What's NXT 2020 User Conference

Alan Chamo

A staple in the Miami Entertainment scene. Alan is a master of mentalism (Magic of the Mind) and the only that can do an entertaining mental act in English Spanish and even “Spanglish”.  Alan uses comedy and Mental Magic to motivate and inspire people from all walks of life. I work with companies such as Pepsi, KFC, Kraft, Universal, Roche, Royal Caribbean, NBC, Telemundo, and Univision. He was the star of an international television commercial for American Express, performed Live in front of 50 million viewers at the “Premio Lo Nuestro“, and won an IBM (International Brotherhood of Magic) Award

David Brasfield

Mr. Brasfield, Chairman, CEO and Founder of NXTsoft, has demonstrated a track record of success in creating and developing several technology companies from inception to successful exit over the last 30 years. In these ventures, Mr. Brasfield has successfully developed and implemented strategies for sales, marketing and software product development. He has been a director of a community bank and is currently a member of other boards in the Birmingham area. Mr. Brasfield holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Andy McMakin

Mr. McMakin, President of NXTsoft, graduated from the University of Alabama in 2003 with a degree in accounting. After graduation, Cafes in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. McMakin now serves as the company’s Chairman, which has grown to 4 locations, a wholesale division, and employs over 100 people. Mr. McMakin also serves as a principal of his consulting firm, Fountain Row Partners, LLC, where he has worked with clients in a broad range of industries focusing on finance, accounting and executive management and leadership development. He earned his CPA and started his career in public accounting. In 2005, he and his wife co-founded Ashley Mac’s.

Chip Moore

Chip Moore serves as Systems Engineer at First Bank of Alabama. He has earned the ICBA Certified Community Bank Technology Officer designation as well as completing the Alabama Banker’s Association’s three year School of Banking program at the University of South Alabama. In addition to his work in banking, he still maintains a select client list from his consulting business in a variety of industries and serves in leadership roles in many local civic organizations.

Nelson Chu

Nelson is the founder and CEO of Cadence, the leading digital securitization and investment platform for private credit. He is a 3x startup founder with several years of experience at the top investment management firms, including Bank of America and BlackRock. Prior to Cadence, he founded a strategy consulting firm specializing in helping companies build products and raise capital for growth, creating over $1B in equity value. He currently serves as an advisor to an ultra high net worth family office and is an active angel investor, with notable investments including BlockFi, Cadre, Care/Of, Clover Health, dv01, Tala, and Uala.

Grantland Rice IV

Grantland Rice IV is Chief Operating Officer at Cobbs Allen. Grantland’s main areas of focus are finance, accounting, technology, and mergers and acquisitions. He also serves as a risk management consultant for Cobbs Allen clients, during which he concentrates on group captives. Before joining the Cobbs Allen team, Grantland was an audit manager at Sellers Richardson Holman & West, where he focused on manufacturing, education, and investment company clients. Grantland received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Accountancy from Auburn University.

Mitt Schroeder

Mitt Schroeder, CEO, Central State Bank,  graduated Troy University in Marketing and obtained his MBA from Troy. He started working for Central State Bank as an Assistant Vice President and Loan Officer and became CEO of Central State Bank in 2012. Other Boards either currently or past etc: Foundation Board of The University of Montevallo - Advisory Board of Shelby Hospital- Industrial Development Board of Calera Alabama - National Center for Fire and Life Safety – 
Calera Main Street Board

Kevin Minton

Kevin Minton serves as the Information Security Officer at First Bank of Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and has worked in community banking his entire career. Kevin has worked in all different areas of banking including teller, loan processor, loan officers, assistant branch manager, collections department supervisor, and loan operations supervisor.

Tammy Bangs

Tammy Gilleland Bangs, Senior Client Executive at Temenos,  has more than 30 years of experience in community banking and fintech.  Tammy started her first bank job at just 16 and proudly considers herself a product of community banking.  Tammy's areas of expertise include digital banking, retail banking, risk management, financial crimes, money laundering, and regulatory compliance.  In her free time, Tammy enjoys spending time with her daughter and her dogs.  She lives in Parker, Colorado and enjoys volunteering with Project Our Town and Women Leaders of Denver.  Tammy holds a CAMS certification.

Bart Hall

Mr. Hall is the Director of Compliance for NXTsoft. Mr. Hall has more than 30 years of management, audit, compliance and regulatory experience with financial institutions. Mr. Hall has extensive experience dealing with senior management, board members and regulatory examiners obtained during his professional career. During his career Mr. Hall has obtained various professional certifications including CIA, CBA, CFSA and CFE. Mr. Hall earned his BS of Finance at Auburn University.

Bobby Childs

Bobby Childs is the Vice President of Business Development for NXTsoft. Bobby’s experience and expertise supports the current growth of the business by deepening relationships both with our current partners and clients as well as being the driving force behind the development of new relationships for NXTsoft. Bobby has years of experience in running national sales and marketing teams for businesses across the country.

Brandon Jarrett

Brandon Jarrett is the President of ThreatAdvice by NXTsoft.  Mr. Jarrett previously worked for Milner, Inc. where he served as the national sales manager. Brandon comes with a wealth of experience in the managed services business and has an accomplished track record of successfully growing managed services /telephony businesses. Brandon holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technologies and is a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) and Cisco Certified Network Associate.

John Anton

John Anton is SVP of Product, NXTsoft, OmniLytics. He is responsible for designing and overseeing the company’s Asset Liability Management solution designed for financial institutions. Anton oversees all ALM modeling and bond accounting operations. Anton is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a B.S. in Finance from Trinity University.

Michael Johnson

Mr. Johnson is a Senior Systems Engineer for ThreatAdvice by NXTsoft. He brings 20+ years of experience in Information Technology and security, including both public and private sectors. He has led project teams in designing and implementing data centers and networks with a major focus on security, producing and increasing sales and creating and developing policies and procedures for IT departments.  Mr. Johnson holds advanced certificates in several areas of sales and security from the following:  Cisco, VMware, Veeam, Microsoft, ITIL, IBM and more.

Rich Longo

Rich Longo is President of NXTsoft's Data Business, Omni and Director of Strategy for the overall company. Prior to joining NXTsoft, Rich was the Managing Partner and Founder of Transform FinTech, a FinTech Advisory firm that provided strategic advice for companies like Robinhood, Goldman Sachs, RBC Innovations and Finastra. Prior to that role, Rich held senior leadership positions over the past 20 years at global companies Infosys, Temenos, VSoft, and FIS. He was instrumental in transforming those financial technology businesses by converting their business models and creating new offerings.

Shelba Murphy

Shelba Murphy is the SVP. Head of Sales, NXTsoft Omni Platform and specializes in expanding existing customer relationships and building new relationships in the Fintech industry. She has a strong focus in the banking industry with special insights in leveraging technology to create an open banking environment. Her passion is building sales teams that are collaborative and creating an eco-system to allow employees to thrive and its proven to be the cornerstone to her success.

Tom Parsons

Tom VP of Sales, NXTsoft OmniLytics and is a banking professional with over 20 years of experience delivering SAAS and application software to financial institutions. He has helped over 700 clients solve analytical problems and improve reporting accuracy using financial technology. Tom’s philosophy is simple:  he wants to help you be as confident as possible understanding and explaining your complex analytical results to the board and examiners.

Starr Largin

Starr Largin, VP of Sales, ThreatAdvice by NXTsoft.  Starr has an extensive background in banking and brings over 28 years of banking experience and knowledge to NXTsoft. During her banking career she served as Senior Management with a primary focus in the lending area, including stress testing, allowance for loan losses, auditing, etc. Due to her extensive banking background Starr plays a critical role on the Development Team for Compliance Products.  Her banking knowledge allows her to work with institutions to identify needed resources. 

Vu Nguyen

Vu Q. Nguyen is NXTsoft’s VP of Client Experience. He is responsible for the organizing, planning, and monitoring NXTsoft's client service department to ensure memorable interactions between NXTsoft and its clients.

Prior to joining NXTsoft, he’s gained a various wealth of knowledge working within markets/roles including Internet Banking for Credit Unions specialist and  CORE conversions analyst at an FI solution company, Health and Welfare ETL programmer at Aon Hewitt, business intelligence for Sears Home Improvement and as a Business Analyst and Director of Implementations with CCMC Inc.

His primary focus is creating an open channel of communication between clients and NXTsoft, implementing the 4 levels of client satisfaction, process optimization, training employees, and finding new ways to ensure each client has a positive user experience partnering with NXTsoft.

Will Blackburn

Will Blackburn serves as NXTsoft’s Chief Technology Officer and oversees development of all of the company’s business units. Mr. Blackburn created and developed the company’s flagship ThreatAdvice cybersecurity education, awareness and intelligence solution. He has developed and launched multiple applications. Blackburn is a 2019 recipient of The Birmingham Business Journal’s Rising Star Award. He holds a B.S. in computer science from The University of Alabama.