“Venu is both a highly effective Product Owner/Manager and excellent Business Partner. Having worked, and partnered, directly with Venu for upwards of 3 years I can attest to the value he brings to an organization across Product Strategy, development and rollout. We partnered directly on all aspects of the Citizens Pay digital product suite and were able to deliver an unsecured loan POC, an enterprise communication platform and two mobile Apps, all of which were met with rave reviews. It was under his product leadership and direction that our strategies were born across all of these platforms. His ability to read the market, truly understand the importance of a time-to-market MVP approach and provide impactful backlog, and business leadership, are truly remarkable! In addition to his impressive Product Leadership qualities he’s a phenomenal business partner and communicator. Always even-keeled, high-touch and quick to act on his strategic vision, it was effortless for our technology teams to follow his masterful plans and market-leading direction. Always a thoughtful visionary, a high-touch communicator and pragmatic product lead Venu is the best-of-the best!”
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Thrilled to be serving as a juror for the ANA Reggie Awards! I'm looking forward to reviewing the innovative and groundbreaking submissions that will…
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Another amazing win for Galileo Financial Technologies 🙌🏻 Proud of the team on the work done on this amazing opportunity. Todd Sudweeks Philip…
Another amazing win for Galileo Financial Technologies 🙌🏻 Proud of the team on the work done on this amazing opportunity. Todd Sudweeks Philip…
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Smart learning systems for integrating and linking multiple data accounts across a network
Issued US11526934B2
A system including a novel interactive graphical user interface ( GUI ), and a method for integrating , linking and managing of multiple electronic data accounts of a user that is customized to reflect monitored and predicted user activity and behavior in a fully - automated ( or near fully - automated ) and adaptive ( e.g. , machine learning ) manner.
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Systems, apparatus and methods for mobile companion prepaid card
Issued US9978059B2
Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the…
Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the verification, debiting an open to buy amount of the mobile companion prepaid card account, and then transmitting a purchase transaction authorization response to the issuer FI processor.
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Systems, apparatus and methods for mobile companion prepaid card
Issued US 9,043,240/ US20140244496 A1
Systems, apparatus and methods for providing an un-personalized and un-embossed mobile companion prepaid card to a consumer having a mobile wallet account. An embodiment includes a wallet provider computer receiving an approval request from an agent device for a mobile companion prepaid card for a consumer.
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MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTION PAYMENT NETWORK BRIDGE APPARATUS AND METHOD
Filed US 20150081561
This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/909,152 filed on Nov. 26, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference, and entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/485, 390, entitled “NGO Electronic Transaction Management System and Method,” filed on Sep. 12, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No…
This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/909,152 filed on Nov. 26, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference, and entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/485, 390, entitled “NGO Electronic Transaction Management System and Method,” filed on Sep. 12, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/876,896, with the same title, filed on Sep. 12, 2013, and is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/308, 400, entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” filed on Jun. 18, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/836,588, with the same title, filed on Jun. 18, 2013.
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ENABLING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN DISPARATE PAYMENT ACCOUNT SYSTEMS
Filed US 20150095225
Systems and methods that synchronize consumer accounts between disparate payment account systems. In some embodiments, a payment network receives an authorization request for a consumer transaction from a merchant acquirer processor including original payment credentials. The process includes transmitting a query to credential mapping database, receiving a response including a primary account number (PAN) and a multi-entity flag, transmitting the authorization request to an issuer financial…
Systems and methods that synchronize consumer accounts between disparate payment account systems. In some embodiments, a payment network receives an authorization request for a consumer transaction from a merchant acquirer processor including original payment credentials. The process includes transmitting a query to credential mapping database, receiving a response including a primary account number (PAN) and a multi-entity flag, transmitting the authorization request to an issuer financial institution (FI), receiving an approval response from the issuer FI. The process also includes routing the authorization request and the multi-entity flag to a payment gateway to forward to an appropriate stored value account (SVA) processor, receiving a disposition message indicating approval of the transaction by the SVA processor, and transmitting an authorization response to the merchant acquirer processor.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY PROCESSING OF TRANSACTIONS
US Application #20170140385
A method for processing a declined payment transaction using a secondary financial institution includes: receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction from an acquiring institution, the transaction message including a primary account number, transaction amount, institution identifier, and transaction data; calculating a fraud score based on application of fraud algorithms to data included in the transaction message; transmitting the transaction message and fraud score to an issuer;…
A method for processing a declined payment transaction using a secondary financial institution includes: receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction from an acquiring institution, the transaction message including a primary account number, transaction amount, institution identifier, and transaction data; calculating a fraud score based on application of fraud algorithms to data included in the transaction message; transmitting the transaction message and fraud score to an issuer; receiving an authorization response from the issuer, the response including a response code indicative of denial of the transaction; identifying a secondary financial institution; modifying the transaction message by replacing the institution identifier with an alternative identifier associated with the secondary financial institution; and transmitting the modified transaction message to the acquiring institution.
Honors & Awards
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2017 Santander Top Performer
Santander
Received for Consumer Lending and Innovation
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MasterCard Worldwide Heart award
MasterCard - Enterprise Development Team
Received for outstanding work and collaborating with cross-functional teams in developing product solution for a major MasterCard initiative supporting NGOs
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MasterCard Worldwide “CMO Recognition” award
MasterCard - Chief Marketing Officer
Received for outstanding work for Priceless Cities
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P&G "Power of You" Gold award
P&G
Received for Leading/outstanding work on Pampers Front End Innovation Project
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P&G "Best Upstream Design Award for NA Marketing Innovation"
P&G
Award (team) for collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and design new Pampers diapers
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P&G "Power of You" award
P&G
Received for Innovation and reapplication, New Gillette Pro Glide Blades and Razors
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Nortel Networks "Top Tier" Voyager award
Nortel Networks
Received for Outstanding Global Customer Care
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