Michael Kaplan is the CEO of Strong now Inc. He continues his productive 30 + year career creating and mastering the 4Ms. Money, Marketing, and Management, for Merchants. In 1984 Michael found his true calling in sales and marketing within The financial arena. For several years he earned his stripes Selling and financing high-ticket motorhomes.Then he returned to school to gain the various necessary Business Securities Licenses And was thereafter appointed as National Sales Manager for Rothschild Registry, a Mega-successful boutique securities firm.Rothschild president, Marvin Shaffer, asked Michael to join him as a Director of his new venture, CCSI Merchant Services.Through the rest of the 80s under his leadership CCSI became the largest ISO, (Independent Sales Organization), in the Western United States.Throughout the 90's he served as Vice-President of 1st National BanCard, responsible for acquiring tens of thousands of merchants and the resulting 100's of Millions of dollars in Processing volume.Throughout his tenure there, he created a special task force to establish high-risk merchant gateways. This led to becoming an expert in placing all sorts of difficult and risky businesses into the quality merchant Gateway space. These included Mobile, MOTO,(Mail Order Telephone Order), future business, (travel, memberships, etc.), Multilevel Network Marketing , Adult themed, Gaming, and Off Shore Accounts.After 1st National was sold to the Big 3, Michael established a new corporation, Transicorp, and later STRONG NOW to continue the mission of establishing quality Merchant Services specializing in top end International high- risk accounts. Today, Michael and his STRONG NOW Team offer unparalleled experience and unmatched dedication to their clients! Their firm specializes in establishing Superior Merchant Gateways as well as the best Financial Lead Generation in the Industry!