As
the industry manager for payments and core banking, Colin Kerr has
responsibility for defining Microsoft's vision, solutions, and partner strategy
for payments and core banking across the worldwide financial services sector. He
has over 20 years of financial services industry experience in the development
and marketing of banking and payments solutions in Europe and the US. Before
joining Microsoft in 2008, Kerr was the research area director for Global
Payments at TowerGroup, a leading research and advisory services firm. Prior to
that, he spent nine years at ABN Amro Bank's North American headquarters and led
the development of payments and cash management solutions for Fortune 500 global
corporate clients. In 1994, Kerr moved to the US from the UK with a vendor of
international wholesale banking solutions. His career started in the retail
division of the Midland Bank, now part of HSBC. Kerr is a certified treasury
professional (CTP), an active member of the Association of Financial
Professionals (AFP) and often contributes to industry publications. In addition,
he has spoken at industry conferences throughout the world.