Linthicum, Maryland: First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. is pleased to announce that Scott Calliham has joined its Merchant Acquiring practice as a Principal. Scott has nearly 15 years of experience in the payments industry including the last seven years with Bank of America. Prior to Bank of America, Scott spent seven years with First Annapolis.
While with Bank of America, Scott held various positions in both Payments and Strategy and Merchant Services. In Payments and Strategy, he was responsible for several projects focused on payments related initiatives across Bank of America’s Debit, Issuing, and Acquiring businesses. Additionally, Scott spent the last five years in Merchant Services at Bank of America holding multiple roles, including leading Corporate Strategy, Pricing and Portfolio Management, and Product Development and Support. Most recently, Scott was Executive Vice President of Bank of America Merchant Services with responsibility for Emerging Payments and Strategy.
Scott graduated with his Bachelor's Degree from San Jose State University and earned his MBA at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
"Scott is uniquely qualified to add value to our clients based on his experience with both Bank of America and First Annapolis" said Marc Abbey, Managing Partner. "He has held a diverse set of executive positions with one of the largest acquirers in the world while also having a high degree of familiarity with our consulting practice. We are very excited to have Scott back at First Annapolis and he will be focused on helping to build the Acquiring practice in both Consulting and M&A related initiatives."
First Annapolis is a management consulting and M&A advisory firm focusing on the financial services industry, particularly in payment-related products, services, and delivery. Our clients include U.S. and international financial institutions, payment networks, service providers, retailers, airlines, hotels, manufacturers, trade associations, and government agencies. We offer a full range of services including strategy development, program management, portfolio/risk management, commercial risk management and compliance, and marketing support/execution in areas such as product design, rewards/loyalty program development, and customer segmentation. First Annapolis also offers a suite of specialized M&A advisory services that complement our consulting practice.
