Amy DeBerg

For the last 30 years, Amy has been involved either directly or indirectly in the card and payments industry. March 1, 2000 Amy founded Recruiting & Placement Inc (dba R&P Group). Amy began her recruiting career in July of 1996 as a recruiter with a Management Recruiters International (MRI) franchise office and earned Certified Senior Account Manager (CSAM) certification and MRI Pace Setter (top 10% of over 5000 MRI recruiters in the world) awards in 1998 and 1999. Amy has been a guest speaker at the 1997 Faulkner and Gray Credit Card Forum, 2006 ETA Annual Meeting and Expo, the 2007 Prepaid Expo, Test Drive an Expert 2010 Prepaid Expo, and Innovation Showcase 2011 Prepaid Expo. Prior to her work as a Recruiter, Amy was the Data Processing Manager (CTO) for Service One Corporation (the program manager for The Bank of Hoven secured credit card) and managed 3 computer hardware, software, and training organizations. The study of the hiring process has been of interest to Amy for the last 30 years. Amy has a BA in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD and a secondary teaching certificate in Math, Physics, Computer Science, and Chemistry for the state of SD.�