BillingTree®, the payment problem solvers, today announced Terri Harwood has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Ms. Harwood will lead BillingTree Operations during a period of rapid growth. Her experience and extensive expertise complement the company’s continued success in the target verticals of Accounts Receivable Management (ARM), Healthcare, Financial Institutions and Business-to-Business (B2B) payments.

Ms. Harwood brings over 25 years of experience in the payments industry, having previously occupied a COO position at North American Bancard for over five years. Her responsibilities spanned operations, service, compliance, sales and marketing. Prior to this, Ms. Harwood served as the Senior Vice President at Global Payments for over 10 years. She oversaw the customer experience for all lines of business, including ISO, Premier merchant and bank relationships.

“I’m really pleased Terri has joined BillingTree, accepting this important leadership role. She has such an impressive track record in the payments industry, which will be key to supporting our strong growth plans in current and future target verticals,” said BillingTree CEO, Chris Lee. “Additionally, the skills she brings are critical to supporting future BillingTree technology development as well as continued customer demand for our current solutions, Payrazr and CareView.”

“This is an exciting time to join BillingTree, a proven payment technology company with almost 20 years of sustained innovation and client service excellence,” said Terri Harwood, BillingTree COO. “The proprietary BillingTree Payrazr and CareView payment solutions are both extremely customer centric, allowing the operations and support teams to concentrate on process efficiency, new service and technology introductions and reducing costs for clients and the company.”