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Samuel W.

Bellamy III
sbellamy58@msn.com 322 North Ithan Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 215.392.0010

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Business Development Commerce Convergence Matrix Management Hardware Development Product Management

International Leadership Mobile Commerce Merger and Acquisition Software Development Strategic Planning

Transition Management Innovator Product Management Platform Architecture Transaction Security

EXPERIENCE
FreedomPay, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Innovation Officer June 2007 April 2013 Provide hands-on and executive leadership in the innovation, architecture and delivery of businesscritical products and services of a secure, real-time electronic transaction platform in a startup organization Key Achievements Quickly implemented system architectural and operational changes increasing system availability from 78% to 99.99% within 2 months Implemented a margin improvement program increasing the feature set for price increase in conjunction with cost reduction Increased top line revenue by over 25% with new and innovative services Funded new platform development and conversion mostly through reinvestment of cost savings and new revenue sources Designed and migrated services from a legacy transaction platform to a newer more scalable and highly functioning platform while increasing system availability Lead product architecture, development and delivery of new product offerings using Agile, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and Extract Transform Load (ETL) techniques Led product development team with a creative gateway design to achieve PCI DSS Level 1 qualification from concept to production within five (5) months Created and implemented a platform conversion plan while increasing system availability with no negative impact on customer service or revenue generation Led innovation and architecture with five (5) patent-pending innovations in high-speed, highvolume real time transactions Designed mobile security architecture with three-factor authentication abstracting secure data from the non-secure mobile device through the use of tokenization Created a secure virtual consumer wallet for payment and multiple forms of identification Established the requirements for business intelligence platform and product content Significantly reduced time-to-market product releases from 15 months to 6 months with a new architectural layering approach with significant reduction in development and quality assurance efforts Page 1 of 5

Samuel W. Bellamy III Selected, negotiated, and contracted major acquirer opportunities with First Data Corporation, Global Payments, and WorldPay Closed large business opportunity with large international manufacturer and retail dealership network with wallet, gateway and loyalty/promotional services as a front-end to the First Data Omaha platform for private label Implemented IT governance processes and procedures to satisfy PCI DSS Level 1 and SAS 70 compliance processes (now AIPAC SSAE SOC 2 Type 2) certifications

Global Executive Consultants, LLC Chief Consultant

October 2005 May 2007

Provide business process outsourcing (BPO) and transaction security consulting services to executive and senior management. Maximize revenue, gross margin, and operational profits through the implementation of best practice outsourcing Provide industry consultation in secure payment technologies and processes Consult in the definition, selection, and implementation of loyalty and gift card programs Provide direction and expertise in the development of hardware and firmware capable of satisfying the PCI PED security requirements Consult and provision outsourced services with domestic, near-shore, and off-shore partnerships Helped a nationally recognized Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) achieve a Top 5 merchants services agreement with a leading electronic payment processor resulting in projected savings of $1.9MM USD per year Developed and supported negotiation and selection of a loyalty/gift card program for a nationally recognized QSR chain from Request for Proposal (RFP) to Pilot in 6-months Supported the efforts of a Canadian QSR in the selection and implementation of a loyalty/gift card program and renegotiation of a merchant services processing contract Develop, presented, and sold business cases to the QSR franchisee councils clearing major hurdles in management approval process Provided PCI PED security design recommendations for a mobile payments hardware manufacturer

Key Achievements

Ingenico, Inc. Vice President, Product and Technology, North America

March 2005 September 2005

Served as the project management senior executive for the United States and Canada markets with departmental operational expenditures in the North American division of Groupe Ingenico having annual revenue of over 140MM USD while maintaining responsibility for information technology, continuous business process improvement, and product security requirements of ANSI X9 and PCI Key Achievements Designed, implemented, and proactively managed a new product introduction program improving market satisfaction and quality of solution deliverable while reducing repair and support costs Led a global architectural redesign of a payment security platform allowing for remote upgrades and maintenance Page 2 of 5

Samuel W. Bellamy III Chartered and chaired a technical redesign of product optimizing cost and delivery lead-time while reducing costs, inventories, and cash consumption Established customer support processes resulting in improved customer satisfaction Created global change control processes improving the quality and costs of implementation, support, and maintenance of goods and services Implemented a sales forecasting process increasing customer satisfaction through reduced leadtime for delivery and decreased the costs to the company Specified and implemented an IP Telephony (VoIP) solution reducing telecommunications costs by a projected 15% Maintained a continuing management leadership position in supply chain processes and thirdparty manufacturing partners August 2003 March 2005

Chief Information Officer

Served as Chief Information Officer having global responsibility for information technology infrastructure, business information systems, and business processes over five continents, supporting corporate objectives in ninety countries generating over 500MM EURO in annual revenue Key Achievements Provided international and multicultural transition leadership in optimizing business processes from manufacturing to customer customization to order fulfillment through process consolidation of several acquired companies Provided leadership and direct regional participation in several global steering committees to overhaul the global supply chain, including but not limited to, internal manufacturing facilities in France, Spain, and Brazil, as well as, outsource manufacturing partner locations in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, and China Designed the strategic approach of a Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing model from a Build-ToOrder (BTO) model resulting in improved customer satisfaction and cash management Architected global business process re-engineering initiatives Consolidated the global information technology processes, information systems, and processes throughout the organization Managed global contracts with IT outsourcing partnerships Directed network infrastructure with Microsoft technologies, wide and local area networks, telecommunications systems, and security Governed Business Information Systems integrations with best-in-class tools for enterprise resource planning (SAP), treasury (Magnitude), customer resource management (Metrix and Remedy ARS), company intranet (Microsoft Sharepoint), and internal custom application (Microsoft SQL Server and .NET) Led architectural redesign and implementation of European technology platforms providing business critical, high availability payment solutions Renegotiated European Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with an estimated savings of 500k EURO over two years Renegotiated Equant/France Telecom data network contract with an estimated savings of 400k EURO or 48% per year Centralized information technology systems, solutions, and processes Participated as the first non-French member of the Executive Management Team

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Samuel W. Bellamy III Vice President, Operations and Information Technology

August 1998 August 2003

Served as the senior executive responsible for supply chain and information technology in the United States and Canada generating over 120MM USD annually Key Achievements Managed a turnkey contract manufacturing partner with $40MM USD in annual production with a limited department budget of approximately $3.0MM USD Created and implemented optimized re-engineering business processes for North America operations optimizing custom configurations to end-customer requirements Led customization of unique customer solutions and product controls and release processes Provided the senior leadership selection and management of outsourcing partnerships, including but not limited to: Jabil Circuits, Benchmark Electronics, and SMTC Developed and maintained forecasting models and build processes to optimize supply chain delivery balancing timely delivery to revenue at the lowest possible cost Led margin improvement design and supply chain restructuring initiatives resulting in approximately 19% to profit in the first year and 14% to profit in successive years Functioned as the lead architect and strategic manager of outsourcing the manufacturing of approximately $50 MM USD business resulting in an approximate 20% savings to profit Performed due diligence in acquisition of a $15MM USD business and functioned as the executive leadership in the merging of operations Successfully managed the enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform migration to SAP for the U.S. and Canadian businesses within 8 months

International Verifact, Inc. (IVI) Vice President, Business Services

July 1995 August 1998

An executive manager in the U.S. division responsible for Operations, Manufacturing, Information Systems, Quality, Design Engineering, Field Engineering, Sales Operations, Software Development, Customer Support, and Project Management Key Achievements Managed internal product assembly and outsource manufacturing partnerships Provided engineering design and release management leadership Led as a change agent in cross-border projects with the U.S. and Canada Provided leadership in merger and acquisition opportunities Formalized the standard business processes throughout the U.S. division Improved quality and timely deliverable by implementing change control and software quality assurance techniques and processes greatly improving the quality of deliverable and manufacturability of products Implemented build processes for just-in-time (JIT) delivery objectives significantly reducing product costs and improving margins and profits Successfully completed the outsourcing of manufacturing and distribution of the U.S. manufacturing center Successfully completed the merging of technologies, supply chain, and customer support during the acquisition of Checkmate Electronics Led operational integrations in several mergers and acquisitions from 1995 through 2001: NTN (point of sale software), Checkmate Electronics, and Financial Services division of DataCard (formally Datatrol) Page 4 of 5

Samuel W. Bellamy III DiMark, Inc. Vice President, Information Systems and Product Development January 1990 August 1998

Co-founder, chief architect, and technical lead of a data service bureau where data is the business servicing major retailers throughout the state of Florida Key Achievements Provided architecture, development, and implementation of a data service bureau for check verification, secondary banking, and loyalty programs Designed, developed, and migrated data service bureau operations servicing grocer retailers Designed and developed a secondary banking solution servicing major retail operations throughout Florida, including but not limited to: Publix, Winn Dixie, Sears, Kash N Karry, Food Lion, Goodings, Woolleys, and Hyde Park Markets Managed product development, technical sales and support of transaction services by analyzing market requirements, specifying product solutions, and deliverable costs Successfully designed, developed, and maintained one of the first electronic marketing loyalty programs for major grocery retailers: Jewel Osco, Goodings Supermarkets, Woolleys, Hyde Park Markets Implemented a creative remote maintenance environment for retailers while maintaining world-class service levels with minimal personnel staffing Architected, developed and implemented the next-generation secondary banking application Implemented a platform migration strategy with margin improvements for platform reinvestment

EDUCATION
Purdue University Bachelor of Science Nuclear Engineering

INVENTIONS
US 2011 0276717 A1, Dynamic and Recursive Transaction Gateway System and Method US 2012 0130831 A1, Host to Client Payment US 2012 0136957 A1, Portable Client and Server Platform US 2012 0276531 A1, System and Method for Validation of Transaction Data 61/894,387, Portable Pay at the Pump [provisional]

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