Advisory board
Since 2008, the CPI advisory boards have played a key role in setting the direction and agenda for CPI’s activities. Industry thought leaders from leading commercial cards and payments organizations meet several times a year to provide input and discuss key issues facing the industry, and more specifically, how it relates to the Middle Market. The CPI advisory boards have been instrumental in setting the direction of the organization and providing guidance to the industry. Members include thought leaders from all parts of the commercial payments value chain.
David Alpha ![]() |
Ray Champ SVP, Head of Commercial Card Product, Citizens Commercial Banking ![]() |
Leigh Hocker Radtke Vice president, Head of North America product Visa Business Solutions, Visa ![]() |
Jared Nicholson SVP, Bankcard Commercial Card Manager, Zions Bank ![]() |
Tony Yazzolino SVP, Commercial Card Director, Umpqua Bank ![]() |
Stephen Cohen SVP, Boost Payment Solutions ![]() Stephen Cohen is Senior Vice President of Boost Payment Solutions, the only acquirer in the United States focused exclusively on business-to-business electronic payments. In his role at Boost, Stephen is a key player in business development and strategic business activities for the company and manages relationships with commercial card issuers, middleware players and large corporate customers where he works with both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams to optimize commercial card acceptance. Prior to joining Boost in 2010, Stephen was the founder, president and CEO of Brillian Technologies, LLC, a provider of wireless payment technologies and other innovative solutions to the restaurant and hospitality industries. Prior to Brillian, he was a founder and COO of Fastcorp, the leading ice cream vending machine manufacturer in the world. Mr. Cohen began his career as a management consultant at Bain & Co after receiving dual degrees from The University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia, PA. |
Frank Martien Managing Partner, Windward Strategy ![]() Frank Martien formed Windward Strategy, Inc. in October 2020 to provide strategy consulting with a focus on B2B payments settled on card rails. Frank began his post-MBA career in 1996 with First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. (“FA”). While at FA, Frank focused on card strategy, launch, and optimization for networks; national and regional financial institutions; technology companies; and private equity firms in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Frank was named an FA equity Partner in 2006. Following the acquisition of FA by Accenture in March 2017, Frank continued to serve clients as a Managing Director and payments expert at Accenture through October 2020 with a focus on commercial, business, and consumer payments settled on card network rails. Frank is well known and trusted in the B2B payments industry. |
Arthur Weiner Principal Consultant, N Brook Advisors ![]()
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