Session 07
X - Executive, A - Advanced, I - Intermediate, B – Basic, G - GTOT Credit
CTP Preparatory Sessions are not available for CTP or FPAC credit.
Eliminating Liquidity Uncertainty With Better Cash Visibility (B) (G)
- Tori Greer, VP Controller - Premier Trailer Leasing
- Valerio Trinchi, Treasury Practice Lead - RSM
- Bob Stark, Global Head of Market Strategy - Kyriba
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 1
Session Description
The financial uncertainties of the past 12 months have increased the demands on treasury teams to improve cash visibility and project cash forecasts across multiple interest rate and risk scenarios. In this session, Premier Trailer Leasing, RSM and Kyriba will share their best practices by recomposing cash management and forecasting practices to deliver greater productivity, better insights and more confident forecast projections to internal business partners within the organization.
- Updating cash management and forecasting processes to align with CFO objectives
- Building a technology roadmap to improve cash performance
Speaker Information
Valerio Trinchi, MBA, CTP is a professional with 25+ years of experience in treasury, finance, and capital markets in the US and overseas. As a practitioner, he covered the spectrum of hands-on treasury activities, and as a consultant, he was instrumental in building a successful treasury technology practice, building a deep knowledge of treasury automation and the landscape at large. He has also venture in the treasury software development especially focusing on AI and ML application to advanced forecasting and Liquidity planning. Valerio is currently the Treasury Advisory Practice leader for North America at RSM providing functional and technical consulting services to corporate, financial Institutions and Fintech.
Bob Stark has been a product and go-to-market financial technology leader for 25 years. As the head of market strategy at Kyriba, Bob works directly with clients, partners, and industry influencers to ensure Kyriba is at the forefront of treasury and financial technology. Stark has empowered finance leaders at some of the world’s largest companies, and is a frequent speaker and author on treasury, risk management, and payments at AFP, EuroFinance, ACT, Sibos, and other industry events. Bob resides in Vancouver, Canada and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University.
Managing Working Capital In Challenging Economic And Interest Rate Environment (I)
- W. Dustin Goldstein, SVP, Head of Commercial Products & Deposit Sales - City National Bank
- Nicole Hoyuela, Assistant Treasurer - CEMEX USA
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 4
Session Description
The role of corporate treasury has become increasingly strategic to ensure companies successfully navigate the current economic environment. The session will review macro events that resulted in rises in inflation and interest rates. Our panel of experienced treasury practitioners will discuss the impact that these conditions have had; the cash management adjustments they have implemented; and the technology, operational tools and practices they leveraged to adapt to the new environment.
- Using digital innovations to efficiently manage receivables
- Strategically managing payables and liquidity
- Actively managing risk with strong fraud prevention
Speaker Information
Dustin Goldstein is senior vice president and head of commercial products and deposit sales with City National Bank. Based in Miami, he leads the national sales team delivering the bank’s working capital solutions for clients across all business and commercial market segments. Mr. Goldstein has over 28 years of experience in global and domestic treasury management sales as well as product development, fintech partnership and product enhancement initiatives. He previously held leadership positions at U.S. Bank, RBS Citizens, Fifth Third, ABN Amro and HSBC, including covering Southern European corporate clients from Spain. Mr. Goldstein holds a Master of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelor of Finance from Bryant University and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certificate in International Cash Management designations.
Nicole Hoyuela is Assistant Treasurer at CEMEX USA. She is an experienced treasury professional, with expertise in managing investments, borrowing, long term debt compliance deliverables, opening and closing bank accounts both domestically and internationally, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and metrics, cash forecasting, debt and global liquidity reporting (both actual and forecasted), developing various detailed breakdown analysis and metrics of actual and forecasted cash flows, manual payment processing, electronic banking administration for numerous platforms, identifying host to host and payment processing issues and working across the organization to trouble shoot, facilitating the implementation of new host to host connections, payment processing, and managing bank signatories for a large volume of bank accounts globally. She previously held roles at ChampionX, Noble Energy, and Cardtronics. Ms. Hoyuela holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from Sam Houston State University.
Payments to Individuals (B2C) – Are You Meeting Their Expectations? (I) (G)
- Charlie Sirridge, National Payables Solution Consultant - Commerce Bank
- Curtis Webb, Senior Director, Head of Disbursements - Visa
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Waterway 5
Session Description
During this session, we will examine B2C payments, those issued by an organization to individuals, and some of the challenges faced related to these payments. We’ll discuss how expectations for receiving payments have changed and how offering options can improve the satisfaction of these individuals, which are often your customers.
- Understanding what we’re hearing about the challenges related to B2C payments and the negative impacts on your organization
- Articulating the costs in your current process
- Evaluating solutions and alternatives to improve your B2C payment strategy and building your business case
Speaker Information
Curtis Webb is the Senior Director and Head of Disbursements for Visa Direct North America at Visa, a company striving to be the leading global payment method. Visa Direct facilitates both domestic and international money transfers. Curtis leads the strategy and product management for business- funded disbursement use cases, focusing on labor and wages payouts and small to medium businesses. His team also handles established use cases such as government, loan disbursements, and accounts payable/receivable. Curtis' expertise lies in acquiring, tokenization, bill payments, and faster payments. Previously, he held product management leadership roles at MetaBank/Pathward, Citibank, and Mastercard. Curtis earned his MBA from Northeastern University and his Bachelor of Science in Management from Saint Francis University. He is also a licensed Private Pilot with the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Beyond the “New Employee” Manual – Effective Onboarding as a Tool for Employee Engagement (I)
- Robin Johnson, Founder/Owner - Robin Learning Systems
- Kristie Ondracek, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer - TXCPA Houston
Tuesday, April 16th
11:30am - 12:30pm
Waterway 6
Session Description
Beginnings matter. With The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting still in full view, it is imperative that organizations create an optimal environment for employee retention and engagement. That environment begins with the “onboarding” process all employees experience when newly joining an organization. Effective onboarding can increase productivity, expand retention, and enhance overall commitment to an organization. The process of onboarding is a reflection of corporate culture, for better or for worse, and is a core element that must be attended to.
- Attendees will learn the bottom line impact effective onboarding has on employee retention and engagement.
- Attendees will learn the core components of effective onboarding, and how they can be customized and adapted for any organization and its unique culture.
Speaker Information
Robin Johnson is an international bestselling author, Keynote speaker, wellbeing advisor, fraud prevention expert, and a Suzuki violin teacher! Robin has taught organizational wellbeing and leadership skills for professional organizations such as the Association for Financial Professionals, New York Cash Exchange, Texas Treasury Management Association, the American Land Title Association, the Western Textiles Services Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and Education Through Music-Los Angeles. She helps create workplaces where people want to stay, instead of wanting to leave – organizations that are Humane, Ethical, and Resilient. She also works with SAFEChecks and is the primary Editor of Frank Abagnale's The Fraud Bulletin, which is used by the FBI, the Federal Reserve, and hundreds of organizations throughout the country. She has an MBA with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her work with organizations, Robin has created various important and highly interactive Wellbeing Workshops for Women. She enables women to find their voice and develop skills to bring forth their best selves, including mastering Real-time Resilience, developing Signature Strengths, and employing the science of behavior change. For the cherry on top, Robin is also Co-Director of the Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles.
Kristie Ondracek is CFO/COO of TXCPA, a membership association for Houston and surrounding area Certified Public Accountants. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from Midland Lutheran College (now Midland University) in 1998 and an MBA from University of Nebraska-Omaha. In 2013, she became a Certified Public Accountant and is active in the CPA community. Kristie has over twenty-five years of financial reporting experience, including nearly five years at TXCPA Houston. Prior to TXCPA Houston, Kristie served in various financial accounting roles at companies such as Xtreme Drilling Corporation, TransCanada, Northern Border Pipeline Company, and ONEOK. Her duties included being Controller, Accounting Supervisor, and Financial Analyst. Although she moved to Texas in 2010, Kristie is a native Nebraskan and still supports the Nebraska Cornhuskers, with deep roots as a Midwesterner. She has a very supportive partner who encourages all her dreams, and she is a caregiver to her sister, a special needs adult. Along with her love of numbers, in her limited free time, Kristie enjoys scrapbooking, designing, and creating custom greeting cards. She is a dog mom to two rescue dogs. Kristie is an International Bestselling author.
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
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
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
Cybersecurity and the Evolving Threat Landscape (I) (G)
- Matthew Simmons, Technology Executive & Cybersecurity Expert - Wells Fargo
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Montgomery C
Session Description
Join a cybersecurity technology executive and an FBI agent for an informative discussion on what you can do to protect yourselves from a cybersecurity attack. This session will cover the various threat actors and what motivates them and attracts them. You’ll learn about how ransomware has become big business and latest techniques being deployed for phishing and malware. Leave with key takeaways for your organization on how to navigate cybersecurity and the evolving threat landscape.
- Provide a broader understanding and awareness of the current threats that people face day in and day out.
- Lessons from the front line.
- Practical steps your organization can take to be proactive and create a contingency plan.
Speaker Information
Matthew Simmons is the Head of Cybersecurity Defense and Monitoring for Wells Fargo. In this capacity, Matt leads the team a dedicated professionals focused on enterprise cyber security operations and threat management to include the collection, detection, monitoring, response, and remediation of cyber security threats and the reduction of risk to the bank’s customers and employees. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Matt served as the Executive Director, Global Operations for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. In that role, Matt was responsible to ensure timely investigative data and threat reporting is provided to senior Air Force and Department of Defense leaders. Matt served on active duty and as a civilian Special Agent with the Air Force from 1999 to 2017
CTP – Session 7 – 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
Tuesday, April 16th
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Montgomery A&B
Session Description
- Chapter 19: Long-Term Investing
- Chapter 20: Capital Structure and Financial Decisions
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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