2025 Speakers

2025 Annual Forum Agenda Speakers

Steve Mott

Principal, BetterBuyDesign, LLC

Steve Mott has spent more than four decades working in electronic payments and security for merchants, corporations, banks, networks and third party providers. He has also held positions and assignments with various industry groups involving online and mobile commerce, electronic checks and account transfers, all things concerning payments cards and processing, and real-time payments. He also serves as an expert witness on major payments cases.

Alex Block

Director of Operations at WordPress.com

Joshua Lockhart

CTO at Aeropay

Drew Edmond

Associate Partner, Glenbrook Partners

Drew Edmond

Associate Partner, Glenbrook Partners

As an Associate Partner at Glenbrook, Drew helps identify and execute optimal payments strategies for businesses throughout the payments value chain. Drew has spent his entire career in the payments industry managing global payments operations directly for leading marketplace and financial services companies, and developing strategy for numerous clients across the payments ecosystem during his time at Glenbrook.

Max Admoni

Senior Director, Partnerships, Riskified

Max Admoni

Senior Director, Partnerships, Riskified

With nearly a decade of experience in the payments industry, Max currently leads global partnerships at Riskified, where he drives strategic collaborations aimed at enhancing fraud security and performance for merchants. Max has gained firsthand insights into the industry's challenges, particularly in fraud optimization and payment security. He is passionate about the role of enhanced data sharing in creating a more secure and efficient payments ecosystem and is committed to advancing innovative solutions in the space.

Julie Ransom

Sr. Payment Operations Manager, Ancestry

Julie Ransom

Sr. Payment Operations Manager, Ancestry

Julie Ransom is a seasoned payments professional with over 15 years of experience in payment strategy, fraud prevention, and risk management. As Senior Payment Operations Manager at Ancestry, she leads global payment initiatives, optimizing acceptance, reducing friction, and mitigating fraud. Julie has a deep understanding of chargebacks, network compliance, and payment vendor management, ensuring efficient and secure transactions at scale.

Suhil Srinivas

Sr. Director of Product, LinkedIn

Suhil Srinivas

Sr. Director of Product, LinkedIn

Suhil Srinivas is the Senior Director of Product at LinkedIn, where he leads the LinkedIn Business Platform (LBP) team, driving go-to-market systems across the company including Payments. With over 20 years of experience in product and technology leadership, Suhil has deep expertise in the payments space, including his time at PayPal, where he worked on core payment capabilities and payment infrastructure. Throughout his career, he has built and scaled billing, monetization, and enterprise payment solutions at both consumer and B2B companies, bringing a unique perspective on the intersection of product strategy and operational scale.

Alex Godoy

Strategic Partner Manager, Google

Alex Godoy

Strategic Partner Manager, Google

Alex is a Strategic Partner Manager within Google's payment partnerships group and is the global business development lead for card acceptance. Alex is also focused on Google's account-to-account strategy in the US. Before Google, Alex worked in multiple roles at Mastercard, and EY's financial services consulting group.

Christian Johnson

Director of Payments Public Policy and Affairs

Christian Johnson

Director of Payments Public Policy and Affairs

Christian manages industry engagement and strategies on regulatory trends for global payments advisory firm CMSPI, finding creative and innovative ways to develop evidence-backed and data-driven narratives on some of the biggest issues in the payments industry. Christian works with stakeholders across the payments industry to promote competition and foster a more productive payments ecosystem, drawing on CMSPI’s market-leading data insights.

Christopher Uriarte

Partner

Christopher Uriarte

Partner

Chris brings diverse and specialized experience to Glenbrook, having held multiple leadership positions in the payments industry over the past 25 years. His expertise lies in global payments, risk management, fraud prevention, payments technology and payments operations. He has significant experience in areas related to investor due diligence, vendor assessment, solutions architecture and payments strategy.

Ross McFerrin

VP of Enterprise Growth, Trustly

Ross McFerrin

VP of Enterprise Growth, Trustly

Ross McFerrin, VP of Enterprise Growth for Trustly, is a FinTech and Payments veteran with over 15 years of experience driving innovation and disruption in payments for financial institutions, billers, and enterprise merchants. Ross also represents Trustly as a member of the Faster Payments Council. Prior to Trustly, Ross held leadership positions at Wirecard North America, formerly Citi Prepaid, as well as MoneyGram International, and began his career at First Data. Ross attended Creighton University for his Masters of Business Administration and graduated from Central College with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and Business Management.

Tyler Huen

VP, Digital Payments, Adyen

Tyler Huen

VP, Digital Payments, Adyen

Tyler Heun has extensive experience working with merchants and partners to set the future direction for their businesses and solve some of their most challenging problems through payments innovation. Spanning 15 years in the payments and banking space, he collaborates with some of the world's most sophisticated partners and merchants to leverage technology to optimize their payments ecosystem. He is an advisor for PaymentsEd, PayCLT, and RevTech Labs. He is also an active member of Merchant Risk Council, Merchant Advisory Group, Electronic Transaction Association, and Merchant Payments Coalition. He resides in North Carolina with his wife and 3 kids.

Shawn Studdard

Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

Shawn Studdard

Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

Shawn Studdard is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in sales, relationship management, and operations. As the Managing Director and Head of Relationship Management for Merchant Services at JPMorgan Chase & Co., he excels in driving performance and enhancing customer experiences through strategic leadership and team development. Shawn holds an MBA from Texas Tech University and is known for his ability to streamline operations and exceed customer expectations. His diverse background and commitment to excellence make him a visionary leader in the financial services industry.

Chantal Gaspie

Executive Director, J.P. Morgan

Jonathan Lee

Netflix

Jonathan Lee

Netflix

Jonathan Lee is on the Payments Operations team at Netflix in Los Gatos, CA. His team works to ensure that subscribers have a seamless experience by maximizing authorization rates and minimizing payments-related churn. Jonathan works closely with strategic market leads, finance, and engineering teams for global initiatives and optimizations.

Alexander Hall

Trust and Safety Architect

Alexander Hall

Trust and Safety Architect

Alexander Hall is a Trust and Safety Architect at Sift with 17 years of experience in fraud prevention. He helps businesses design holistic fraud strategies, enhance user identification, and protect their operations by delivering innovative solutions that benefit Sift’s customers and the industry as a whole.

Kaleb Winn

Payments Success Manager, Boulevard

Kaleb Winn

Payments Success Manager, Boulevard

Kaleb is a Payments & Fintech professional with over 15-years of experience in SaaS merchant processing inclusive of Operations, Sales, Dispute Management, KYC/AML/BSA/PCI Compliance, AI & Machine Learning, Strategy, B2B Relationships, and Customer Experience. In his current role, he performs as a Payments Success Manager for Boulevard.

Isabella Fisher

Staff Technical Program Manager

Isabella Fisher

Staff Technical Program Manager

Isabella Fisher is a Technical Program Manager (TPM) in Commerce Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery. She currently works on both direct-to-consumer and in-app purchase related technical projects for Max, HBO Max, and Discovery+ globally. She started as a TPM intern at HBO ~8 years ago and converted to full time immediately after graduating from the University of Washington Informatics program and has worked at the company ever since! She currently resides near Seattle with her husband and two dogs.

Spencer Case

Staff Product Manager

Spencer Case

Staff Product Manager

Spencer Case is a product leader with 10 years of experience in the streaming industry. He currently works at Warner Bros. Discovery product managing the commerce in-app experience. Previously, Spencer led the client and in-app purchase teams at Sling TV. A graduate of Princeton University (BA) and NYU Stern (MBA), he resides in Los Angeles with his two dogs.

Eric Fishman

Director, Technical Program Management

Eric Fishman

Director, Technical Program Management

Eric Fishman is a Director, Technical Program Management in Commerce Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery. The Commerce Engineering team supports Max, HBO Max, and Discovery+ globally. He has 15+ years of payments experience in e-commerce, subscriptions, and streaming products. Eric graduated from Penn State University and resides in New York with his wife and their dog.

Vivek Yadav

Engineering Manager at Stripe

Marc Roth

Partner

Marc Roth

Partner

Marc Roth is a nationally recognized advertising, marketing, privacy and transactional attorney. Marc assists clients develop and implement free trial, continuous service and auto-renewal subscription programs in compliance with federal and state laws and rules and merchants card rules. He is a former Federal Trade Commission attorney and Chief Marketing Counsel for a Time Warner subsidiary. Marc is a frequent speaker and author on subscription marketing legal issues

Sarah Boehmer

Senior Director, Super.com

Sarah Boehmer

Senior Director, Super.com

Sarah is the Senior Director of Payment Processing & Fraud Strategy at Super.com, responsible for both the merchant (OTA) and issuing businesses.

Sana Haque

Head of Payment Opt. Strategy, PayPal

Sana Haque

Head of Payment Opt. Strategy, PayPal

Sana Haque is a Principal Product Manager at PayPal, where she leads Payment Optimization Strategy for value-added services and smart routing. With over a decade of experience in the payments industry, she has built and scaled AI/ML-powered optimization products that help global brands improve their authorization success. Sana’s work sits at the intersection of technology and strategy, enabling businesses to drive better outcomes through intelligent payments infrastructure. Before Braintree, she held product and engineering roles at American Express and Tata Group, focusing on secure and scalable payment solutions. She brings a strong mix of technical depth, business acumen, and customer-centric thinking to her work.

Arpit Kumar

People & Risk Products Leader, PayPal

Arpit Kumar

People & Risk Products Leader, PayPal

Results-driven product leader with a proven track record of building high-performing product teams and driving significant revenue growth. Adept at developing and executing product roadmaps, particularly for risk and dispute management products. Proven expertise in mentoring product managers and fostering a culture of innovation and customer-centricity. Successfully co-led teams to achieve multi-million dollar revenue targets, exceeding them in multiple instances.

Robert Bartolomeo

Director, Tech Product Support, PayPal

Robert Bartolomeo

Director, Tech Product Support, PayPal

Professional Services and Customer Success Executive with more than 25 years of experience in the Enterprise Software and Financial Services industries. A hands-on leader able to drive exceptional results from cross-functional and geographically-distributed teams. A highly skilled communicator able to cultivate customer relationships, unite business and technical objectives, win well-structured deals, and deliver on revenue growth and margin targets.

Laura Varela

Sr Manager, B2B & SaaS Marketing

Dan Gonzalez

Vice President and National Acct. Director

Dan Gonzalez

Vice President and National Acct. Director

Dan Gonzalez is vice president and national account director for Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) heading the FRFS National Account Program and is based out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Gonzalez’s responsibilities include collaborating and engaging with the payments industry to define and prioritize system improvements that advance payment speed, efficiency, and security. He has overall responsibility for the Federal Reserve’s Financial Services relationships with the top 27 financial institutions in the country, as well as payment networks and service providers.

Mike Thomas

Sr VP, Head of Instant Payments, U.S. Bank

Joshua Karoly

Director, Payments, Netflix

Martha Southall

Chief of Staff, CMSPI

Martha Southall

Chief of Staff, CMSPI

Martha Southall is the Chief of Staff at CMSPI, a leading payments advisory firm that optimizes payments for the world’s largest merchants. Previously, she led CMSPI’s Client Insights department globally, with technical specialisms including multi-acquiring, tokenization, and Alternative Payment Methods. Martha is co-chair of the PaymentsEd Education Committee.

Brian Cullen

Payments Risk Strategist, Sony

Scott Adams

CEO/Co-Founder

Scott Adams

CEO/Co-Founder

Scott Adams, CEO/Co-Founder of FraudDeflect.com is a veteran payments professional with 20+ years of experience in Fraud Fighting and Chargeback Management, online business, the card-not-present financial community, and the affiliate marketing community.

Ryan Leven

Strategic Advisor, Fraud Deflect

Ryan Leven

Strategic Advisor, Fraud Deflect

Prior to entering the payments space I spent 10 years as a merchant, bootstrapping and growing my businesses from the idea phase, to established industry competitors. There is no better way to learn the ins and outs of business and e commerce than taking your own ideas to market, scaling them, and finding out the hard way just how difficult yet rewarding it is.

John Noltensmeyer

Chief Information Security Officer

John Noltensmeyer

Chief Information Security Officer

John Noltensmeyer is a privacy and data security professional with nearly 30 years of experience in information technology. He holds multiple certifications and maintains extensive knowledge of international privacy regulations and industry security standards. Prior to joining IXOPAY (formerly TokenEx), John worked in both the financial services sector and federal government, including technical lead roles at the International Trade Administration and United States Department of Commerce.

Arthur Bedel

Global Director of Revenue of VGS

Arthur Bedel

Global Director of Revenue of VGS

Arthur Bedel is both the Global Director of Revenue of VGS, and the Co-Founder of Connecting the dots in Payments.... Over the course of his payments' journey, he had the opportunity to lead GTM and strategic initiatives, aiming to improve the overall payment strategy and infrastructure of global companies. Based in San Francisco, his vision and goal is to help shape the future of the payments' industry by bringing payments fanatics together and educating the masses. At Connecting the dots in Payments... Arthur is committed to establishing the platform as the trusted source for payments news, insights and educational content. Arthur is also an ex-pro tennis player and a wine enthusiast.

Melissa Shields

Senior Payments Executive, Starbucks

Melissa Shields

Senior Payments Executive, Starbucks

Melissa Shields is a senior payments executive with extensive knowledge in subscription, payments, and product verticals. With a passion for innovation in the space, she has led initiatives to expand and simplify recurring transactions as well as evolve new acceptance strategies with Fintech partners. As the Director of Payment Strategy and Operations at Starbucks, Melissa and her team of experienced partners are charged with providing the payments strategies for both card present and card-not-present experiences throughout Starbucks.

Jeremy Bellino

Sr Product Manager, Worldpay

Jeremy Bellino

Sr Product Manager, Worldpay

Jeremy is a senior product manager at Worldpay with 14 years’ experience in payments. He is focused on building and scaling flex's suite of payments fraud and consumer authentication solutions to optimize payments performance and minimize exposure to fraud and risk.

Brant Peterson

roduct Leader in Payments, Worldpay

Brant Peterson

roduct Leader in Payments, Worldpay

Brant is a recognized industry leader at the forefront of improving payments through innovation at Worldpay. With over 15 years of product management expertise advancing digital payment technologies, he has played a pivotal role in payments, and has developed over a dozen patented solutions designed to protect transactions and drive higher payment acceptance rates for businesses globally.

Veronika Young

Payments, Netflix

Veronika Young

Payments, Netflix

Matthew Baum

Senior Manager, Checkout.com

Matthew Baum

Senior Manager, Checkout.com

Matthew Baum is a Senior Manager in the Financials Partnerships team at Checkout, where he collaborates with leading U.S. issuers and payment schemes to optimize card acceptance and combat fraud. Passionate about enabling data-sharing partnerships, Matthew is dedicated to creating a safer and more seamless transaction experience for merchants and their customers. His work helps bridge key stakeholders across the payment ecosystem to drive innovation and trust, enabling Checkout's merchants to thrive.

Aleksandra Lach

Business Manager, Capital One. 

Aleksandra Lach

Business Manager, Capital One. 

Aleksandra is a Business Manager at Capital One and the lead analyst for Direct Data Share (DDS), an authentication optimization product. She works closely with acquirers and merchants to enable legitimate spending while preventing fraud, helping to drive smarter, more secure transactions across the payments ecosystem.

Saad Cheema

Chief Commercial Officer, TapTap Send

Saad Cheema

Chief Commercial Officer, TapTap Send

Saad Cheema is the Chief Commercial Officer at TapTap Send, where he leads global strategic partnerships, expansion, revenue, and growth. With over a decade of experience scaling companies, he is committed to making remittances faster, more affordable, and more accessible through strategic partnerships and innovation in cross-border payments.

Mina Deegan

Lead Solution Engineer

Mina Deegan

Lead Solution Engineer

Mina Deegan leads Solutions Engineering at Pagos, a payments data intelligence company that helps merchants improve performance and manage risk through actionable insights. She is responsible for delivering strategic products that drive efficiency and optimize revenue for global enterprise merchants. With a proven track record in effectively scaling teams in companies of all sizes, from fintech startups to established banks, Mina is deeply passionate about—and driven by—merchant success through implementing technical solutions that solve real-world payments challenges.

David Newell

Lead Growth Mktg. & e-Com, LastPass

David Newell

Lead Growth Mktg. & e-Com, LastPass

David Newell leads growth marketing and e-commerce at LastPass, driving profitable growth through payments and experimentation, with over 15 years of global revenue experience. Passionate about customer-centric strategies, David has used experimentation to improve retention, pricing, and fraud prevention. With international leadership experience and a commitment to continuous learning, David brings a practical and global perspective to payments innovation.

Steve Arentzoff

SVP of Marketing

Steve Arentzoff

SVP of Marketing

Steve Arentzoff is a data-driven marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in senior technology marketing leadership. With a B.S., Finance from CSUN and an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business, Steve has a deep understanding of business analytics and financial strategy. Steve also has a proven track record of building high-performance marketing organizations, aligning marketing and sales, and driving strategic growth.

Vikram Anand

Executive Director, Beachbody

Vikram Anand

Executive Director, Beachbody

Versatile Operations leader with 20 years of hands-on experience in Payments processing, Anti-Fraud operations, Revenue Optimization, Subscription Management, CRM, Call Center Management and Supply Chain Management. Highly successful in managing teams and Vendor relationships in a Business Process Outsourcing as well as Corporate Headquarters environment in multiple geographic locations across North America, Asia and Europe.

Katie Craven

Senior Director, Verifi

Katie Craven

Senior Director, Verifi

Katie Craven serves as Senior Director, Acceptance Risk Solutions Management for North America as part of Visa’s Value-Added Services organization. Over her 20+ years of experience, she has worked in retail loss prevention, on corporate investigations, and for solution providers – leading and implementing risk strategies for top digital merchants and acquirers. Katie holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Capella University. Passionate about problem-solving, her work is focused on discovery, education, and strategy development and execution.

Chris Marchand

Global Partnerships, Verifi

Chris Marchand

Global Partnerships, Verifi

Chris is responsible for global partnerships and merchant strategic business development. With over 20 years in the payments industry, Chris built and launched Verifi’s reseller partner program and continues to manage relationships with many of the largest and most complex enterprise merchants in the world.

Kevin Crockett

Head of Strategic Product Mgt, Verifi

Kevin Crockett

Head of Strategic Product Mgt, Verifi

Kevin Crockett is the Head of Strategic Product Management and Delivery for merchant authentication solutions, which is a part of Visa's Risk and Identity Solutions organization. His team is focused on the development of products that allow merchants to process more transactions, securely, while providing a best-in-class experience to consumers. This includes various forms of CNP authentication solutions, including support of EMV 3DS across 12 card schemes globally, Data-Only programs, native mobile SDKs and FIDO / biometric authentication capabilities.

Colin Luce

CEO & Founder of Basis Theory 

Colin Luce

CEO & Founder of Basis Theory 

Colin Luce is the Co-Founder & CEO of Basis Theory. Before, he held various operating roles at Klarna, Yodlee, and, most recently, Figure. He’s also an active Fintech angel investor.

Detective Mark Hwang

APD, Tourist Oriented Policing Team

Detective Mark Hwang

APD, Tourist Oriented Policing Team

Detective Mark Hwang is a ten-year veteran of law enforcement (Los Angeles Police Department and Anaheim Police Department) and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Concentration in Accounting from the California State University of Fullerton. During his career, he has been involved in every type of criminal investigation at the local, state, and federal levels. Detective Hwang served as a Field Training Officer, Drug Recognition Expert, and Mobile Field Force. Detective Hwang has assisted other instructors with Identity Theft/Fraud investigations.

Detective James Woo

APD, Tourist Oriented Policing Team

Detective James Woo

APD, Tourist Oriented Policing Team

Detective James Woo is a twenty-year veteran of law enforcement (Buena Park Police Department and Anaheim Police Department) and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice Management from the Union Institute & University. During his career, he has been involved in every type of criminal investigation at the local, state, and federal levels. Detective Woo served as one of the tactical negotiators for SWAT. Detective Woo has assisted other instructors with Identity Theft/Fraud investigations.

2025 Annual Forum Agenda Speakers

Alex Block

Joshua Lockhart

Chantal Gaspie

Vivek Yadav

Laura Varela

Mike Thomas

Joshua Karoly

Brian Cullen

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