Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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  • Amy MacMullen is a Senior Product Manager with CO-OP Financial Services, a financial technology provider to credit unions based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (www.co-opfs.org). MacMullen is responsible for the research, development and execution of existing and new product solutions to support the credit union mission.� She has nearly 20 years of product development, product management, brand management and account management experience. Prior to CO-OP Financial Services, MacMullen worked for Corporate One FCU, where she developed numerous correspondent services that were offered to more 1,000 credit unions nationwide. She also worked at AT&T and consulted with several Fortune 100 companies, including Walmart, Target, Chevron Texaco, Speedway, Best Buy and The Walt Disney Company. MacMullen is a graduate of the University of Central Michigan. �

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    George Rice is director of payments for HPE Security at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. �He works with merchant acquirers and large retailers on data security, and leads HPE's presence among organizations such as the PCI Council, EMVCO and the ETA.

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    Robert Capps is vice president of business development for NuData Security. He is responsible for nurturing strategic alliances, partnerships and channels. In his previous role at RedSeal as a senior director, Robert was responsible for technical, security and customer operations. Prior to RedSeal, Robert was senior manager, global trust and safety at StubHub

    October 21
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    George Roth is CEO of Recognos Financial. A 30-year veteran of the technology industry, he has worked on several large security projects for financial institutions.

  • Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore is PayPal’s Vice President and General Manager, Americas Consumer Credit. In this role, Kathleen is responsible for all aspects of our consumer business in the Americas. Prior to PayPal, Kathleen was Managing Vice President, CoBrand Card Partnerships, at Capital One where she led all aspects of Capital One’s co-brand card business and prior to that, led the operations of all marketing efforts for the U.S. card business, from acquisition through customer management as well as the loyalty and rewards programs.Earlier in her career, Kathleen was at American Express, where she was the Vice President of Small Merchant Optimization and Development, responsible for growing and optimizing the company's merchant base.Kathleen is a graduate of Northwestern University. She and her family live in Bethesda, Maryland. And she enjoys running, gardening and travel.

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    Douglas Green is a director at Volante Tecnologies and a member of the Fed's faster payments task force.

    October 21
  • Tony Sabetti is product manager, mobile/NFC technologies for CPI Card Group. With over 25 years of experience launching secure identification and mobile solutions, Sabetti is responsible for the product management and business development of CPI’s mobile/NFC solution, delivering secure digital credentials to mobile devices for Near Field Communications (NFC) payments and identification.In previous positions, Sabetti led development and deployment of mobile commerce platforms, which integrated payments, loyalty and offers in a single NFC tap at over 100,000 merchant locations across the United States. He has also worked in leadership positions in sales and marketing, in which he secured designs of NFC chipsets and secure elements into mobile phones; secured chips for EMV bank cards, ePassports, and government ID cards; and developed and implemented the first two large-scale contactless payment solutions in the world.Sabetti has been an active member of the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) for the past 7 years and was listed on their 2015 Honor Roll. He is currently serving as secretary on the SCA Mobile & NFC Council.

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    Sukanya Madhavan is director of product management at Forte Payment Systems, where she directs the design and development of complex strategic technology projects within the financial services industry. Previously, she has serviced TMX Finance, Cash America and Wipro Technologies, where she led large business and process improvement initiatives, successfully influencing change at all levels of the organizations.

  • Natalie Kelly has over 19 years of payment industry experience with a primary focus on innovation, digital, emerging technologies, and alternative payment solutions. In her current position as Global Head of Digital Issuer, Processor & Consumer Solution Delivery, she is responsible for driving the digitization of payments by consulting with Visa Issuers and Processors on all aspects of channel development (ecommerce, mobile, app, in branch, etc.) and their go-to-market strategy.In 2000 Natalie was chosen by Visa as one of two people to complete the Visa Management Training Program where she held positions in every aspect of the company.� In her tenure at Visa she has held various leadership roles, such as: Lead Innovation Account Executive for Bank of America, Sr. Account Executive for Bank of America Debit, Director of North America Western Region Client Sales, and Emerging Channels Manager for eCommerce, Mobile and Chip technology solutions, among others.Before joining Visa, Natalie was a Senior Officer at SouthTrust Bank where she developed and executed the overall Issuing and Acquiring bank card strategy.Natalie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration from The University of Alabama. She currently resides in the Bay Area with her husband and three children. �