Mark Travis joined TRANSFIRST as senior vice president and chief financial officer in October 2001. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s overall financial performance, managing and developing relationships with lenders and investors, and negotiating and financing acquisitions.

Mr. Travis has 22 years experience in financial management. Prior to joining TRANSFIRST, he served as part of Electronic Data Systems’ CFO group for more than 18 years. During this time, he served as assistant corporate controller and chief financial officer for a number of EDS’ operating divisions. Mr. Travis has extensive experience in the financial management of operations both domestically and abroad, and he has been a key contributor in developing new business opportunities including driving the financial structure for major new contracts and acquisitions. Mr. Travis spent more than eight years working in the Asia Pacific region, where for five of those years he had overall financial responsibility for EDS’ business in that region.

Mr. Travis, who completed his CMA Certification in 1991, earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Texas in Denton. He has served as a mentor for the Dallas Menttium Program and has also served as a member of the University of North Texas Accounting Advisory Board.