As a T3 founder and 15 year veteran of payment card and transaction processing, Rick Schmitt applies his managerial and technical skills across product, operations and support areas. His prior experience includes managing high performance and delivery teams with companies such as CyberSource Corporation (formerly PayLinx), Global Payments and MasterCard International.

Past positions include key management roles in product development, quality assurance and application testing. Rick is known for his ability to balance the importance of quality of product and service delivery while maintaining sensitivity to time to market and customer satisfaction.

Well known in the payments arena, Rick has established relationships with key terminal, equipment and solutions providers. In addition to product development and management responsibilities, Rick manages relationships with outside service suppliers and with Value Added Re-Sellers.

Rick earned a B.S.B.A. in Marketing from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO.