Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 17, 2002

J.a. Blanchard – Efunds Corporation (efds)

J. A. (GUS) BLANCHARD has been Chairman of the eFunds Corporation Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since March 2000. Mr. Blanchard previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Deluxe Corporation, joining Deluxe in May 1995. From January 1994 to April 1995, Mr. Blanchard was Executive Vice President of General Instrument Corporation, a supplier of systems and equipment to the cable and satellite television industry. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Blanchard was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harbridge Merchant Services, a national credit card processing company. Before that, Mr. Blanchard worked at American Telephone & Telegraph Company for 25 years, most recently as Senior Vice President responsible for national business sales. He also serves as a Director of Wells Fargo and Company, ADC Telecommunications, Inc., and the Minnesota Opera Company. Profile
TWST: Would you start with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of eFUNDS Corporation?

Mr. Blanchard: eFUNDS Corporation completed its initial public offering

(IPO) in June 2000 and