In 1989, Lowell became Administrative Manager of the DukeCard Office and in 1996 the Director of the DukeCard System. In these roles, he managed the strategic planning, design, and implementation of various modules of the campus card system including dining services, bookstores, vending, copiers, laundry, campus activities, off-campus merchants, security, and compliance with Regulation E and other federal regulations related to campus card systems. Under his direction, the program expanded from supporting primarily the student population to a system with more than 700 devices supporting the entire university community, including faculty, staff, and employees – one of the most complex and comprehensive campus card programs in the United States.

While at Duke, Lowell provided consulting services to a number of colleges and universities and industry organizations. He presented papers and conducted workshops and seminars at various regional, national, and international events, including NACCU, NACUBO, NACAS, CUMREC, and CardTech/SecurTech. Lowell assisted in the establishment of the national office of NACCU.

In 1997, Lowell was recruited to join the management team of the CampusWide division of AT&T as Director of Product Development. He was called upon to establish, from the ground up, a product team and a product management process. He managed the CampusWide product line through Y2K compliance. In 1999, Lowell was named Vice President of CampusWide and assumed a senior administrative role for the division.

In early 2001, following the acquisition of CampusWide by Blackboard, Inc. Lowell was selected as the General Manager for the Commerce and Access Solutions division. He was responsible for the overall division P&L and the key functional areas including sales, finance, human resources, information systems, product development, customer service, and manufacturing.

In February 2002, Lowell established an independent consulting company, Adkins Associates. In May 2002, Lowell joined Duvall Group Consulting (www.duvallgroup.com) as Vice President of Consulting.

Tim Aaron has been involved in the campus card industry since 1985 as a student and university administrator at Duke University, student at University of North Carolina, project and product manager at Wells Fargo, and as Executive Director at College Enterprises Inc. (CEI).

At Duke, Tim assisted in the development of one of the most comprehensive campus card programs in the nation.  Tim was responsible for the development and management of the card office infrastructure until he returned to graduate school in 1992.

Upon receiving an MBA and a Masters of Planning in 1995, Tim joined the Campus Card Group at Wells Fargo Bank and was part of a dynamic management team that developed and implemented integrated ID/ATM cards at Stanford University and CSU, Chico.  Tim served as project manager for both campuses providing the primary link between Wells Fargo and the campus administration. 

At CEI, Tim oversaw the growth and management of Campus OneCard Consulting, a consulting and project management group offering a suite of services designed for campuses interested in realizing the benefits of a highly comprehensive campus card system. 

With the merger of CEI Special Teams and AT&T CampusWide, Tim has joined the management team at Blackboard where he serves as an internal and external consultant.

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Tor received his master’s degree at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in Mechanical Engineering. The first year after the study he started and co-headed a research project concerning environmental friendly product studies.

He has worked in higher education since 1978 after completing his MFA degree at Southern Illinois University. He has retained faculty or administrative positions at Northern Kentucky University, Cincinnati Academy of Art and Xavier University.

Mr. Barlow has provided a variety of management and card technology programs for the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU), National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS), American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), Association of College and University Telecommunications Administrators (ACUTA) and The Association of College Administrative Professionals (ACAP) He has directly assisted many educational, corporate and federal institutions with the comprehension and implementation of card applications.

He has served as consultant to prime contractors in international voter ID projects and domestic drivers license programs. Dennis has worked with numerous high tech companies in the development of card based auto ID technologies including the first release of two dimensional bar codes on plastic cards and the packaging of surface acoustical wave technology for high speed, long distance vehicle ID tags.

Dennis continues to stay technologically active in the plastic card industry, and is currently the chairperson of the Application Profiles subcommittee of the ANSI Card Durability Service Life Task Force, and is a Board Member of DSA (Document Security Alliance) — a newly formed industry group that is developing white papers for the Office of Homeland Security to improve the security of identity documents

AccessID is a newly formed sister company of HID and Indala. Its primary product line is custom production of contactless smart cards and proximity cards. Its primary distribution channel will be ID dealers and access control integrators.

His role allows interaction with many of the leading card manufacturers.

Simon holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University in his native Northern Ireland, and is a Associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He is married with two children and lives in Virginia.

Maera holds a B.F.A degree in Visual Art with a specialization in Graphic Design from Auburn University.

Maera was the first person to fill the position of Marketing Coordinator for Business & Auxiliary Services at the University of West Florida. She is responsible for marketing for eight segments of Business & Auxiliary Services, provides marketing and graphic design assistance to the other three segments, and oversees the production of all publications. She conducts workshops, coordinates trade fairs, and is the webmaster for Business & Auxiliary Services. 

Jeff Cuppett implemented the Blackboard system at Harvard University in 1994, expanding the system from 0 to 600 card readers in 4 years with 3 FTE.  Harvard's system processes $5 million in debit transactions and 5 million meal counts annually.  Harvard uses almost every aspect of the Blackboard Unix system to include:  vending, laundry, copy, bookstore interface, Uniprint interface and  POS. 

Under his direction, Harvard created the world's first Web-based deposit system, which has been widely deployed at other colleges and universities, and which won the NACCU Best Practices Award in 2000.  His department has also won the Harvard Heros Award for customer service excellence in 1999.  . 

Jeff served on the Blackboard User Advisory Board for 3 years, and chaired annual Users Conferences in Phoenix during 1999 and 2000.  He has presented numerous sessions at various user conferences, performs independent consulting, and is active on the Blackboard listserv.  

More recently, Jeff has focused on marketing Crimson Cash across campus and refining its business processes. 

Lynn Davis is Campus Card Office Director for the University at Stony Brook. This office is newly created and has been fully functioning with the new program for over a year and a half. Lynn has worked at the University at Stony Brook for close to 14 years, primarily in the Procurement Office. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Public Administration.

The Stony Brook Campus Card program completely upgraded the past ID system to include the development of a complete smart card program including real time information from Peoplesoft, security systems, banking services, meal plan, PIN protected purchasing and library services. The campus card program also created PS based input methods for issues such as hospital access and affiliate badging and identification.

The future of the program is to expand services offered to students through the development of an off campus merchant program and direct deposit to either the chip or the bank for student related refunds and transactions.

Rick recieved a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida in 1998. 

He then proceeded to pursue a Master of Education Degree in Student Personnel Administration, also from the University of Central Florida. 

Upon graduation in 2001, Rick was hired as Coordinator of Business and Technology at UCF's Recreation and Wellness Center. The 85,000 sq ft. center opened on January 4, 2002.

Adolph Haislar is currently the Senior Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services and Executive Quality Initiatives at Miami University. 

He has been affiliated with Miami University’s housing, food service, conference and student center operations for over 25 years. 

Prior to his employment at Miami, Adolph worked for Marriott Hospitality Services, Sheraton ITT, Intercontinental Corporation and various hospitality management companies. All of his professional experiences have involved dining and hospitality management. Adolph has a B.A. and M.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Food Service Management. 

He is a frequent presenter for many regional and national associations and business organizations.

Vincent Hanson is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. 
He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration while working his way through school and has an experienced background in sales, training, and IT project management.

Tom has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience, with nearly 17 years directly associated with the College & University market.  Tom has been directly involved with many of the 600+ CBORD College & University accounts and continues to build strong relationships with CBORD’s client base and business partners.  Tom has delivered presentations at all major College & University association meetings including, NACAS, NACCU and NACUBO.

As the Vice President of Sales for Higher One, Walter Hinckfoot relies on his previous experience in Higher Education and strong leadership skills to deliver the company’s innovative banking solution.  Higher One’s success stems from a unique business proposition, combined with building relationships at various levels of the university.

Walter has built upon 20 years experience in front line Sales, Sales Leadership and Sales Training with both Xerox and AT&T.  Walter has been engaged in Higher Education for 10 years, and serves on the Exhibitor Advisory Board for NACUBO, and is a member of NACCU and NACAS.

Walter earned his Bachelors degree at Central Michigan University, and his Masters in Business Administrative at Nova Southeastern University.  Walter enjoys many activities including golf, tennis, and snow skiing, and lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and two children.

Robert C. Huber, C.M.C., C.P.C.M., has developed and participated in over 300 campus, corporate and conference presentations during the past 30 years.  

As a frequent meeting and conference speaker, he believes effective presentations require thorough audience research, meticulous planning, precise framing and ample audience preparation, in order to facilitate a clear exchange of ideas, concepts and information, regardless of meeting format.

Kathleen joined Carleton University in 1993 and is responsible for the coordination of the Campus Card operations including the day to day operations, staffing, marketing, accounting and pursuance of future visions and goals for the Campus Card.  

Prior to joining the Campus Card department, she was a buyer at the University Bookstore and Purchasing department.  Kathleen brings with her an extensive background in the retailing and merchandising industry.

Carleton University is located in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. The University has over 18,000 students and 3000 faculty/staff and has earned itself a reputation as being one of the foremost Universities in the country in the fields of public affairs, management and high technology.

Keith joined the Carleton community in 1998 and is responsible for the development and system administration of the infrastructure and application systems in support of Ancillary Departments. 

Prior to joining the Computing and Communications Services Department his career spanned 30 years in the management of information technology in both the public and private sectors.     

Carleton University is located in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. The University has over 18,000 students and 3000 faculty/staff and has earned itself a reputation as being one of the foremost Universities in the country in the fields of public affairs, management and high technology.

Sam Kennedy has served as the Director of the VCUCard campus card program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia since September 2000.  

Prior to this posting he served for 10 years at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia.  Sam began in residence life/student activities at R-MC and finished as director of student life and recreation at the college before leaving for VCU.  

He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and masters in organizational communications from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.

Anthony Kim is the founder and COO of Skil Technologies, a security solutions consulting and software development company in Silicon Valley. Skil Technologies is managed and operated by a team of industry veterans experienced in security architecture and custom enterprise solutions.  

Mr. Kim has over 8 years of combined experience in higher education and health care providing IT consulting and project management services.  

Skil Technologies current customers include colleges in California and New York, health care facilities in California, and systems integrators in Korea and China.  Mr. Kim has a Bachelors degree from Cornell University.  He is also on the advisory board for several companies including Raining Data Corporation and New Health USA.

Susan Lasswell has been involved with the TitanCard program since the development of the original RFP for a one-card program in 1995.  

She was the first program director and currently serves as Director of Communications and Administration for Information Technology at Cal State Fullerton.  

Prior to her roles in IT, she served in administrative positions in Student Affairs and Advancement and coordinated a variety of major university events. 

Bob Lemley is currently the Manager of Campus Systems for Diebold, Inc. After ten years at Baylor University, he left to form Applied Network Technologies in 1990, a start-up card systems provider. Diebold purchased Applied Network Technologies in 1995.

Bob started at Baylor as a Data Communications Specialist as a staff of one in communications and left as Associate Director of the Center for Computing and Information Systems with a staff of ten full-time and thirty part-time employees. While at Baylor, Bob remained active in the classroom, taking classes in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, teaching Computer Engineering for four years and completing his Ph.D coursework in Physics. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude) from Dallas Baptist College with majors in Math and Physics. He also has a Master of Science (Physics) degree from Baylor University.

Bob is the Founding Director (volunteer) of ACM Network Services. ACM is the Association for Computing Machinery (“The First Society in Computing”), an 80,000-member organization of computer professionals. ACM Network Services is the Internet presence for ACM (acm.org). He has also served on the Advisory Council for the Internet Society.

Bob’s knowledge and experience of card systems is extensive. In 1985 he designed, built and implemented a campus wide card system and brought the ICAM card product to market in 1991, leading the design and implementation of on-line stored value, meal plan, access control, and entitlement applications deployed in over 50 installations. He designed the Access 1000 series of access control readers, including the Access 2005 smart card reader, and Diebold’s private purse and access control applications using Gemplus MPCOS-EMV card operating system. Bob also led the design and development of CSGold, the premier fourth generation card systems product.

Robert is currently the Associate Specialist at Creighton University.  Robert joined Creighton University in April 2001.  Since that time he has been involved in different projects effecting campus.  

In June 2001, he assisted in converting the University’s Access 2000 system to Blackboard’s Windows Edition.  In August 2002, he led the team that implemented a print queue solution on campus, Uniprint by Pharos.  

Since its inception, departments have seen a reduction of printing material waste and an increase in cost recovery.  His most recently completed project was his Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification.  He participates in the Creighton University System Administrators Group. 

Robert is pursuing his education in Microsoft certifications, Web and Graphic Design, and Pharos certification.

Jim Marshall is Senior Vice President of U.S. Bank, Group Sales in Cincinnati, Ohio.  

He joined the bank in 1997.  Under his leadership, Campusbanking has gained national recognition as a groundbreaking financial partner for universities.  

Jim created a team of 24 representatives, each specializing in campus card programs and consulting, serving U.S. Bank's 24 states. His responsibilities within Group Sales also include:  Workplace Banking, Alumni Banking, Large Corporate Banking and Affinity Associations.

Comedian Taylor Mason will bring his unique blend of comedy, puppetry and piano playing to NACCU’s Tenth Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Mason has spent the past twenty years performing in comedy clubs, theaters, on college campuses and on television, in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, at festivals and fairs, in commercials and on cruise ships. A self-proclaimed “small-time guy from a one-joke town in the Midwest”, he has made a career of writing and performing comedy as a ventriloquist, stand-up comic and musician. His act is based on observing lifestyles and topical events of the day, audience inter-activity, and he does not use “blue” or “dirty” material. “I don’t use profanity,” boasts Mason, “but I have watched the The Warner Brothers Network and UPN, so I know what it sounds like.”

Mason started performing ventriloquism with a puppet given to him for his 10^th birthday. He perfected his technique while in college at The University of Illinois, and became a campus sensation with his ventriloquism and music act. A piano-player since the third grade, Mason moved to Chicago after graduating and spent a year working piano bars.

Mason became the house act at Zanie’s Comedy Club in Chicago. He dragged his wife to New York a year later, and became a regular at Catch A Rising Star in Manhattan, as well as a big hit on the college circuit. Television appearances on cable programs followed, including a Showtime special called ‘Comedy on Campus’, which led to an audition for Star Search, and Mason won the $100,000 grand prize in 1991. Two years in Los Angeles followed, where Mason took acting classes, did two TV commercials, made a slew of television appearances and became the father to his second child.

He moved his family to Moorestown, New Jersey in 1994, where he currently resides with his wife Marsia and their sons Hank (11) and Rett (8).

Mason is the most successful comedy act in the history of NACA (the National Association of Campus Activities) with more than 2,000 performances on college campuses nation-wide. NACA has recognized Taylor as a two-time winner of the prestigious ‘Family Entertainer of the Year’ Award, and he is nominated for his third consecutive award in 2002.

Mark manages The University of Vermont’s ID office, the CATcard Service Center. He has been in charge of the office since 1995 when the program became a true one-card system. 

The CATcard system has over 400 locations covering both on-campus and off-campus sites. Applications include meals, vending, laundry, photocopiers and door access to name a few. The CATcard Service Center was recently awarded the "Innovation Achievement Award" from the NACAS group for it’s unique relationship of sharing the University’s one-card system and expertise with a small private college.

Mark is currently a board member of the Diebold Campus Systems User Group and has been involved with computing at UVM since 1985.

Jackie currently holds the position of Manager, Cougar 1Card Program at the University of Houston.  She has been employed by the university for over 27 years and prior to her current assignment served as Assistant Director of Housing Services.

Since the fall, 1997, she has been very active in the growth of this program, and is proud to say that it is one of the most successful programs implemented on the University’s campus.  Jackie is involved in several professional organizations and committees. She is a past presenter for the Association of College Administration Professionals.

As president of SCT Global Education Solutions, Bob Moul is responsible for leading the market unit in its delivery of software and professional services to the higher education market. Working in concert with the executive staff, Mr. Moul establishes the vision as well as the growth strategies for SCT Global Education Solutions.

Bob Moul joined SCT in September 2000 as Corporate Vice President for Information Technology Services. In this capacity, he was the single point of focus for fostering the growth and health of SCT's IT services business working in conjunction with the market units.  

Prior to joining SCT, Bob spent 19 years with EDS working in all aspects of IT services development, sales, and delivery and was a member of the senior leadership team. He recently returned from a four year assignment overseas where he was Executive Director (Government), EDS Australia, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Operations, EDS Hong Kong/China, and global account executive, EDS UK.

Bob began his career with EDS in 1981 initially in computer operations. He graduated from the University of Maryland, University College, with a Master of Science degree in Technology Management. He has also completed extensive professional development courses including an eight-month program on organizational learning with the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT and the Executive Program at the University of Michigan Business School.

Doug Olson started working on Tulane University’s One Card project during the fall of 1992.  He headed selection team that decided on the Harco card system in the spring of 1993.  The system was initiated for fall 1993.  Tulane University became a charter institution of NACCU in 1993.   

The Harco Users elected Mr. Olson to the User Board in the spring of 1993.  He served on the Board for 5 years including 1 year as Board President.  Mr. Olson has also been active with the SISU, NACAS and NACUMS during his 18 years at Tulane University.

The Tulane One Card system started with 60 readers the first year mainly in the Point of Sale areas replacing a Griffen system.  The system has grown to over 360 readers covering POS, laundry, vending, door access, copiers, and meal plans.  There are also interfaces with the Bookstore, Pharos Uniprint, DataCard video imaging and ViaNet. The current project is a banking relationship and in future we will work on interfacing VingCard Persona off-line door locks, RMS and the Blackboard Portal module.

Michael Peele started his One-Card career at Marshall University, in West Virginia, as a temp. The office manager left, and he became the manager. Under Peele’s guidance, the system grew from 20 to 200 devices. Three years later, on July 2001, he became the Director of GOCard services at Georgetown University. I

Peele has a BS in Electrical Enginering, and is working on a Master’sin Technology Management. He recently got married to a wonderful girl, who is (at least is supposed to be) attending the conference as well, for the sight-seeing.

Heather currently works as the Marketing Communications Manager for the U Card Office at the University of Minnesota. However, during her 10 years in Marketing Communications, Heather has marketed for such companies as Blue Cross & Blue Shield and Wilson Learning. She developed strategies to market services, intellectual property, high-tech machinery used in waste conversion, and campus card programs.

Heather attended Alverno College and Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, WI, studying Marketing and Video Production. 

She currently lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children. In her "spare" time, she created a website for and helps market a local band.

Paul Schneider has been the PolyCard Systems Administrator for a little over two years at Cal Poly State. Paul has been certified as a Novel CNE and is a certified software engineer. He has been involved with all aspects of the one card services on an administrative and technical level.  

Paul is responsible for the configuration and installation of software on Pharos release stations and one card servers; as well as backend database administration used for the one card system and reporting.  Services Paul maintains include the Diebold Gen6 and TCR servers, building controllers, on line door access, POS, Episuite ID card production, Pharos Pay-for-Print services  and other related ID card services. Paul also enjoys new product research, development and deployment. 

Paul has recently assisted Cal Poly's Advanced Research Development team in their development of a bussing dispatch system, assisting in the integration of the one card system and adding technical suggestions.

Jeff Gerfen is a Project Director and Research Engineer at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.  Jeff has a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly. 

Jeff has a diverse background in electronic systems and software, with quite a bit of experience in data and wireless communications. Jeff has led the Smart Transit System design and development effort since its inception in 1997 as well as led completion of a Microscale Emissions Modeling System for the California Air Resources Board, development of a Mobile Transportation Management Center for Caltrans District 12, and support of the Federal Highway Administration traffic surveillance and control demonstration system, DP105.  

Jeff also teaches undergraduate courses in Transportation and Electrical Engineering at Cal Poly.

Ryan Webb started in campus card programs in 1992 at Colorado College, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From 1992 to 1997, she managed the menu and inventory management system (among other things!) for the food service contractor, Sodexho, and worked closely with the card operation.  

In 1997, she took over management of the Gold Card Office at Colorado College.  In July of 2001, Ryan became the ID Center Manager at the University of Illinois at Springfield, located in Springfield, Illinois. 

She has worked with CBORD Access 5, CBORD Omni Access, Diebold CS Gold 3.x and 4.0, Datacard Quickworks and ID Works and Simplex Door Access. She graduated cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Colorado in 1991.  

In 1998, she received her MS in Information Systems and an MBA from Colorado Technical University.

During Joel’s 20 years at Penn State he has managed the acquisition, implementation, and support of many automated systems including food production and inventory control, event ticketing, payroll, residence hall security, dining plan card access, and card based vending, laundry, and copier programs.  He served as the project manager for the Penn State id+ card project in 1998 and oversaw the University re-carding of more than 100,000 students, faculty, and staff. 

Currently, as the Associate Director Information Systems, Joel is responsible for information technology and card systems for Housing and Food Services, the Bryce Jordan Center, the Penn State id+ program, Document Services, Transportation Services, and Procurement and Materials Management.  The combined operating budget of Auxiliary and Business Services is in excess of $170 million.  

Joel graduated from Penn State with a Bachelors of Science degree in Hospitality Management in 1982.  He lives in downtown State College with his wife Krista and three children.

Lyn White is President of White Consulting and provides consulting services to college, university and business campuses regarding use of a one card or campus card solution.  

Lyn has 13 years of experience in the campus card field, of which, seven and a half years were spent developing and implementing the Gator 1 Card program at the University of Florida and three years as Executive Director of NACCU.  

Lyn was an informal consultant for nine years and has been formally and independently consulting for the last three.  She understands the needs of higher education, campus politics and the importance of buy-in and cooperation among departments.  

Lyn knows the providers of campus card systems and supplies, trends of the industry and the technologies involved in a successful campus card program.  White Consulting will work with you to help your vision become a reality.

Dale Witenhafer is Campus Card Manager at Arizona State University (ASU), a position he has held for the past 5 years. Prior to that he served as Debit Card Administrator at Texas A&M University for 4 years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Accounting from the University of Akron and an M.B.A. from Texas A&M University.

Dale started the campus card program at ASU from scratch in 1997. This included carding 60,000 students and employees, opening and staffing the card office, moving existing meal plans to the new one-card platform, establishing a new “flexible spending” debit account for use on and off campus, and building a door access system. He is currently responsible for all aspects of the card program including marketing, budgeting, office management, merchant relationships, etc. ASU currently has over 300 on-line card readers, more than 30 off campus locations, and the card system processes about $9 million worth of financial transactions each year.

After working as a Project Manager at the University of Lethbridge, John joined the ONEcard program at the University of Alberta in 1998. John is now accountable for the University of Alberta ONEcard program, addressing the evolving access and debit needs of Canada’s third largest University.

John has been a member of NACCU since 1997 and has often taken a leadership role in carding issues in Canada.