Co-Founder And Vp Emerging Technologies
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Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Co-Founder (9/1997 – 4/2006)• Set long-term corporate strategy; defined corporate vision and factors that will produce change in market placeand determine how our products will fit with minimal amount of changes.• Focused on current topics, such as fraud prevention and its impact to ClearCommerce.• Updated members of Press and Analysts on ClearCommerce.• Positioned myself as industry expert; routinely receive calls from tier 1 press (i.e., Business Week and WallStreet Journal) to help them with their articles and provide quotes for news pieces.• Conceived, planned, developed and launched wireless payment product within 3 months.• Led research and development of digital authentication, including technologies such as PKI and biometrics.• Oversaw all legal work relating to patents, opinion letters and trademarks.• Guided and played active role in sales cycles.• Contributed to signing of key clients, including: Best Buy, Sony, PETsMART, Apple Computers, and partnerssuch as FBI, Visa, MasterCard, Chase Merchant Services and First Data.• Created and managed partnership with Microsoft for 2 years.• Created m-commerce space in U.S.• Continuously identified new emerging technologies and products required for core solution, such as: Verifiedby Visa and MasterCard SecureCode.President and Founder (6/1995 – 9/1997)• Wrote initial version of online payment and fraud technology.• Recruited and contracted with majority of early customers, enabling ClearCommerce to attain profitabilitywith 250 clients before seeking investors.• Directed operations, including: Sales, Development, MIS, Professional Services, and Customer Service.• Helped draft business plan and investor presentations and assisted in fund raising.