Ms. Amy Jan DeBerg-Ferwerda

biography

Amy DeBerg-Ferwerda Biography



For over 20 years Amy has been involved either directly or indirectly in the credit card industry. For you, when you need to quickly fill critical open positions, Amy’s persistence and excitement about matching highly qualified people with exceptional client companies is what you can count on to allow you to meet your hiring deadlines. When you have the right people on your team, you can do your job and meet your business goals. You will find Amy and the other professional recruiters at Recruiting & Placement Inc to be honest, professional, and extremely confidential in all relationships.

Currently, Amy is an Executive Recruiter and President of Recruiting & Placement Inc. On March 1, 2000 Amy opened Recruiting & Placement Inc. Amy began her recruiting career in July of 1996 as a recruiter with Management Recruiters. While with Management Recruiters, Amy earned the following awards and certifications:

“Certified Senior Account Manager” (CSAM) certification

MRI international “Pace Setter” (top 10%) awards (1998, and 1999)

“Time-to-First Placement Award”

“Highest $ Volume for a Single Placement Award”



Since 1996, as a recruiter, Amy has specialized in the Credit Card world. A sample of the companies who have benefited from Amy’s work includes: Bank of America, Bank One Corporation, e-Citi, Chase.com, Metris Companies, US Bank, SPS (now Citi Commerce Solutions), BANKFIRST, Wells Fargo, Fleet Credit Card Services, SDN Communications, Customer Analytics, Avaya Communications Inc, Crystal Group Inc, and Capital Card Services Inc.

Amy was also a guest speaker at the 1997 Faulkner and Gray Credit Card Forum.

Prior to her work as a recruiter (1992 – 1996), Amy was the Data Processing Manager for Service One Corporation – the processor for The Bank of Hoven credit card. The Data Processing Department worked with all the department managers and staff to analyze business processes and to manage all projects and support the technology-based systems including all computer systems and phone systems (the telephone switch, IVR units, and auto-dialers).

As her introduction to the credit card industry, Amy started selling computers in 1982, right out of college. This was shortly after Citibank opened their card center in Sioux Falls, SD and IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer. Citibank Sioux Falls was Amy’s main client and by helping the various managers at Citibank computerize their departments Amy both learned about the credit card industry and met the people who are some of today’s top credit card executives. Amy continued her involvement with both the credit card industry and technology through 1992 as she sold computers and computer services. She started working with recruiters and recruiting and hiring staff as she moved into managing sales, marketing, training, and service professionals.

Amy has a BA in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Augustana College, a small liberal arts college in Sioux Falls, SD.