Dharma Merchant Services

Jeff Marcous

Co-Founder and President of Dharma Merchant Services, Jeff started in the acquiring industry over 15
years ago in Portland, Maine. Due to consolidation and other opportunities, Jeff eventually moved to
Portland, Oregon to become northwest regional manager for Cardservice International – the largest
independent MSP in the country. In 1998, as SVP of Sales and Marketing, he became the driving force
behind building the Authorize.Net payment gateway, which today is the largest and most successful
Internet payment gateway provider in the country. The past few years have found him co-directing the
efforts of Vision Bankcard, a rapidly-growing MSP based in Utah.

From Jeff: “What I really want to do while I’m here is to unravel all the mysteries of the universe, but while
that is going on, I get to provide a greatly needed service to our merchant friends. At the same time, I
can offer a financial means of support to non profit organizations that are contributing to the health and
well being of the people and places in need. That’s the philosophy behind Dharma Merchant Services.”

Alexia Marcous

Alexia is Co-Founder and Vice President of Dharma Merchant Services and is Jeff’s daughter. Alexia
holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
and an M.B.A. from Drexel University, where she placed in the Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship
business plan competition. Alexia was a computer programmer and systems architect consultant for 12
years, serving companies and non-profits in the financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, energy and
technology industries. She currently serves on the board of the Green Chamber of Commerce as Board
Secretary and liason to the American Sustainable Business Council, and is on the Steering Committee
of the American Sustainable Business Council.

An avid martial artist, aspiring sailor and life-long spiritual seeker, Alexia is grateful to have Dharma
Merchant Services as a vehicle on the career path to enlightenment. Operating under the banner of
“right action, right livelihood” allows her to use her daily work to engage in the practice of balancing the
spiritual and material, strengthening the mind through innovation and technological understanding, and
expressing compassion for our environment and for each other. Working in the merchant services
industry does wonders for her sense of humor.