Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Michael J. Brown |
CEO |
| Kevin Caponecchi |
President, Euronet Worldwide |
| Tom Cregan |
President, PaySpot |
| Miro I. Bergman |
Coo, Prepaid Processing Segment |
| Rick L. Weller |
Cfo |
| Jeffrey B. Newman |
Executive Vice President |
| Jeffrey H. Newman |
General Counsel & Executive Vice President |
| John Romney |
Executive Vice President |
| Paul S. Althasen |
Executive Vice President |
| Anthony Grandidge |
Senior Vice President |
| Jeannine Strandjord |
Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Karyn Clewes Zaborny |
Senior Vice President of Human Resources |
| Roger Heinz |
Senior Vice President |
| Andras Katko |
Vice President, Operations |
| Bernd Artinger |
Managing Director & Vice President |
| Cindy Ashcraft |
Vice President |
| David Morgan |
Vice President Global Business Development, Software Segment |
| Doug Goodwin |
Vice President, Software Solutions |
| Douglas (Doug) Goodwin |
Vice President of Software Solutions, Software Segment |
| Janusz Diemko |
Vice President |
| Jurgen Platt |
Managing Director & Vice President |
| Robert Konski |
Vice President, Emea Eft Processing Segment |
| Thierry Michel |
Managing Director & Vice President |
| Timothy A. Fanning |
Regional Vice President, Emea Eft Processing Segment |
| Bernabe Noya |
Managing Director |
| Gareth Gumbley |
Managing Director |
| Jacob Claflin |
Managing Director |
| James P. Jerome |
Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| John A. Gardiner |
Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| Mila Marceta |
Managing Director |
| Paul Van der Schueren |
Managing Director, Atx Software Ltd |
| Shailendra Bhandari |
Managing Director |
| Tony Westlake |
Managing Director |
| Andrew Dellow |
Sales Director |
| Steve Adams |
Director of Operations, Emea Eft Processing Segment |
| Agnes Rehak |
Marketing Manager |
| Erika Schalkhammer |
Managing Director & Manager |
| Hazem Hussein |
Regional Manager |
| Howayda Ahmed |
Office Manager |
| Jozsef Macsai |
Product Manager |
| Karen Marshall |
Marketing Manager |
| Misti Garffie |
Manager, Marketing Communications |
| Mohamed Farouk |
Sales Manager |
| Mohamed Mousa |
Manager |
| Nicky Riches |
Senior Marketing Manager |
| Shelley Bosler |
Product Marketing Manager |
| Shruthi Dyapaiah |
Manager, Marketing Communications |
| Zdenek Pribyl |
Regl Manager |
Board of Directors
Mike Brown co-founded Euronet in 1994 and has served as its chief executive officer ever since. He is also chairman of Euronet's board of directors since 1997. He is actively involved in the day-to-day operations of Euronet while overseeing the Company's business strategy, financial performance and the growth of the business across all markets.
Mr. Brown is an accomplished entrepreneur with 30 years of combined experience in the computer software and electronic payments business. In 1979, he founded Innovative Software, which merged in 1988 with Informix, a leading provider of advanced database software technology. During his time at Informix, he served as president and chief operating officer as well as president of the workstation products division. Annual revenues of Informix grew from $70 million to $170 million by the time Mr. Brown left the company in 1990. In 1993, he was a founding investor of Visual Tools, a company that writes and markets component software for the growing Visual Basic and Visual C++ developer market. Sybase Software acquired Visual Tools in 1996.
Mr. Brown received a Master of Science in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1997 and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1979. He currently serves on the boards of Nexxus Lighting, Inc., North Carolina; Bank of Blue Valley, Kansas and Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
Kevin Caponecchi joined Euronet as president in July 2007. As president, Kevin is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Euronet's EFT and Prepaid Processing business segments on a global basis. He will oversee the growth of the business in addition to exploring new business opportunities and expansion into new markets.
Kevin has 17 years of domestic and international management experience with various GE businesses. Prior to joining Euronet, he served as president for GE Transportation's Global Signaling business. Under his leadership, the Signaling team posted double-digit growth and expanded the business into China, India and South America. During his long and successful stint at GE, Kevin worked in various management capacities within manufacturing, technology and marketing. Kevin is on the board of directors of YouthFriends, a nationally recognized and rapidly growing school-based mentoring network in Kansas and Missouri that connects caring adult volunteers with young people in schools. He holds degrees in physics from Franklin and Marshall College and industrial engineering from Columbia University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
President, PaySpot |
Current |
| Payspot, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Westpac Banking Corporation |
Sales and Channel Management Roles |
Former |
| Monash University |
master's degree in business |
Former |
Rick Weller was named chief financial officer for Euronet Worldwide in November 2002. He is in charge of the Company's financial operations including financial planning and analysis, acquisitions and treasury aspects of the business. Rick has more than 20 years of business and financial management experience.
Prior to joining Euronet, Rick held several operating and financial leadership positions with companies ranging from start-up businesses to large, multinational operations. He served as chief operating officer of ionex telecommunications, a competitive local exchange company. Prior to ionex, Rick served as chief financial officer of Intek Information, Inc., an information technology outsource service provider. His previous experience includes various management roles at Sprint including vice president, finance of Sprint Communications' consumer services long distance group; assistant vice president, finance for the company's business services long distance group; and as assistant vice president of Sprint's corporate-wide internal audit group. Prior to joining Sprint, Rick served as senior manager in the financial service industry practice of Price Waterhouse, an international public accounting firm. Rick is a certified public accountant and received his bachelor's degree from Central Missouri State University.
Jeff Newman joined Euronet as general counsel in January 1997. He is responsible for all of Euronet's worldwide legal functions. Previously, Jeff practiced law in Paris with the law firm of Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn and then with the Washington, D.C. based law firm Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn. He established the Budapest office of Arent Fox in 1991 and became a partner with Arent Fox in 1993. Jeff is a member of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and Paris bars. He received law degrees from Ohio State University and the University of Paris and a bachelor's degree in political science and French from Ohio University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Arent Fox LLP |
Attorney |
Former |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
General Counsel |
Former |
| The Ohio State University |
Law Degree |
Former |
| University of Paris |
Law Degree |
Former |
| Ohio University |
BA |
Former |
| The Ohio State University |
Degrees |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
General Counsel & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Arent Fox LLP |
|
Former |
| Ohio University |
bachelor's degree in political science and French |
Former |
John Romney has been with Euronet since 1997 and is currently the managing director of Euronet's EMEA EFT business segment. He is responsible for the segment's day-to-day operations including provision of ATM, POS and card related services to customers throughout the region. John's responsibilities also include the development and implementation of strategy for the region while continuing to improve customer service, product offerings and profitability of the EMEA EFT division. Previously, John served as senior vice president and regional manager for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) within Euronet's EFT business segment, responsible for the segment's network services operations as well as new initiatives throughout the region. Prior to joining Euronet, John was an executive consultant for Peterson Consulting in Chicago specializing in financial analysis and litigation support. He also served as vice president of sales for Escalante Imports specializing in wholesale distribution of home furnishings in the southwestern United States. John received a Bachelor of Arts in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1989.
Tony Grandidge joined Euronet in 2002 as vice president of the Company’s EFT operations in the Asia Pacific region. He has been instrumental in launching operations for Euronet in Asia including India and China, two of the largest markets in the world. Tony continues to oversee Euronet’s growth and expansion in the Asia Pacific region while strengthening the Company's position as a leading ATM, POS and card services provider to financial institutions.
Before joining Euronet, Tony worked for NCR Financial Solutions Group as vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa. He also served as NCR's vice president in various capacities in the Asia Pacific region for five years and was responsible for its advancement as NCR’s fastest growing region. Tony has extensive business experience in Asia having worked previously in Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan and now Singapore. Tony received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bath, U.K. in 1977.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| NCR Corporation |
Vice President |
Former |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Eft Processing Segment |
Former |
| University of Bath |
Bachelor of Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Human Resources |
Current |
| Levi Strauss & Co. |
Global Human Resources Leadership Positions |
Former |
| GE Insurance Solutions |
Global Human Resources Leadership Positions |
Former |
| GE Consumer & Industrial |
Global Human Resources Leadership Positions |
Former |
| University of Toronto |
Masters Degree |
Former |
| The University of Western Ontario |
Bachelor of Arts In Psychology |
Former |
Roger Heinz joined Euronet in July 1997 as managing director of the Company's German EFT subsidiary. In the last 10 years, Roger has established a strong track record of execution and revenue growth in several leadership roles within Euronet’s EFT Segment. Most recently, he was managing director in charge of EFT operations in Western Europe and was also responsible for the EFT division’s revenue generation efforts in Central and Eastern Europe.
In November 2007, Roger took over his current role as managing director of the Company’s Europe EFT Segment. He has direct P&L responsibility for the business and oversees the commercial sales initiatives including provision of ATM, POS and card related services to customers throughout Europe. In addition to day-to-day operations management, he is responsible for improving customer service, product offerings and profitability of the Europe EFT Segment. Prior to joining Euronet, Roger spent 12 years working with NCR in Germany and Poland as sales manager and sales and operations director.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Managing Director, Western Europe, Eft Processing Segment |
Former |
| NCR Corporation |
Sales Manager and Operations Director |
Former |
Cindy Ashcraft currently serves as managing director of Euronet Software Segment. Previously, Cindy was vice president of Euronet's software solutions, implementations and project services group. She was responsible for project management, custom programming, setup, testing, configuration, training, certifications and implementations related to the delivery of software and services for the entire range of software solutions. Cindy joined Arksys in 1989 as a programmer/analyst. Post the acquisition of Arksys by Euronet in 1998; she supervised the technical management of delivery.
Prior to joining Arksys, Cindy spent 15 years as a programmer and analyst for several companies, including a manufacturing company and an oil company. Cindy studied business administration at Louisiana State University and received her degree from the University of Arkansas.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Louisiana State University |
NA |
Former |
| University of Arkansas |
Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Vice President Global Business Development, Software Segment |
Current |
| Computer Sciences Corporation |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
Doug Goodwin currently serves as vice president of Euronet's software solutions group, managing global systems and software development for the Company's software and EFT divisions. Additionally, Doug also manages the professional services and customization function for the software division and is responsible for the system architecture of Euronet's EFT outsourcing data centers worldwide. In 1994, Doug joined Arksys (now Euronet Software), as manager of delivery and implementation services. He also managed Arksys' customer service organization handling customer relationship management and technical customer support worldwide. Prior to Euronet, Doug worked at BMA Management Support Corporation as senior vice president of their financial services division. Doug received a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Utah.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Vice President, Emea Eft Processing Segment |
Current |
| Egon Zehnder International |
Partner |
Former |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Country Manager, Poland |
Former |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Paralegal |
Former |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Master's Degree In Public Administration |
Former |
| Tufts University |
BA |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Managing Director & Vice President |
Current |
| American Express Company |
chief information officer |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Regional Vice President, Emea Eft Processing Segment |
Current |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Managing Director, Eft Operations In Romania |
Former |
| The Toronto-Dominion Bank |
Manager |
Former |
| University of Notre Dame Law School |
Jd |
Former |
| University of Notre Dame |
BA |
Former |
Gareth Gumbley joined Euronet as managing director for the Company’s prepaid businesses in Australia and New Zealand in November 2004. Under his leadership, the Australia and New Zealand prepaid entities expanded year on year to market leading positions. In addition, Gareth was instrumental in expanding Euronet's prepaid business into India in mid-2007. In May 2008, Gareth took over his current responsibility as managing director of Euronet’s Prepaid Processing segment. In this role, Gareth is responsible for strategic planning, operations and management of Euronet's prepaid subsidiaries on a global basis.
Prior to joining Euronet, he served as chief executive officer of Dialect Solutions (a News Corporation company), a global Internet payments processor. Gareth was responsible for establishing a global presence for Dialect Solutions in 12 countries. His career spanning 10 years with News Corporation saw him managing the telecommunications and software businesses acquired by the group from U.K. to Australia. Gareth is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| The Securities Institute of America, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| Price Waterhouse & Co. |
chartered accountant |
Former |
| Cambridge University |
master's degree in economics |
Former |
Steve Adams joined Euronet in 2006 as director of operations of the Company's EMEA EFT business segment. He oversees all IT and operations management activities for Euronet's ATM and point-of-sale (POS) networks in EMEA. An expert in the cards industry, Steve is also responsible for developing and implementing card processing capabilities for credit card issuers to complement Euronet's current EFT offerings. Steve joined Euronet from Barclaycard, where he worked for several years in various IT and operations management capacities. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer of Barclaycard's International division in charge of credit card operations in multiple markets in Europe, Africa, India and the U.S. Previously, from 1989 to 1999, he worked at National Westminster Bank as IT director for the company's card business and as e-commerce director responsible for launching various Internet-based initiatives for the Bank. Steve has a degree in business studies.
Andrew B. Schmitt has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since October 1993. For approximately two years prior to joining the Company, Mr. Schmitt managed two privately-owned hydrostatic pump and motor manufacturing companies and an oil and gas service company. He served as President of the Tri-State Oil Tools Division of Baker Hughes Incorporated from February 1988 to October 1991.
Thomas A. McDonnell, age 63, has served as director of the Company since 1971. He has served as
Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 1984 and as President of the Company since
January 1973 (except for a 30 month period from October 1984 to April 1987). He served as Treasurer
of the Company from February 1973 to September 1995 and as Vice Chairman of the Board from June
1984 to September 1995. He is a director of Blue Valley Ban Corp, Commerce Bancshares, Inc.,
Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Garmin Ltd., and Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| DST Systems, Inc. |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| DST Systems, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Asurion Inc. |
board member |
Current |
| Ascential Software Corporation |
board member |
Current |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. |
Board Director |
Current |
| Blue Valley Ban Corp |
Director |
Current |
| Garmin Ltd. |
Director |
Current |
| Informix |
|
Former |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
|
Former |
| The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce |
Chairman |
Former |
| DST Systems, Inc. |
Vice Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| Rockhurst University |
BSBA degree in accounting |
Former |
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