Bio

27+ years of experience in the financial technology, payments, digital security, wireless and telecom industry with broad understanding of technology, business, global markets, strategic relationships, vision and IP creation experience. Founded Wink, enabling institutions of all sizes to offer transformative superior payments and identity experiences by embracing biometrics Founded Swych, unique Blockchain based award winning global gifting service. Finablr, a london based financial services giant, acquired majority stake in Swych. Led global payments for Finablr, at its peak, a cross border commerce firm moving $115B in volume across 7 well known brands. Successfully launched, built and sold DeviceFidelity, that obtained global visibility and success in delivering an exciting portfolio of products in the financial services ecosystem, especially focused towards enablement of NFC and security on mobile devices. DeviceFidelity was acquired by Kili in Nov 2014. Kili was then acquired by Square in March 2015. Also launched, built and sold Moneto, a subsidiary business unit of DeviceFidelity which won many accolades include mobile app of the year in 2012. Moneto was acquired by Cachet Financial in March 2014. As a Financial, Payments, Telecommunications and Security Entrepreneur and Leader, I have - generated 100s of millions of shareholder value across 3 different startups, from inception to successful exits - 50 granted and 50+ pending patents in the fields of NFC, Security, Mobile Wallets and Antenna technology - designed multiple successful NFC and Security products that generated millions of dollars of sales revenue - designed and deployed a flexible Cloud Based Mobile FInancial Services Offering Gateway which was sold for millions of $s within 2 years of inception - raised more than fifteen millions $s for growing the company from scratch to a globally visibly company with product deployed in 30+ countries, leading to an acquisition - Won many awards such as Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year finalist, Tech Titan and DFW area One to Watch Startup