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| CCMA Business Boot Camp Instructors
 Eddy A. Sumar, MBA, CCE, CICE, and CEW - California Region Founder of ERS Consulting Services in Rancho Cucamonga, California; he is an International Trade Financing Consultant; a Consultant for the Center for International Trade Development (CITD); a member of the Guidepoint Global Advisors, and an Associate of Quote 2 Cash (Q2C). Mr. Sumar has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration (B.B.A.) from Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, West Bank where he enjoyed a Fulbright scholarship and graduated as Valedictorian. He also obtained his MBA with distinction from Leicester University, Leicester, UK. Mr. Sumar has 24+ years of experience in the credit and collection field. He is an Alumnus of GSCFM from the NACM and received the NACM/Robert Half Student of the Year Award in 2000, the Best Article Award in 2003, and the CCE Designation of Excellence Award in 2004. He is the recipient of the CMA 2006 Credit Executive of the Year Award and the CCR Credit Excellence Awards 2011 in International Credit Management. Mr. Sumar is a public speaker and enjoys writing and traveling. He is the author of 'From the Cutting Board to the Cutting Edge: Re-inventing Credit in the 21st Century,' published by NACM; A Treasure Hunt with Otis—Acquiring the Wisdom Needed to Navigate the Journey of Life, published by Xlibris 2008, The Hidden Dreams—Prospecting for the Precious Resource of Untapped Youthful Energy, published by Xlibris, 2010, and A Financial Odyssey—The Quest for Financial Freedom, published by ERS consulting Services, 2010  Philip P. Philbin CCE CICP - Illinois Region Founder, Managing Director and Senior Consultant of Commercial Credit Manager Associates LLC in the Chicago Metro area in Illinois. He is a lifetime Certified Credit Execuitve of the National Association of Credit Management and previous Cerfified International Credit Professional of the FCIB. Mr. Philbin was the previous Chairperson of the National Institutional Foodservice Distribution Industry Credit Trade Group (NACM Houston), the Vice-Chairperson of the National Tools & Accessiores Industry Trade Group (NACM Mid-West) and a member the National Home Center Industry Trade Credit Group (NACM Mid-West) for over 15 years. He possesses 38 years experience as a Corporate Credit Manager in the banking, wholesale foodservice distribution, equipment leasing, international freight forwarding, hand tool manufacturing, power tool manufacturing, and hydraulic power equipment manufacturing. He has provided superior credit management consulting services in the areas of wholesale HVAC distribution, auto leasing, and wholesale floral distribution. Mr. Philbin has conducted numerous webinars and workshops on credit and collection management. Mr. Philbin has a bachelors degree from Northern Illinois University, Dekalb Illinois and attended the Chicago Kent Law School. Wanda McPhillips CCE CICP - Ohio Region Wanda is a Certified Credit Executive and Certified International Credit Professional with more than 20 years experience in both domestic and international credit. Proven leadership and management skills with a focus on customer service. Skills include teaching and training, building relationships with both external and internal customers and general accounting tasks such as journal entries, general ledger account reconciliations, bank reconciliations, cost and profitability analysis, and audits. High integrity, excellent communication skills, customer service and sales knowledge. Wanda has experience in a variety of industries, including manufacturing (medical equipment, industrial equipment, and chemicals), hospitality, construction, public transportation, and aviation. She has a proven history of departmental and cash flow improvements. She is respected and recognized in the credit industry as a leader due to involvement in local and national boards, committees, and instructing for the National Credit Administration Program and Advanced Credit Administration Program. Wanda's system experience includes AS400, J D Edwards, SAP, and Great Plains as well as Microsoft Office products and Credit Management System's Corporate Credit Manager.  Rick J Balgobin, MBA; BS - Denver & Mountain Region Manager with over 25 years of experience in Credit Management and Finance, reputation for effectively delivering strategically oriented credit, collections and accounts receivable management solutions. Core competencies include process management; developing and leading multifunctional teams and change management. Implementing policies and procedures; integrating and testing new software; training and development of staff; internal and external audit; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Industry experience includes manufacturing; transportation; data storage; staffing and Business process outsourcing. Systems knowledge encompasses AS400; JD Edwards; SAP; People soft; Oracle; Microsoft Office products. Scott Chase CCE CICP - Greater Salt Lake City, Utah  Scott's unique expertise includes building credit departments from the ground up (I’ve done it 4 times in a variety of industries) or turning around desperate situations allowing Scott to navigate change, growth and acquisitions with seamless effort and a solid plan for best practice processes. A cornerstone of these successful start ups is using the right systems technologies. Time after time, true cost savings and efficiencies were realized by implementing the right systems. Scott is experienced in the following systems: SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Lawson, ECredit.com, GetPaid, and Cforia. Scott is a Certified Credit Executive (CCE) , Certified International Credit Professional (CICP) and a graduate of NACM’s Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management. I authored, “Centralized or De-Centralized? A Merger Forces a Company to Decide” published in NACM’s Business Credit Magazine. Franklin D. Perry Jr. MBA CCE CICP  - North Carolina Region Frank prides himself as a sales-oriented credit guy! Frank’s career of over 25 years has focused on B2B credit assignments covering domestic and international markets. He has worked in manufacturing, distribution, and retail organizations for public, private equity, and privately-held companies. Frank’s education and certifications include a Master of Business Administration from Frostburg State University, Certified Credit Executive through the National Association of Credit Management, and Certified International Credit Professional through the FCIB. Frank Perry… when results matter!
Charles P. Keenon - Chicago Metro Region  Chuck is an experienced management consultant and accounts receivable expert. He has over 40 years experience in all areas of both commercial and retail accounts receivable management. His experience includes crises management consulting in numerous industries including printing, retail and wholesale distribution, agricultural lending, mortgage lending, manufacturing and call center management. Chuck’s expertise includes strategic planning, budgeting, training, fraud prevention, systems planning and integration, corporate reorganizations and commercial lending. Chuck has been and instructor for Experian, the Illinois Bankers Association, National Retail Merchants Association, the International Credit Association and the EPA. Mr. Keenon is currently the owner of Keenon & Associates a company that partners with various corporate turnaround firms to evaluate and improve underwriting and accounts receivable functions. Linda Wong - Long Beach California Area 
Linda is proficient with GAAP, SOX, Microsoft Office, most accounting softwares(Oracle, MAS90/200/500, SBT/CYMA, JD Edwards/OneWorld , Dynamic formerly Navision/Axapta, GreatPlains, COGNOS, QuickBooks, SAP), Dun & Bradstreet, Pacer, Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, with basic understanding of California Law (i.e. Code of Civil Procedure, California Civil Code), FDCPA, FCRA UCC, Federal Bankruptcy Code, construction law (i.e. mechanics lien, notices), judicial system (i.e. small claims, civil, criminal, bankruptcy), fraud detection. Areas of expertise: Credit and Financial Analysis/Credit Risk Assessment /Receivable and Collections/Corporate Affairs and Litigation/Customer Relations/ Credit Information Software and Systems / Policies and Procedures/Credit and Collections Rules, Regulations, Laws, and Statutes/Credit, Collections, Accounts Receivable Analysis & Metrics. Good written and oral communication abilities in English and Chinese. | |
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