Daniel H. Drechsel, Chief Executive Officer
Dan joined FTRANS in 2008 and serves as chief executive officer and serves as a member of FTRANS’ Board of Directors. His more than 25 years experience includes increasingly high profile executive-level general management, sales, operations, and technology management positions, and he is known for his extensive expertise at successfully growing emerging businesses into large-scale, highly successful corporations. Dan joined FTRANS from SAP where he was General Manager of the Banking business in the Americas. Prior to SAP, Dan served as President of Global Energy Decisions, a leading provider of data and technology to the energy businesses and was President and COO of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), a leading provider of technology solutions for financial institutions and one of the key leaders in distribution channel innovation surrounding the growth of internet banking. Previous to that, Dan served in key executive roles with CheckFree, ADP and D&B.
Dan earned a B.S. in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Mercer University. Dan can be contacted at Dan dot Drechsel at FTRANS dot net.
Kevin Kiernan, Vice President of Sales
Kevin brings over 20 years of sales and management experience in the telecommunications industry to FTRANS and is vice president of sales. Prior to FTRANS, Kevin was vice president of direct sales for Birch Telecom and managed a sales organization consisting of over 400 people. While at MCI/Verizon, Kevin was responsible for an organization of nearly 100 people, sales revenue in excess of $140MM, and always ranked among the top 5% of his peers within the sales organization for sales production. Throughout Kevin’s career, he has used his management and sales process expertise to build highly effective teams which have successfully generated millions of dollars in new revenue as well as a loyal base of clients.
Kevin earned a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Anne M. Roe, Vice President of Operations
Anne brings over 20 years of experience in operations and customer service to FTRANS and is vice president of operations. Prior to joining FTRANS, Anne managed multiple front-line reps and managers at Fortune 100 companies. Anne has an established record of exceeding goals and has enhanced customer satisfaction through employee motivation, process improvement, and facilitating interdepartmental relations. Anne’s focus on customer service and administration has led to increased customer loyalty and profitability.
Todd E. Knudsen, Vice President of Finance
Todd Knudsen brings over 13 years of public accounting and finance experience to FTRANS and is vice president of finance. Prior to joining FTRANS, Todd was a vice president at Wachovia Bank. While at Wachovia, he underwrote $425MM in commercial real estate transactions and managed a $925MM portfolio. Todd started at Wachovia in portfolio management, where he analyzed credit risk and developed risk mitigation strategies for the commercial loan portfolio for senior management. Prior to Wachovia, Todd was an accounting manager for a $200MM computer reseller. Todd started his career as an auditor for Arthur Andersen where he provided audit and consulting services for both public and private companies primarily in the manufacturing and healthcare industries. Todd is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Todd earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University
John Chandy, Vice President of Software & Development
John Chandy brings over 12 years of experience building financial transaction systems to FTRANS and is director of development. While at Opus Software, John worked on multiple financial application development projects such as Western Union's Web-enabled money order system, Delos Payment Systems’ (now CoreCard Software) fraud detection and collection system, PaySys’s online credit decision management system, HDFC’s ATM fraud monitoring software, and HDFC’s TradeNow e-commerce brokerage system. In addition, John has developed applications for ICICI Bank, Robertson Bank, and HDFC Bank (India).
John earned a B.S in Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Pune (India).