John Cramp, Chief Executive Officer

John has been on Smart Payment Solutions’ Board of Advisors since 2004. He joined Solveras in 2007 bringing a wealth of senior management experience to the Company. He was most recently a senior officer at Telkonet, a Maryland based publicly traded power line communication company. His previous experience includes eight years as CEO of CardSystems Solutions, Inc., where the company’s portfolio grew under his leadership from 3,000 merchants to more than 100,000 merchants with annual transaction volume exceeding $10 Billion. John has extensive experience in executing growth strategies within the technology and transaction processing industries through organic growth and M&A activities. John maintains dual residence in Potomac, MD and Franklin, TN.

Brian Bates, President and Chief Marketing Officer

With over 20 years of executive management experience in both private and public company environments, Bates is a recognized leader in the payments industry. Prior to joining Solveras, he served as President/Chief Operating Officer of Transaction Network Services (NYSE:TNS) with global Profit and Loss responsibility for the company. Before his time at TNS, Bates served as President and Chief Operating Officer of PaylinX, an on-line payments services provider based in St. Louis; which he helped grow until it's acquisition in 2000 by CyberSource (NASDAQ:CYBS), the global leader of online payments.