Session 07

• Caroline Mann, Assistant Treasurer, McLane Company
• Bradley Welch, Senior Vice President Cyber Crime Detection, Bank of America

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller A

Session Description

Join this session to discuss trends and best practices with an experienced banker and corporate practitioner to help your organization with strategies to protect from and react to Fraud and Cyber Crimes in the financial industry.

Speaker Information

Caroline Mann has been in the Treasury profession for over 30 years overseeing daily cash operations, bank relationships, and financing for a $50 billion company. She manages cash concentration for field support and new business ventures and oversees various payment programs that emphasize payment acceleration and revenue enhancement. She is also responsible for evaluating and implementing electronic solutions that minimize risk, reduce processing costs, improve customer/vendor relations, and protect and secure company assets.

Brad Welch is a Cyber Crime Prevention Executive in Global Information Security (GIS). He leads a Detection team and has been with the bank for approximately 8 years. His team focuses on the monitoring and identification of cyber enabled crimes potentially impacting our customers and clients. His team works with internal partners, and across the sector, to prevent and disrupt the cyber crime ecosystem. He serves as the lead in collaborating with the National Cyber Forensics Training Alliance (NCFTA). Prior to his current role, Brad spent several years in the Cyber Security Defense division of GIS. He has also managed the budget and forecast as well as several business functions in GIS. Brad holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

• Patti Bonner, Sr VP/Western States District Manager, Stewart Title Guaranty Company
• Robin Johnson, Founder/Owner, Robin Learning Systems

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller B

Session Description

It has been said that people quit bosses, not companies. Employee turnover is costly, disruptive, and demoralizing. With ‘The Great Resignation’ in full swing, leaders at all levels can use science-backed and evidence-based principles and practices of ‘meaning, belonging, and collaboration’ to make their workplaces somewhere people want to stay, and come, rather than leave. These practices have a positive impact on an organization’s bottom line, and are ‘power skills’ essential to any leader’s toolkit.

Learning Objectives:
– Understand the primary drivers behind ‘The Great Resignation’
– Learn innovative strategies for alleviating those drivers
– Develop specific skills and practices in each area of ‘meaning, belonging, and collaboration’ which will directly impact organizational and individual wellbeing.

Speaker Information

Patti Bonner is responsible for the supervision of Agency Services Managers in the Western 17 states who support Stewart Title's network of independent agents. She is passionate about motivating and empowering Agency Managers who bring great service and support to their Trusted Provider network. Patti is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Land Title Association and has been an active volunteer with them since 1991, including having served as its President. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association. Patti received her MBA from Texas State University and a BA in Finance from Oklahoma State University where she studied Business Administration with an emphasis in banking and accounting.

Robin Johnson is a resilience and well-being advisor and fraud prevention expert. Robin is passionate about teaching and inspiring organizations to become more Humane, Ethical, and Resilient. Having studied directly with Martin Seligman, Angela Duckworth, Karen Reivich, and other giants in the field of Applied Positive Psychology and Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, she has acquired and has access to the tools of individual and organizational well-being and thriving. She has taught organizational resilience and leadership at national conferences such as AFP, ALTA ONE, New York Cash Exchange, and TEXPO. In addition to her Master of Applied Positive Psychology from Penn, Robin has an MBA with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University. She also works with SAFEChecks, a company specializing in fraud prevention. She is the primary Editor of Frank Abagnale's The Fraud Bulletin which is used by government agencies such as the FBI and Federal Reserve, as well as by organizations throughout the United States.

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• Lynne Marlor, CEO, Transformational Strategies
• Kristen Michaud, Managing Director, LiquidX
• Maryanne Morrow, Chair, Founder and CEO, 9th Gear
• Liz Tanner, Director of Business Regulation, State of RI

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller C

Session Description

Lynne Marlor will moderate a panel of three diverse organizations that are building and implementing USE Cases using blockchain and its digital transformative technology. Panelists will include Liz Tanner from the State of RI who will share details of building a Digital Identity for the State or RI; Maryanne Morrow from 9th Gear, a Fintech startup that is turning FX trade on its head enabling near real time and verified trading and settlement; Kristin Michaud from LiquidX who provides the industry’s leading technology solutions for digitizing, automating and optimizing trade finance and working capital.

The panel will do a deep dive into each of these three USE cases and share the challenges and transformative power that blockchain and distributed ledger technology will inspire as we move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Learning Objectives: Corporations and financial firms will learn how the distributed ledger technology (blockchain) is being utilized in government, supply chain and financial transaction settlements. Advanced and senior managers will be interested in the use case examples.

Speaker Information

Lynne Marlor is a thought leader, blockchain and bitcoin evangelist. She has a deep background in traditional financial services and is a former Managing Director of the Specialized Industry Group at BNYMellon managing a team supporting 400 clients in the corporate, asset management, and financial intermediaries. Lynne is a Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme 2018 recipient.

Kristen Michaud is an experienced Finance leader with a demonstrated history of leading processes and transformation programs in Treasury Operations and Financial Systems. Kristen has successfully established Global Business Processes and led large scale transformation efforts in operations and technology. Kristen is a thought leader in both the Treasury and Payments industry. Kristen holds a BS from the University of Colorado and an MBA in Finance from Fairfield University.

Maryanne Morrow is a seasoned strategic leader.  She has unique experience directly managing every major function: strategy, development, marketing, sales and service. Focus on FinTech and DLT.  She is skilled at defining, motivating and executing new business models, re-imagining and energizing businesses, and delivering rapid results:  revenue growth, operating efficiencies and breakthrough financial performance. Maryanne is passionate about building great cultures and positive work environments while scaling growth, revenue and profits. She is a hands-on, collaborative team-builder who cultivates relationships and provides coaching and feedback to inspire, motivate and drive engagement.

Elizabeth Tanner was appointed Director of the Department of Business Regulation in 2017 under Governor Gina Raimondo. She oversees the regulations and enforcement of all Financial Services, the divisions of the State Fire Marshal’s office (including the Bomb Squad), State Building Office, Office of Cannabis Regulation, Gaming and Athletics and a wide variety of professional licenses. She serves on the board of Rhode Island Housing and is believed to be the only female Boxing Commissioner in the United States.

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• Mechard Jones, Senior Vice President - Treasury Solutions Healthcare, Texas Capital Bank
• Jordan Lehmann, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Beacon Oral

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller D

Session Description

Beacon Oral Specialists and Texas Capital Bank strategically work in concert to facilitate a highly efficient and effective automated revenue cycle management program that ensures that one system manages the full 360o reconciliation needed with three banking partners, multiple and disparate versions of a practice management system with integration and complete reconciliation with their General Ledger. This time critical function allows real time reconciliation on a daily, monthly and quarterly basis. The process has proved to be smooth, accurate and efficient.

Learning Objectives:
– understand the best practices for automating organizational level multi-bank partner reconciliation
– understanding best practices for integration remittance posting within disparate practice management systems to bank reconciliation
– understand best practices for reducing bank reconciliation and practice management systems
– understand best practices for tying together reconciliation from the subledger system to the general ledger system.

Speaker Information

Mechard Jones joined Texas Capital Bank in July of 2021 as the Senior Vice President Treasury Solutions - Healthcare Product Management. Mechard performs as a true subject matter expert in healthcare revenue cycle management, as well as, payer, vendor and medical or institutional provider healthcare transactions. Mechard is a motivated, personable business professional with 25 years of experience in the Healthcare EDI industry and has extensive knowledge of HIPAA and EDI transaction sets - including ANSI 837, 835, 270/271, 276/277, EFT and NACHA. Before joining Texas Capital, Mechard managed technical implementations and account management for the healthcare line of business at BBVA USA. Prior to that, she held various management positions in Operations and Product Management with Emdeon, the largest provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, connecting payers, providers, and patients in the U.S. healthcare system.

Jordon Lehmann is the Operations and Revenue Cycle Executive Leader of a private equity backed, growth-staged, oral maxillofacial surgery management services organization. Previously, Jordon led a private equity backed 220+ location Dental Service Organization, Physician Division National Manager of 3,500+ physicians for one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, Jordon was Director of Finance of 120 provider medical group and Revenue Cycle of a 5 facility acute care health system. All of Jordon’s experience is multi-specialty and location revenue cycle.

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• Brook Ballard, Treasurer, Oceaneering International
• Jose Gomez, CTP, External Consultant and Cash Management Advisor, DNB Bank

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller F

Session Description

This session will address a global account visibility project that will help Oceaneering International collect consolidated account information from accounts across the globe on a daily basis. How to define and develop a plan to get visibility over bank accounts across the world with a focus on the less developed countries.

Learning Objectives:
– the pros and cons of entering into a visibility project
– the internal resources are needed and how to manage them
– how to manage the project including selection of banking partners
– what do you look for in a banking partner for a project like this
– what metrics do you set for measuring progress and success
– how long should it take to complete
– how do you consume the data from this effort
– what are the most challenging aspects of this type of project
– what are the benefits to the company
– what are the key lessons to be learned.

Speaker Information

Brook Ballard is the Treasurer of Oceaneering International, an engineering and applied technology company operating in 80 countries around the globe. Oceaneering services oil and gas companies, government agencies, amusement parks and firms in the aerospace, marine engineering and construction industries. Before joining Oceaneering, he managed the Treasury Operations for Cheniere, where his team won an award for best Treasury Transformation from Treasury Management International. He has a passion for Treasury, Technology and Transformation using these skills to aid AIG in the financial crisis, building out the systems and solutions at Sysco or setting up the Treasury systems for Live Nation. Brook is a past president for HTMA and past chair of TEXPO. He sits on the board of the Alliance of Texas Treasury associations (ATTA), the governing body for TEXPO. Brook graduated from Sam Houston State University with an MBA in Finance and an undergraduate degree in International Business and Economics.

Jose Gomez, CTP is an External Consultant and Cash Management Advisor at DNB Bank ASA. He has been in treasury management since 1982 and has worked for several major financial institutions. He has experience in foreign exchange, correspondent banking and the energy industry. Jose has previously presented at TEXPO and at the national AFP conference. Jose earned his BBA in Marketing from Pace University in New York.

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• Aleksandar Heckner, Senior Vice President, Amegy Bank
• Steve Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Head of Energy Banking, Amegy Bank
• Ken Smith, Vice President, Accounting, Grayson Mill Energy

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
403 - Level 4

Session Description

This session will be an open discussion group for Treasury Professionals in the Energy Industry. Participants will discuss current topics/issues they are facing and what they believe the future will bring.

Speaker Information

Aleks Heckner has been with Amegy Bank since 2008 and has held various roles within the organization, with over 10 years concentrating on the cash management needs of the Oil & Gas sector. Prior to Amegy, he was employed with World Savings Bank, where he worked in Financial Center Management. With 20 years of banking experience, he has covered a wide variety of industries including, Commercial & Industrial, Large Corporate, and Health Care. Aleks is actively involved with Epiphany Lutheran School, Houston, Texas, as Chairman of the Board. Recently, Aleks joined the Houston Treasury Management Association as an associate member. Aleks holds a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communication from Lamar University.

Steve Kennedy is Executive Vice President & Head of Energy Banking at Amegy Bank. He has 35 years of energy banking experience, beginning with MBank (Dallas) in 1986 and continuing in 1992 with Wells Fargo (Dallas). He joined Amegy Bank (Houston) in 1997 to form its Energy Group. Since its formation in 1997, Amegy’s Energy Group has made and currently maintains $4 billion in energy loan commitments to over 270 E&P, Midstream and Oilfield Service companies. The twenty-two-member Energy Group maintains offices in Houston, Dallas and Denver. Prior to beginning his career in energy banking, Steve worked in the field operations of an independent oilfield service company and was Managing Partner of Kennedy & Bachelor Oil Company, a third-generation family-owned business. Steve graduated from Texas A & M University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Baylor University in 1986. He is a member of the IPAA, SPE, TIPRO, Houston Producers Forum, Houston Energy Finance Group and is a Director of the Petroleum Club of Houston. He has authored several articles on energy matters, including one regarding energy derivatives published in the October 2005 edition of “Oil & Gas Financial Journal”.

Ken Smith is Vice President – Accounting for Grayson Mill Energy. Ken has a broad range of experience in oil and gas, having held various accounting and advisory roles over a 20-year career in the industry. Since 2017, Ken has served in various accounting leadership roles for private-equity backed Bakken-focused operators. He began his career with Ernst & Young, where he worked with a broad range of upstream focused oil and gas clients for 11 years, including four years in London in the role of Oil and Gas Assurance Sector Resident. In that capacity, Ken served as a subject matter expert for upstream oil and gas accounting and finance and supported many of the firm’s largest oil and gas clients. Ken holds Bachelor of Business Administration and Master in Professional Accounting degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

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

Tuesday, April 26th
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Waller E

Session Description

This session will cover the topics of long term investments and their management, including both fixed income (bonds/debt) and equity (stock) types of investments. The session continues with a discussion of the capital structure of a company, the long-term costs of capital and the dividend policy decision.

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.