Dick Carbone, CEO

Dick is the founder, CEO, and current 50% owner of Higher Standards, Inc. Prior to founding Higher Standards, Dick spent twenty-two years in the restaurant industry. In addition, Dick developed a sales organization with a sales force of over 5,000 independent representatives. Read more.

Bill Ernst, President

Bill is 50% owner and President of Higher Standards, Inc. He became part owner in July, 2004, and took an active role in the day-to-day with the company in March, 2005. Prior to joining Higher Standards, Bill was a Vice President at TCF Bank Minnesota, responsible for portfolio acquisitions and sales. Read more.

John Wadsworth, Chief Marketing Officer

Before joining Higher Standards, John spent 20 years in the residential mortgage industry, where he was founder and President of Minnesota Home Mortgage, Inc. Prior to that he was a Captain in the U.S. Army, Production Control Manager at Control Data, General Manager at City Pages Newspaper, and real estate broker. Contact John at john@higherstandards.net. Read more.

Randy Wojta, Chief Operating Officer

Randy joined Higher Standards, Inc. in 2009 as the company’s National Sales Director. Prior to that, Randy owned several traditional businesses, as well as a consulting business that specialized in developing national sales organizations for the direct sales industry. Randy has built multiple national and international sales organizations with independent representatives numbering in the tens of thousands. Read more.

Scott Timmerman, Vice President of National Sales

Scott has over 20 years of experience in merchant service and mobile marketing, with 14 years dedicated to corporate and commercial banking clients. At Higher Standards he provides financial and marketing solutions to small business, middle market, and large corporate clients, including retail, restaurant, B2B, government, and non-profit organizations. Contact Scott at scott@higherstandards.net. Read more.

Sherry Miller, Office Manager

Sherry joined the Higher Standards family in 2007. She manages Higher Standards’ team of office employees and provides quality customer service to our merchants and expert advisors. Sherry also works with pricing analysis and is the company’s resident statement expert. Read more.