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 GACHA Solutions 2010
Join us for the 10th annual GACHA payments conference and learn about the latest applications and initiatives that can positively impact every department of your organization.
The payments industry is faced with a rapidly changing and evolving environment. By attending Solutions 2010, you can ensure that you continue to keep pace with the shifting landscape and remain current with the latest trends and topics. At Solutions 2010, you will get practical information with benefits you can realize immediately. Don’t miss this opportunity to get the most timely information on the latest advances and best business practices.
See photos of last year's conference.
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2009 Featured Speakers
Jan Estep serves as president and chief executive officer of NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association. NACHA is a not-for-profit trade association that oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network, one of the largest electronic payments networks in the world. Led by member depository financial institutions and payments associations, NACHA is responsible for the administration, development, and enforcement of the NACHA Operating Rules and sound risk management practices for the ACH Network. Estep oversees NACHA’s daily operations and works to promote the development of ACH electronic payment solutions that improve the payments system for the benefit of its members and their customers.
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Estep formerly served as executive vice president of U.S. Bank’s Transaction Services division and was accountable for the general management of the division, which included Elan ATM & Debit Services, ATM Banking Product and Operational Support, ATM & Kiosk Services, and EFT Network support. She led the Elan ATM & Debit business unit that provides ATM and debit card processing and related services to over 2,000 clients including other financial institutions, independent sales organizations, and commercial, government and retail businesses.
She joined U.S. Bank in 1997 with responsibility for their Merchant Payment Services division, previously holding a variety of management positions in technology-intensive companies. Prior to U.S. Bank, Estep was general manager of the Twin Cities Laboratory and vice president of sales and marketing for Pace Analytical Services; she also spent 15 years at IBM in a variety of field and corporate positions. |
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Jeff Lanza was an FBI Agent and a spokesman until his retirement from active duty in March, 2008. During his tenure at the FBI, he investigated matters involving public corruption, fraud, money laundering, computer crime and organized crime. He served as head of internal security of the Kansas City FBI and served on the FBI's National Recruitment Team, which specializes in recruiting agents with high-tech backgrounds.
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As spokesman, Special Agent Lanza was responsible for responding to media inquiries on a local and national basis. Agent Lanza has participated in hundreds of television, radio and newspaper interviews during his tenure, including appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Larry King Live, Hannity and Colmes, Fox and Friends, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren and National Public Radio.
In the past two years alone, Agent Lanza has provided over 300 speeches to various groups on the topics of identity theft, internet safety, mortgage fraud, travel security, human trafficking, media relations and FBI famous cases.
Agent Lanza is an FBI certified instructor. Based on his 17 years of experience as an FBI spokesman and crisis communicator he has developed and presents an interactive one-day seminar focused on training government and corporate executives for effective media communication in crisis and non-crisis situations.
Agent Lanza’s writings about identity theft have been featured in Ingram’s Magazine and the FBI National web page. In a Kansas City Star guest column, he wrote about the birth of the modern FBI following the Union Station Massacre.
Prior to joining the FBI, Agent Lanza was employed by Xerox Corporation as a Computer Systems Analyst. Agent Lanza has an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven (Connecticut) and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas. |
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Rich Oliver is an Executive Vice President with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and has been with the Bank since 1973.
Since 1998, he has served as Retail Payments Product Manager for the Federal Reserve System. In this capacity, he has responsibility for managing the Fed’s check and ACH businesses nationwide.
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Earlier in his career, Mr. Oliver served as planning analyst, Administrator of the Automated Clearing House, Chairman of the Federal Reserve's Electronic Payments Implementation Task Force, Manager and Officer in Charge of Software Development, Vice President in charge of Automation Services, the Federal Reserve System’s Product Manager for Electronic Payments Services, officer in charge of business development and check software, and Staff Director for the Federal Reserve System’s Policy Committee for Financial Services, where he was responsible for coordinating integrated financial management, project management, and strategic planning for all the Federal Reserve’s payments services nationwide. He also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Management Committee.
Mr. Oliver holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Nevada, an M.S. in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and an M.B.A. in Management from Georgia State University.
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Session Information
Click on the session title to see description. 2010 sessions will be up in late spring 2010.
2009 Workshops
ACH Basics: What Your Frontline Needs to Know
Alice Rainey, AAP - Consultant, GACHA
Best Practices for Setting Exposure Limits for Your Originators
Pam Rodriguez, AAP, CIA, CISA - SVP, Risk Management, Eastpay
Fraudsters & Hackers & Liars, Oh My! Mitigating & Managing End-User Risks
David Peterson - Executive Vice President, Goldleaf Financial Solutions
2009 General Sessions
The FBI: The Inside Story of a 100 Year War on Crime
Jeff Lanza - Retired FBI special agent
Follow the Yellow Brick Road: the Future of ACH
Rich Oliver - EVP & Retail Payments, Product, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
New Leadership – New Vision
Jan Estep - President and CEO, NACHA
Remote Deposit Capture, Part One – The Debate
David Peterson - EVP, Goldleaf Financial Solutions
John Leekley - Founder & CEO, RemoteDepositCapture.com
Remote Deposit Capture, Part Two – The Last Word
Tony DaSilva, AAP, CISA – Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2009 Concurrent Sessions
ACH and RDC Legal and Regulatory Check-up
Paul A. Carrubba – Attorney, Adams and Reese, LLP
Controlling ACH Settlement Risk
Beth Broome, AAP – Business Systems Analyst, Fiserv
The Differences Among WEB, TEL, CIE, RCC: Is it Internet Banking or Not?
Fred Laing III, AAP, CCM – President, UMACHA
Dissecting Credit Card Chargebacks
Diana Kern, AAP – Senior Trainer, SHAZAM, Inc
Martha Pascale, AAP – Director of Electronic Banking Services, The Brand Banking Company
eBilling for Everybody: NACHA’s EBIDS Report Card
Mike Taipale - Senior Payment Systems Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
The Evolving Role of the Payments Risk Manager
Paul Henniger – Director of Fraud Solutions, Actimize
The Few, The Proud, The AAPs!
Dominic Plumeri, AAP – Director of Member Services, ALACHA
Global Clearing and Settlement
Gene Neyer – SVP, Product Manager, Fundtech
Steve Wojciechowicz, AAP, CTP – Commercial Manager, SWIFT
Government Payments Case Studies
Lisa Andre, AAP – Supervisory Management Program Analyst, FMS/ Philadelphia Financial Center
Handling Day 2 Exceptions with Image Exchange and RDC
Angie Smith, AAP – Senior Manager of Education Services, ViewPointe, LLC
I Survived September 18!
Laurie Appelbaum, AAP – Member Service & Communication Manager, EPN
Nedelka Bell – Senior Account Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Angela Morris, AAP - ACH/Operations, Appalachian Bancshares, Inc.
“Jump in – The Water’s Fine”
Ellen Heffner – Director, Product Management, ECCHO
Marketing in a Down Market: Selling ACH Services in Today’s Troubled Times
Kevin Moland – VP Product Manager,
Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc.
The Next Generation of RDC – The Small Business Market Heats Up
Bill Phillips – Group President, Enterprise Payment Solutions, Jack Henry & Associates/ProfitStars
The Rules of Risk Management
Mary Gilmeister, AAP – President, WACHA
The Underserved Generation: Attitudes about Banks, Credit & Lending Among Consumers Under Age 35
Greg McCrery - Partner, eCom Advisors
The Ups and Downs of Non-Compliance: Inside the ACH Audit
Pam Rodriguez, AAP, CIA, CISA - SVP, Risk Management, Eastpay
What is SWIFT?
Christian Vega – Commercial Manager, SWIFT
What's Up with the WSUPP? And Other Exception Items...
Sean Carter - Senior Director of Education & Rules Development, NEACH
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2009 Agenda
See a full 2009 agenda. 2010 agenda will be available late spring 2010.
Wednesday, September 23
2:00-5:00 Registration & Exhibitor Set-up
3:00-5:00 Optional Preconference Workshops
5:00-6:00 Welcome Reception
Thursday, September 24
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:15 Opening Remarks & General Session
9:15-9:30 Transition Break
9:30-10:30 Three Concurrent Sessions
10:30-11:00 Networking Break
11:00-12:00 Three Concurrent Sessions
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Three Concurrent Sessions
2:15-2:45 Networking Break
2:45-3:45 Four Concurrent Sessions
3:45-4:00 Transition Break
4:00-5:00 General Session
5:00-6:30 Networking Reception
Friday, September 25
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast/AAP Breakfast (AAP Breakfast by invitation)
8:00-9:30 General Session
9:30-10:00 Networking Break
10:00-11:00 Three Concurrent Sessions
11:00-11:15 Transition Break
11:15-12:15 Three Concurrent Sessions
12:15-1:00 Lunch
12:30-1:30 Closing General Session (during lunch)
1:30-1:45 Conference Wrap-up & Giveaways
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Continuing Education Credits
Sessions have been designed to offer Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) credits. Credit may be available for other professional programs as well. It is the responsibility of the attendee to submit requests for continuing education credits to the appropriate organization.
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Green Statement
In an effort to reduce waste and decrease the use of paper products at the meeting, there will be no paper copies of session presentations or handouts at the event. One week before the conference, you will be provided with a web link to the available presentations. At that time, please review them and print the ones you’d like to have at the conference. The presentations will be available online for 6 months after the event.
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Brochure
Download the 2009 brochure. The 2010 brochure will be available late spring 2010.
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2010 Hotel Information:
Hilton Atlanta Marietta Hotel & Conference Center
Enchanting, Historic, Memorable...From the moment you enter the marble floor lobby with rich mahogany pillars, you will realize you are someplace special. The hotel is approximately 15 miles from the CNN Center, Turner Field and the Coca-Cola Headquarters, as well as 22 miles from Six Flags, and 2 miles from the White Water Theme Park. The appeal of the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel & Conference Center lies not only with its proximity to Atlanta but also in its separation from it. Nestled in the heart of one of Atlanta’s favorite communities, the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel & Conference Center provides an experience tailored to both corporate and leisure travelers.
The conference rate is $149. This rate extends three days prior to the conference dates and three days after. For reservations, please call 1-888-685-2500 or use this webpage. Be sure to mention GACHA Solutions to take advantage of this special rate. Our group code is GAC; you will need this code if you make your reservations online. Please make your reservations early to avoid disappointment.
Hilton Atlanta Marietta Hotel & Conference Center
500 Powder Springs Street
Marietta, GA 30064
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Sponsors/Exhibitors
Download the 2010 GACHA Solutions Vendor Packet.
Download a list of 2009 attendees.
2010 Sponsors/Exhibitors
2009 Sponsors/Exhibitors
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Registration
You may register online on our secure server. Registration confirmation will be emailed within five business days of receipt. For additional information, please call us at
812-339-6374 or email us at gacha@prodev.com.
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About GACHA
GACHA is an innovative electronic payments association whose membership includes over 360 financial institutions and companies. It is our mission to foster use, advancement, and understanding of electronic payments for the benefit of our members and customers. Visit our website at www.gacha.org for more information.
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