Session 06

X - Executive, A - Advanced, I - Intermediate, B – Basic, F- FP&A Renewal Credit, G - GTOT Credit
CTP Review Sessions are not available for CTP or FP&A credit.

The ACH Network Responds to COVID’s Impact on Corporate Payments (I)

Navigating Unchartered Waters: Considerations for Managing Cash Globally (A)

Anthony Guide, CTP, CertICM, Vice President – International Advisor, PNC
Ethan Keller, CTP, Senior Manager of Corporate Treasury, ANSYS

Wednesday, April 14th
11:30am - 12:30pm
Grapevine B
Virtual

Session Description

Managing cash globally comes with a unique set of challenges for corporate treasury staff, such as limited ACH addenda in Canada, CLABE numbers in Mexico, bank drafts in China, payment purpose codes in India, or something as simple as adding or removing signatories in the Middle East. Each country and region is unique, and HQ treasury teams have a daunting task to manage and centralize one of the most important assets to an organization: cash! During this session, in addition to exploring ways to address the above challenges, attendees will also gain an understanding of how to structure letters of credit to maximize risk mitigation; learn to identify risk areas that should be considered with letters of credit; and get a country-by-country review of common letter of credit practices.

Learning Objectives:

Learn several best practices for managing cash globally
Tour the world through a review of country-specific cash management considerations
Hear firsthand experience from a corporate currently navigating these environments.

Speaker Information

Anthony Guide is an international advisor for PNC's International Advisory Team. He consults with corporates to review their international business and recommend best practices, payment efficiencies and risk mitigation strategies. Prior to joining PNC, he worked for 10 years in corporate treasury for a large multinational consulting firm.

Ethan Keller is currently the Senior Manager of Corporate Treasury for ANSYS, a $1 billion-plus public engineering simulation software development corporation. ANSYS is headquartered south of Pittsburgh and has more than 75 strategic sales locations across three continents and a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. Prior to working for ANSYS, Keller was a member of PNC’s International Advisory Services. There, he focused on supporting corporate clients doing business internationally and assisted them in formulating strategies to overcome any global challenges they may have been facing. Keller has over five years of overall international treasury experience. Prior to joining PNC, Keller worked briefly in Trust and Estate Taxation with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Keller is a Certified Treasury Professional.

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Communicating with Business Partners in a New World (I) (F)

Laurel Egan Kenny, President, Turningpoint Communications
Ginger Gidden-Weinzierl, CTP, SVP, Treasury Management Sales, Corporate Banking & Specialized Industries, Wells Fargo
Shawna Krepps, CTP, Executive Director, Valero

Wednesday, April 14th
11:30am - 12:30pm
Grapevine C
Live

Session Description

Employee communications in the post-pandemic era have changed. Panelists will discuss the new normal for leadership engaging onsite and remote employees. Thriving in the “new normal” will rely on:

- Unlearning the old way
- Going above and beyond
- Connecting the Dots
- Looking at the Big Picture
- Speaking their language
- Empathy: Understanding where they’re coming from.

An employees communications expert will moderate a diverse panel of practitioners to discuss their experiences and best practices.<

Speaker Information

Laurel Egan Kenny, MSCM, MBA, is Founder and President of Turningpoint Communications, a national treasury management-focused marketing and training firm promoting clients’ best practices and thought leadership, as well as engaging their key constituents in unexpected and compelling ways – through education, in marketing and sales communications, at strategic events, in the media and in the communities they serve. In short, Laurel helps her clients to sell themselves, sell solutions to their customers’ business challenges and to sell value propositions. Laurel founded Turningpoint in 2007 after 13 years’ building and leading marketing and sales teams for two global Fortune 100 financial services firms in wealth and treasury management divisions. Laurel built out, led and grew the commercial marketing and business development servicing discipline at Sovereign Bancorp (now Santander) and, as a founding member of wealth management servicing division at State Street Corporation, she built and grew a business development and relationship management team that increased assets under administration from $0 to $150 Billion in two years. Laurel shares her creative talents nationally, serving multiple Boards of Directors for Regional Association for Financial Professionals Associations, including those in New England, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Mid Atlantic. Laurel earned three degrees: MBA (Innovation and Entrepreneurship), MS (Communications Management) and BA (English and Communications), from Simmons University, Boston.

Ginger Gidden-Weinzierl, Senior Vice President, Treasury Management Sales, Corporate Banking & Specialized Industries, Wells Fargo Bank is a Treasury Management Sales Consultant with a Retail Industry market focus. She is responsible for assisting client initiatives in treasury management, ERP management, and process improvement. Ginger has 20 years’ experience in treasury management sales, product management and operations. She is a member of the Dallas AFP and NEAFP. Ginger holds a BS in Business from Birmingham-Southern College. She is based in Atlanta with clients across New England and Texas.

Shawna Krepps is currently the Executive Director of Cash Management at Valero and has over 25 years of combined banking and Cash Management experience. She has been a member of the San Antonio Association for Financial Professionals since 2003 and has served on the Board since 2005 holding several board positions including VP Membership, VP Programs, President and Immediate Past President. She also served on the Task Force for the AFP Regional Officers Meeting in 2014 & 2015 and co-chaired the event in 2016. Shawna is serving a five-year term on Alliance of Texas Treasury Associations and was the San Antonio TEXPO Treasury Conference Chair in 2020. She actively volunteers to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations throughout San Antonio. She is on the board for Junior Achievement and has served on the Financial Review committee for Impact San Antonio. Shawna graduated from St. Mary’s University in 1997 with a BBA in Corporate Finance and Risk Management.

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CTP – Disbursements, Collections, Concentration & Cash Forecasting (B)

Dubos Masson, Ph.D, CTP, CertICM, President - The Treasury Academy
Tyrone Gant, CTP, SVP, Director of Treasury Management, Vectra Bank

Wednesday, April 14th
11:30am - 12:30pm
Grapevine D
Virtual

Session Description

This session covers the basic areas concerned with how organizations collection, concentrate and disburse their funds. Included in this session is coverage of field deposit systems, lockbox collections, cash pooling and different bank disbursement products.

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.

Tyrone Gant, CTP, is the Director of Treasury Management for Vectra Bank Colorado, a division of Zions Bancorporation. Tyrone is a results oriented financial professional with 25 plus years’ experience in the banking industry including leading and executing growth and sales strategies, new business development and treasury management consulting.

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