KEN MAGES

*** *. ***** ** **** • CHICAGO, IL ****5 • 312-***-**** • aczcr4@r.postjobfree.com • kenmages.com EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER & MOBILE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER with more than 15 years of experience in mobile technology, systems architecture, marketing strategies, and business expansion. Driven entrepreneur with the proven ability to manage the full-lifecycle development of new mobile applications from concept to launch. Innovative technologist adept at designing and maintaining websites and mobile applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. AREAS OF EXPERTISE

ü Mobile Technology

ü Inventions & Patents

ü Software Development

ü System Architecture

ü Big Data Integration

ü Go-to-Market Strategy

ü Market Research

ü Android & iOS Applications

ü Software Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

.net • Java • Linux • iOS • Windows • Android • C • Objective-C • Swift • HTML • JavaScript • CSS • WordPress NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS

• Built SecureOne’s mobile banking applications that provided a proxy for all payment cards.

• Owned the mobile application, Pikazo, which allowed users to turn photos into compelling, lasting visual arts utilizing next general neural networks.

• Invented the first geo-fenced mobile solution for connected devices and ear jack to cellphone data transfer technology at W-Trade, currently used by SQUARE, Intuit, and PayPal for mobile card processing. Technology is also used for two of the most popular applications used today.

• Wrote or co-wrote 48 independent patent claims.

• Personally featured in TechCrunch on October 1, 2016. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Pikazo (pikazoapp.com) – St. Louis, MO 2016 – Present A mobile application that allows users to turn photos into compelling, lasting visual arts utilizing next general neural networks. Owner/ Investor

• Collaborated with the management team at Pikazo to maximize global software potential.

• Served as an investor, advisor, and member on the Board of Directors.

• Played a key role in achieving 100,000 subscription downloads, generating $3M in revenue and growing.

• Supported the code development and deployed software to market. SecureOne (SecureOne.com) – Seattle, WA 2011 – Present A data-centric, security-focused mobile technology and services company. Founder & Chief Technology Officer

• Developed a cloud-based and mobile banking application that provided a proxy for all payment cards. o SecureOne provides a simplified management of card accounts and profile data. o Unparalleled security and fraud control – especially Card Not Present (CNP).

• Hired a full time ex-Microsoft Chief Executive Officer to help oversee operations and sell product to large banking institutions worldwide.

• Raised $9.5M in investment capital over five years to help develop SecureOne.

• Successfully implemented SecureOne software into a bank in Australia with more than 30,000 customers.

• Assembled the intellectual property assets necessary to approach a lucrative market from a position of strength and credibility.

• Designed and maintained the company’s website from the ground up using CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. KEN MAGES aczcr4@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUED ROAM Data, Inc. (An Ingenico Company) – Boston, MA 2010 – 2011 A global reference in mobile payment acceptance that provides secure, enterprise-level mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions to more than 100,000 merchants worldwide.

Vice President, Business Development

• Developed and patented technology utilized in the SQUARE credit card reader and others like it.

• Leveraged end-to-end mobile commerce platform to enable merchants of all sizes to boost sales by deploying out-of-store payment solutions in addition to existing in-store solutions.

• Sold device to Bank of America, Citibank, and others, generating $500K in sales.

• Managed a team of 10 sales representatives nationally, collectively securing $10M in sales. MoBeePay – Chicago, IL 2010 – 2010

A simple, elegant, user-friendly payment solution with military level security. Co-Founder (Company Sold)

• Designed a system allowing consumers to register and enroll in one or more multiple credit or debit cards directly to their phone or at a secure web interface. o MoBeePay required no point of sale (POS) hardware for merchants and did not require the consumer to have a physical credit or debit card.

o Data was never stored on the user’s mobile phone, but rather in a Java “MoBeeHive” that was encrypted and payment card industry (PCI) secure.

• Captured marketing data information about the users through cellular location technologies, such as global positioning systems (GPS) or triangulation.

• Developed the technology to create QR codes for receipt purchases. HomeATM ePayment Solutions – Montreal, Canada 2000 – 2009 A global mobile payments technology provider with a portfolio of IP, including the de facto audio-jack patents. Founder (Company Sold)

• Developed “AnywhereCommerce mSuite” and the global aCommerce Gateway which was a payment acceptance device and software application for secure mobile, card-present credit, debit, chip (PIN or signature), and near field communication (NFC) transactions. o Application was designed for iOS, Android, Windows 8, and Windows Phone and offered end-to- end white label and customized hardware for retail line-busting and mobile field services.

• Provided optimal security, reliability, convenience, and return on investment (ROI) for merchants, networks, issuers, processors, and acquires utilizing a PCI and EMVCo certified ecosystem.

• Declined an offer from Microsoft to buy the company for $250M.

• Sold a half a million devices to 40,000 customers, experiencing more than 80 million transactions without a single incident of fraud.

W-Trade.com – New York, NY 1999 – 2000

A geo-fenced mobile application for stock trading and lotto tickets. Chief Technology Officer

• Hired by T-Venture to design the first geo-fenced mobile application for stock trading and lottery tickets.

• Designed a platform that allowed users to buy share on their mobile devices.

• Legacy Java enterprise software still used today for FedEx package tracking. EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science (BA): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Champaign, IL Bachelor of Arts, Photography (BA): Columbia College of Chicago – Chicago, IL Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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