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Michael ’ s experience also in- cludes senior leadership posi- tions in the payments indus- try .
During his tenure as Vice Presi- dent and Director , Global Mar- ket Development , for Semtek Innovative Solutions Corp ., Michael led the team that suc- cessfully took the company ’ s patented credit card encryp- tion concept to market .
Semtek was eventually ac- quired by Verifone Systems , the current market leader in U . S . payment solutions ; Semtek ’ s technology became the founda- tion for Verifone ’ s VeriShield Protect .
Michael joined Verifone as Vice President of Sales , Global Se- curity Solutions , and estab- lished an industry-standard in credit card security by con- tracting eight of the top 11 U . S . - based payment processors .
He also founded a consortium of payment industry stake- holders to address ongoing op- portunities and challenges in credit card security .
Michael is an active member of NCMS , the society of industri- al security professionals , and InfraGard San Diego , an FBI-af- filiated nonprofit organization dedicated to critical infrastruc- ture protection .
He currently serves on the board of directors of the FBI San Di- ego Citizens Academy .
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