CreditCon Platinum

CreditCon Platinum is an exclusive 2 day event limited to 40 attendees. This is a high level event for Advanced Credit Professionals.
Hotel
Texican Court offers charm and comfort in a relaxed Luxury Hotel in Irving, TX. Nestled on acres of beautifully landscaped courtyards, Texican Court offers outdoor fun, lawn games, complimentary bicycles, fire-pits, an outdoor circular swimming pool, and more! Support the Texas music scene and enjoy LIVE MUSIC Thursday – Saturday.
Texican Court Hotel
Speakers
John Ulzheimer
Credit Expert
John Ulzheimer
Credit Expert
John Ulzheimer is a nationally recognized expert on credit reporting, credit scoring and identity theft, and has worked in the credit industry since 1991. Formerly of FICO, Equifax, Credit.com, and a contractor for VantageScore Solutions for 8 years, John is the only recognized credit expert who actually comes from the credit industry. He has served as an expert witness in more than 650 credit related lawsuits, has provided sworn testimony over 110 times, and has been qualified to testify in both Federal and State courts on the topic of consumer credit. John is the author of four books and thousands of articles about credit, and has been quoted thousands of times by national and regional media on credit related topics. John has presented at every CreditCon since the inception of the event
Chad Kusner
President Credit Repair Resources
Chad Kusner
President Credit Repair Resources
Chad Kusner is the President of Credit Repair Resources. He serves as a Board Member on the National Association of Credit Service Organizations (NACSO) and an accredited Credit Instructor. Mr. Kusner actively meets with government officials and regulators on Capitol Hill regarding NACSO issues. Mr. Kusner co-presents the annual Credit Expert Summit Event. Mr. Kusner has written publications for the National Mortgage Professional, Scotsman Guide, the Simple Dollar and Originationpro.com and has been quoted in Mortgage Professional America.
Matt Listro
Credit Admiral Software
Matt Liistro
Credit Admiral Software
Matt Liistro is Co-Founder of Credit Admiral Software and a 26 year veteran of the Credit Repair Industry. Matt is the organizer of the annual CreditCon Event. Matt is a published author appearing in numerous publications including Yahoo Finance, Dow Jones Marketplace, and The Washington Business Journal. Matt’s expertise lies in the credit disputing process. Matt is passionate about uniting credit industry professionals and the sharing of credit knowledge.
Robert Sigman
Credzu Founder
Robert Sigman
Credzu Founder
After serving his country as a Special Agent with U.S Army Counterintelligence, Robert returned home from a deployment to Iraq in 2007 to face credit issues that prevented him from obtaining lending. Through his efforts to resolve the issues he was experiencing, he discovered a way to help others just like him. He established a credit repair organization in the tradeline space, which subsequently became one of the largest tradeline companies in the country for over a decade.
Concerned with a credit repair organization’s ability to comply with credit repair laws and rules, Robert began the process of pivoting out of the industry by selling his company and starting a third party escrow platform specifically designed for CROA and TSR compliance.
Shiva Bhaskar
Head Attorney & Cofounder – Tier One Credit
Shiva Bhaskar
Head Attorney & Cofounder – Tier One Credit
Shiva Bhaskar is a consumer rights attorney, whose practice focuses primarily on litigating cases involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Shiva is the principal attorney of Gopal Law Group, a consumer rights law firm. He is also the head attorney and cofounder of Tier One Credit, a credit repair firm based in California. Tier One Credit operates on a pay per delete basis, and emphasizes both restoring credit, as well as building positive new credit. Shiva is proud to be at the nexus of credit repair and credit / debt litigation. Shiva has trained numerous real estate and mortgage professionals in best practices for credit restoration & credit management. He has educated members of the South Bay Association of Realtors, Inland Valley Association of Realtors, LeaderOne Financial, Bank of The West, and more. Shiva is a proud member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. Shiva is a 2010 graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where he participated in Mock Trial, Moot Court and the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. Shiva graduated from UCLA in 2005, with a BA in Political Science.
Steve Palmieri
Founder | Pre Litigation
Steve Palmieri
Founder | Pre Litigation
Steven Palmieri got into credit repair in 2008 and today runs the number 1 brand for credit repair pre-litigation disputes products.
Early in Steven’s credit repair career, there were several things that he did which laid the foundation for the Credit Repair Pre-Litigation Disputes movement. First, Steven read a consumer protection law book called Fair Credit Reporting by the National Consumer Law Center which laid out the entire framework of how credit bureaus, debt collectors, and financial institutions are supposed to operate. Second, he purchased the training manual for the industry standard of how to report accurate data. This manual is called the Credit Reporting Resource Guide and the industry standard data format is called Metro2®. And finally, Steven went on a journey to find a lawyer with whom he could work in tandem to help his clients sue credit bureaus and data furnishers for not conforming to their own industry standard for accurate credit reporting.
Today, Steven Palmieri has the number 1 training course for CRO’s to learn credit repair pre-litigation disputes. He also just launched Palmieri System which is the first pre-litigation disputes software. This software helps CROs and attorneys run next-level credit repair practices.
For more information, you can visit https://stevenpalmieri.com/
Douglas “Doug” Hollon
Credit Expert Witness
Doug Holon
Credit Expert Witness
Doug is a former Experian Representative. Doug worked for Experian for 14 years in the areas of credit reporting and compliance. Doug represented Experian in court cases from 2016 to 2018, testifying about Experian policies, procedures, and operations. Doug has analyzed tens of thousands of credit reports over his career.
Doug has also served in the US Military from 1989 to 2005 with Top Secret SCI Clearance as a military paralegal. Doug has a BA in Religion, BS in Business Finance, and a Masters in Contract Management. Doug also holds a CDIA FCRA Certification.
Robby H. Birnbaum
Partner
Robby H. Birnbaum
Partner
Robby H. Birnbaum began his law career with Greenspoon Marder in 1998 and has practiced with the firm ever since. Mr.
Birnbaum is a Partner and Practice Group Leader of the Regulatory Compliance and Financial Services Practice Groups
and serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Birnbaum also Chairs the firm’s Health and Consumer Insurance
Sales Regulatory Group.
For over 20 years, Mr. Birnbaum has provided proactive, successful compliance strategies and outcomes to financial and
health industry clients. Mr. Birnbaum also has substantial experience in the travel and vacation resort industries,
representing and counseling some of the largest travel providers and sellers of vacation and business travel services in
the world.
Mr. Birnbaum’s practice focuses on providing comprehensive legal advice and regulatory advocacy to a broad spectrum of
clients, such as nonbank financial products and services providers; advertisers and marketers; health insurance and
health related service sellers; along with trade and professional associations. Mr. Birnbaum practices before the CFPB,
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), offices of state attorneys’ general, state banking and financial services departments
and federal and state insurance regulators.
A substantial portion of Mr. Birnbaum’s work involves assisting clients with proactive regulatory compliance to remain out
of the cross-hairs of regulators and expensive class action lawsuits. Mr. Birnbaum immerses himself in the industries of
his clients, advising clients on how to minimize the legal risks related to providing, advertising, and marketing financial and
health insurance products and services to consumers under federal and state consumer protection laws, including laws
and regulations under the jurisdiction of the CFPB and FTC. Mr. Birnbaum’s team also assists with state licensing and
agency compliance reviews. Mr. Birnbaum regularly advises on the design of compliance management systems tailored
to specific client needs and government expectations.
Mr. Birnbaum is an experienced advertising attorney who regularly advises clients on consumer protection issues,
specifically with regard to advertising and promotions, including digital media and lead generation, as well as consumer
credit and financial services laws, privacy laws and regulations. He has extensive experience in the issues surrounding
mobile marketing, target marketing, lead generation, affiliate marketing, social media, and user-generated content. Mr.
Birnbaum has widely counseled clients on compliance with state and federal banking and insurance regulations, along
with the sweeping wave of recent state privacy law regulations.
Mr. Birnbaum focusses on defending clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions pursued by the CFPB,
FTC, state attorneys’ general, and other state regulatory agencies, as well as advising in private litigation involving claims,
such as false or misleading advertising, TCPA and telemarketing challenges, and unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and
practices.
Mr. Birnbaum is heavily involved as the “go to attorney” for the debt settlement, consumer credit counseling, vehicle service contracts, seller of travel, and the credit repair industries, actively representing over 500 companies in those industries in all areas from lead generation to administrative licensing and contract fulfillment. Mr. Birnbaum also counsels the financial partners and supporting vendors of those industries, and is active in their trade associations.
Mr. Birnbaum regularly counsels private equity and venture capital funds, along with public companies on their potential investments and market activity in regard to his practice areas. Mr. Birnbaum regularly supports and serves as lead counsel and advisor on multi-million dollar buyouts and investments. Mr. Birnbaum serves as outside general counsel to many of the firms largest advertising, financial, insurance and other public companies.
Mr. Birnbaum serves as the elected president of the American Fair Credit Council, National Association of Credit Service Organizations, and the Administrator of the Vehicle Protection Association. Mr. Birnbaum is exceptionally active in Congressional and legislative affairs groups, bringing those direct insights and current updates back to the firm’s clients.
Moreover, affiliate marketing, publisher/affiliate lead generation and sales, and network referrals round out Mr. Birnbaum’s practice areas. Over the last twenty years, Mr. Birnbaum has likely resolved, without the need for litigation and to the great satisfaction of his clients, more state and federal government investigations and inquiries than any other attorney.
Mr. Birnbaum graduated from the University of Wisconsin for both his undergraduate studies and law degree. He resides
in Boca Raton, Florida, practicing from the firm’s Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami offices.
Brittany “Luscious Barbie” Criswell
Social Media Influencer/Entrepreneur
Luscious Barbie
Social Media Influencer/Entrepreneur
Luscious Barbie is a native of Dallas, where she has built a large hometown fanbase by conquering the social media scene. Luscious is a comedian, actress, producer, social media influencer and community advocate. She’s appeared on MTV’s Crack Me Up, E! Fashion Emergency 2020, and has a popular Ted Talk entitled “Failing Forward”. Luscious provides unique experience-based reviews on her social media platforms that have revived many businesses in the Dallas area during the pandemic. As a viral Tik Tok influencer her videos have been viewed more than 9.7 million times. Her passion is to teach businesses on how to grow within social media platforms and within their communities.
Chris Ebert
Paralegal – The Law Offices of J. Gannon Helstowski | Ramos Law Firm – Texas Consumer Credit Attorney
Chris Ebert
Paralegal – The Law Offices of J. Gannon Helstowski | Ramos Law Firm – Texas Consumer Credit Attorney
Chris is a genius in credit repair and credit law. He bridges the gap between credit repair and the legal community. Chris has an extensive knowledge of both credit repair and credit law and manages to bring the two together in a way that maximizes the best of both worlds. His expertise lies in the integration of legal work into the credit repair process. A true master of his field.
Chris Jimenez
Vice President of Sales
Chris Jimenez
Vice President of Sales
Chris Jimenez has been focused on merchant acquisition at BankCard USA for almost 10 years. As Vice President of Sales, Chris customizes industry-leading electronic payment solutions for merchants in a variety of industries. Backed by a personally-crafted business strategy and growing team devoted to providing scalable processing systems, Chris strives to elevate and enhance the financial landscape for any business, large or small. His long-standing history in the credit card processing field, first as a business owner and then as an account provider, has given him invaluable insight and experience on both sides of the statement, fueling his passion for delivering innovative payment platforms.