About

Joseph D. Balistreri, National Senior Account Executive

Joseph founded E.D.C. Teknologie Company in 2009 and is an independent sales agent for Card Connect (formerly Ignite Payments), a First Data Company. During 29 years of service in the credit card processing industry, he has supported virtually all types of merchants and organizations. Before establishing his agency, he served as an account executive for Checktronic, First Net Payment Services, Global Payments USA and later as senior account executive for Chase Merchant Services and Wells Fargo Merchant Services.

Joanna Thurn, Sales Manager / Sr. Account Executive

Joanna leads sales and customer service operations. She works across all industries and specializes in credit-card processing for medical offices. Before becoming an agent with Card Connect (formerly Ignite Payments), she worked for five years as a medical billing consultant, four years as a practice administrator in Internal Medicine and nine years as a business manager for medical oncology practices.