• Extensive global payment systems experience in all aspects of business operations within Asia, Middle East and Africa Regions. Eighteen (18) years in Asia Pacific.
• 16 years experience in merchant acquiring covering technologies, merchant pricing strategies, fraud and risk management, operations, sales management.
• Recognized expert in global e-commerce and mobile payment technologies with a track record of successfully developing and launching new payment products and services leveraging emerging technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of advanced payment technologies including mobile payments (GSM, GPRS, LTE), remittance, P2P , prepaid, debit and credit cards, payment gateways, NFC, EMV, EBPP and multi-factor authentication solutions.
• Strategic marketing expertise with expansive knowledge of country models, politics, local industry, country economic indicators, incumbent competitors, financing, contracts, and social & economic conditions.
• Experienced industry/company/product spokesperson supporting trade-shows, media & analyst interviews, acting as speaker and expert panelist.
• Proven organizational leader capable of building strong rapport with customers and team members, proficient in all aspects of business operations responsible for P&L, long range planning and regional strategies while ensuring top performance in customer acquisition and delivery.
• Business development leader that has successfully negotiated commercial contracts in over 28 countries leading to over plan performance.
General Manager, Asia Pacific @ From August 2012 to Present (3 years 5 months) Regional Head, Business Development, Asia Pacific @ From May 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 4 months) Managing Director @ Janus is a boutique consulting company that specializes in electronic payment processing solutions and services. Janus develops and implements creative payment strategies, products, services and operational process improvements that generate revenue and manage costs for financial services companies, payment cards industry service providers & retailers. From May 2007 to August 2012 (5 years 4 months) Vice President - Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa @ VP - E-business Solutions: Global business owner for the MasterCard Internet Gateway Service (MiGS) and other regional e-business services.
VP & Regional Head - Acceptance Development: Develop and implement strategies for card acceptance growth and acquirer profitability From June 1998 to April 2007 (8 years 11 months) Regional Director of Sales @ Oversee all sales and business development activities within ASEAN region From 1992 to 1998 (6 years)
Oklahoma State University From 1984 to 1986 MBA, Business @ University of Technology Sydney Mark Patrick is skilled in: Strategic Market Positioning, Multimillion dollar negotiations, Key client acquisition and retention, Organization leadership, In-depth industry and technical knowledge, Territory Growth/Development, Solution selling strategies, Negotiation, Selling, Positioning, Payments, Mobile Payments, B2B, Business Development, Business Process Improvement