Speaker Information

Jordan Bennett

Jordan Bennett has been with Nacha since 2016 and is Senior Director, ACH Network Risk Management. His focus is with understanding Third-Party Senders and the benefits they bring to the system as well as mitigating any risk associated with this business model. Jordan runs the Nacha Certified program, which encourages Third-Party Senders to know and understand their risk management responsibilities in the ACH Network and promotes Third-Party Senders with strong risk management practices. Jordan is also the staff liaison for Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group. The Group works with Nacha staff and key industry stakeholders to produce sound business practices, business cases for rules proposals, Board Policy Statements, tools, white papers and other communications vehicles, and to collaborate and coordinate with payments professionals across payments channels. Prior to Nacha, Jordan worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in FedACH and in Credit and Risk Management.

Jennifer Brock

Monique Canty

Paul Carruba

Memrie Fortenberry

Mary Gilmeister

Jorge Jimenez

Jorge Jimenez is Chairman of both Juniper Payments LLC and Global Fintech Forum LLC, which collaborate on domestic and international payments to 3500 financial institutions.

He received a master’s in business administration in 2001 from a joint program between the London School of Economics and Bocconi University of Milan. That same year, Jorge joined the operational arm of the Italian Central Bank, SIA Group, where he was first Project Director for the new European Clearing House in support of the newly introduced Euro (STEP2) and later in charge of developing the national payment infrastructure for Central Banks in Latin America and Africa. Jorge has worked with governments and Central Banks in over 50 countries, including the Federal Reserve where he was Product Development Director for their International ACH solution.

Throughout his 20-year career in payment systems, Jorge has helped change conventional wisdom on payments by helping financial institutions capitalize on the latest payment innovations while implementing new payment infrastructures for entire countries.

He is currently advising the Office of Technical Assistance of the U.S. Treasury on foreign policy as it relates to Payment Systems, and Financial Inclusion, pursuing a PhD in Economics from UNED University in Madrid and is the proud recipient of the 2019 Rich Oliver Leadership in Payments Award.

Scott Jones

Scott is a partner on the Financial Services Team at Adams and Reese LLP and is licensed in DC, TN and MS. He works with financial institutions throughout the United States on payment systems, payments fraud, and bank operations, including treasury management services, wire transfers, ACH transactions, online banking, mobile banking, and emerging payment systems. He began his practice as a litigator and has over 15 years of experience advising clients on risk-minimization and best practices for avoiding litigation. Scott regularly speaks on payments-related issues across the United States.

Nanci McKenzie, Juris Masters Financial Regulation & Compliance, AAP, APRP

Nanci has been the EVP, Compliance and Product Strategy at Affirmative Technologies since September 2020.  Nanci has over 36-years’ experience in banks and credit unions including 22-years in banking compliance and operations as Deposit Operations Supervisor, Teller Supervisor, Training Coordinator, OFAC Officer, and ACH Auditor. Nanci spent five years in financial technology as a Deposit Implementations Analyst for Finastra (fka D + H, USA) and Training Specialist on the Phoenix core processing platform. Before joining Affirmative Technologies, Nanci worked four years as Vice President, Payments Consulting at ePayResources. While at ePayResources, Nanci performed audits and risk assessments on electronic payment channels including ACH, remote deposit capture, and wire transfer. Additionally, Nanci provided customized consulting engagements to financial institutions including but not limited; payments strategy, electronic compliance review, treasury management, and faster payments and real-time payments planning and implementation.

Currently, Nanci works with Affirmative clients to determine compliant solutions for managing and monitoring risks within their payment service channels. Regardless of the topics within operational efficiencies, risk mitigation, regulatory issues, payments strategy, or data analysis, Nanci will work with clients to ensure they have the necessary information and education to make sound business decisions.   

Nanci holds a Juris Master’s degree in Financial Regulation and Compliance from Florida State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Management from Seminole State College, Sanford, FL. She became an Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) in 2004 and became an Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) in 2018. Nanci is currently pursuing a Master of Legal Studies (MLS) at Drexel University.

Mary Ann Miller

Kevin Miyamoto

Kevin Miyamoto is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Identifee, responsible for all operational and administrative procedures. Prior to working at Identifee, Kevin worked at Corporate Executive Board (now part of Gartner), and spent a number of years working in multiple roles in Wells Fargo’s Payments, Virtual Solutions, and Innovations Team. Most recently, Kevin was the Business Manager in Wells Fargo’s Sponsorship Team, managing over $850B of payment volume.

Kevin received his bachelors in communication from Denison University.

Kevin Moland

Kevin Moland is a Senior Advisory Product Strategist for the Payments Strategy team at Jack Henry, where he brings to bear four decades of experience working with financial institutions and financial services providers. Kevin has been a key player in the digital services revolution, providing product direction and design oversight for some of the nation’s premier banking and payments companies. He is a featured presenter at conferences and industry events and has served as an adjunct faculty member for several prominent banking schools. His informal style and keen story-telling skills make him a sought-after speaker, teacher, and host.

Kevin Olsen

Kevin Olsen is the Senior Vice President, Innovation & Strategy at Pidgin. Kevin, also known as the Payments Professor, has been working in the payments industry since the late 1990s. Kevin received a BS in Technical Studies from Valdosta State University.

Patsy Parkin

Debbie Smart

Angie Smith

Tim Thorson

Mike Timoney

Mike Timoney is Vice President of Secure Payments for Payments Improvement within Federal Reserve Financial Services. Mike has responsibility to understand the payments and fraud landscape and identify areas where security must be improved. Mike is responsible to design, develop, and implement key elements of the Fed’s Payment Improvement strategy for payment security including improving fraud data, researching security and fraud trends, and evaluating emerging security and fraud technologies. He identifies and contributes to opportunities for collaboration with the payments industry to improve overall payments security. Mike has had multiple roles during his career including treasury fraud, global card and comprehensive payables fraud, commercial and corporate treasury fraud, electronic payments, and program and portfolio management. Mike is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).