Our Team
We are a group of multi-industry professionals who have formed a merchant financial services agency to improve merchant payment processing. Merchants can be any company or individual who accept credit payments or ACH transfers in payment for goods or services. Our agency is powered by experienced, vetted ISOs with long standing banking relationships offering the best pricing and service available in the USA. Existing merchants served by our ISO range from e-commerce businesses to Mercedes Benz and Rolex dealerships to 300+ CBD distributors.
Frank
Marino
FRANK MARINO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES WITH INNUMERABLE HIGH GROWTH START-UP COMPANIES ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRIES AND HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN VENTURE FINANCE.
HE IS THE FOUNDER OF MJIC, WHERE HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO UNTIL 2016. DURING HIS TENURE THERE HE MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS INTO OVER A DOZEN DIVERSE CANNABIS COMPANIES.
HE IS AN EQUITY STAKEHOLDER AND STRATEGIC ADVISOR A NUMBER OF COMPANIES RANGING FROM $1 MILLION TO OVER $50 MILLION IN ANNUAL TURNOVER; FRANK IS THE HEAD OF THE CANNABIS PRACTICE AT EXEMPLAR, AN INVESTMENT BANKING, LAW AND TAX ADVISORY FIRM WITH OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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Christopher
Campbell
10 YEARS IN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, FIN-TECH, AND CAPITAL MARKETS RESULTING IN OVER $400 MILLION RAISED IN CAPITAL MARKET TRANSACTIONS; LEADER OF PHENOMENA HOLDINGS, A CANNABIS HOLDINGS COMPANY FOCUSED ON BRINGING THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FROM AGRICULTURE & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP PROPEL THE INDUSTRY INTO THE INSTITUTIONAL REALM; INVESTING AND OPERATING IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY SINCE 2013.
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Joel
Bernstein
TOP-RATED CORPORATE LAWYER IN LOS ANGELES FOR 45 YEARS AND COUNTING; PARTNER AT MCDERMOTT; PARTNER AT WILL AND EMERY, WHERE HE LEAD THE CORPORATE PRACTICE AND COMPLETED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS.
Jackie
Mostny
AFTER RECEIVING HER BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE AT UC BERKELEY, JACKIE IMMERSED HERSELF IN BOTH THE SAN FRANCISCO AND TEL AVIV TECH COMMUNITIES WORKING WITH PAYMENT PROCESSING SOFTWARE COMPANIES. SHE THEN TRANSITIONED TO RUNNING CLINICAL TRAILS FOR PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV & HEP C AND LEARNED HOW MEDICAL CANNABIS SEVERELY HELPED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HER PATIENTS. THIS LEAD HER TO STARTING THE MOVEMENT CALLED CANNABIS FEMINIST, WHICH HOSTED EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES THAT FEATURED FEMALE RUN BRANDS AND GAVE CUSTOMERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT PRODUCTS AND THE GROWING INDUSTRY, AS WE AIMED TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR THEIR NEEDS. NOW SHE RUNS MONTHLY GATHERINGS FOR WOMEN WORKING IN THE CANNAHEMP SPACE THROUGH HER NEW PLATFORM, HIGHEST AIM, WHERE SHE HOSTS THE POPULAR CANNABOSS CIRCLES, WHERE WOMEN GATHER TO SHARE THEIR PROJECTS, GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, AND BUILD COMMUNITY THAT LEADS TO TRUSTED DEAL FLOW. JACKIE IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT A PAYMENT PROCESSING SOLUTION THAT CAN HELP SO MANY COMPANIES IN THE CBD AND HEMP SPACE.
Joe
Bolognese
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AT A FORTUNE 500 FIRM, JOE DEVELOPED A STRONG SKILLSET OF NEGOTIATING MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRANSACTIONS AND ENSURING HIS CLIENTS ARE ALWAYS POSITIONED TO WIN. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CANNABIS AND HEMP INDUSTRIES SINCE 2015, HAVING CLOSED MULTIPLE REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS DEALS WITHIN THE SECTOR. HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN E-COMMERCE, AND IS CURRENTLY BUILDING 2 STORES WHICH WILL BOTH BE USING PHENOMAR AS THEIR MERCHANT SERVICES PROVIDER.
Jonathan
Keim
JONATHAN KEIM IS AN AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ENTREPRENEUR, AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING AND IS NOW AN ADVISOR FOR ROBBINS-MADANES TRAINING. HE IS ALSO A MASTER LEVEL COACH TRAINER FOR STRATEGIC INTERVENTION. HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, PASSION FOR BRAND DEVELOPMENT, AND SKILLS IN MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY HAVE BEEN PRAISED BY BBC CAPITAL, JETSTAR AIRLINES MAGAZINE, AND A PLETHORA OF OTHER MEDIA SOURCES. HIS LIFELONG MISSION TO PUT AN END TO EMOTIONAL SUFFERING INTEGRATES HIS BACKGROUND IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, STORYTELLING, AND FINE ARTS. HE IS CURRENTLY BUILDING INTERNATIONAL ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORMS, LAUNCHING HIS BRAND OF BALINESE GELATO IN CALIFORNIA, AND IS HELPING ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZES GENERATE MORE WEALTH THROUGH STRATEGIES IN MINDFULNESS AND FINANCE.
Andrew Andrawes
ANDREW ANDRAWED IS A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR WITH A BACKGROUND IN ENGINEERING. AFTER GRADUATING FROM USC, HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY AS HE SPENT TIME IN THE CORPORATE WORLD. A FEW YEARS LATER, HE FELL INTO THE CONTENT CREATION WORLD WHERE HE STARTED MEETING CREATORS AND INFLUENCERS. THEREAFTER, HE DECIDED TO LAUNCH A SOCIAL MEDIA AGENCY FOCUSED ON SERVING CLIENTS THROUGH DIGITAL CONTENT AND MARKETING. TODAY, HE IS USING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO CONSULT FORWARD THINKING COMPANIES, ALONG WITH OFFERING LOWER RATES ON MERCHANT PROCESSING THROUGH PHENOMAR. ANDREW HAS ALSO LAUNCHED A CBD LINE WITH THE HELP OF HIS TEAM.
