Farshad Tafazzoli

President at *LINX

Email: acyn0g@r.postjobfree.com

I've served in numerous executive positions across the financial services, financial technology/FinTech, manufacturing & distribution, and software development industries. Responsible for all aspects of business impacting income statement and balance sheet. I'm an entrepreneur and impactful operator with experience operating hyper-growth businesses, start-ups, acquisitions, and turn-arounds. I'm a qualified candidate with a successful track record of general management experience with p/l responsibility to extend businesses to new customers and geographies across numerous industries. Dynamic leaders that leverages experience across numerous industries to anticipate change and introduce innovation. I operate in a transparent and honest way to enable my team to trust, execute and remain accountable. Specialties: - Creating Hardware, Software, & Services Products for Financial Services Industry - Payment Processing Innovations - B2B distribution strategy to US and Canadian markets across various channels - Crafting a data science product strategy to monetize data - Managing of supply chain from China, Hong Kong, and Western European manufacturers - Established alternative funding and financing products for SMB merchants. - Establishing strategic distribution partnerships - Complex contract negotiations - Launch of OTT Video Product - M&A Experience EXPERIENCE 5LINX Enterprises Inc.

President

April 2016 - Present (8

months)

5LINX has helped customers live better lives since 2001 by offering products and services for consumers and businesses. 5Linx has a sales force of over 20,000 and operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Haiti, and the Philippines. 5Linx was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States nine straight years. Direct Selling News the direct sales industry’s premier publication named 5LINX to its Global 100 list of largest direct sales companies in the world in 2012, 2013, and 2014. 5Linx is recognized for the launch of TeeVee, an innovative OTT (Over the Top) Video Product.

TouchSuite

Chief Products Officer, Chief Revenue Officer

August 2010 - September

2016 (6 years 2 months)

- Executive responsibility for all hardware, software, and services products within the organization. Overall responsibility for product creation. - Established growth strategy for North American market (US and Canada) with roadmap to Western European expansion. - Responsible for collaboration with engineers and designers - Communicating development status and progress toward milestones - Set product vision and innovation roadmap - Set product, distribution, and go to market strategies including product positioning and pricing strategy. - Responsible for sales performance across distribution channels: inside sales, outside/agent sales, and strategic partnership sales. - Responsible for measuring cost-to-acquire a merchant across all product offerings. - Built the teams (development, marketing, sales, and business development) - Established data science product strategy to monetize data - Negotiated and manage complex partnerships - Responsible for managing hardware production and sourcing relationships across supply chain. Created Using Resumonk - Online Resume Builder

Quantum Merchant Services, a

TouchSuite Company

President

August 2010 - August 2016

(6 years 1 month)

- Established company as a retail ISO with First Data Canada. - Established company as a wholesale ISO with Global Payments Canada. - Built inside marketing and sales teams with product offerings to Canadian merchants. - Opened office in Montreal with 40 sales personnel. - Grew entity to a meaningful marketshare and presence in the Canadian marketplace. - Established cross-sales of incremental products including POS, Capital Advance, and SEO services. - Completed numerous acquisitions and joint ventures to grow presence.

American Capital Advance & Canadian

Capital Advance

General Manager

April 2011 - July 2013 (2

years 4 months)

- Established alternative funding and financing products for existing and prospective SMB merchants. - Responsible for marketing and sales strategy of alternative funding products. - Developed Risk/Underwriting process and committee - Syndicated larger transactions to established partners - Incorporated data analytics methods to make faster, frictionless underwriting decisions. - Establish strategic distribution partnerships - Worked with legal department to mitigate risk EliteCountertops.com

Co Founder & Board Member

February 2010 - November

2012 (2 years 10 months)

E-Commerce business distributing building materials, countertops, plumbing products, and consumer goods.

Zoli Corpor

President

April 2003 - August 2010 (7

years 5 months)

- Established startup as a luxury manufacturer of contemporary bathroom durable goods products in the US market. - Built distribution to over 1000 locations including plumbing wholesalers & independent decorative showrooms. - Established distribution agreement with Home Depot Expo and Home Depot Supply. - Established nationwide manufacturers sales organization to promote and market to architects, designers, and showrooms. - Established hospitality channel by influencing architect/design market to specify products at luxury brands such as the Ritz Carlton and Ritz Carlton Residences. - Responsible for all product design, manufacturing, supply chain across Chinese and European manufacturers.

NSC Partners

President, Chief Investment Officer

January 1999 - April 2003

(4 years 4 months)

Private Fund - Equities/Futures/Derivatives

EDUCATION Florida Atlantic University

BA Economics, Economics,

1992 - 1997

BA Economics, Economics, 1992 - 1997

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LANGUAGES English, Farsi, Spanish

SKILLS

Product Management, New Business Development, Account Management, Strategic Planning, Sales, Business Development, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Public Speaking, Management, Marketing, Product Development, Product Marketing, Customer Service, E-commerce, Sales Management, Team Building, Start-ups, Strategic Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Project Management, Team Leadership, POS, Merchant Services, Import Export, Electronics Manufacturing, Credit Cards, B2B, Go-to-market Strategy, Online Marketing, Lead Generation, Social Media, SEO, SaaS, Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Business Strategy, Social Networking, Software as a Service (SaaS)

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