Robert Wilson Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Payment Industry Consulting & Franchise Retail Business Owner - Great Clips.

Atlanta, Ga

Designed and implemented new sales & support organization model focused on on developing POS Channel Resellers for Integrated Payment Software and Payment Gateway services, resulting in increased accountability & productivity.

Established an investor-owned start-up company to introduce new point-of-sale (POS) payment solutions to the US market – including Italian and French branded terminals (Dionica & Sagem).

Transformed start-up division's inexperienced direct sales force into a focused, accountable team selling a new service - on-line authentication of consumer identity for setting up financial accounts via the Internet.

Launched SmartGuardian™ product for start-up company – Smartcard-based Internet content Filtering System for the Public Library market. Developed market research, business case/gross margin analysis, pricing, software interface, trademark filings, legal/contracts, distribution channel strategy, marketing and customer support.

Key member of senior management team that grew a privately-held $50 M manufacturer of point-of-sale payment terminals & software solutions into a $600 M publicly-traded company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1997.Received President's Club award every year by achieving revenue goals of up to $165 M. Directed 46 sales, support and technical professionals.

Established regional sales office to develop new bank and merchant customers in the Southeastern U.S. & Caribbean for an emerging electronic credit card authorization & draft capture service - delivered via an X.25 packet-switched data network. Consistently exceeded revenue quotas every year.

Executive Mba, Business Management & Leadership

Master Of Arts Courses In Marketing

B.B.A, Finance & Economics

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity (Marketing & Sales), President - Southeastern Interfraternity Conference (SEIFC).