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Join us for this PayTech Women North Texas Chapter LinkUp!
From Barriers to Breakthroughs:
Navigating Career Challenges and Building Pathways for Women
This fireside chat will delve into the real challenges women face in financial services - leadership gaps, pay equity and unconscious bias - while highlighting strategies and stories of overcoming these obstacles. This session will set the stage for actionable next steps, inviting participants to continue the conversation and gain personalized guidance during the speed mentoring that follows, PLUS, there will also be an opportunity to mix and mingle with peers. What's In It For You: - Re-engage local member
- Raise Chapter awareness and increase membership
Agenda: - 6:00 – 6:15 PM: Open reception with nibbles
- 6:15 – 6:45 PM: Fireside chat with Kim Fitzsimmons moderated by Sidra Shakoor
- 6:45 – 7:20 PM: Mentor Breakouts
- Open networking
Speaker:  Kim Fitzsimmons
Talus Pay
Kim Fitzsimmons is an accomplished payments executive with the vision, drive and passion to help companies grow and achieve sustainable results. She joined Talus in 2020. At financial services giant J.P. Morgan, Fitzsimmons served as president of global merchant services. She was chief executive officer of Cynergy Data prior to its merger with Priority Payment Systems and held several leadership positions, including North American president of merchant services and community banks, during a long tenure with First Data. A principal and co-founder of EFS Card Services, Fitzsimmons began her 30-year payments career with Concord EFS. Voted one of the top 100 Global Sales Leaders of 2020 by The Modern Sale, Fitzsimmons has been named as one of the Industry’s Most Influential Women in Payments by American Banker four times and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Acquirers Association (MWAA). She has also served as president of both the Electronics Transactions Association (ETA) and PayTech Women. Fitzsimmons earned a degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). She serves on the Ole Miss Business School board of advisors and volunteers for the school in a wide variety of capacities.
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