Tripp Rackley – CEO, Kenzie Lane Innovation Accomplished and distinguished entrepreneur, Tripp Rackley, will receive the FinTech Lifetime Achievement Award during FinTech South, the Southeast’s largest event dedicated to financial innovation. Nominated by previous recipients of this distinction, Rackley was selected for his impressive career building and growing successful businesses. During his more than 25-year career,…

T. Stephen Johnson – Co-Founder & Sr. Managing Director at Brightlane Partners LLC Steve has been one of the leaders in changing the landscape of the financial services industry in the U.S. for over three decades. In 1987, he founded T. Stephen Johnson & Associates, a bank consulting firm specializing in mergers & acquisitions, regulatory…

Brooks Smith – CEO, InComm During his 24 years in the prepaid industry, InComm CEO Brooks Smith has spearheaded the development of the prepaid industry as well as innovative point-of-sale technology to help connect the industry’s leading product providers with many of the world’s largest retailers. While working as a sales and marketing executive early…

Phil Tomlinson – Chairman of the Board, TSYS Phil Tomlinson, chairman of the board of TSYS, has been the driving champion for excellence in client service for the company’s entire history. As CEO, Tomlinson directed the company’s strategy of technological growth and advancement. But among clients, colleagues and team members, he is better known for…

Pamela Joseph – Vice Chairman of Payment Services, US Bancorp Pamela A. Joseph is vice chairman of U.S. Bancorp Payment Services and chairman of Atlanta-based Elavon, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. As a member of the 14-member managing committee at U.S. Bancorp, she is responsible for U.S. Bank Retail Payment Solutions, Corporate Payment…

Paul Garcia – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Global Payments Paul R. Garcia is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), one of the world’s leading payment processing companies. He is a pioneer and leader in the financial and payments services industry, having served in management and executive management roles for…

Peter J. Kight – Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of CheckFree until selling to Fiserv in December 2007 Kight founded CheckFree in 1981 in his grandmother’s basement, with a vision of providing electronic funds transfer services to businesses and consumers. Over the following 27 years, CheckFree expanded its scope beyond online bill payments to…

James H. Blanchard Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO, Synovus Chairman, Board of Advisors, Jordan-Blanchard Capital, LLC Experience: Blanchard began his service with Synovus Financial Corp. in June 1970 and served as CEO of Synovus from 1971 until being named Chairman of the Board in July 2005. Blanchard retired from Synovus in October 2006.…