About NetDeposit
Executive Team
Danne L. Buchanan
CEO
A founding force in the creation of NetDeposit, Danne was named CEO in 2003. Since that time, he has continued to build the company into an industry leader by providing financial institutions, commercial and small businesses, as well as governmental and non-profit agencies revolutionary ways to view and process payments. A holder of two patents on electronic check processing, Danne led the team that pioneered remote deposit capture and testified before the United States Senate on behalf of the banking industry in support of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21 Act).
With more than 25 years of banking experience and industry leadership, Danne is a frequent speaker at a variety of conferences, sharing his vision and knowledge with conference attendees.
Danne also serves as Executive Vice President of the E-Business Solutions Group for Zions Bancorporation, of which NetDeposit is a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2002, Danne was the honored recipient of the first annual A.R. Zipf Award for Payment Systems Innovation at Western Payments Alliance. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for industry associations NACHA and WesPay.
Danne holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah.
John B. Hopkins
President
John joined NetDeposit in 2008 as part of the company's integration of P5, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation, where John served as P5's President. As President of NetDeposit, John is responsible for administrative, operational and financial control functions of the company. John has over 20 years of experience in the technology and financial services sector.
Prior to running P5, John served within Zions Bancorporation as Vice President of Finance and Administration and as Chief Financial Officer of its e-Commerce Unit. Other experience includes tenures with Citrix Systems, Coltec Industries, Yale International, Bank of America, Ziegler Securities, and Prudential-Bache Capital Funding. John also is a member of the board of Insure.com (NASDAQ: NSUR).
John received his B.S. in Finance from the University of Utah and his M.B.A from the University of Chicago.
Mary Hockridge
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Mary joined NetDeposit in March 2004 and is responsible for overseeing and ensuring the company's success in all of its sales and marketing efforts, including strategic partnerships and business development.
Mary brings over 20 years of executive experience in software product management, marketing, and sales in the financial services industry. From 1997-2004, she was Senior Vice President and a member of the management team at Carreker Corporation and led its distributed capture, image exchange, and archive business units. Previously, Mary provided product and sales leadership at QuestPoint Remittance Services and Security Pacific Bank.
Mary holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a Certified Cash Manager (CCM).
Christopher Styga
EVP and General Manager, Financial Services Solutions Group
Chris joined NetDeposit in September 2006 and is responsible for leading the Financial Services Solution Group, including new product development, product management, professional services, custom development, as well as overall profitability for the business unit. Chris previously held various positions within the organization including SVP of Professional Services and Licensed Business Manager responsible for product development and engineering.
Chris possesses over 25 years experience in bank and treasury management payment operations, product management, software solution development, sales, and sales operations. Prior to joining NetDeposit, Chris worked for Alogent Corporation where he managed product management, marketing, and sales operations for distributed capture and image solutions. He has also worked for Carreker Corporation as Managing Principal responsible for back office exception management solutions, product management of image archive, capture and delivery solutions and as best practices process and image consulting manager.
Chris spent 18 years at SunTrust Banks as Group Vice President where his roles included management of regional data center and check capture operations, enterprise ACH/EFT operations and enterprise treasury management image operations.
Chris holds a Master's degree in Finance from Nova Southeastern University.
William T. Wong, Ph.D.
EVP and General Manager, Merchant Solutions Group
William is EVP and General Manager of NetDeposit's Merchant Solutions Group with overall responsibility for profitability, customer growth, and product development for the line of business. William joined NetDeposit in 2003 as CTO and EVP of Engineering for NetDeposit, bringing with him more than 15 years of experience managing software engineering and product development in Internet e-commerce and financial services sectors.
Prior to joining NetDeposit, William held pivotal roles at Encirq Corporation, VeriFone, and Hewlett-Packard, leading their software engineering and system integration teams to develop and deploy Internet payment systems for financial institutions and merchants worldwide.
William received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.