Session 07

• 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
Live

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.

• Mechard Jones, Senior Vice President - Treasury Solutions Healthcare, Texas Capital Bank
• Jordan Lehmann

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

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.

• Caroline Mann, Assistant Treasurer, McLane Company
• Lynn Martin, Cyber Crime Sr. Specialist, Bank of America

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

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.

Lynn Martin is a Senior Vice President in Global Information Security (GIS) at Bank of America. As part of the Cyber Client Engagement (CCE) team of GIS, she's responsible for GIS external client engagements, and is focused on Bank of America Cyber Security Awareness and Education for all Bank of America lines of business. She works in conjunction with the Business Information Security Officers (BISO), Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Cyber Client Protection teams to drive client focused engagements.Previously, Lynn has served in several key roles across GIS including Sr. Business Information Security Officer, and Sr. Information Security Manager of Application Vulnerability Remediation and Access Control Testing.Her career at Bank of America spans over 29 years and includes extensive roles throughout Global Technology & Operations. She is Six Sigma Green Belt certified, and an active member of The Executive Women's Forum, Women Executives of Charlotte, the Charlotte chapter of Women in Technology & Operations and Leadership Charlotte. Lynn is active in her community and has served on several non-profit boards and animal rescue organizations.

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

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

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.

• 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
Live

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.