Session 03

• Audrey Lokker, Senior Director - Redbridge Debt and Treasury Advisory
• Jim Gilligan, Senior Vice President - MFR Securities

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 1

Session Description

Bankers are navigating rising rates, regulatory pressure, recent bank failures, macroeconomic uncertainty, and career ambiguity. What will be the financial impact to business stability and growth? What do you need to know about how banks manage and value relationships? Learn how to properly evaluate and manage bank relationships in the midst of constant change and external shocks.

• Understand the impact of interest rate increases and deposit flight to the banks
• Learn how to improve bank relationships and understand regulatory pressure on banks
• Improve your communication with your bank
• Understand risks to liquidity if banks further constrain lending

Speaker Information

Audrey Lokker is a Senior Director at Redbridge Debt and Treasury Advisory, a leading financial management partner to corporations around the globe. Redbridge DTA assists companies in their development throughout the world by providing support for all their financing and treasury projects. Audrey has over 25 years of experience in the U.S. debt capital markets, with experience in CDOs, asset-based lending, large corporate lending and middle market/sponsor finance. She spent 11 years at JP Morgan Chase and has spent time at a large international bank and a regional bank on both the credit underwriting and relationship management teams. She has deep expertise in the way banks view the value of relationships and credit risk and has covered a wide variety of transactions from simple revolvers to complex multi-tier structures. Audrey earned her BA in economics from Trinity University and her MBA from Texas A&M University.

Jim Gilligan is a legend among treasurers. After 38 years in treasury at Evergy, Jim now helps his peers incorporate DEI into their capital markets and has seen the importance of share of wallet and RAROC from the side of MFR Securities. Jim served on the AFP National board for 8 years and numerous committees for over more than 30. He has helped form the body of knowledge for Treasury and substantially grew the Kansas City Treasury Management Association since the 1980s. As we celebrate treasury legends, as an avid supporter of treasury over the years and a big driver of both the national and regional associations, Jim is excited to come to TEXPO 2024!

• Joseph Sarkisian, DenSecure by Wolf & Company

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 3

Session Description

The latest statistics are in: a business email compromise costs an organization, on average, $1.03 million for the costliest attacks, and is growing.

While multi-factor authentication, stronger password requirements, automated password protection tools, increased security awareness, and other factors have increased our ability to protect the business, the arms race between the proverbial “red” vs “blue” team is ever evolving. These controls take a huge amount of attack surface off the field, but novel ways around them and new ways altogether are constantly being researched and used in the real world.

Come and learn about these new approaches that both we as security testers and the real bad guys are using to breach organizations and invade their privacy.

Learning Objectives:

• Why MFA is not a set and forget control
• Why your email security solution is not a set and forget control
• Why your MS Teams configuration is not secure by default
• How Microsoft exposes insecure features when you setup your Azure/M365 tenant
• How OneNote malware is the new Office Macro attack
• The lesser known “dual use” products that Microsoft 365 exposes for attackers to use against you
• How a successful phishing attack is often only a phone call away
• How to protect you organization from these vulnerabilities
• Much more!

Speaker Information

• Sara Flour, Director, Institutional Liquidity Sales - RBC Global Asset Management
• Kim Kelly-Lippert, CTP, Treasury Manager - American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
• Mehul Rupani, Senior Treasury Manager - Celonis, Inc.

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 4

Session Description

While corporate cash balances are reaching all-time highs, compelling short-term interest rates and ongoing investment risks require disciplined investment strategies. This session will compare short- term investment options available to treasury organizations and review best practices on managing the three pillars of investments: safety, liquidity, and yield. Learn how treasury teams are developing comprehensive investment policy statements, executing their investment strategy, and evaluating their results.

Participants will learn about the risk and return profile of the variety of investments currently available for cash investments, and how Treasury teams develop a disciplined approach to implementing and monitoring their investment strategy.

Speaker Information

Sara Flour is Director, Institutional Liquidity Sales for RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. In that capacity, she builds relationships and specializes in designing liquidity management investment solutions for institutional investors. Sara joined RBC GAM in 2021, bringing to the organization a deep background across institutional asset management, commercial banking, and treasury management solutions from her prior career at two major European banking groups. She has worked in the financial industry since 1994. She is a Certified Treasury Professional with the Association for Financial Professionals and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses. Sara attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a BA in Psychology.

Kim Kelly-Lippert has extensive knowledge and experience in Cash Management and Treasury Operations. Kim has been in Treasury Operations for over 30 years.  Kim spent the first part of her career at a Subsidiary of Edison International, and has continued her career for the last 9 years with Treasury Management with American Honda Motor Co., Inc.   Her key experience lies in managing the end-to-end process of cash management activity and managing investment portfolios for billion dollar corporations. At American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Kim currently leads the operational and strategic treasury functions, manages banking relationships and directs the short-term investment portfolio where cash is invested extensively in both Money Market Funds and Direct Investments.

Mehul Rupani is currently a Senior Treasury Manager at Celonis, focusing on cash investments. Prior to Celonis he spent 1.5 years working at eBay on their Treasury Cash Management team based in Austin, TX. Previous to eBay, Mehul spent 4 years at Uber on their Treasury team. Mehul was part of the founding Treasury team at Uber and specialized in U.S/Canada cash operations including daily liquidity management, investments, payment operations, and special projects including Uber's IPO in 2019. Mehul attended the University of California, Davis and graduated with a BA in Economics. Mehul is currently based in Austin, TX.

• Sandra Carter, Senior Consultant, Kyriba Saas Treasury - Elire

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 5

Session Description

“Working Capital” continues to be an industry buzz word – but what does it mean for you and your organization? Join this session for an overview of working capital key facets, strategies, and considerations that the modern treasurer needs to know. Dive into the working capital process, types, cycle, and how to effectively manage & reduce your working capital cycle.

• A thorough understanding of working capital and its importance to the organization
• Insight into industry standards for working capital
• Framework to apply working capital principles and considerations to your organization

Speaker Information

Sandra Carter is a Senior Consultant at Elire with 20 Years of Corporate and Consulting Treasury Expertise. She is highly skilled in teaching and knowledge transfer of key treasury and TMS principles, and is a certified Kyriba Implementation specialist with expertise in Core Data, Deal Capture, Cash Management, and Forecasting.

• Paul Tormey, Vice President - Independent Financial
• Amy Taylor, Vice President - Androscoggin Bank

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 6

Session Description

This session seeks to eliminate the noise and waste of Banking RFPs, and thereby help obtain better results. From when (and when not) to RFP, to setting proper expectations, to sharpening the focus on what matters (and how technology has impacted what matters), participants will shed anxiety by realizing the banking RFP can be, if not a breeze, at least not a tornado of complication.

• Understand when the RFP is actually necessary and some alternatives when it isn’t
• Understand how to “tell not ask” to receive consistent, relevant, easy to compare feedback
• Understand how to craft the process to make it work better and faster with fewer people

Speaker Information

With over 20 years of Treasury Management experience with clients (and banks) of all sizes and kinds, Paul Tormey has responded to more than few RFPs, as well as helped many organizations craft them (and in many cases helped them avoid crafting them). Currently he’s a Vice President and Treasury Solutions Officer for McKinney-Based Independent Financial. He holds the CTP credential from the AFP.

Amy Taylor is a seasoned Treasury Management professional, with extensive history in both sales and product management for both banking and fintech organizations large and small. She has written and received more RFPs than she can count. Currently she works in Treasury Management for Androscoggin Bank, a community bank, servicing commercial clients in the greater-Portland, Maine area.

• Lori Tenney, JPM
• Jordan Timberlake, Memorial Hermann Health System
• Lisa Bromiley, Cemvita
• Suzanne Hall, Leggett & Platt
• Julie Mingus, Senior Director of Treasury Operations - Cinemark

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 7

Session Description

A panel of 3 women leaders to discuss balancing work, life, parenthood, and other dynamics post pandemic – giving refreshed perspective on how their roles have adapted in the past 18 mos.

Executive Track Sponsored by J.P. Morgan

Speaker Information

Lori Tenney leads the Southwest Treasury Sales Team for JP Morgan’s Technology and Disruptive Commerce segment. Lori’s team sells banking and treasury services to tech companies – start-ups through IPO – fintechs and third party payments companies across 10 states. Lori has spent the last decade in treasury sales and has been in banking for over 18 years. Lori Tenney holds a degree in Finance from the University of Utah. Lori is a Utah native and is obsessed with the mountains. She is married and has 3 sons, including identical twins, and 1 daughter. Outside of family activities, Lori serves in a church leadership position, loves travel and girls trips. She is passionate about mental health and received her life coach certification in 2020. She uses her skills to coach herself, her team and anyone else who is interested.

Lisa Bromiley was appointed the Chief Financial Officer of Cemvita in December 2023 to lead all accounting and financial management of the company.  Prior to Cemvita, Mrs. Bromiley had two decades of energy and commodity-related finance experience, both as a chief financial officer and a public company director.   During her career she facilitated the growth of Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK : NYSE) to a market capitalization of $1 billion and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG : NYSE) to a market capitalization of $4 billion.  Mrs. Bromiley has extensive capital market, mergers and acquisitions, and turnaround experience in the public and private sectors.  She started her career in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers and subsequently advanced to the chief financial officer position for multiple companies in the energy, oilfield service, biomass, and metals industries.  Mrs. Bromiley holds a Master of Professional Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant.

In her current position as Assistant Treasurer at Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a diversified manufacturer, Suzanne Hall is currently responsible for investments, cash management, supervision of bank relationships and services, as well as leading the shared services initiatives for the organization. She has worked for Leggett & Platt for the past 30 years and held many positions within the company. She holds a BS in Finance and Accounting and is certified in Six Sigma. Suzanne serves on several different committees within her organization including Cyber Security, Business Continuity Steering committee, I D & E community engagement pillar, PCI oversight, United Way liaison and most recently, as the Co-Lead for the Women’s ERG group for the global company. She has been married to her husband, Rick, for 39 years and has one daughter, Chelsey. She has served on various non-profit boards in her community, currently serving as the Vice President of the United Way as well as President of Jasper County CASA.

Julie joined Cinemark in March 2017 as Director Treasury Operations with responsibility for creating a Treasury Operations team to support domestic and international Treasury. Julie has over 25 years of Corporate Treasury experience with a strong focus on retail and DSD environments in both domestic and international markets. The scope of Treasury work also focuses on corporate payables and P-Card, travel and entertainment processes and Continuous Improvement roles. Prior to joining Cinemark Julie held various positions within Corporate Treasury Operations with Blockbuster Inc., PrimceCo PCS , Tandy Corporation , Dean Foods and MoneyGram International. Julie holds a BS in Finance and Economics from Texas Wesleyan University.

• Tony Clark, Key Accounts Manager - Swift
• Therese Morgan, VP, International Advisor - PNC Bank
• Michael Valmidiano, National Manager, Accounting Solutions - Toyota Financial Services Corporation

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 8

Session Description

There’s a new language in payments and it’s ISO 20022. ISO 20022 is an international standard for exchanging electronic messages between institutions. During this session, you will learn the basics about ISO 20022, how it compares to other payment messages, and benefits it can bring your institution. With the number of financial institutions, market infrastructures, and corporates adopting ISO 20022 ever increasing, it’s important the community is aware of the changes to ensure an interoperable and harmonious financial ecosystem.

• Better understand the basics and benefits of ISO 20022.

Technology Track Sponsored by HighRadius

Speaker Information

Tony Clark is a Key Account Manager, managing some of the largest Corporates on the Swift network. Prior to his current position, he held multiple account management roles overseeing banking and securities relationships. He focuses on customer’s technology and treasury needs, while aligning customers on industry and Swift initiative, and driving the Corporate voice with Swift. Swift is a worldwide community of financial institutions whose purpose is to be the leader in communications solutions enabling interoperability between its members, their market infrastructures, and their end- user community. Prior to his time at Swift, Tony worked in Customer Success in multiple different technology companies. Tony attended The New School in New York City majoring in Philosophy and received his MBA from Montclair State University.

Therese Morgan is Vice President on PNC’s International Advisory Team. The Advisory Team provides treasury best practice recommendations to help our clients optimize their payables, receivables, and information reporting processes. In this role, she works with clients to provide solutions for International Treasury Management and Trade Services. Therese has 25+ years of professional experience, with a track record in understanding client needs and providing solutions for automation and streamlining payments and receivables processes. Previously, Therese worked for HSBC as a Senior Implementation/Solutioning Team Coach. Her additional experience includes Treasury Management Operations, Product Management and Client Experience. Therese attended the University of Cincinnati majoring in Computer Science and is SWIFT for Corporates certified

Michael Valmidiano has held various corporate accounting and finance business positions in his career and has most of his career implementing, integrating, and administering Accounting, Finance, and Treasury systems. He implemented the current Treasury Management System at Toyota Financial Services and was responsible for the building of the related support team. He has current product responsibility for Treasury applications including road mapping the path to modern payment standards. He is also one of the leaders in the finance transformation journey of accounting and finance at Toyota Financial Services.

• Mike Richards, CEO & Founder - The Treasury Recruitment Company
• Tamara Saront-Eisner, Treasurer and VP M&A, Americas Hub - Air Liquide
• Fred Schacknies, Vice President, Treasurer - TechnipFMC

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Montgomery C

Session Description

Mike Richards, CEO of The Treasury Recruitment Company has hosted a weekly Treasury Career Corner Podcast ever since 2018 where he interviews Treasurers about their treasury careers. In this LIVE version of the podcast Mike hosts a fireside relaxed chat style session where he interviews two leading Global Treasurers about how they achieved their career success, the challenges they’ve faced and overcome, and he talks to them about where they see the treasury profession going to next. As a Treasury Recruiter with over 25 years treasury recruitment expertise Mike has become used to asking the questions treasury professionals want to know about how they too can achieve their career goals – join him as he shares their amazing stories.

In this session, delegates get to hear the career highs and lows for two leading treasury professionals and get real practical advice they can use to enhance their career prospects. What career goals/plans did they set for themselves? How important do they consider treasury qualifications to be in relation to their careers?

We discuss / explore other areas such as; – Their careers to date, how they discovered treasury and how you got to where they are now? – What advice would they give to other treasury professionals? – Mistakes they have made along the way and what you can do to avoid them? – What advice they would give to other treasury professionals? – What do they see as the major trends / things to look for in treasury as it develops / grows? – The new world of blended work; WFH, hybrid & in-office and impact of this

Speaker Information

Mike Richards is the CEO & Founder of The Treasury Recruitment Company who recruit Corporate Treasury professionals from Analysts to Directors. He speaks at Treasury conferences globally discussing the management of treasury talent and treasury recruitment; and hosts the popular podcast www.TreasuryCareerCorner.com where he interviews treasury professionals about their careers.

Tamara Saront-Eisner is the Treasurer and VP of Mergers & Acquisitions, Americas at Air Liquide. Leading treasury and M&A for the Americas Hub since 2015. Tamara's career spans from strategic finance roles at Repsol to being recognized as one of "Houston's 50 Most Influential Women" in 2016. Actively serving on the board of the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP). She holds a B.A from University of San Andres and a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics.

Fred Schacknies is VP & Treasurer at TechnipFMC, leading 60 professionals across 12 countries, managing corporate finance, risk, cash, credit, pensions, insurance, and infrastructure. With prior roles at Hilton, Constellation Energy, and Lucent Technologies, he brings extensive treasury expertise. Fred is a Board Member at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), with accolades for advancing financial risk management and treasury systems. He holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from New York University.

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

Monday, April 15th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Montgomery A&B

Session Description

• CTP Math Session 1 – Review of Basic Calculations

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.

Session Description

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