Leadership

Mark Kelsey is Chief Executive Officer for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®, a leading provider of essential information that helps customers across all industries and government predict, assess and manage risk. Appointed to this position in December 2012, he is responsible for driving revenue and merging market needs with cutting-edge technology, unique data and advanced scoring analytics.

Kelsey is also Chief Executive Officer for Reed Business Information (RBI). In this role, as well as his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, he has led the company's transformation from traditional publisher to a provider of data and marketing solutions, as well as online community and job sites, magazines and business leads.

His career with Reed Business Information has spanned 28 years. He started his career in Marketing and was appointed to the Board in 1992 as Managing Director of Estates Gazette.

Both LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Reed Business Information are part of Reed Elsevier, a leading publisher and information provider.

Rick Trainor is Chief Executive Officer, Business Services and Content for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. Named to this position in July of 2009, Trainor directs the unit's strategy, market and product direction, and manages the sales and vertical marketing teams for the business unit's banking, receivables management and corporate/emerging markets. In addition he manages the company's content acquisition, bulk content fabrication, sales and licensing, along with managing our two specialty businesses: VitalChek and Signature Information Solutions.

Previously, Trainor served as Senior Vice President of Content and Data Services. In that capacity, Trainor was responsible for all content acquisition, along with bulk content fabrication, sales and licensing.

Prior to joining LexisNexis, Trainor was Vice President of Content for Seisint, a privately owned Boca based company, which was acquired by LexisNexis in 2004. In this position, he was responsible for all content acquisition. Prior to 2001, Trainor served as Vice President of Contracts and Program Management for Diveo Broadband Networks, where he managed significant vendor financing agreements and the contract management aspects of building out world-class data centers and fixed wireless networks across Latin America.

Trainor serves on the Board of Directors for Zoo Atlanta. He earned his BS in Accounting and MS in Finance from Boston College.

Haywood "Woody" Talcove is CEO, Government and LexisNexis Special Services Inc., for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this role, he is responsible for all sales, market planning, and product management for government for LexisNexis. Talcove also oversees all operations for LexisNexis Special Services Inc. (LNSSI), a separate subsidiary. A recognized expert in the Government IT space, Talcove joined LexisNexis in 2008, bringing a customer-centric focus to LNSSI's operations.

Previously, Talcove served as Vice President of Public Sector Americas for Juniper Networks, where he spearheaded federal (civilian, intelligence, and defense), state and local, and education sales for the company. He also supported the networking and security needs of government through Juniper's broad range of high performance technology solutions. Earlier in his career, Talcove served in several positions at Cabletron Systems.

Talcove is a sought-after source for trend analysis by media and industry event organizers, and he serves on the board of directors of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation.

Talcove earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration from the University of Maine.

Bill Madison is CEO, Insurance, for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. Madison is currently responsible for all insurance transactional business, including solutions for underwriting, claims, analytics, and international markets, as well as for pursuing new market initiatives in life insurance, homeowners insurance, telematics, and auto rental.

Madison has played a key role in the integration of data services into multiple channels and in transforming LexisNexis from being a data provider in insurance to providing a holistic approach to risk analysis, underwriting, and claims processing that includes process enhancement. These innovative solutions have helped insurance carriers achieve significant improvements in performance.

Madison joined the organization in 1989 as part Equifax's acquisition of Innovative Research Inc., where he was a member of the leadership team which developed several products that revolutionized auto insurance underwriting. When the company's insurance services team was spun off from Equifax to create ChoicePoint, he was instrumental in transitioning the organization into a standalone unit.

During his tenure, Madison has served in a variety of roles, including customer sales representative in the Personal Lines (auto and home) market, then later as Vice President of Sales for the Insurance Data Services division where he was responsible for the National Accounts Program, in addition to all ChoicePoint data sales activity.

Madison earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va. He lives in the Atlanta area with his family.

Lee Rivas is Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector and Health Care, for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. Named to these positions in 2013, Lee is responsible for driving revenue and merging market needs with technology solutions. In addition he manages U.S. and International Operations, which include Customer Service, Compliance and Regulatory support and Consumer Advocacy.

Previously, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager for the screening business of LexisNexis. He led a transformation of the screening business leading to the successful divestiture of the business. He has held also several other leadership roles at LexisNexis in Product, Sales, and Strategy.

Prior to joining LexisNexis, Lee spent three years at the strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he was an Engagement Manager specializing in strategy, marketing, and sales force improvement for Fortune 500 companies. Previous to McKinsey, Lee spent five years in the U.S. Army where he served in a variety of operational roles including M1A2 tank platoon leader and M3A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Reconnaissance platoon leader. He was stationed at various U.S. locations and in the Middle East where he participated in operations in Kuwait.

Lee serves on the Board of Directors for the Children's Museum of Atlanta. Lee graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in Political Science where he was a member of the academic honor society Phi Kappa Phi. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Harry Jordan is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Health Care for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. He directs the Health Care business, offering capabilities in Health Management, Predictive Claims Fraud Analytics and Health Information Exchanges.

Jordan joined LexisNexis in 2004 as Vice President, Strategy; then in 2007 he transitioned to Vice President, Government solutions. Since joining LexisNexis, he has led several acquisition due diligence efforts including the $775M Seisint and the $4.1B ChoicePoint acquisitions. He also led various critical initiatives for the business such as coordinating the response and remediation to the 2005 LexisNexis data fraudulent incident.

Prior to joining LexisNexis, Jordan served as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and Perot Systems. He ran the Financial Services business unit of the IT infrastructure consulting firm Greenwich Technology Partners. Jordan has also been an IT consultant with Cambridge Technology Partners (now part of Novell) and began his career with Price Waterhouse as a consultant.

Jordan holds a BA in Economics from Yale University and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Rebecca (Becky) Schmitt is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this role, she is responsible for leading the finance function, including planning and analysis, financial reporting and various accounting functions. The finance team is focused on providing analysis and recommendations that support the decision making of the business to drive profitable growth.

Previously, Schmitt spent twenty years with various divisions of Sara Lee Corporation. Her most recent role was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Sara Lee Branded Foods, a $1 billion division that included the Sara Lee Bakery portfolio. Other roles crossed a variety of financial disciplines, including integration of several acquisitions, planning and analysis, general accounting, accounts receivable and supply chain finance.

Schmitt serves on the Board of Directors for Hands on Atlanta. She also holds a certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation and earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Hanover College, and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.

Vijay Raghavan is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this position, he is responsible for technology development, R&D, information systems, security and operations. A 25-year information technology veteran, Raghavan has deep expertise in the management of complex technology functions, with oversight of full software development lifecycle and support functions for sophisticated, high-availability applications and "Big Data" supercomputing platforms.

Previously, Raghavan served as Vice President, Insurance Technology, LexisNexis, where he was responsible for all aspects of application development and maintenance of the core insurance applications.

Prior to joining LexisNexis, Raghavan held senior executive positions at Paragon Solutions, where he was Chief Technology Officer; and at McKesson, a Fortune 15 company, where he was Vice President, Product Development within the Imaging Solutions Group.

Raghavan holds a B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science and is currently enrolled in an Executive Education Program in strategy and innovation at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Lisa Agona is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this role, Agona leads the development and implementation of marketing strategies that drive revenue growth, elevate the brand and represent the voice of the customer.

Joining LexisNexis in 2007, Agona spearheaded the communication strategy for the $4 billion 2008 acquisition of ChoicePoint, and in 2009 led a year-long, company-wide rebranding effort as ChoicePoint was integrated into LexisNexis.

Previously, Agona was Global Marketing Director for Accenture's capital markets group. She also held the role of Vice President with Republic National Bank of New York (now HSBC) where she co-led the development of one of the early online banks. Agona's areas of expertise traverse B2B and B2C markets and include marketing strategy, branding, product management, direct marketing, and corporate in-house venturing.

Agona serves on the board of directors for the Junior Achievement of Georgia. She holds a bachelor's in economics from West Virginia University and an MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.

Scott Sessler is Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this role, he is responsible for strategic planning, acquisitions, strategic business development projects and competitive intelligence.

Sessler's involvement with this business unit began in 2000 as a member of the team responsible for the acquisition of RiskWise International, which ultimately led to the establishment of the LexisNexis risk-focused business. He joined the Risk business in 2001, with responsibility for strategic planning, business development and competitive intelligence. Sessler has been an active participant in large-scale acquisitions including RiskWise, Dolan, Seisint and ChoicePoint, which have grown the business from $46 million in 2000 to $1.4 billion in revenues, and has also been a key driver in the divestments of several non-core businesses. He has also served as Venture Associate to the Reed Elsevier Ventures Fund.

Prior to Sessler's role in LexisNexis, he led the Strategic Marketing function within the Nexis organization. He joined LexisNexis in 1986 as a senior business analyst, and has held a variety of positions in strategy, business development and finance.

Sessler earned his BBA in Finance and Accounting at the University of Cincinnati, and his MBA from The Ohio State University. He is also a certified public accountant (inactive) in Ohio, and serves on the Strategic Communications committee of TechnologyFirst, a nonprofit trade association based in Dayton, Ohio.

Donald (Don) Welsko is Senior Vice President, Human Resources for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. Welsko joined LexisNexis in 2008, during Reed Elsevier's acquisition of ChoicePoint, commencing an integration that nearly quintupled the size of the business unit.

With more than twenty years of operating and executive human resources experience, Welsko has held positions with PepsiCo (Frito Lay), General Electric (GE Capital), Sears, The Limited, and Philips Electronics. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce and the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, and was previously a board member for the Georgia Special Olympics, the HR Leadership Forum and SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise).

Welsko holds a BS degree in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University, an MBA from Jacksonville University, and the SPHR designation from the Human Resource Certification Institute.

Meredith Sidewater is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this role, she is responsible for all legal, compliance and regulatory matters.

Prior to assuming this role, Meredith served as Vice President and Lead Counsel for the Insurance business of LexisNexis, continuing in a similar role she had held since 1999 at ChoicePoint Inc., prior to its acquisition by Reed Elsevier in 2008.

A board member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross, Meredith is also active with the Bright Pink organization as a PinkPal, serving as a one-on-one supportive resource for young women at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

Meredith holds a BA in history from the University of Michigan, and earned her law degree at the University of Georgia School of Law. Meredith lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children.

Debbie Atwell is Vice President, Public Records for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this position Atwell is responsible for managing the business between the risk and legal business units. This includes leveraging existing solutions and identifying new opportunities that would apply across these two business units.

Prior to joining the risk solutions business, Atwell worked in the legal business in a variety of sales capacities, most recently leading the team who managed the Top 20 Customers for U.S. Legal Markets. She is a ten-time winner of the company's Circle of Excellence sales award, and has been with LexisNexis for 16 years.

Atwell earned her bachelor's degree in Finance from Baldwin Wallace College and graduated Magna Cum Laude, and attended business school at John Carroll University in Cleveland.