Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

John Hashman – Nextcard Inc (nxcd)

JOHN V. HASHMAN has served as Chief Financial Officer of NextCard, Inc. since September 1997 and in March 2000 was promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer. In his current role, Mr. Hashman has assumed responsibility for legal, human resources, administration and project integration, as well as continued stewardship over the financial function for the company. In addition, he will chair a newly created Operating Committee consisting of NextCard's senior management team. Prior to joining NextCard in 1997, Mr. Hashman spent more than 11 years at Providian Financial as Vice President in various marketing, operations and finance positions. During that time he also served as Vice President and Treasurer, developing the bank's institutional funding relationships. Prior to his career at Providian, Mr. Hashman was an Accountant for BankAmerica Corporation and Pacific Bell. He earned his MBA with a focus on Finance from USF and a BS in Accounting from Southeast Missouri University. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of NextCard?

Mr. Hashman: NextCard was founded in June, 1996 by Jeremy Lent. Jeremy

is the former CFO at Providian, which is one of the