Executive Bios

 

James W. Baumgartner CEO & President  Moneris Solutions Corporation

James Baumgartner is a financial services industry expert with more than 25 years experience in the payments industry. As CEO & President of Moneris Solutions Corporation since 2001, he has helped the company become one of North America's largest providers of payment processing solutions, with more than 350,000 merchant locations generating close to three billion transactions annually. Mr. Baumgartner joined Moneris from J.P. Morgan Chase's Commercial Payments Systems business, of which he was President. At J.P. Morgan Chase, Mr. Baumgartner grew a start-up business into one of the world's largest commercial card issuers. Prior to that, Mr. Baumgartner was President of US Bancorp's Commercial Payments Business. At US Bank, Mr. Baumgartner grew the start-up commercial card business into the largest issuer of Corporate and Purchasing cards in the world in addition to driving the Merchant Processing Business to become the 6th largest acquirer in the US...more

Amer Matar Chief Technology Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

As Chief Technology Officer, Amer Matar is responsible for the strategic positioning of Moneris’ products and services as innovative, high value solutions for the North American market. At Moneris, Mr. Matar and his team have introduced many “first-to-market” solutions in North America, including the first solution capable of processing chip cards, the first to offer Interac Online payments for eCommerce transactions and the first Radio Frequency Device for processing Interac Direct Payment in partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada and Imperial Oil (ESSO). more

Brian Prentice Chief Risk Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

As Chief Risk Officer, Brian Prentice oversees the North American credit group, which adjudicates and monitors credit risk for the greater part of the Canadian and U.S. merchant base. Prior to joining Moneris Solutions, Mr. Prentice held various commercial account management and risk management positions for RBC Royal Bank over a 15 year period. Most recently, he was Senior Manager, Group Risk Management, Credit, responsible for credit and transaction risk assessment and monitoring for a diversified portfolio of large consumer product clients...more

Fern Glowinsky Chief Legal Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

Fern Glowinsky brings extensive experience to her role on the Moneris executive team having held positions of increasing responsibility since she joined Moneris in 2001, coupled with prior in-house counsel positions in her career and her tenure in private practice. Reporting to the CEO, Ms. Glowinsky has North American executive responsibility and oversight for legal affairs, compliance, internal audit, government relations and privacy. In addition, Ms. Glowinsky is accountable to the board of directors as corporate secretary and chief audit executive. Ms. Glowinsky manages a high performing multi-functional team of professionals that provide integral services to all areas of the company. more

Jeffrey (Jeff) A. Guthrie Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

Jeff Guthrie has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry, with the last eight years dedicated to the payments industry. As Moneris’ Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, he is responsible for the company’s Sales, Marketing, Relationship Management, Alliance Management, Client Retention, and Third Party Channel Management. Previously, Mr. Guthrie held the position of Vice President, Operations, Card Services and Point-of-Sale at RBC Royal Bank, with responsibility for both card issuer and payment processor operations. During his tenure, he led the successful outsourcing and conversion of the Bank’s card issuer platform to Total Systems Inc. (TSYS)... more

Joan Mitchell Chief Human Resources Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

Joan Mitchell is a highly-accomplished human resources professional who has guided the human resources efforts at leading companies for over 20 years. Her mandate at Moneris Solutions is to continually create value through strategic alignment by design and development of policies that advance the business while empowering employees. Her emphasis on talent management and organizational design has contributed to the company’s year-over-year success from an engagement as well as financial perspective. She is responsible for all facets of human resource management on a North American basis including compensation design and development, employee communications, recruitment and enterprise learning, with a key focus on value growth at all levels – employee, company and shareholder... more

Samir Zabaneh Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer Moneris Solutions Corporation

Samir Zabaneh brings over 10 years of corporate business acumen and six years of audit experience with two major firms to his mandate as Moneris’ Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer. In addition to senior level credit experience, he has solid credentials as a CFO in both private and public sectors, with exposure to both Canadian and U.S. regulations. After taking a BSc in Accounting at Northeastern University in Boston, Samir went on to obtain an MBA from Suffolk University, Boston, followed by an MSc from Boston College. Starting as a Senior Associate at Ernst and Young in Boston and Toronto, he moved quickly through positions of increasing executive responsibility at PricewaterhouseCoopers, CIT (formerly Newcourt Capital Inc.), Q9 Networks and Fortress Investment Group. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Samir is a member of several professional associations and advisory boards...more