SILVER SPRING, MD (May 30, 2012) – Merchant Link, a leading provider of payment gateway and data security solutions, has named Geoffrey Krieg as vice president of product management. Krieg first joined Merchant Link in 2003 as the Director of Service Delivery. He returns to the company after spending four years abroad consulting with major European e-commerce merchants.
 
“Geoff’s background in the processor and gateway industry, his expertise in e-commerce and alternative payment methods, along with his international experience provides the right leadership and vision for our product development strategy,” shared Dan Lane, President and CEO of Merchant Link.
 
Krieg brings over 20 years' experience in the payments sector. A pioneer in working with Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), Geoff began his career with the Bank of Boulder, as Division Officer responsible for growing the bank's ISO program. In 1995, Geoff joined four members of the Bank of Boulder's executive team in launching TransFirst, one of the top acquirers in the United States. Before TransFirst, he also spent time at Visa International and CIAN Systems.
 
"What differentiates Merchant Link from other payment providers is the extremely stable and flexible transaction environment we deliver to our customers,” said Krieg. “Moving forward we want to continue to offer the security and choice Merchant Link is known for, combined with feature-rich, multi-channel merchant support.”
 
About Merchant Link
Merchant Link is a leading provider of cloud-based payment gateway and data security solutions, removing the risk and hassle from credit card acceptance for more than 150,000 hotels, restaurants, and retailers. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Silver Spring, Md., Merchant Link currently enables more than 3 billion transactions annually for some of the world's best-known merchants, providing connectivity to the major U.S. payment card processors. TransactionVault™, our tokenization solution, and TransactionShield ®, our point-to-point encryption solution, mitigate the risk of a data compromise while lowering the cost and effort of PCI compliance. Further information is available at www.merchantlink.com. For our expert opinion on encryption, tokenization and PCI compliance, visit the Merchant Link blog at www.merchantlinksecuritycents.com.