DotsConnect Names Marke D. Dickinson Business-to-Business Manager
Senior Strategist Hired to Advance the Company’s B2B Unit
Columbus, Ga., May 8, 2000 – DotsConnectSM, a wholly owned Total System Services, Inc.® (TSYS®) (NYSE: "TSS") e-payments subsidiary, today named Marke D. Dickinson manager of its business-to-business e-commerce unit. Dickinson is a former senior manager of Andersen Consulting.
"As an experienced strategist and manager, Marke has worked with top executives integrating e-commerce service offerings and corporate strategies," said Gaylon Jowers, president and CEO, DotsConnect. "Marke is a welcomed addition to the DotsConnect family."
"DotsConnect is well-positioned to become a formidable player in the Internet arena as the e-payments leader," said Dickinson. "I am very excited to be involved in its development and positioning, and I look forward to a long prosperous career with DotsConnect."
Dickinson is a key member of a dedicated team responsible for the strategic business development of the business-to-business product line at DotsConnect. This will include researching the emerging needs and developing of e-payment solutions in the business-to-business e-commerce arena via partnerships, alliances and software development.
Prior to joining Andersen Consulting, Dickinson was a senior associate at CSC Index, managing the redesign of core financial and accounting processes and developing strategic management and measurement processes. Dickinson has also worked as a consultant with The Atlanta Project, developing and refining problem solving and strategic planning methodology, and he has worked as a research assistant with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, analyzing the implications of banking regulation, where he earned an award in recognition of his outstanding contribution.
An honors graduate of Penn State University, Dickinson earned dual master degrees in business administration and public policy from Harvard Business School and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, respectively.
About DotsConnect
DotsConnect is an e-payments company that facilitates commerce between buyers and sellers via the Internet by providing software and processing for online credit application, customer service and fulfillment processes for financial services companies and e-businesses. DotsConnect offers a single e-commerce solution that includes online credit application, scoring, decisions and customer service - all in real time.
With DotsConnect, e-businesses are given a competitive advantage for attracting and retaining customers by providing them the ability to apply, receive and manage their credit accounts in real time via the Internet. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total System Services, Inc. (www.totalsystem.com), one of the world’s leading paperless commerce solutions providers for credit, debit, retail, commercial and stored value, DotsConnect continues a quarter century of innovation by providing tailored, secure, and reliable payment solutions that allow clients to serve more than 1.3 million companies and more than 300 million consumers.
About Total System Services, Inc.
TSYS provides global commerce solutions. With more than 209.5 million accounts on file, TSYS facilitates the payment exchange between buyers and sellers for approximately 293.3 million consumers. Our systems capture and deliver more of the right information to our clients that allows them to make wiser business decisions, currently yielding portfolio growth more than twice the industry average. TSYS and its family of companies offers a full range of business services, from credit application to collections, allowing our clients to focus on building their brands while we focus on safety, security, ease and convenience. Based in Columbus, Ga., TSYS (www.totalsystem.com) is an 80.8-percent-owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: "SNV") (www.synovus.com), No. 5 on FORTUNE magazine’s list of "The 100 Best Companies To Work For" in 2000.
Contacts:
Rebecca Stringer
Corporate Communications Specialist
ph. (706) 649-7193
rstringe@totalsystem.com
Danita Gibson-Lloyd
Corporate Communications Manager
ph. (706) 649-5578
dglloyd@totalsystem.com