PAYMENT ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DALLAS, TX

Payment Alliance International As a business owner, you constantly seek simple ways to grow your business, increase revenue, and surpass your customers' expectations. Smart growth means adding products and services that you can deliver confidently, without worrying about overextending your business operationally or financially. Local and regional business owners and financial institutions face this challenge with even more limited resources than their bigger national competitors. Payment Alliance International (PAI) is here to help. Payment Alliance International (PAI) is a powerful partner in finding new, innovative ways to help you increase profits with every financial transaction. With PAI, you can: Open up new revenue streams for your business Find new customers for your business With PAI, you can leverage our powerful ATM solutions to respond quickly to any growing business need. PAI provides your business the industry's most diverse offering of ATM services. Whether you're new to the ATM industry or an experienced veteran — we have a solution to fit any need. Payment Alliance International is a registered ISO of MetaBank, Storm Lake IA 50588 Thank you for your interest in PAI. Contact us for additional information about our company, products and services. Leehy has been a leader in the field of payment processing for almost three decades. Prior to co-founding Payment Alliance International (PAI) in 2005, Leehy served as CEO of Confluent Technologies. He was also a founder and Managing Director of Resource Alliance Partners (RAP), an early-stage venture firm focused on building shareholder value for e-commerce and high-growth technology companies. Leehy served as Chairman and CEO of Financial Alliance Processing Services, one of the nation's fastest growing transaction processing companies. From its inception in late 1991, he guided Financial Alliance through its sale in 1995 to Deluxe Corporation, a Fortune 200 company. Two years later, Leehy and his management team repurchased the company in a leveraged buyout, which ultimately resulted in a successful sale in 1998 to National Processing Company (NPC), a publicly traded (NYSE) payment processing company. Following the sale, Leehy served as EVP and head of all transaction processing business and head of NPC's combined transaction processing group. Prior to Financial Alliance, Leehy directed the formation of First Data Resources'(FDC) Merchant Services Group and led that unit, as well as FDC's Security Services Company, throughout the late 1980s. Leehy serves on the ATMIA International Board of Directors, the Board of Directors for Green Technologies Environment Coatings, Inc., and has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. From 2005 to 2008, Sahrmann served jointly as both COO and Chief Financial Officer of Payment Alliance International (PAI). Prior to co-founding PAI in 2005, Sahrmann served as COO/CFO of Confluent Technologies. He was also a founder and Partner of Resource Alliance Partners (RAP), a venture capital firm providing both capital and management expertise to early stage e-commerce and high-growth technology companies. In 1991, Sahrmann co-founded and served as the COO of Financial Alliance Processing Services, one of the nation's fastest growing transaction processing companies in the 1990s. After a sale of the company in 1995 to Deluxe Corporation, he helped lead a management buyback of the company and a successful sale to National Processing Company (NPC), a publicly traded (NYSE) payment processing company, in 1998. Sahrmann then served as EVP and Managing Officer of the Payments Processing Group, where he effectively integrated the operations of both companies and cultures, and forged a continuing growth strategy. Prior to Financial Alliance, Sahrmann was SVP/Managing Officer of the Payment Services group for Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), consisting of the credit card processing, ATM services and bank data processing businesses. In this capacity, he directed five years of record growth and profitability. Sahrmann has a Master in Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Missouri. Kozal has over 25 year's financial experience in the Payment Processing Business. Prior to joining PAI, Kozal spent 20 years at First Data Corporation. Starting as a manager of Financial Reporting within the Finance Organization and eventually becoming the Chief Financial Officer of First Data Resource's Card Issuing business. Kozal was a member of the Merger and Acquisition team and the senior financial member of the First Data Client Renewal and New Business team. Kozal also worked at First National Bank of Omaha as a bankcard Financial Credit Card Analyst. Kozal holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska. Kozal currently serves on the Habitat for Humanity Metro Louisville Board of Directors. In 2012, Kozal was awarded "CFO of the Year" in the Very Large Private Company category by Business First. As of 2018, Donna Embry has 51 plus years of experience in the payments industry and currently serves as Chief Payments Officer for Payment Alliance International (PAI). Her prior executive positions include Executive Vice President, Product and Marketing for Vital Processing (TSYS Acquiring) and Senior Vice President, Electronic Banking for PNC Bank, as well as Chief Operations Officer for PNC's former division, CFC Financial Services.. Prior to joining Payment Alliance International, Dale Herb spent more than thirty-years in the restaurant business with global brands KFC/YUM! Brands and Papa John’s. He has extensive experience in all aspects of Human Resources, Leadership Development, Field Finance, Project Management and Operations. His background includes leading organizational/culture change management initiatives, coaching and developing business leaders, as well as developing and implementing the necessary talent management strategies to turnaround underperforming teams. Throughout his career, Herb has successfully led numerous national cross-functional/cross-branded project teams where he planned and managed multi-million dollar budgets.