Jon Perry

I'm Jon Perry and located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Credit card processing and merchant services are what I have done for the past seven years.

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His company Merchant Services Inc, was the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's, 2007 Small Business of the Year. 2009 Stevie Award Finalist, partner Vanessa Lang, Best Young Entrepreneur. Since 1995, Jon Perry has specialized in working with organizations that want to recreate their culture and make more money. His expertise has provided over $1 Billion in organic sales during the past decade. With an extensive background in systems integration, business process reengineering and marketing, Perry has a true understanding of what the customer-centric culture organizations need to survive in the new economy. Jon advises companies on best practices used in implementing successful sales and marketing programs. He has a unique ability to envision a complete end-to-end systems process, one that will allow organizations to communicate more efficiently, more consistently and more effectively with their customers. Prior to creating his own successful businesses, Jon served in Executive roles at Relizon, ManTech International and MCI/WorldCom. Over the past decade Jon has provided consulting for Fortune 1000 companies. He has also held various technical consultative and senior management positions in both private industry and government. Jon holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics/education from the Southern Illinois University and a master’s of business administration degree from the Florida Institute of Technology. COMMUNITY Jon provides Pro Bono consulting for non-profits. He is also active in other community projects including Chambers of Commerce, the Fort Worth Knowledge for Success and Eliminating Poverty in Tarrant County. He is the Chairman for the Tarrant Community College, Business Advisory Council.

Vice President at TMI Integrated Services

2004 - 2005

Created the marketing message and go to market strategy for a $35M, fifty year-old company desiring to redefine itself in the OEM Manufacturing, Government and Aerospace markets; resulting in $31M in sales opportunities in the United States and Mexico. Company filed Chapter 7 after the CEO was indicted. It is no longer in business. • Created Supply Chain solutions including Material Requirement Planning, ERP application integration, Point of Use technologies and full life-cycle purchasing, replenishment and Value Engineering. • Integrated Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints into solution sets, providing empirical evidence of success for the customer as well as created follow on work from Current State to Future State. • Architected solution sets with ROIs of less than one year.

Executive Director at ManTech

2001 - 2004

Served as the Business Development Executive and Software Development Program Manager in a $1 billion corporation. Oversaw bottom-line factors including vision, long-range strategic planning, global product management planning, software development processes, and market research. Managed and directed employees in hardware and mechanical engineering, customer support, marketing, sales, and Application Development. Managed the software development efforts for a successful ISO 9001 audit and the achievement of SEI CMM Level III certification.

Vice President at Relizon

1999 - 2001

Vice President and General Manager for a $26 million Customer Relationship Management business unit, providing ecommerce, Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment, and direct marketing solutions. Created CRM solutions from conception through execution and ROI evaluation. Successfully developed and implemented strategic marketing plans and sales goals. Provide cross-functional management for 115 employees in five geographical locations.

Engagement Director at MCI Systemhouse

1995 - 1999

Consulting and sales support for large contracts (over $300 million). Integrated global technology and business solutions. Working with companies such as General Motors, TWA, and Capp Care (Beech Street) implemented cost effective delivery and operational solutions. Directed all operations during the transition phase. Supported customer infrastructure systems: LAN, WAN, servers, voice and data networks. • Led outsourcing engagements from Discovery, Assessment, Customer Needs Analysis, proposal preparation, Due Diligence, contracts, negotiations and cost modeling. • Generated over $50 Million with first three “early adopters” of a new MCI product offering. • Directed up to 120 personnel, including, Software and Hardware Technical Architects, Consultants, Project Managers, Business Analysts, WAN/LAN Network Analysts, 2nd and 3rd Level Help Desk Analysts for desktop and Advanced Network Support for the transition of complex project plans and their ongoing operational support.

Entrepreneur and Speaker at DFW Card

August 2005

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 2007 Small Business of the Year. Merchant Services Inc (formerly 888QuikRate.com) provides secure credit card and check transaction processing, gift cards, customer loyalty and payment services for small to medium businesses for the southwest region of the United States. Our offices are in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. We market merchant services for community banks and serve countless numbers of Internet and Retail businesses nationwide.

Florida Institute of Technology

1991 – 1994

MBA

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

1983 – 1985

BA

Concentration: Education and Math

Politics, Libertarianism, Vegan Food and Recipes. Merchant services, credit card processing, website building and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).