About Merchaneer

Since 2016, the Merchaneer platform has provided hundreds of businesses with turn-key, industry-driven payment processing accompanied with 24/7/365 support, giving your business the profit it needs to grow and stay competitive in an ever-changing environment.

Raymond "Butch" Feher

CHAIRMAN

Butch Feher has been around success since his early days living in Northern Michigan. It is no surprise that his work ethic and infectious personality played a direct role in contributing to his success. Butch's early basketball talents led him to Vanderbilt on a full scholarship. He became an All-American and then played professionally for the Phoenix Suns.

The same principles that generated success in Butch’s athletic career led to his success in business. Understanding team environments, listening to his customers, and applying a relentless work ethic enabled Butch to deliver on his customers’ needs. These are just a few of his leadership attributes in his 30 plus years of successfully growing his business.

As the Chairman for Merchaneer, Butch’s role, is focused on setting the strategy and policies of the company, developing leadership, and meeting shareholder's commitments. Butch brings an international business presence and executive leadership experience in operations, technology, talent management, and governance. In addition, his 30-year career in business provides him with expertise in key customer segments for the Company.

clint feher

PRESIDENT

Clint Feher sets the daily sales and marketing strategies that strengthen Merchaneer’s position as a merchant processing company. Drawing on more than 15 years of retail experience, including leadership roles with globally recognized food, beverage and restaurant brands.

Clint also founded FTH Marketing, where he oversees brand marketing, digital ecosystem, public relations, social media, marketing communications and advertising, as well as the company’s sales force and consumer experience.

Clint works collaboratively across the company and with regional teams to leverage data-driven insights to develop creative sales and marketing programs that increase sales, value and differentiation across many markets.

Casey smith

Chief Business Officer-Partner

Casey is a partner and the Chief Business Officer at Merchaneer. 

A trusted advisor to the President and Board. Casey is known for developing strategies that led to market share and profitability gains. Casey's experience is based on a career of leadership, relationships, and leading sales. 

Steven Heselius

COO

Steven is a 30-year hospitality industry veteran as an executive and consultant with a focus on technology solutions, operations efficiency, organization strategy and large project management,  He has held several key positions with global brands like Hard Rock International in their hotel and casino division, Cloud 5 Communications leading the technology operations and implementation department, and Ginn Clubs & Resorts a land development/hospitality group as it grew from a start-up real estate company to a developer of high-end residential club & resort communities. In these roles he managed, developed and implemented standards for Hospitality Technology, Enterprise Technology,  Data Governance Processes, Security & Regulatory Compliance,  Telecommunications Operations and related Service Support Operations.

He has contributed to more than 40 domestic and international startup ventures. He has engaged in the start-up, expansion or reorganization of multiple business  ranging from technology service providers, real estate and land development to hotel and resort design, development and operations.  He has spent several years in the international market supporting companies and entrepreneurs in South America, the Caribbean, Balkans, Middle East and Asia.   

Ella Wayne

CIO

A patented inventor on a scalable architecture communication system, Ella focuses on system operations and configurable hardware advancements in the payments space. Ella manages the company’s new and emerging payment technologies, ensuring product quality and overseeing planning, procurement, logistics, and product fulfillment.

Jeremy fried

CTO

Jeremy is just your typical tech nerd redefining an industry in serious need of a shakeup. What began as an idea in the desert outside of Las Vegas quickly developed into the next generation of payment technology. Delivering reliable and secure payments to mirage of industries. Merchaneer uses proprietary payment technology to give you everything you need, anywhere you accept payments.

Ashlee Sapp

VP of Strategic partnerships

Technology Executive offering broad experience developing and growing market strategies through sizing market opportunities in the private and public sectors within emerging industries. Diverse prospective in the creation of partnerships, and project procurement with focus in economic development and social impact.

Focus on aligning optimal solutions for integration, partnership, and investment within sustainable innovation, infrastructure, and energy sectors for smart cities. Developed team structures for deployment of technology systems, within connected environments, critical infrastructure, and municipalities. Designed comprehensive phased planning requirements bridging the digital divide between the private and public sectors.

Expertise in the development and deployment of complex technological solutions to meet the needs for current provisions, while embedding flexible structure to meet tomorrow’s advancements. A Pioneer in tele-co, network systems (IoT), AI, renewable energy business operatives, and innovative built-environments (green field, commercial, residential, legacy infrastructure).

Nick Hughes

CMO

Nick has spent his life building relationships, growing his skills and laughing far too much. Nick has been blessed to travel the world exploring and learning to craft his design style. Nick calls Chattanooga, TN home with his amazing family and enjoys every opportunity to work on new projects and build stories worthy of telling.

At Merchaneer Nick is working to formulate the brand DNA, creative marketing standards. Nick brings innovative ideas, bold creative direction and creates compelling stories worthy of sharing. With a background in design, branding and marketing, as well as executive experience, Nick helps Merchaneer navigate the needs of a brand from a business and creative perspective.

Casey Nickels

Chris Rollins

Adam Reeves

both Our custom platforms, cash rewards & discounted traditional processing, enable you to virtually eliminate your credit card costs or save fees.

Serving a national audience daily in the following industries

Hotels | Restaurants | Bar & Nightlife | Entertainment | Parking | Automotive | Municipality | Medical | C-Store