G+D | mark.vanhorn@gi-de.com |
| Leo | Vartanov | CEO | Merchant Industry | leo@merchantindustry.net |
| Jennifer | Vartanov | CHRO | Merchant Industry | Jen@merchantindustry.net |
| Steve | Vickers | Director of Revenue and Growth | The Strawhecker Group | svickers@tsgpayments.com |
| Joe | Villamil | Vice President, Sales & Strategic Partners | POS Portal, a ScanSource Company | joe.villamil@scansource.com |
| Andy | Vrabel | General Manager, Payment Ecosystem Solutions | LegitScript | Andy.Vrabel@LegitScript.com |
| Logan | Walkup | Senior Sales Executive | Featurespace | logan.walkup@featurespace.com |
| Ning | Wang | Director of Merchant Operations | Core Business Technologies | nwang@corebt.com |
| Chris | Ward | Head of Enterprise Payments | Truist Financial | chris.ward@truist.com |
| Sam | Wares | Director of Client Success | The Strawhecker Group | swares@tsgpayments.com |
| Michael | Wear | Chief Executive Officer | Blankfactor | mike@blankfactor.com |
| Derek | Webster | Founder and CEO | CardFlight | derek@cardflight.com |
| Johnathan | Welch | Chief Product Officer | SphereCommerce | johnathan.welch@spherecommerce.com |
| Jason | Williams | CRO | Celero Commerce | jasonw@celerocommerce.com |
| Matthew | Williamson | Vice President, Technology Partnerships | Visa | matthwil@visa.com |
| Tom | Wimsett | Chairman & CEO | Merchant's PACT | twimsett@merchantspact.com |
| Ashley | Winter | Director of Client Engagement | VikingCloud | ashleywinter@vikingcloud.com |
| Beth | Wolff | Vice President, Technology Partnerships | Visa | bwolff@visa.com |
| Joe | Wolsfeld | Head of Payments + Fintech Banking | Byline Bank | jwolsfeld@bylinebank.com |
| Erika | Wool | Head of Product Partnerships | Stripe | ehw@stripe.com |
| Afshin | Yazdian | CEO & President | Electronic Merchant Systems | ayazdian@emscorporate.com |
| Michelle | Young | GM, Head of MS Financial Institutions & Bank Sales | Worldpay | michelle.young@worldpay.com |