Growing and developing strategic partnerships at Acquired.com. Acquired.com is a single, one-stop-shop platform for all payments needs. Every new product development has our customer and our customer's customer at our core.

Responsible for sales management of all payments partnerships. Leading PayFutures Partnership Team responsible for partnerships focusing on numerous sectors including Travel, Education, Retail, Streaming and many more. PayFuture are making significant investments in partnerships with fantastic innovation, great support and unique go to market plans all supported through one API.

PayFuture is an AI technology-based innovative payment gateway connector offering the ability to connect to multiple local payment methods in global emerging markets for both pay-ins and pay-outs.Via a single REST API integration PayFuture’s switch/connector function allows online merchants instant availability to the most popular payment methods per region. As internet usage grows in these regions so does the opportunity for e-commerce merchants to enter these new markets and find previously untapped potential for growth. With AI and deep learning the PayFuture gateway offers competitive advantages in areas such as the customer journey, increasing approval rates as well as conversion recovery to increase merchant’s revenue in these growth regions.

Barclays Payments are responsible for supporting a wide range of businesses from large corporates to prosumers with taking payments. Barclays Payments multichannel approach supports face-to-face, over the phone, online and mobile, including in-app transactions. Barclays Payments is both an acquirer and processer of card transactions; it is responsible for Barclaycard’s payment acceptance network and is the second largest acquirer in Europe. Barclays Payments currently processes 32% of card transaction value in the UK and serves over 100,000 customers.In my role I specialize on recruiting new business with companies in the Corporate market with anticipated card turnover of up to £200m per annum. Also, as well as assisting Partners with any opportunities I work closely with Barclays Bank and other group/external KBI's within target markets

Corporate new business acquisition and account management for companies who process debit and credit card transactions in excess of £30-£50 Million in card turnover. Specialist in various industries but particularly within B2B, Retail and Financial Services. F2F, MOTO, Ecomm, Online and specialist currency solutions.Currently working with Enterprise customers improving processes and customer experience in the UK and overseas.

Elavon has been a leader in processing payments for over twenty years, leveraging the world’s best technologies for our customers, from large worldwide enterprises to locally-owned small businesses. We extend powerful payment solutions for all payment types and processing environments, ensuring that your business, whatever the size, remains well connected. We are consistently rated among the top 5 global payment providers, and our robust, redundant processing platform and end-to-end advantage ensures commerce for businesses around the world. Backed by the strength and stability of U.S. Bank, Elavon delivers flexible, secure and innovative solutions while providing value at every point in our customer and partner relationships.Every year, Elavon processes over 3 billion transactions globally, worth more than €197 billion. Technology and consumer adoption are driving an ever-quickening pace of change globally and the impact on the payments industry is spurring innovation like never before. While businesses change to serve more global customers, our innovative, scalable solutions drive commerce for over 1.3 million customers around the world. In fact, Elavon enables commerce across 3 continents and 29 countries, with an ever-expanding geographic presence. So whatever type of business you are, wherever you are, Elavon has a solution for you.Elavon can provide all card acquiring needs and payment gateways, also providing additional features such as live reporting and tracking, dynamic currency conversion, PCIDSS and gift cards.Key Achievements:2017 - Achieved 132% against revenue target 2018 - Achieved 135% against revenue target2019 - Achieved 101% against revenue target

Achievements:2015 - Awarded Best UK Newcomer to the business2016 - Achieved 140% against revenue target

Sage Pay is the largest independent payment service provider in the UK. The platform allows a complete card payment service that is simple to manage and easy to integrate with your website or e-commerce platform.At Sage Pay I work in a Payments Consultant capacity working with larger tier 2 + clients to understand and deliver innovative solutions to improve efficiency while reducing costs. I believe to deliver the correct solution I must first gain a deep understanding of the clients ecommerce business. This enables me to cross reference industry trends to deliver maximum benefit. Other fantastic SagePay services include:Token - you can now store card details while remaining PCI DSS compliant.24/7 UK-based supportFraud prevention tools, including Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCodeVirtual Terminal – Telephone/Mail Order (MOTO) transaction facilitiesPayPal integrationMulti-currency set-upRecurring and deferred payment optionsMy Sage Pay – your account management & reporting toolMultiple integration options & website integration kitsKey Achievements:2015 - Currently 199% - £117,976 achieved against a target of £63,150.2014 - Team target instead of individual - failed to hit.2013 - 105% - £135,367 achieved against a target of £129,022.Mentor Scheme - following my move from Telesales to Direct I was able to not only spend time with my old team, but share best practices and help them be more proactive. I was also able to give them a better insight into my role and give them the experience of bespoke pricing, tailored proposals and face to face meetings.Referral Scheme - following my move from Telesales to Direct I was able create a smoother process which benefited both teams. Within 6 months 168 leads were passed across with 48 going live. This generated £150,000 for the business.

Working in the telesales team I sold a wide range of products to new and existing customers. Whether over the phone or face to face I always offered a great experience to my clients. It is essential to quickly establish their individual requirements but also exceed any expectations. It is very important to make a good first impression as this not only reflects on myself, but the company as well. I was very organised and methodical how I went about my day to day role. This allowed me to prioritise what needed doing and not only hit but over achieve on targets.Key Achievements:For the full year I was on the team I was the highest performer achieving the following:1012% revenue against Merchant Services**53 Accounts going live against a target of 30. 103% Payment Gateway105% Pay Pal target100% on quality Average talk time of 2 hours 25 minutes against a target of 2 hours. Each year Sage attends a show at Earl’s Court in London. This is a 2 day event and can generate a lot of business so I volunteered to go as a representative for Sage Pay. Over the 2 days I spoke to a number of potential customers and generated over 40 leads for the business.

In this role the variation and responsibility of being part of the night-shift team ensured I was in charge of my own time. This meant I had to plan my own workload and by making key decisions I was able to communicate all aspects of our role to the day shift. As I am organised, driven, and resilient I had no problem doing this or meeting deadlines. I am very passionate about our customers so by fact finding and listening to developers I was able to offer excellent advice. I am resourceful so I enjoyed using all the tools at my disposal. If we had any issues, I was the first point of contact and would regularly liaise with our London office so any downtime was kept to a minimum. Key AchievementsProject Black: I was a member of the team who dealt with the project black changeover. Over a period of timewe experienced a number of issues resulting in downtime and intermittent issues. This was a very demandingtime for the business but by remaining calm and, showing empathy to our customers I was able to maintain aprofessional stance. As I was aware of the business needs I happily worked late or came in on my days off.System Knowledge: By using our protocol guides, integration kits and TX Info I was able to develop my owntechnical knowledge.

In this telephone and email based role, I was part of a team that helped our customers use Sage Pay so their business can trade online or over the phone. Through the training provided and my own research I was able to gain an in-depth understanding of the e-commerce marketplace. By questioning the customer, I was able to establish their problem and resolve it first time. I always hit my KPI’s and recorded accurate notes on each account. When possible, I preferred sending my emails through outlook as I felt this more professional and I could be held accountable for all queries.

Nationwide Building Society provides financial services both directly, and through around 700 branches. Nationwide is a major provider of both mortgage loans and savings in the UK, as well as personal banking such as loans, credit cards, bank accounts and insurance products.I was responsible for developing and maintaining excellent relationships with mortgage advisors in our region. It was essential that they had a good view of myself and the company otherwise they would look elsewhere. As I was dealing with mortgage applications, this was a high pressure environment and turnaround time had to be very quick. Accuracy was key and a high level of quality had to be achieved. From a risk point of view, I had to establish if they could afford the mortgage and at times, this meant delivering bad news. I always tried to show empathy and understanding whilst offering possible solutions.