Simmons is president and CEO of SWACHA, one of the largest regional payments associations in the country. A frequent invited speaker and recognized expert on payments system issues, he is a member of the board of directors of the National Automated Clearing House Association, the immediate past chair and a current member of NACHA's Government Relations Committee, past chair of NACHA's Electronic Check Council, past co-chair of NACHA's Risk Management Advisory Group and the immediate past chair of the Payments Executives Leadership Forum. He was also a founding member of the board of directors of the Secure Remote Payment Council. In addition to his service at SWACHA, Simmons has over 20 years experience as the senior operations officer of several Dallas area banks. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Oklahoma State University.
Retail breaches are endemic in the U.S. primarily due to the lack of effective, in-person payment card security. As the rest of the world has embraced EMV, perhaps there is an opportunity for the U.S. to leapfrog even that significant level of security with technologies such as tokenization (as employed in the...
At the law firm Duane Morris, Burton focuses on information security and cyberfraud issues as well as civil, criminal and appellate litigation. He advises and represents individuals and corporations regarding their rights and responsibilities in maintaining the security of digital information. His practice includes trade secret, trademark and patent litigation, with an emphasis on cybercrime and cybersecurity. Burton is a former assistant U.S. attorney who handled several pioneering high technology investigations and prosecutions, including the first prosecution in the nation for criminal copyright infringement of computer code.
Larson serves as regulatory counsel, focusing on a wide range of consumer protection issues including fair lending, privacy, home equity, mobile banking and the Community Reinvestment Act. She works regularly with officials on Capitol Hill and at the CFPB, FCC and prudential regulators. Prior to joining CBA, Larson served as the director of legislation and research at Williams & Jensen, PLLC, where she focused on financial services issues. During law school, she interned at Heather Podesta + Partners in Washington, D.C. and clerked at a civil litigation firm in Los Angeles, specializing in construction defect, professional liability and employment law.
Simmons is president and CEO of SWACHA, one of the largest regional payments associations in the country. A frequent invited speaker and recognized expert on payments system issues, he is a member of the board of directors of the National Automated Clearing House Association, the immediate past chair and a current member of NACHA's Government Relations Committee, past chair of NACHA's Electronic Check Council, past co-chair of NACHA's Risk Management Advisory Group and the immediate past chair of the Payments Executives Leadership Forum. He was also a founding member of the board of directors of the Secure Remote Payment Council. In addition to his service at SWACHA, Simmons has over 20 years experience as the senior operations officer of several Dallas area banks. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Oklahoma State University.
Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas
Yanowitch is currently an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Since 2005, he has been investigating and prosecuting cybercrime, intellectual property crimes, fraud and economic crimes, export violations, identity theft and other federal offenses. He has won awards such as the Attorney General Award for Excellence in Furthering U.S. National Security Interests in 2003, and the Inspector General Award of Merit in 2002. Yanowitch has worked in higher education, teaching criminal law at Baylor University, and has held a number of other positions within the Department of Justice.
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