TechMecca2010

As President and Founder of “The Growth Leader, Inc.” Jim is a member of FIVE STAR Speakers and the National Speakers Association working with many Fortune 500 global clients and organizations across several industries.

Jim brings over 25 years of marketing leadership passion working for Hallmark and Procter & Gamble, two of America’s iconic companies. Jim’s hands-on leadership experience and consistent track record of utilizing proven techniques effectively has consistently produced winning top line and bottom line results. His teams have consistently ranked in the top five percent of Gallup survey scores of engaged employees at all levels!

Jim was elected by Hallmark’s Board of Directors to the position of Corporate Officer as the Senior Vice-President of Marketing responsible for brand strategy and portfolio management, advertising, promotion, the Hallmark Hall of Fame, market research, Hallmark.com, licensing partnerships, retailer marketing, and customer loyalty programs. Jim and his teams created compelling and innovative marketing initiatives with key partners that consistently produced strong retail results including the Hallmark Gold Crown independent store network, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, Disney, Mattel, Warner Brothers and many others.

Jim' s new book "GROW NOW- 8 Essential Steps to Flex Your Leadership Muscles” was released earlier this year. Jim has made book appearances recently on the Lifetime Radio Network, The Voice Of America, and The Oprah & Friends Radio Network. The book is widely available, including on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.

At the conference Jim will be leading a session entitled Discover New Emotional Connections that Build Customer Loyalty.

Randy Janinda is a Senior Application Security Consultant with SecureWorks. He has over 10 years of experience in application and systems security including designing and developing intrusion prevention devices and conducting malware remediation research. Randy is currently responsible for penetration testing and web application security assessments at Secureworks.

Randy will be leading a session on How To Keep your Web Applications Safe from Cyber Attacks at the conference. 

Beverly joined SWACHA in 1998 and has held every training position in the Education Services Department. Prior to her promotion in 2005 to Director of Education Services, she was responsible for developing and presenting educational seminars to SWACHA’s members via face-to-face seminars as well as via telephone seminars. In her current position, she is responsible for overseeing all of SWACHA’s educational efforts.

Beverly has presented at several national industry conferences as well as numerous regional conferences and she takes an active role in helping members on SWACHA’s Payments Answerline™. Beverly has over 20 years of ACH experience which includes over 13 years “hands on” ACH experience in the Credit Union community. She is currently on several of NACHA’s Rules Workgroups and is also on NACHA’s AAP Blue Ribbon Panel.

She received her AAP (Accredited ACH Professional) designation in 1995 and became re-accredited in 1999 by successfully re-passing the exam. Beverly holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Administrative Management from Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas.

At the conference Beverly will be leading a session on International ACH Transactions: Where are We Now?

Chuk Starrett is a Senior Vice President of FIRST ROI. FIRST ROI is a full-service financial institution marketing partner. Mr. Starrett has been consulting community financial institutions how to compete and win against Mega and Net Banks since 2006. Mr. Starrett has been fortunate to present innovative concepts at industry events and conventions.

We hope you will get to check out Chuk's session at the conference on Capturing Consumers Online.

Matthew C. Davies, AAP, has over eleven years of experience in the electronic payments industry, nine of them as ACH Specialist with the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Dallas. He has also served as a product manager in the bankcard and commercial banking industries.

Mr. Davies earned his Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) status in 2000. He has frequently presented ACH topics for Federal Reserve seminars, and has spoken at industry conferences and seminars such as those sponsored by the Southwestern Automated Clearing House Association (SWACHA) and local chapters of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). He is a co-author of the working paper Nonbanks in the Payments System, published in book form by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 2003.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Davies graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History.

During the conference Matthew will be leading a session on Federal Reserve Bank Payment Update. 

Loras Even is a managing director with the Technology Risk Management Services. He brings more than 28 years of experience in information technology, which includes 11 years of focusing on security. Loras specializes in network security assessments for regulated clients. Loras has directed the security assessment practice for a variety of industries, including financial institutions, health services, manufacturing and government.

Loras began his career in 1981 as a field engineer with a minicomputer firm, where he later became a lead engineer for the eastern Iowa district and served as a project manager for a large Beta PBX test site.

Loras later joined a regional Bell operating company as a technical design consultant to assist customers in designing and implementing a regional WAN. This WAN used a wide range of technologies, including ATM, frame relay and SONET-based services.

At the conference Loras will be leading a session on Merchant Capture Audit.

Kathlyn L. (Lyn) Farrell is the National Director of Risk Management Services for Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions, an Austin-based bank consulting company where she oversees a national Risk Management practice. Lyn is a licensed attorney with 30 years experience in banking. She has been in-house counsel and compliance officer for small and medium-size banks. Her experience also includes working as an attorney in the legal division of GE Capital.

She is the author of numerous publications, including the ABA’s Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance and the Law and Banking and Consumer Lending textbook. She was an original co-author of the ABA’s Compliance Audit Manual. In 2009 she has authored articles on fair lending, flood insurance rule compliance, Truth in Lending changes and enforcement action management for various banking magazines. Her latest article is Tweets & Posts & Blogs: Social Networking Compliance for the September/October 2009 edition of Bank Compliance Magazine. She is a frequent speaker at banking conferences. Lyn received her law degree from the University of Houston and her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University.

During the conference Lyn will be doing a session on Implementing an Effective Risk Management Program for Social Networking Activities.

Jason Marshall serves as the Director of Product Development for the electronic banking business at Harland Financial Solutions. Marshall has direct responsibility for the direction of internet banking, cash management, web hosting, and security product offerings. Marshall is a graduate of Colorado State University.  During the conference Jason will discussing Best Practices in Internet & Mobile Banking Fraud Protection. 

Web applications and online databases can easily be compromised by malicious sources if common prevention systems and detections are not in place.  Randy Janinda, senior application security consultant with SecureWorks, will present “How to Keep your Web Applications Safe from Cyber Attacks” from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., an engaging session that will walk participants through the early warning signs of an electronic invasion through the vulnerabilities that allowed it and concluding with what defenses can be used to prevent future compromises of data. 

With his current responsibilities including website penetration testing and security assessments for SecureWorks, Janinda has his eyes open for what criminals are looking for and will provide his audiences with a play-by-play account of what they can do to make sure the right information does not fall into the wrong hands.

On Jan. 25, Jason Marshall, director of product development for the electronic banking business Harland Financial Solutions, will inform his audiences of the current breakthroughs surrounding what is continuing to be an evolving threat against credit unions: electronic fraud and identity theft.  From 9:15 – 10:15 a.m., Marshall will present “Best Practices in Internet & Mobile Banking Fraud Protection,” a session guaranteed to help guard your credit union against online attacks and other similar fraudulent activity.  Marshall’s experiences with Internet banking, web hosting and security product offerings have given him an edge in recognizing the attempts cyber criminals hope to exploit and after his session, your credit union will be better equipped to counter such attacks.

Credit unions looking to “Rock the Business” with the latest technological updates and trends can do so when the 2010 TechMecca Conference opens its doors this upcoming Jan. 25-26 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.  Across these two days of informative demonstrations and presentations from the industry’s leading experts, audiences will learn about everything from the future technologies surrounding financial institution management to how cyber crimes today can result in substantial trouble tomorrow.