Leah Henderson Transitions to Special Advisor to the President
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2013--
PULSE, one of the nation’s leading debit/ATM networks, promoted Mike
Urquizu to Senior Vice President, Sales and Account Management.
Urquizu’s new responsibilities involve managing and directing the
company’s sales and business development activities. He reports directly
to PULSE President Dave Schneider.
Prior to this promotion, Urquizu was responsible for PULSE’s national
financial institution sales program and managed a team of PULSE sales
executives. Urquizu joined PULSE in 2001 as a sales executive.
“Mike has played a key role during the past several years in helping to
achieve unprecedented growth for our network and successfully navigating
tremendous change in our industry,” said Schneider. “We anticipate a
seamless transition as Mike assumes his new duties.”
The move follows the decision of Leah Henderson to transition from her
position as PULSE Executive Vice President, Sales and Account Management
to a special advisor role also reporting directly to Schneider.
Urquizu began his career in the payments industry in 1995 with
Electronic Data System’s Consumer Network Services, where he was
responsible for sales of EFT processing and business process outsourcing
services in the Midwest region. Prior to joining EDS, Urquizu worked in
Financial Analysis and Bank Operations for First Chicago’s credit card
division.
About PULSE
PULSE, a Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) company, is a leading
debit/ATM network, serving more than 6,300 financial institutions across
the United States. This includes 4,300 issuers with which PULSE has
direct relationships and more than 2,000 additional issuers through
agreements PULSE has with other debit networks. PULSE links cardholders
with ATMs and POS terminals at retail locations nationwide. Through its
global ATM network, PULSE provides worldwide cash access for Diners Club
and Discover cardholders through more than 850,000 ATM locations. The
company also is a source of electronic payments research and is
committed to providing its participants with education on emerging
products, services and trends in the payments industry. For more
information, visit www.pulsenetwork.com.
Source: PULSE
PULSE
Patty Sendelbach, 832-214-0395
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