Professional Profile

 

Christopher J. Uriarte

 

 

Contact Information:

Christopher J. Uriarte

[Address and Telephone Contact Upon Request]

Personal Email: chrisjur@cju.com

Web:  http://www.cju.com

 

Nationality:  American

 

Home base:  New York City, NY with the ability to travel and work globally (10 years experience in a true global organization, including full-time overseas assignments.  Previous approvals for long-term work Visas in the United Kingdom and Canada.  Significant experience working within various foreign business environments, particularly Western Europe, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China and South Korea)

 

Languages:  English (Native), French (Advanced working knowledge)

 

 

Awards of Distinction

á       Recipient, InfoWorld CTO 25 Award (2007) – Recognized as one of the twenty-five most innovative technology executives in the country in 2007.  This annual award honors Òthe 25 most influential and innovative individuals holding the CTO positionÓ.  The 2007 recipients include CTOs from Motorola, 3Com, Credit Suisse and Verisign.

á       Recipient, InfoWeek Magazine ÒHot 30 Under 30 AwardÓ (1998) – Awarded to the most innovative technology professionals under the age of 30.

 

Appointments

á       Member, Board of Directors, Direct Response Forum (DRF) –  The global industry association representing the worldÕs largest merchants who accept Internet, mail order and telephone order payments

á       Director, Dynamic Vision Ventures Inc., Miami, FL

á       Director, Retail Decisions, Inc.

á       Member, Advisory Board - Golden Gate Software, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

 

Areas of Expertise

á       Enterprise technologies, particularly mission-critical retail, financial and banking systems  (infrastructure, systems, software, security)

á       Enterprise payments (card present, card-not-present, debit, bank transfer, alternative payments, mobile payments)

á       Payment-focused fraud prevention and risk management (technologies, systems, operations, products and services)

á       Development of technology-driven products and services from the ground-up

á       Mergers, Acquisitions, Due-diligence and Integration (Part of over 20 acquisitions, mergers or spin-offs; Negotiated successful sale of my own company in 1999; Member of founding Executive team at Retail Decisions, brought public in 2000, taken private in 2006)

á       Intellectual property-related services (patent development, analysis, construction, etc.)

 

Professional Overview

á       Strong history of successful technical innovation and implementation of complex, business-critical products and services.  Developer of several products and services often categorized as Òindustry leadingÓ or Òindustry changingÓ.

á       Unique combination of expertise with the software, systems and business processes required to support the most complex information technology environments.

á       Significant experience developing and growing global infrastructures, utilizing distributed resources across multiple continents.

á       Particular expertise developing business-critical, mission-critical and real-time solutions within the financial services, communications and retail sectors.

á       Strong background in disciplined fundamentals required to develop and operate complex system infrastructures including architecture, systems development, software development lifecycle, project management, quality assurance, system operations, and systems support.  

á       Diversified experience developing ASP/SasS/SOA services, as well as traditional Òboxed softwareÓ products.

á       Significant experience with core business functions, including budgeting, strategic planning, ongoing fiscal management, strategic vendor negotiation/management and asset management

á       Excellent management and staff development skills.  A hands-on team players whose natural leadership abilities help motivate fellow team members.   Particular success achieving maximum productivity and performance from small or resource-constrained organizations.

á       Superb interpersonal communication skills.  Accomplished public speaker and presenter.

á       Ability to guide an idea from initial conception, though all phases of business justification, design, development, execution, delivery and ongoing management.

á       Dynamic, energetic personality.