Credit & Debit card processing fees - do you ever feel:⬪ You are being ripped off by your payment processor?⬪ You haven’t kept up with the latest technology?⬪ There must be a good way to offset all my Credit & Debit cards fees?⬪ You are sick and tired of paying for your customer’s vacation miles and cashback rewards?I started A1 Merchant Solutions LLC because most merchants feel trapped with their payment processing system. I also saw that most processing companies aren’t completely honest with their business clients. Full transparency is not the norm in this industry and it should be. It’s sad, but true.Few understand how credit card processing actually works, plus business owners aren't being told what are all those credit card processing fees and why they need to pay them. We partner with you to find the right payment processing solution to make your business more efficient, increase existing customer visits, and attract new customers – all while decreasing costs. Our processing platform empowers you to take control of payment processing fees by virtually eliminating them! My team and I can train you on a proven solution that has worked in thousands of businesses. In addition, we take the time to educate you about payment processing strategies. Knowledge is power and we don’t want you to ever get “double-talked” by others in this industry again. As President, I strive to be transparent and honest, lead with integrity, and provide outstanding customer service. In an industry that has a reputation for dishonesty, we have zero complaints since we began over 15 years ago.If your business is busiest on weekends, we will take your call unlike your bank or current processing company who keep “banking hours”. The bottom line – your success means our success. Contact me at 561-234-9554 or Mike@A-1MerchantSolutions.com. I would love to learn about your business and share how we can help.

Responsible for fostering strategic relationships with more than a dozen of the nation's most respected service providers (Ameritech; Bell South; Cable & Wireless; InternetConnect; Lightyear; Net2000; SBC Pacific Bell; Nevada Bell; MegaPath; IWAY; PaeTec; Qwest; SBC Global / Southwestern Bell; TelePacific; Verizon; XO Communications; Sprint; and AT&T) • Responsible for analyzing the customer's current network environment and then designing and developing a fully integrated solution that would help the customer manage and utilize its network to its fullest capacity • Responsible for supporting the customer in the delivery and coordination of network services that would facilitate critical business processes in a secure, reliable, and cost effective environment Responsible for facilitating customer solutions that were complete and redundant. With the proper network configuration, business customers could realize savings of up to ten times the cost of hardware equipment • Solutions that were utilized by Expanet's customers included: Local and Long Distance Voice Services; Integrated Access; Internet and Dedicated Internet Access; Virtual Private Networking; T-1's, DS3's, OC3's, and OC12's - Analog, Digital, Point-to-Point, Fractional, and Burstable; Broadband Services; Wireless Services; Application Hosting / Managed Services; Multimedia Conferencing; XDSL; Frame Relay; ATM; ISDN BRI / PRI; Web Hosting and Co-Location; and new technologies

Responsible for B2B sales of LOCAL, LONG DISTANCE (OUTBOUND AND 800-INBOUND, T-1, ETC) and Internet products.Responsible for Prospect and Customer BILL ANALYZATIONS, with summary presentations to National accounts & Fortune 500 companies Responsible for Voice, Data, and Internet Connectivity Sales • Sales Focus: Long Distance & Internet Connectivity to Large Companies & ISPs • Sales Quota: $12,000 / month

Sales Representative for an agent company with products including Local Dial tone through TCG (now AT&T); ICG; Long Distance through Frontier Communications; Data, Broadband, & Internet products through Frontier and MCI WorldCom

National Distributor Coordinator (Golden, CO)  Recruit nationally - distributors/agents to represent and sell Phoenix Network telecom products •  Train and develop distributors/agents about the company, the industry, how to hire and train sub-agents, paperwork, and new technologies •  Motivate all new and existing partners to exceed their minimum commitment levels, monthly Accomplishments:  Within a mere 8 months, I recruited over 20 “Master Distributors/Agents” that brought the company new sales exceeding $250,000 in monthly long distance revenues that translates into 1997 revenues that exceeded over $3-million dollars •  Established a working agreement to own the promotional and retail rights for a prepaid calling card featuring Amy Van Dyken, Colorado’s own 1996 Olympic Champion who won (4) Gold Medals and was named the 1996 National Woman Athlete of the Year. Branch Sales Manager (San Jose, CA - Silicon Valley) • Recruit, train, and motivate sales professionals to sell Phoenix products and services •• Responsible for lead generation via telemarketing force of 30 inside sales professionals •• Accountable for all actions of the entire sales branch - including hiring and development of the administrative staff; maintaining the computer system and on-line communications with HQ • • Teach, train, and promote career growth and corporate professionalism • • Train existing reps to move up-market and sell more complicated applications ( T-1; Private Line; Frame Relay; Local; Ds-3, etc.…) • • Of the 18 National Sales Branches: 30% of the “President’s Club” members belonged to my branch

Responsible for B2B sales of LOCAL, LONG DISTANCE (OUTBOUND AND 800-INBOUND, T-1, ETC) and Internet. Accomplishments: • • Annual “President’s Club” member • Annual “Achiever’s Club” member •• Began SPRINT career as a telemarketer and enjoyed promotions and advancement nearly every 6 months until final position as National Account Manager (Inside Sales; Dial 1 WATS Inside Sales; Account Representative; Major Account Manager; National Accounts Manager)