Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2003

Edward Heffernan – Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ads)

EDWARD J. HEFFERNAN has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Data Systems Corporation since May 1998. Before joining Alliance, he served as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions for First Data Corporation from October 1994 to May 1998. Prior to that he served as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions for Citicorp from July 1990 to October 1994, and prior to that he served in Corporate Finance at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation from June 1986 until July 1990. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Alliance

Data Systems and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Heffernan: The company was formed back in 1996 through