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TK Cheung – SPVA Chairman Hypercom, VP Global Quality & Security
Email: Tk.Cheung@spva.org
TK Cheung has 30 years of experience in the electronic payments and telecommunications industries. He has held a number of international and US-based posts for Hypercom. Prior to taking up his most recent role of VP Global Quality & Security, Mr. Cheung has served as the Managing Director for Hypercom’s Asia-Pacific region, where he has been a strong, valuable and visible senior executive. While in Asia, Mr. Cheung successfully launched the hardware and software based EFTSec security products to combat increasing levels of credit card fraud prevalent to this region and to satisfy stringent customer requirements.
Previously, Mr. Cheung also directed Hypercom’s Networking Systems division. In his role as President, Mr. Cheung was instrumental in bringing the company’s innovative custom network management products to many of the world’s leading financial institutions and large networks in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.
As Vice President, Product Management for Hypercom Network Systems, Mr. Cheung was directly responsible for overseeing the development and introduction of the company’s network gateway products, including the flagship MegaNAC 180 and V.29 FastPOS dial technology.
Before joining Hypercom in 1991, Mr. Cheung spent 13 years with American Express. In his last position as a Telecommunications Network Consultant, Mr. Cheung was based in Hong Kong and responsible for directing that company’s planning and account services in Asia-Pacific and Australia. He collaborated in the planning, design and implementation of the company’s telecommunications infrastructure in Auckland, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Manila, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Taipei. Additionally, as a member of the American Express LAN/WAN steering committee, he helped define strategies and direction for future use and deployment within the organization.
Paul Rasori – SPVA Vice Chairman / Chief Technical Officer VeriFone, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing
Email: Paul.Rasori@spva.org
Paul Rasori currently serves as VeriFone’s Senior Vice President of Marketing. He has global responsibility for all Financial Payment Systems marketing efforts and oversees the global product management, global marketing programs and all local demand generation marketing functions across North and South America, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. Mr. Rasori is a twenty-year veteran of the electronic payments industry, having held positions in product development, product management, marketing and sales management. In more than ten years with VeriFone, Mr. Rasori has led the introduction of the industry's most comprehensive and successful portfolio of payment solutions that span many different vertical markets, including financial retail, multi-lane, unattended, hospitality and wireless vertical segments. This includes most recently the Vx Solutions product family, which was awarded Frost and Sullivan’s "Product-Line Strategy Leadership Award" for 2005.
Mr. Rasori has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts. 
Christophe Dolique – SPVA Secretary/Treasurer Ingenico, EVP, Global Marketing & Transaction Services
Email: Christophe.Dolique@spva.org
Christophe Dolique joined Ingenico in June 2007 from Gemalto where as
Senior VP Telecom Strategy and Marketing he redefined the strategy and
positioning in the telco/wireless space and its related marketing
offer.
Prior to this, he held the VP Strategic Business Development and Global
Accounts position at Sybase 365, a leading global provider of network
services and mobile payments (1999-2005).
At Oberthur Card Systems (1997-1999), Mr. Dolique was successively
Business Director of the GSM Unit, and Head of Product Marketing &
Business Development. He also held sales management positions at
Philips Business Communication Division (1995-1997) and IBM France
(1986-1991).
Within Ingenico, Mr. Dolique is in charge of global marketing covering
products marketing, services marketing and communication, and Services
delivery (operation + sofware).
Mr. Dolique holds a Master in Information Technology (Montpellier, 1989).
Robert Carr – SPVA Associate Member Director Heartland Payment Systems, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Email: Robert.Carr@spva.org
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Payment Systems, Bob Carr is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company. Bob co-founded Heartland Payment Systems with Heartland Bank in 1997, quickly building the foundation for an end-to-end credit, debit and prepaid card processing engine. Under his guidance, Heartland has climbed the rankings from #62 to #5 in the nation and #9 in the world; from 25 to 3,100 employees; from 2,500 to 250,000 business locations and from a portfolio of $0.4 billion in bankcard volume to more than $80 billion. Today, Heartland processes more than four billion payment transactions annually. Over the years, Bob has written numerous articles educating industry associates on business issues, including the inner workings of the payments processing industry, encouraging his peers to join him in adopting policies that treat merchants and fellow businesses equitably. He also spearheaded The Merchant Bill of Rights ― a revolutionary public advocacy initiative to promote fair card processing practices on behalf of all business owners. Currently, he is leading an industry collaboration movement to thwart cyber criminals ― and help protect business owners, consumers, processors and financial institutions. He has been active in the formation of the Payments Processing Information Sharing Council and was named chair of its steering committee in November 2009. Bob has also been a driving force in the development of “E3™,” Heartland’s end-to-end encryption technology that is designed to protect cardholder data at rest and in motion throughout the lifecycle of card transactions. Bob started his career as an instructor at Parkland College. At the age of 22, he was elected President of the college faculty and named Director of the Computer Center. A year later, he was hired by the Bank of Illinois to establish a new profit center providing computer services to small businesses. In 1972, Bob started a software and consulting firm for small and mid-sized businesses, providing the first integrated accounting system offered on microcomputers. In 2003, Bob was awarded the bankcard industry’s first Lifetime Achievement Award. Ernst and Young named him Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004 and again in 2007. On August 11, 2005, he rang the bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate Heartland’s IPO, which was 21 times oversubscribed, breaking PayPal’s previous industry record of 12 times oversubscribed. In 2006, Bob earned the Walter Aikman Entrepreneur Award. In 2007, he received the “Best Executive” honor by American Business Awards and later was named the Technology CEO of the Year by the Eastern Technology Alliance. In 2008, Heartland was named the “Best Service Company to Sell For” by Selling Power magazine. In 2009, Bob was awarded the Beta Gamma Sigma Medallion Award for Entrepreneurship. Bob received his Master of Science degree in computer science and Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana). He also received an honorary PhD from Lewis University. Bob resides in Princeton, NJ where he and his wife, Jill, received the New Jersey Historic Preservation Award for renovating Woodrow Wilson’s home. He also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Historic Society of Princeton; the Seton Hall Business School Board of Advisors; and the Board of the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, DC. Bob and Jill formed their own personal foundation, the Give Something Back Foundation, which provides scholarships to deserving college students, recognizes teaching excellence and donates to various charitable organizations.
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