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Chandra Patni (PhD)
CEO & CTO
Between 1989 and 2001 Chandra was CEO, Chairman and co-founder of Thyron, a successful multi-national supplier of secure end-to-end Internet and mobile payment solutions. Prior to 1989 he worked for SGS Thomson Microelectronics in France promoting and developing product concepts. He was educated at Imperial College, University of London, where he successfully completed his BEng and PhD degrees. |
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Nigel Exton (MA in Eng. Sc.)
Senior VP Operations & Client Service
Nigel is SVP of Operations and Client Service. Prior to YESpay, between 2007 and 2010, he was Head of Client Services for Itim, a software and services supplier to the Retail Sector and a major partner of YESpay in the UK. Between 2003 and 2007 Nigel was Product Service Director at BT Expedite, formally NSB, another major supplier of software and services to the Retail Sector. Nigel has worked in IT for over 30 years and within the Retail Sector for 25 years. Prior to BT Expedite he held senior IT roles for several major UK retailers including MFI, Argos, and Mothercare. He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford University and obtained an MA in Engineering Science. |
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Simon Curtis,
SVP of Strategic European Sales and Business Development
Prior to joining YESpay, Simon was Managing Director of Itim, a software and services supplier to the Retail Sector. Simon successfully built Itim through organic growth and acquisitions into a leading solutions provider to UK retailers. At Itim, Simon established the strategic relationship between Itim and YESpay, which led to over 4,000 implementations in the UK. Before entering the software industry Simon was a Management Consultant with Itim Consulting and Price Waterhouse. Simon has over 20 years’ experience in retail, covering business consulting and IT systems delivery. Simon has worked extensively with retailers to improve their operational performance through process and systems improvement programmes, covering store systems, buying & merchandising; supply chain; stock management; replenishment; pricing & promotions, and purchase to pay. Simon graduated from Middlesex University with BA in Business Studies |
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Tony Chana (Eng. Systems & Control)
VP Operations & Support – UK
Tony brings over 20 years of retail systems experience to YESpay. Taking the product lead, Tony has managed the design, development and delivery of several globally compliant EPOS systems for Torex Retail as well as numerous integration projects to payment systems, property management systems, accounts and ERP systems. Tony graduated in Engineering Systems & Control from Huddersfield University, UK. |
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Mikael Konnerup
Non-Executive Director
He has an M.Sc (Finance) from Copenhagen. Mikael is CEO and owner of DICO A/S, a Danish venture capital company, focusing on IT growth companies. Following a career at Superfos, IBM and Olicom, Mikael established his own venture capital company in 1991. Since then, he has been actively engaged in more than 40 portfolio companies. |
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Rohit Patni (MBA)
EVP Sales & Marketing
In 2002, Rohit was VP of Business Development for Europe for Silverline Technologies. Between 1999 and 2001, he was Executive Vice President - Global Marketing, and between 1989 and 1999 he had the role of Sales and Marketing Director at Thyron. He co-founded Thyron, a successful multi-national supplier of secure end-to-end Internet and mobile payment solutions. He graduated in 1987 from University College, Cardiff in BSc Computer Systems and completed his MBA from Tanaka Business School, Imperial College, London in 2003. |
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Dhiraj Dutta (BEng)
VP Operations & Support – International
Prior to YESpay Dhiraj was in various technical lead roles in Thyron between 1997 and 2001. Dhiraj has over 10 years of technical experience in the card payments industry having developed and deployed a number of software payment systems. He has successfully completed his B.Eng. in Computer Science from S.G.S.I.T.S, Indore, India. |
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Sanjay Agrawal (MCA)
VP Development and GM of India
Prior to YESpay, in 2002, he was Technical Consultant in Cognizant Technology Solutions (INDIA) - a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Between 1997 and 2001 he was Technical Manager at Thyron, a successful multi-national supplier of secure end-to-end Internet and mobile payment solutions. He was educated at DAVV University, Indore (INDIA) where he successfully completed his Masters degree in Computer Applications. |
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Remy DeTonnac
Non-Executive Director
Prior to joining Inside, Remy was a Partner of VERTEX Venture in Europe and sat on the board of several technology and services companies of the VERTEX portfolio, including the chairmanship of InsideContactless. From 1988 to 2001, Remy was with Gemplus in various positions in sales and marketing and then held the position of CEO AsiaPac operations from 1991-98 based in Singapore. He then moved to Redwood Shores (California) as CEO of US and Latin America operations for Gemplus. |
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