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Work Background
IngenicoAdvisor
Feb. 2023FranceAdvisor at Ingenico to the executives on the following subjects:
· Product development · EMV
· Payment schemes
· PCI PIN, P2PE, DSS and Card Production
· Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Chilean ParlamentMember of the group of experts in Cybersecurity
Jun. 2022ChileMember of the group of experts on Cybersecurity for the program Chile Digital 2035 and Advisor to the Chilean senators on the following subjects:
· Data protection
· Critical infrastructure defense
· Cybersecurity
· Cybercrime
be ys PayChief Executive Officer
Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2023Clermont-Ferrand, FranceResponsible for the general management of Be-Ys Pay, the FINTECH company of the group BE-YS (Almerys) with subsidiaries in Luxemburg, France, Chile and Uruguay.
· General management and led the company's business development in Europe, America, and Africa.
· Lead the operational team to migrate from products to services offered supported by cloud-based infrastructure.
· Create the security and compliance team to lead the IT, network, and cloud security.
· Led the product development team in digital payments like tokenization and “phygital” payment card issuance using a self-service kiosk (physical and digital card issuance).
· Led a technical team of 15 people, a commercial team of 2 people, a research team of 2 Ph.D. students an external staff for security, operational, RH, and financial task support of 10 people.
almerysHead of Research in Cryptography and Blockchain
Aug. 2016 - Sep. 2019Clermont-FerrandResponsible for research topics in cryptography, blockchain security, consensus algorithms, and distributed system. Horizon 2020 “Ptwist” project WP3 Manager
· In charge of the management and research activities of the Work Package 3 related to the implementation of a new cryptocurrency to trade plastic waste as an asset and increase recycling levels · Led a team of one Ph.D. student and three software developers.
· Annual budget: 250 000 EUR.
Security expert and blockchain consultant of Horizon 2020 “My Health My Data” project
· Provide consulting services in the field of data security and blockchain regarding the General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR) · Led a team of two Ph.D. students and two software developers.
· Annual budget: 450 000 EUR
Horizon 2020 “CUREX” project WP Manager
· In charge of the project management and the research activities of the Blockchain Work Package related to the implementation of a new risk assessment platform on top of a permissioned blockchain network · Led a team of one Ph.D. student and one software developer.
· Annual budget: 450 000 EUR
IC PaymentTechnical Director
Apr. 2016 - Sep. 2019Provincia de Santiago, ChileManage relations with strategic clients and providers in America, LAC, EMEA and Africa.
Contribute to product development and technical unit of the company.
IC PaymentGeneral Manager and Founder
Nov. 2012 - Apr. 2016Santiago, Chile· Management of the administrative services and led business development of the company.
· Led the operational and security team for IT, cloud infrastructure, data security and compliance.
· Software development for EMV personalization and mobile payment application.
· Provide consulting services in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. · Increase the company profits by more than 600%.
· Drove the company to be the Chilean “Capital Semilla” prize winner in 2014, for the mPOS application awarded for innovation factor and entrepreneurial spirit.
· Led a commercial team of 1 person, a technical team of 4 people, and external staff for operational, security, RH, and financial task support of 10 people.
Nexus ChileHead of EMV Payment Cards
Mar. 2011 - Sep. 2012Provincia de Santiago, Chile· Responsible for the transactional and card production services (service with more than 70M of transactions per month and 10M cards produced per year).
· Lead the security and compliance for the IT infrastructure for the payment services.
· Lead the PCI certifications (PCI DSS and PCI Card Production)
· Design and manage the migration project from magstripe to EMV card technology for the entire banking industry, including Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
· Creation of the department for emerging products and responsible for implementing innovative, reliable, secure, and high-performing payment methods.
· Led a team of 15 people and external staff for operational and security tasks and support of 10 people.
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