Daniel Martin
CEO – Partner
Daniel Martin has been in the bankcard business since 1989. Daniel Martin is the CEO, President and Founder of Renaissance Associates. Daniel was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Martin Howe Associates in 1990, which sold to PMT Services in 1996. A second-generation bankcard executive, Daniel Martin is the son of Jack Martin, ETA President in 1996. Martin Howe is considered one of the founders of implementing wireless technology at the Point of Sale. Martin Howe Associates was a $2.2 billion ISO in 1998. After the acquisition of Martin Howe in 1996, Daniel added to his duties by becoming General Manager of Cash Lane, a stand-alone Debit Card Processor, now owned by Calpian.
You can reach Daniel at:
Office 972.980.9731
Fax 469.206.0667
Michael D. Rottkamp
EVP – Partner
Michael joined Renaissance Associates as a partner in 2003. As a second generation payments executive, he started in the 1980’s as a teenager working summers in Manhattan collecting credit card receipts from merchants. In 1993 Michael joined Credit Card Software Systems as a Technical Support Supervisor.
In 1997 he joined Bank of America Merchant Services (BAMS). As Vice President of Relationship Management, Michael developed and implemented the Relationship Management program for the eastern half of the U.S., assisted in the development of the 35 person Tele-Sales unit and 8 regional sales offices with over 120 account executives. He also performed sales and product training and was instrumental in various large-scale implementations.
As the EVP of Renaissance Associates, Michael has taken the ISO/MSP channel from $500m to $1.5B in bankcard processing. He manages distribution, Independent Agents, Sub-ISO relationship and all the details in between that are required when owning a business.
Michael has a vast amount of payments industry experience both in the technology and financial sectors, as well as various supplemental products.
Office 1.877.215.3974
Fax 321.727.2499
Cell 321.917.1255
