Kelly E. Nelson

​Kelly Nelson is the founder of Emerald World ET.  He is best known for being Director of Sales at U.S. Merchant Services (now Global Payments) where he led them to be the #1 acquirer of merchants in the nation (2004-2010).  

-22+ years of Merchant Acquiring Experience

-16,000+ merchants acquired

-9.2B+ annualized card volume

-Former VP Sales - Meritus Payment Solutions

 

Samantha H. Nelson

Samantha Hoey Nelson is the VP of Marketing and Strategy for Emerald World ET. Samantha has over 15 years experience in Marketing and Advertising, from performing artists (Heart, Elton John, Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers), to major brands (Hewlett Packard, NCAA, John Deere, Chevy, Toyota, Unilever - Dove, Axe, etc), and to large media organizations (Disney). Samantha served as Art Director at the Walt Disney Corporation as well as Creative Director at Lunchbox and at Fuel Ad agencies.  Sam earned her MBA from the USC's Marshall School of Business.  "Fight on."

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