Session 01

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Selecting Stellar Service Providers: Lessons Learned (A)

Mohan Murali, President & CEO - Axletree Solutions
Seth Marlowe, Senior Director | Head of Treasury Product Strategy and Innovation - Synovus

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45pm
Waterway 1

Session Description

“Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.” With an endless array of providers to choose from for every service, how do senior executives choose the right providers for their organizations? How do they ensure that dollars invested in service providers will yield improved efficiency and returns over time? How can they avoid sinking funds into providers that do not deliver the required value, and avoid needing to start again from square one? This session will explore the key considerations senior decision makers should keep in mind when evaluating service providers to augment their business operations. Attendees will hear from Axletree, a financial connectivity service provider, and one of their clients, in order to understand key takeaways from both sides of these critical business engagements. Emphasis will be placed on prioritizing stability, identifying core competencies, and utilizing client referrals to make intelligent choices to meet organizational needs.

How to identify a service provider’s core competency
How to assess whether a service provider will fit the organization’s needs
How to make use of referrals from existing clients

Speaker Information

Mohan Murali is a financial industry veteran with over 35 years of experience working with global financial institutions. He is the founder, President and CEO of Axletree Solutions, a fintech dedicated to transmitting any financial transaction, from any system, to any network, anywhere in the world, on behalf of their global clientele. Mohan is an expert on Swift and banking communications, and he is well-known for his techno-business expertise in financial messaging. As an engineer and Swift-certified expert, his approach to solving business issues with a technical approach has resulted in delivering stable and realistic solutions for his treasury and banking clients. He is also a sought-after speaker whose sessions are educational, to the point, and very well-researched.

Seth Marlowe is a Senior Director and Head of Treasury Product Strategy and Innovation at Synovus. He leads the treasury product management and strategic solutions consulting teams. Prior to joining Synovus, Seth was an SVP and Strategist with Wells Fargo’s Strategic Advisory Group. He provided thought leadership both internally and externally on the full spectrum of treasury management, payments, emerging technology and innovation. He joined Wells Fargo in 2010 and served in a number of roles in Treasury Management Sales and Product Management. Seth has also held treasury, Treasurer, IT and consulting positions at GE, Danone, Praxair, PepsiCo and EY. He widely known in the industry as “The Treasury Whisperer” and appears frequently as a speaker and panelist at conferences and on webinars for his thought leadership around treasury management, payments, and treasury technology. Seth is also a Vice President and immediate past President of TMANY, the Treasury Management Association of New York. He participates on various bank advisory councils including for Deluxe and Superior. He holds CTP and APPSC accreditations. Seth has a BA in Mathematics from Binghamton University and an MBA/MIS from the University at Albany. He is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Purchasing Card – Treasury Impact on a Company’s Working Capital (I) (G)

Ashlee Horlacher - Curry, SVP, Corporate Payment Solutions Sales Manager - BOK Financial
Chris Zieber SVP, Director - Corporate Payment Solutions BOK Financial
Mark Aquilina, SVP, B2B Solutions - Mastercard

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waterway 4

Session Description

Working Capital represents the funds a company has to cover its operational expenses, such as inventory, payroll and other short-term obligations. There are several treasury components of working capital a company will think about. These areas include cash management, financial processes, liquidity, financial risk management, and access to capital. It is proven that when clients prioritize working capital management it leads to better overall company performance. Companies are generally satisfied with their approach to working capital management, but many are missing opportunities to improve. A positive working capital indicates that a company has enough short-term asset liquidity to cover its short-term debts and invest in its operations. Negative working capital might suggest that a company could have trouble meeting its financial obligations and may need to secure additional financing or take steps to improve cash flow. Effective working capital management involves managing inventories, accounts receivable and payable, and cash to ensure a company can continue its operations and meet its short-term debts and upcoming operational expenses. Good management ensures that a company always has sufficient cash flow to handle its short-term commitments and invest in growth opportunities. Purchasing cards can have an impact on a company’s working capital in several ways: 1. Improved Cash Flow Management 2. Reduced Processing Costs 3. Enhanced Spend Visibility and Control 4. Simplified Reconciliation Processes 5. Earn Rebates and Rewards 6. Inventory Management 7. Expense Deferment

Attendees will learn that there are multiple ways to identify working capital opportunities within each conversation you have with a client.
Conversation starters are top of mind when looking at proposing purchasing cards as a solution.
How to improve working capital strategies for all companies, regardless of size.

Speaker Information

Ashlee Horlacher - Curry is a BOK Financial Corporate Payment Sales Manager. Ashlee’s main objective for both corporate and commercial business is to provide guidance on how managing your working capital will aide in shrinking your cash conversion cycle. As BOK Financial has on boarded it’s very own corporate card program, we continue to see the opportunity to grow procurement through automation and efficiencies, improving reporting and controls, and finally by increasing rebate potential for return on your accounts payable.

Chris Zieber is a top senior manager responsible for Corporate Payment Solutions for BOK Financial. A 28-year veteran in the banking and financial services industry; including Treasury Services, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, International Banking and Corporate Payments. Mr. Zieber joined BOK Financial in June 2008 from JP Morgan where he was a top performer who achieved 100% of annual sales goals every performance year. He leads teams dedicated to delivering exceptional service and financial solutions comprised of treasury services and corporate payment solutions to clients both public and private ranging from $10 million to several billion in annual revenue. Since joining BOK Financial as manager of the Houston Treasury Services group, Mr. Zieber assumed additional responsibilities in June 2010 as manager of International Banking and in January 2014 Manager of Corporate Payment Solutions. Mr. Zieber holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston and is an active member of the Greater Houston community and a strong proponent of the annual United Way employee campaign. He currently is a member of Association for Financial Professionals, Greater Houston Partnership and sits on the Partner Advisory Council for Mastercard.

As Senior Vice President of B2B Solutions for Mastercard, Mark Aquilina leads commercial product teams—representing commercial interchange, card and non-card network solutions, new payment flows, and supply chain finance—across North America. Prior to joining Mastercard, Mark has led the global product organization for WEX Corporate Payments, Program (P&L) Management teams for U.S. Bank and was one of the original founders of the Voyager Fleet Card network. Based in Denver, CO, Mark has over 25 years of commercial payments experience, managing issuing and acquiring products in both open and closed loop environments, and holds multiple payments- space technology patents. In his spare time, Mark enjoys spending time with family and friends. He also serves on the board of Kantorei, one of America’s premiere choral arts organizations, with a focus on bringing music education to underserved communities across the globe.

Evolving treasury needs and perspectives across the energy sector value chain (I)

Katie Wilson, Managing Director, Sales - Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking
Kelly Valerio, Treasury Advisor - EOG Resources
Meredith Bromley, Director of Treasury - Southern Company
Angela Wong, Head of Treasury - Sunrun

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waterway 5

Session Description

The energy industry is rapidly changing. Companies are consolidating, the geopolitical environment is evolving and there is a shift in focus towards green energy. This panel will explore how natural resource and energy corporates leverage technology to transform their treasuries to keep up with the rapid pace of industry change. Panelists will discuss how these changes, both to the industry and technology, impact their considerations of ERP/TMS solutions and how they manage liquidity and payments.

How energy companies in Texas are approaching technological treasury transformation
Panelists views on if they see rapid industry change as a threat or new way to operate
Top considerations for choosing ERP/TMS in a rapidly changing world

Speaker Information

Katie Wilson joined Goldman Sachs TxB in 2020, and was named Managing Director in 2023. Based in New York, she leads TxB coverage of Natural Resources, Healthcare and Real Estate Corporations. Prior to joining, Katie spent over 12 years at J.P. Morgan in London and New York, most recently serving as Head of Multinational Corporate Treasury Services Sales for North America. She previously served as Treasury Services coverage of European and Middle East Banks and Broker Dealers, provided coverage to UK and Irish headquartered Corporate Clients in the TMT and CRH sectors and spent time as an International Commercial Card Product Sales Specialist. Prior to this, Katie worked in Audit with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK. Katie holds a Bachelors of Arts in Politics, Economics & Business from the University of Durham in the UK and completed accounting examinations with ICAS (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)

Kelly Valerio is a Treasury Advisor in the Finance department at EOG Resources. She has been with EOG since 2015 and focuses on investing, daily operations, reporting and special projects. Before joining EOG, Kelly spent eight years in banking, first completing a formal credit training program then settling in Treasury Management, supporting the Non-Profit and Public Funds portfolios. She eventually moved to manage the bank’s Energy portfolio, which led her to pursue a Treasury practitioner role in the energy industry. Kelly received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas A&M University in College Station and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).

Prior to her current role, Meredith Bromley was the Assistant Corporate Secretary of Southern Company working directly with the Southern Company Board of Directors, various system company boards and Southern Company Management Council. Her responsibilities were the coordination of board meetings and materials, communications with directors, ESG investor relations and regulatory filings. Meredith began her career with the Southern Company system at Gulf Power Company in 2001. She held various positions of increasing responsibilities in Financial Planning organizations across Southern Company and moved to Treasury in 2010 as the Capital Markets Manager for Southern Company, managing $25 billion of debt and preferred portfolios of Southern Company and its major subsidiaries.

Angela Wong is the Head of Treasury at Sunrun Inc, the largest residential solar company in the US. She has more than 10 years of experience in solar, helping the company grow from a startup to a multibillion-dollar publicly traded company. Prior to Sunrun, Angela worked at the US Department of Treasury in Washington DC. In total, she has almost 20 years of treasury and cash management experience.

Regulatory, Rate and Regime Changes: A Perfect Storm for Liquidity Investors? (I)

Jeff Jones, CFO- Twisted X
Wes Rager, Portfolio Manager- Invesco
Brittany O’Shea, Executive Director, Head of Liquidity, Pricing and Receivables Product Management - Texas Capital

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waterway 6

Session Description

2024 is shaping up to be another uniquely challenging year for cash investors. In this session, Brittany O’Shea will moderate a panel of specialists from the Treasury, banking and asset management industries to explore how Treasury professionals anticipate pivoting—or not pivoting—in response to regulatory, rate and administration changes.

Regulatory changes: As the implementation of money fund reform progresses, what’s the prognosis from practitioners?
Rate changes: With the Fed’s shifts from raising interest rates to a potentially falling rate environment, what changes will practitioners foresee making in their debt allocations?
Regime changes: The 2024 Presidential Election is looming large in the minds of many Americans. What role will the election play in liquidity decision-making?

Speaker Information

Jeff Jones, CFO of Twisted X since 2015, currently leads accounting/finance, logistics, HR and customer service teams. Previously, his roles have included key account sales rep, controller and CFO leading diverse areas including IT, GM/retail, marketing, and fulfillment, just to name a few. Jones believes a holistic view of business is the best way to help his teams and business succeed. Jones has a BBA in Accounting and a MA in Conflict Management/Resolution. He was recently honored as a Dallas Business Journal CFO of the Year in 2022. Jones is married with 6 kids (5 married) and 3 grandchildren (+1 a new grandchild coming in March 2024). Additionally, Jones is a speaker and a writer on topics that include leadership development and management, team building, conflict resolution, peacemaking and time management.

Wes Rager is a portfolio manager for the global liquidity team at Invesco. In this role, he is responsible for all cash management products, including institutional, retail and offshore money funds, as well as private accounts. Rager joined Invesco in 2010 in the Financial Planning & Analysis division, where he was a senior financial analyst. He assumed his current position in 2014. Before joining Invesco, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for six years. Rager earned a BS in Accounting and Finance from Indiana University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Brittany O’Shea is the Head of Liquidity, Pricing and Receivables Product Management at Texas Capital. O’Shea has 15+ years global treasury management experience and has been at Texas Capital for the past five years. Prior to joining Texas Capital, she was at JP Morgan in global liquidity solutions and Bank of America in payments and receivables product management. O’Shea began her career working for LaBranche & Co on the New York Stock Exchange and working in the White House during the George W. Bush administration. O’Shea has earned a BA in Public Policy and Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. She an active member of Movember, AFP mentor and participates in several organizations within her community. O’Shea is married with two children, ages 8 and 6.

Unlocking the Data Scientist Within: How Treasurers Are Leveraging AI (I) (G)

JaeSon Kim, VP of Sales, Mid-Market - HighRadius
Blain Carnprobst, Senior VP - Receivables Product Advisor - PNC Bank

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waterway 8

Session Description

Traditionally, treasury has been seen as a department solely responsible for cash management and liquidity. However, the reality is that the modern treasury encompasses a far broader scope. Treasurers now play an increasingly critical role in managing a company’s financial operations, ensuring liquidity, mitigating risks, and optimizing cash flow. Join this session with Amitav, Vice President at HighRadius, to discuss how treasurers need to evolve their role from number crunchers to strategic money managers in order to unleash the full potential of their organization’s treasury function.

Learn how AI and automation are changing the nature of work within Treasury and finance teams, for better and worse
Understand how tenured leaders are adapting to the expectations and capabilities of treasury technology systems

Speaker Information

JaeSon Kim is currently the Vice President, Mid-Market Sales at HighRadius. He is an accomplished and highly analytical executive professional with 20 + years of experience in implementing various financial software, including software in receivables, payables, tax, and treasury in both North America and APAC regions. He graduated from Brown University and Stanford University and started his career as a financial applications developer at Oracle.

Blaine Carnprobst is the Receivables Product Advisor in the Treasury Solutions Group (TSG) within PNC Treasury Management. Blaine partners with PNC Product Management, Operations and Sales to represent a robust set of receivables services that comprise PNC's Integrated Receivables Suite. These services include PNC's award winning Integrated Receivables Portal, which includes Lockbox, ACH, Wire, EDI and Card payments with remittance details and images. The suite also provides superb exception management tools and receivables matching services. Blaine joined PNC in April 2017 after more than 30 years of supporting treasury services through operations, product management and business strategy at two other financial institutions. Blaine's product experiences have included Retail and Wholesale Lockbox, Remote Deposit Capture, Merchant Services, ACH, Smart Safes and Check Services. Blaine is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), has a bachelor's degree in accounting and holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh

Tech Transformation Triumph: Unveiling Strategies for Reducing Treasury Costs (A) (E) (G)

Steve Bernstein, Executive Director - J.P. Morgan
Shawna Coberly-Krepps, Executive Director Cash Management - Valero Energy Corporation

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waterway 7

Session Description

Hear from Oswaldo Ramirez, who formerly worked at HP, to understand how he developed a plan to leverage new technology and staffing levels to make significant advances at Baylor College of Medicine – including objections, influencing, and more.

Executive Track Sponsored by J.P. Morgan

Speaker Information

Steve Bernstein, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, has been with the Bank since 1984. Steve Heads North America Core Payments Business Development for the Firm. Steve supports the firm’s strategic U.S. and global payment initiatives, and is accountable for client engagement, product development, planning and execution, along with liaising with other Product and Sales personnel to craft solutions for J.P. Morgan clients. With over 39 years of banking experience, Steve has subject matter expertise on ACH, Real time Payments, Trust and Safety, Funds Transfer, FXACH, Global ACH, and various Disbursement and Receivable product sets. Steve is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. 1979, MFA '81) and resides in Tampa, FL.

Shawna Coberly-Krepps is the Executive Director of Cash Management at Valero Energy Corporation and has over 30 years of combined banking and Cash Management experience. She currently oversees the global cash operations for Valero for the US, IK, Ireland, Canada, Mexico and Peru. Her team centrally manages all outgoing payments, receivable applications, bank account opening processes, bank account verifications and daily bank reconciliations from San Antonio. Shawna is passionate about promoting the development of concepts and techniques and best practices in Cash Management as well as increasing recognition of the finance profession within our community including emerging leaders in finance. She has been a member of the San Antonio Association for Financial Professionals for over twenty years and has served on the board since 2005 holding several board positions including past president. She is currently serving a ten-year term on the Alliance for Texas Treasury Associations and was San Antonio’s Virtual TEXPO Treasury Conference Chair in 2020 and has will serve as TEXPO Chair in 2025. Shawna also actively volunteers and supports a wide range of nonprofit organizations throughout San Antonio including Habitat for Humanity, Haven for Hope, Food Bank, Women’s Leadership Council (WLC), Benefit for Children and she is a United Way Tocqueville Society contributor. She is currently on the board for Junior Achievement, serves on the mentorship and entertainment committees for Women United and has served on the Financial Review committee for Impact San Antonio. Shawna has presented nationally for over a decade on cash management related topics including cybercrime and fraud, development and best practices in cash management, bank relationship management, thought leadership and general cash management for the Energy Industry. Shawna graduated from St. Mary’s University with a BBA in Corporate Finance and Risk Management. Shawna has a 16-year-old daughter, a 20-year-old son and a 10-year-old dog. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling the world, scuba diving, golfing, shopping, camping, amusement parks, family game nights, watching Marvel and DC movies, attending Comic-Con and spending quality time with her children.

AI For Treasury: The Good, The Bad, and The Scary (I) (G)

CTP – Session 1 – Mastering CTP (ETM7) Materials (B)

Dubos Masson, Ph.D, CTP, CertICM, President, The Treasury Academy
Raymond Vines, CTP - Part Time Treasurer, Treasury Consultant, Trainer - Turningpoint Communications

Monday, April 15th
9:45am - 10:45am
Montgomery A&B

Session Description

Chapter 10: Introduction to Working Capital Management
Chapter 11: Working Capital Metrics

Speaker Information

D.J. Masson, Ph.D., is President of The Treasury Academy, a training and consulting firm specializing in treasury management, international finance, business forecasting, and risk management. Over the past 25 years, D.J. has provided business and financial consulting and training services to a wide variety of corporations, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Finance at Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business and is a trainer and curriculum developer for programs with Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), GT News and Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) in the U.K, and Citibank’s Global Transactions Services unit. D.J. has extensive experience in developing curriculum for a wide range of teaching and training environments, both residential and on-line. He has developed classes and taught at all levels of higher education: undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and in-house, custom-designed courses. D.J. has worked with professional associations to develop workshop, training materials, and certification programs in the areas of Treasury Management, Credit Management, Global Cash Management, Financial Forecasting, Commercial Banking, and Risk Management. D. J.’s educational background includes a B.A. in Business from the University of New Orleans and an MBA and Ph.D. in Finance from Indiana University. D.J. earned his Certified Cash Manager (CCM/CTP) credential in 1988. D.J. also earned the Cert ICM, an international cash management certification, from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) in the UK in 1999.

Ray Vines brings 30 years of corporate treasury experience (and honesty) to bear for Turningpoint Communications’ treasury management sales trainees, customers, customers’ clients and other key constituents as the “voice of the client” for programs, documentation and high-touch client experiences. Ray is also an instructor for the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), Treasury Learning System instructor-led courses, educating hundreds of prospective CTP candidates each spring and fall for Rice University and the University of Texas. Formerly, Ray served as Director of Treasury for Dean Foods in Dallas for seven years, where he was responsible for leading treasury operations and his team, managing internal and external relationships and continuous process improvement. Prior to Dean Foods, Ray spent 20 years at RadioShack as Director of Treasury Operations. Ray is an active participant in enhancing the role of treasury management as an industry and career through his participation on industry roundtables and his leadership of the Dallas AFP, including his role as past president of the . Ray co-chaired the award-winning TEXPO conference in Dallas in 2018, leading all technological, marketing and communications aspects of the conference and is a key member of the content team for #DallasTEXPO2023. Ray holds a B.S. in Finance and MS in Accounting from the University of Texas and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). Ray is also a WSET Level 3 Advanced (Wine & Spirits Education Trust) Wine and Spirits Certified instructor, and customizes courses in wine/spirits etiquette for financial audiences and executives.

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