ACA International Annual Convention & Expo 2018 | ACA International | 23 July 2018 | Music City Center, 201 Fifth Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203, USA

That’s the sole reason ACA International exists. Convention is ACA’s greatest showcase for educational sessions providing members tools and resources for building success within the collection industry. Sessions feature expert speakers and plenty of peer-to-peer learning opportunities as well. While a heavily regulated industry such as ours is always necessarily focused on compliance concerns and information about operational risks, we built an agenda that balances the dont's with plenty of information about what you can do to run an effective, profitable, and successful collection business. This is an exciting time to be part of this dynamic industry – attend the ACA Convention to get hooked on the optimism of a bright future defined by success.

2018 Speakers

Mr. Bruce Akerly Esq.
Partner, Malone Akerly Martin PLLC, Dallas, TX

Ms. Rozanne Andersen Esq.
VP, Chief Compliance Officer, Ontario Systems, Munice, IN

Mr. Gary Anzalone
Owner, G2 Consulting, LLC

Mr. Dennis Barton III
Managing Attorney, The Barton Law Group, LLC, St. Louis, MO

Mr. James Bedell Esq.
General Counsel, Ascension Point Recovery Services, LLC., Coon Rapids, MN

Ms. Leslie Bender Esq.
Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel, BCA Financial Services, Inc., Miami, FL

Mr. Jack Brown III
President, Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, Sarasota, FL

Mr. Brandon Carnes Esq.
Associate, Rock Fusco & Connelly LLC, Chicago, IL

Debra Ciskey
Compliance Officer, Wakefield and Associates Inc. , Aurora, CO

June Coleman Esq.
Shareholder, Carlson & Messer LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Timothy Collins Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer, TrueAccord Corp, San Francisco, CA

Mr. Mark Colombell Esq.
Director, Thompson McMullan PC, Richmond, VA

Ms. Elizabeth Conklin
Account Executive, State Collection Service, Inc., Madison, WI

Mr. Francis Creighton
President and CEO, Consumer Data Industry Association, Washington, DC

Mr. Ranjan Dharmaraja
CEO/President, Quantrax Corporation Inc., Bethesda, MD

Mr. Nick DiGiovanni III
Managing Partner, RevMD Partners, LLC, Westmont, IL

Mr. Anthony DiResta Esq.
Attorney, Holland & Knight, Washington, DC

Reilly Dolan
Federal Trade Commission, Washignton, DC

Ms. Caren Enloe Esq.
Attorney, Smith Debnam, Raleigh, NC

Chase Espy
Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL

Mr. Michael Frost Esq.
Chief Compliance, Sales Officer & General Counsel, The CBE Group, Cedar Falls, IA

Mr. Thomas Gavinski
Principal, TSG Advisors, Anoka, MN

Mr. David Glezerman
Assistant Vice President, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Jon Goldman
CEO, Brand Launcher, Pikesville, MD

Mr. Jay Gonsalves
President, Action Collection Agencies Inc., Middleboro, Mass.

Mr. Tim Haag
VP of Support Services, State Collections Service, Inc., Madison, WI

Ms. Sarah Headly
President, Peacock Consulting, LLC, Monona, WI

William Hopkinson
President and CEO, Valley Credit Service Inc., Charlottesville, VA

Mr. Bart Howard
Chairman of the Tennessee Collection Service Board, Founder, Voice Connect LLC, Dickson, TN

Mr. David Kaminski Esq.
Partner, Carlson & Messer LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Jessica Klander Esq.
Attorney, Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, MN

Mr. Michael Klutho Esq.
Shareholder, Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, MN

Ernest Kohlmyer III
Shareholder, Shepard, Smith, Kohlmyer & Hand, P.A., Maitland, FL

Roxanne Kracl
Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, LLP, Buffalo, NY

Mr. Brendan Little Esq.
Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, LLP, Buffalo, NY

Monica Littman
Associate, Fineman Krekstien & Harris, P.C., Philadelphia, PA

SJorn Lundquist
Sales Manager, Professional Service Bureau, Inc., Anoka, MN

Mr. Andrew Madden
Vice President of State Government and Unit Affairs , ACA International, Alexandria, VA

Ms. Robbie Malone Esq.
Attorney, Malone Akerly Martin PLLC, Dallas, TX

Mr. Xerxes Martin Esq.
Attorney, Malone Akerly Martin PLLC, Dallas, TX

Ms. Alicia McKeighan
Director of Compliance, Afni, Inc., Bloomington, IL

Ms. Alexandra Megaris
Counsel, Venable, LLP, New York, NY

Brian Melendez Esq.
Member, Dykema Gossett, Minneapolis, MN

Mr. Michael Meyer
CRO,CSO, Corporate Compliance, MRS BPO, L.L.C., Cherry Hill, NJ

Mr. Porter Morgan III
President, CAC Financial Corp., Oklahoma City, OK

Mr. Mark Neeb
CEO, ACA International, Minneapolis, MN

Mr. Patrick Newman Esq.
Attorney, Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, MN

Mr. David Peltan Esq.
Partner, Peltan Law, PLLC, East Aurora, NY

Mr. Justin Penn Esq.
Partner, HInshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, IL

Richard Perr Esq.
Attorney, Fineman Kerkstein & Harris P.C., Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Jonathan Pompan
Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, DC

Mr. Michael Poncin Esq.
Attorney, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, MN

John Raschke
Compliance Manager, Capitol One, Richmond,VA

Mr. Christopher Rickman
President, Peak Revenue Learning, Columbia,SC

Mr. Kenneth Rubin
President/CEO, Hollis Cobb Associates, Duluth, GA

Ms. Karen Scheibe Eliason
Corporate Counsel, ACA International, Minneapolis, MN

Mr. Richard Scherer Jr.
Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, LLP, Buffalo, NY

David Schultz
Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL

Mr. Andrew Shafer Esq.
Attorney, Andrew D. Shafer, PS, Seattle, WA

Mrs. Jessica Skibbe
Vice President of Strategic Development and Chief Compliance Officer, KirkpatrickPrice, LLC, Tampa, FL

Mr. R. Frank Springfield Esq.
Attorney, Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham,AL

Mr. Gregg Stevens Esq.
Member, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Dallas, TX

Mr. Josh Stevens Esq.
Senior Associate, Mac Murray and Shuster, LLP, New Albany, OH

Mr. Michael Strachan
General Counsel, Alltran Financial, LP, Houston, TX

Mr. Harry Strausser III
Consultant, Hynum Law, Bloomsburg, PA

Ms. Nicole Strickler Esq.
President, Messer Strickler, Ltd, Chicago,IL

Mr. Jason Tompkins Esq.
Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL

Mr. Jeffrey Topor Esq.
Attorney, Simmonds & Nartia, LLP, San Francisco, CA

Mr. Peter Troia
Manager of Collections, Aurora Health Care, New Berlin, WI

Mr. Jeffrey Turner Esq.
President, Surdyk Dowd & Turner Co LPA, Dayton, OH

Roger Weiss
Chief Operating Officer, CACi, Saint Louis, MO

Mr. Nick Whisler Esq.
Partner, Mac Murray and Shuster, LLP, New Albany, OH

Mr. Keith Wier Esq.
Attorney, Maurice Wutscher, LLP, Austin, TX

2018 Sponsors and Exhibitors

• Balch & Bingham LLP
• Collectors Insurance Agency, Inc.
• QBE
• NobelBiz
• VoApps DirectDrop Voicemail
• Solutions By Text
• Balch & Bingham LLP
• Nationwide Insurance
• Beam Software
• Collection Bureau, Inc.
• Interactions
• BillingTree Payment Solutions
• Ontario Systems
• Innovis
• InterProse
• Playback Now, Inc.
• REPAY
• CSS IMPACT!
• TransUnion
• RevSpring
• CDS Software

EXHIBITORS:
• AARC-360
• Advanced Fraud Solutions, LLC
• A-LIGN
• Apex Revenue Technologies
• Applied Innovation, Inc.
• Arbeit Software
• Avcomm Solutions, Inc.
• Balto
• Beam Software
• BillingTree Payment Solutions
• Call Center Services International
• CDS Software
• CDYNE Services
• Chetu Inc.
• Collect! Credit & Collection Software by Comtech Systems
• CompuMail
• Comtronic Systems, LLC
• ContactRelief, LLC
• Cornerstone Support, Inc.
• Credit Clear
• CSS IMPACT!
• Cubs Consulting
• DAKCS Software Systems, Inc.
• Debt$Net Collection Software
• DialConnection, LLC
• Dorado Systems Incorporated
• EFT Network, Inc.
• Enformion
• Enghouse Interactive
• Epicenter Technologies
• ezPay365
• Focus One
• InStream
• Innovis
• Interior Concepts
• International Association of Commercial Collectors, Inc.
• International Sureties, LTD.
• InterProse
• IQVentures
• KG Hawes
• KirkpatrickPrice
• Latitude by Genesys
• Learn.net
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions
• LocateSmarter, LLC
• LucentPay
• MicroBilt Corporation
• Neustar, Inc.
• Nexinteractive
• NobelBiz
• Noble Systems Corporation
• Nordis Technologies
• NPC, Inc.
• Nuxiba
• Ontario Systems
• OSG Billing Services
• Palinode
• Pay N Seconds
• Payment Savvy
• PaymentVision
• PayNearMe
• Payscout
• PCI Group, Inc.
• PDCflow
• Peacock Consulting, LLC
• Peak Revenue Learning
• Provana, LLC
• Quantrax Corporation, Inc.
• RENKIM Corporation
• REPAY
• Resource Management Services
• RevSpring
• RNN Group, Inc.
• ROYDAN Enterprises Ltd.
• Solutions By Text
• Swipebox
• TCN, Inc.
• TEC Services Group, Inc.
• The Collections Coach, LLC
• The Intelitech Group
• TriVium Systems, Inc.
• VeriFacts, Inc.
• Vertican Technologies, Inc.
• VoApps DirectDrop Voicemail
• WebRecon LLC
• Zipwhip