A Virtual Event Series • Presented by PayTech Women

June 6, 2023  |  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

The PayTech Women Live series is an exciting, interactive virtual event. Connect with women and men across the globe, create new relationships and hear from CEOs and prominent global executives on relevant topics that are affecting the payment and fintech industries today.

PayTech Women Live:
A Fireside Chat with FIS CEO and President Stephanie Ferris

THE GREAT RESET: How Leaders Can Provide Clarity and Navigate Change in a Tough Environment

We are in a pivotal time in our industry’s history. This is a reset moment. Tune in to this fireside chat between FIS CEO and President Stephanie Ferris and FIS Chief Performance Officer Kelly Beatty for some insights on what trends are happening across the space, how change is the only constant and what female professionals can do to leave their mark.

Outcomes:

• Legacy of FinTech: Learn what Stephanie sees happening more broadly across the space including trends and transformations
• Navigating Change: Hear discussions around broadscale change, what it means for FIS and the industry, and how Stephanie has navigated through it
• The Female Factor: Get insights into how a female professional has it “all” and hear about Stephanie’s career and personal journey

Featured Speaker:

Stephanie Ferris
CEO and President
FIS

Stephanie Ferris became FIS president and chief executive officer in December 2022 after being named FIS president in February 2022. She also became a member of FIS’ Board of Directors in October of 2022. Prior to her current role, Stephanie served as chief operating officer and chief administrative officer of FIS, responsible for leading our global strategy, technology transformation and the global integration of FIS and Worldpay, driving cost, revenue synergies and long-range strategic planning.

She came to FIS as the chief financial officer of Worldpay, Inc., which was acquired by FIS in July 2019. Worldpay, Inc. was formed in 2018 when Cincinnati-based Vantiv, Inc. acquired Worldpay Group plc, a London-based leader in global e-commerce and technology-led payment solutions.

She is an experienced global business executive with expertise leading payments and technology platform businesses, driving digital transformation, front-line customer engagement and inclusive growth. Stephanie is also a multiple award-winning finance leader who has also held a general manager role that transformed an underperforming business unit into the highest growth portfolio within the company.

Previously, Stephanie was the chief financial officer of the payments processing division of Fifth Third Bancorp, which was later spun out and became Vantiv, and held multiple progressive financial leadership roles at Fifth Third. She began her career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is also a certified public accountant and graduate of Miami University.

Stephanie is a 2019 YWCA Career Women of Achievement Honoree, a 2018 PaymentsSource Most Influential Women in Payments Winner and a 2016 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Silver Honoree (Female Executive of the Year – Business Services – More Than 2,500 Employees – Services Industries).

Moderator:

Kelly Beatty
PayTech Women 2023 Board President
Chief Performance Officer
FIS

Kelly Beatty serves as chief performance officer at FIS, where she leads the implementation of the company’s strategy, driving accountability for growth, cost and operational efficiencies to achieve enterprise performance success. In her previous role, Kelly served as head of FIS’ Payment Solutions business, overseeing the company’s strategy for credit, debit, prepaid, business-to-business (B2B) and cross-border payments. During her tenure at FIS, Kelly also served as chief transformation officer and was responsible for building out new transformational capabilities for the company, including leading the efforts to integrate FIS’ 2019 acquisition of Worldpay, the largest fintech transaction in history (valued at $43 billion).

Kelly has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector. Prior to FIS, she served as senior vice president and general manager of merchant solutions for financial institutions at Worldpay, where she had direct responsibility for sales, business development, channel management and relationship management for banks offering merchant services through Worldpay and its predecessor, Vantiv (previously Fifth Third Processing Solutions). Kelly has also led large-scale conversions, merger/acquisition integrations, and strategic program and product implementations.

Kelly currently serves on the PayTech Women (formerly Wnet – Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions) board of directors and was named president for 2023. She is a founding member of the Women to Self-Sufficiency initiative of the Women’s Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and also established Cincinnati’s first Blessings in a Backpack program, which provides food to underprivileged children.

In recognition of her achievements in the financial services industry and for her contributions in the community, Kelly was named to the 2021 PaymentsSource Most Influential Women in Payments list and was honored with an Excellence in Fintech Award at the 2019 Markets Media Choice Women in Finance Awards.

Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management, with a concentration in finance, from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.