Jim Accomando is President of Accomando Consulting, Inc. (ACI), a leading management and marketing information consulting company. Jim has over 20 years of experience in eCommerce/Payment Systems, Consumer Lending, Finance, Marketing and Operations of Credit, Debit and Merchant Card Sales, Mortgage Origination/Servicing, and Retail Branch Operations. At priceline.com, Jim served as Senior Vice President Adaptive Marketing Card Products responsible for sourcing and managing all financial services and association relationships generating in excess of $20M cross-sell revenue year one. At GE Capital, Jim was Vice President in charge of Business Development and Partnership Marketing where he sourced and managed all agent bank, affinity/co-branding and bankcard association relationships. Jim was also responsible for the GE Rewards Mastercard Program and the management of more than 40 national leading industry and retail partners. As a member of GE Capital's Innovation Council, he launched the industry's first instant credit point-of-sale bankcard program at Toys"R" Us and Kids "R" Us merchant outlets. Jim was also Vice President at Mastercard International where he was responsible for member relations with issuers and acquirers in the Northeastern Region of the U.S. Jim was instrumental in the national launch of Maestro - MasterCard's online debit program. Jim recieved his MBA, with an emphasis in finance and marketing, and a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara. |