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Meet Our Experts
We help you stay ahead of consumer trends by providing strategies to succeed in the rapidly changing industry of specialized retail.
George Madenian
Sales Manager with Intuit Payment Solutions. He is a 9-year veteran with Intuit, helping our clients with integrated credit card processing so they can save time, reduce overhead, and scale their operations with ease. He can set up merchant processing and payment solutions from inside your QuickBooks software, your mobile device, your e-commerce site and more.
Steve Hall
Steve Hall has worked at Intuit for 14+ years in various roles, including QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Sales, QuickBooks POS Sales, and Sales Trainer. He has been in his current role as Channel Account Manager for the QuickBooks Solution Provider Program for over 5 years, supporting his partners across the country to meet all the needs of QuickBooks customers. His goal is to help his partners provide complete business solutions to new and existing QuickBooks customers.
Joe Yalinkatian
Senior Account Manager with Intuit Payment Solutions. He has been working for Intuit Payment Solutions for over 15 years. Ten years ago, Intuit introduced the CEO Sales Club Award that recognizes the top 15% of their entire Sales force. Joe has won this award 7 times, and he credits his success to connecting with his customers and really understanding what their needs are to ensure they have the “perfect” products that fit their business needs. In this rapidly changing credit card processing industry, Joe continues to stay ahead of the game and demonstrate a level of awareness that goes beyond your everyday sales agent. His commitment to delighting customers has helped him become a well-respected professional in the industry.
Joe handles all of our merchant account needs, including processing in QuickBooks Financial Software, QuickBooks POS, Gift Card Solutions, Mobile Processing Solutions (GoPayment, cellular phone solutions), E-Invoicing Solutions, and Check Processing Solutions. He has great offers available to you exclusively for being a Maverick Retail client. Give him a call today and mention Maverick Retail for a no cost analysis check-up on the merchant service health of your business.
Joe Canas
Joe Canas has been in web development for over 20 years and has assisted customers with Application Programming Interfaces for many programs, including QuickBooks data to customer websites, Amazon and eBay. Previously, he was Director of Technology within the options education divisions of E*TRADE, OptionsHouse and OptionMonster. Joe has also created award-winning information delivery programs, portals, applications and services for Genentech, Nortel Networks, Siemens, Amdocs, and ZDNet.
In Partnership with Ability Business Systems
Lisa Burnett—General Manager
Lisa has been with Ability Business since 2012, working as the company’s general manager. The favorite parts of her job are collaborating with colleagues and solving business owners’ pain points.
As general manager, Lisa’s main duties are day-to-day operations and accountability for developing vision, strategies, operations, and financial results, as well as leading the entire team. Her many credentials include Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor in Point of Sale, Desktop, Enterprise, and Online. Lisa is also a member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, which is an elite group of 200 members who are Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors and are authorized to train and write for Intuit.
Prior to coming to Ability Business, Lisa had experience in a myriad of roles, such as sales, consulting, training, and support. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education, and when not working, she likes camping, yoga, and scrapbooking.
As general manager, Lisa’s main duties are day-to-day operations and accountability for developing vision, strategies, operations, and financial results, as well as leading the entire team. Her many credentials include Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor in Point of Sale, Desktop, Enterprise, and Online. Lisa is also a member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, which is an elite group of 200 members who are Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors and are authorized to train and write for Intuit.
Prior to coming to Ability Business, Lisa had experience in a myriad of roles, such as sales, consulting, training, and support. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education, and when not working, she likes camping, yoga, and scrapbooking.
Jason Smith—Support Desk Manager, Sales Engineer
Jason has been with Ability Business since 2001. His favorite and most rewarding part of working at Ability Business is being able to provide clients with solutions that will make them happy and save them time. As the company’s support desk manager and sales engineer, Jason’s daily duties include project development roadmaps, top tier tech support, and all things involving consulting and creative solutions.
Jason went to Kent State University and enjoys watching Star Trek, Lucifer, and Bones. When he’s not working, he enjoys brewing beer and mead and hanging out with Mort, his Pomeranian named after the fluffy lemur in Madagascar.
Jason went to Kent State University and enjoys watching Star Trek, Lucifer, and Bones. When he’s not working, he enjoys brewing beer and mead and hanging out with Mort, his Pomeranian named after the fluffy lemur in Madagascar.
Sean McCaffery—Global Channel Sales Leader, QuickBooks Solution Provider Program
Sean McCaffery has more than 15 years of experience leading channel sales and cloud solutions in the US and internationally. Sean has held leadership positions with Avaya in Europe, growing the channel business with resellers and distributors in key countries driving double-digit growth. He then joined Rackspace Technology and was instrumental in developing sales growth strategies in cloud adoption for customers and partners. Most recently, he ran channels at Dizzion, responsible for dynamically growing and expanding the partner ecosystem through SaaS based VDI solutions, before joining Intuit. Currently, he runs the QuickBooks Solution Provider Program supporting the strong business that solution providers and ISV partners have established, as well as finding new opportunities to drive emerging mid-market growth together.