Merchant Resource Group

Merchant Resource Group is an investment firm focused on identifying and accelerating high growth companies. We identify strategic alliances for increased growth opportunities, and establish new sources of revenue.  It is our goal to become the business development arm and serve as an extension of their business development team. We connect our clients with the proper decision makers through our extensive network and decades of technology experience.

We own and operate one of the leading payments processing platforms in the US with 20+ years of payments experience with transactions. This includes the sale of AcceptSafe to TSYS, the funding of Goldman Sachs with Applied Merchant Solutions and the sale of InternetMerchant to WorldPay.

Clients we have proudly served are Deluxe Corporation, Endurance International Group, First Data Corporation, Staples Corporation, web.com and Mercedes-Benz.

Devour

Devour is the web3-enabled point of sale solution catering to the $863B U.S. restaurant industry. Devour makes crypto accessible to restaurants, empowering them to increase sales by offering personalized membership benefits and rewards.

Crypto Payments Advisor 

Fenway Park Field of Dreams - TDGarden Hoop Dreams

As Chairman of Field of Dreams and Hoop Dreams, we raise funds and awareness of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) which is a nonprofit human services organization that each year provides more than 100,000 low income residents in the Greater Boston region with the tools and resources needed to transition from poverty to stability and from stability to success.  Our efforts are instrumental with the SummerWorks program that puts hundreds of underprivileged kids to work each year, giving them an advantage and the critical skills and experience to compete in the job market.

Chairman of Action For Boston Community Development - ABCD

persistent.id

Persistent.id is a leader in U.S. identity resolution. We’ve built a foundation for marketers, advertisers, agencies, technology platforms, and brands to power personalization, targeting, and analytics across any device and channel.  Identity resolution allows you to identify the actual consumer behind each data signal.

Chairman Of The Board

Command Precision

Command Precision provides privacy-safe data solutions that allow companies to identify more of their customers online. Our data powers the solutions of some of the largest ad tech and customer intelligence companies who provide this data to their clients.

Lead Investor

AcceptSafe

AcceptSafe was one of the nation’s leading providers of secure payment processing for small business owners. Sold this business to a payments startup, private equity backed and funded by Goldman Sachs.

Investor

First Data Corporation

Founded, grew and sold Cardservice Online to First Data Corporation in 2009.  

Acquired and built successful partnerships with companies such as Endurance International Group, web.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Hostway, GoDaddy, Network Solutions, Staples.com, and Symantec.

Executive Vice President Business Development

Microsoft

Reached the pinnacle of sales as top performer for Microsoft small business web property CitySearch (formerly Sidewalk.com).  Formed industry's first payments strategic alliance with Cardservice International to help new to web online merchants accept credit cards.

Internet Marketing Consultant

Gerber Scientific Products

Senior Marketing Coordinator

U.S. Naval War College

I started my career in the Armed Forces, serving in the U.S. Navy. I was honored to serve my country and received awards including a Letter of Commendation from the Admiral of the USS America and Sailor of the Quarter during Operation Desert Storm.  I was honorably discharged in 1994.

Key Accomplishments:

Top Performer - Naval War College, Naval Legal Justice School, Naval Air School Orlando
Honor Graduate US Navy RTC
Mediterranean Cruise Sailor of the Month USS America
USS America - Sailor of the Quarter Nominee
Desert Storm Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal

JAG Assistant

Results-oriented, sales-driven CEO with 25+ years of experience in leading and selling start-ups in industries as diverse as payment processing, and online data and identity solutions.

Key Accomplishments:

-	Led 2 technology businesses to successful acquisitions
-	Consistently exceeded sales goals for companies like Microsoft, Deluxe Corporation and First Data
-	Delivered over $10 million in annualized revenue in 2018 by helping grow and monetize data assets
-	Built a highly profitable and fast growing payments and data business in less than 1 year 
-	Honorably served our country in the U.S. Navy

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