Philip E. Andreae

(404) 680 9640                                       www.andreae.com                               philip@andreae.com

 

Executive Summary

 

An internationally experienced executive with an exceptional track record of delivering proven results in business environments constrained by tight budgets, limited execution time frames and complex user requirements.  International experience with payment solutions ranging from credit and debit cards to ACH, wire and mobile.

 

A business, operations and technology executive proficient at developing strategies, driving business development, mentoring product development, managing projects, operations, telecommunications and information technology. 

 

Skill Summary

 

Thorough knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the following areas:

·         Order-to-cash credit/debit card processing

·         Digital identity, credentials. smart cards, cryptography and security

·         Transaction processing for payments, healthcare and government

·         Resource management

·         Change Management

·         Board experience and C-Level interaction

·         Influence management

·         Advisory and committee management

·         Information distribution systems for commodity, bond, FX and equity trading floors

 

Customer Summary

 

Created and implemented solutions for companies including Accenture, ACI, Anderson Consulting, AT&T, AT&T Unisource, Bank of Montreal, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, British Telecom, Caledon, Canadian Tire Financial Services, Carlson Marketing, CGI, Chemical Bank, Citibank, CUCC, CUETS, Dexit, EF Hutton, GlobeID, IBM, Magenn Power, MasterCard International, MBank, Meridian Credit Union, Merrill Lynch, National Westminster, NCR, Novida, Ontario Ministry of Justice, Oracle, Paybox, Philips SemiConductor, Phoenix Technologies, Prudential Bache, RSA, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Smith New Court, The Strawhecker Group, UC.com, Unicate, VanCity, Verifone and Visa International,  

 

Employment History

 

Philip Andreae & Associates, Toronto, ON and Atlanta, GA, 2004-present

Management Consultant

Business and technology consultant specializing in the evaluation, design, planning and implementation of emerging technologies aligned to long-term business and corporate strategies.

Strategic Highlights:

·         Credit Union Electronic Transaction Systems CUETS

Situation:  Canada was moving to Chip and PIN technology, CUETS needed to redefine their product and technical services. 

Action:  Provided training and facilitated a series of strategy sessions with the executive team and 40+ directors. 

Result:  Created a coherent strategy, plan and business case. Defined product implications and justified the investment necessary to serve 600 credit union clients and 800,000 MasterCard and Interac debit and credit cards.

·         Canadian Tire Financial Services: 

Situation:  The Canadian payments associations made a decision to migrate to Chip and PIN based on EMV.

Action:  Defined implications on the retail and financial services elements of Canadian Tire’s enterprise.

Result:  Proposed that CTFS take a “first in market” approach and produced the strategy and business plan to convert CTFS’ card issuing and retail environment to EMV.  The end result affected 2 million cards and 450 stores.

·         CGI:  

Situation:  The Greater Toronto Area issued a “Request to Qualify” for a systems integrator to build and manage a contactless fare collection system.  CGI did not have the necessary internal skills. 

Action:  Wrote the business case, executive summary and key sections of the response.

Result:  CGI was selected as one of the three that would bid for the $250+ million program.

·         Magenn Power Inc.:  

Situation:  Key members of the executive team could not agree on which alternate Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) power generation solutions to fund. 

Action:  Facilitated external advisor and executive session and produced a coherent strategy and timeline for the development of two solutions.

Result:  Recommended key management and organizational changes that where implemented.

 

Visa Canada, Toronto, Canada, 2002-2003

Vice President, Emerging Products and Technologies

Member of the executive committee mandated to reinvigorate the group responsible for driving the adoption of new products and technologies in support of the 23 member banks.  Key objective: launch Chip and PIN – EMV.

Strategic Highlights:

·         Foreseeing a growth in fraud, led the Visa Canada Board to approve the roadmap for the implementation of EMV “Chip and PIN”.

·         Entered into dialogues with MasterCard and Interac with the goal of getting them to also embrace Chip and PIN.

·         Introduced a series of initiatives to position Visa in the contactless, mobile, pre-paid, co-branded, transit and debit.

·         Represented Visa Canada at the Visa International Global Product Development Council.

 

Philip Andreae & Associates, Brussels, Belgium and St Paul, Minnesota, 1996-2002

Consultant and Interim Executive

Strategic Highlights:

·         AT&T:  Three-year engagement as technology advisor and mentor to the calling card, multi-media (Internet Services) and Universal Card Services divisions.

·         GlobeID:  Analysis of markets and industry trends leading to a recommendation to cease further funding.

·         Oracle EMEA:  Interim executive - Director Financial Services Consulting Europe Middle East and Africa.  Initiated the development of a Center of Excellence to provide country teams with key Business and technical consulting resources. 

·         Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota:   Led complex data conversion project. 

·         Unicate BV:  Multi-year engagement focusing on developing the “go-to-market” strategy for a new technology capable of proving irrefutable proof of identity

 

MasterCard International (Europay International), Brussels, Belgium 1991-1996

Director IT Strategy

Initial assignment:  assumed the role of Interim General Manager of European Payment Systems Services (EPSS), and served as member of executive team responsible for merging EPSS, EuroCard, and Eurocheque.

·         Planned and secured board approval to expand operations focus on modernizing applications.

·         Drove new technology developments and implemented quality improvement.

·         Convinced the Board to triple the size of the IT division.

·         Key leader of the consortium that developed EMV, the international standard for Smart Card payments.

 

Additional Professional Experience

 

Project Manager-Consultant

Smith New Court, London, UK, 1990-1991

Served as consultant responsible for evaluating technology RFPs for Smith New Court (major UK stockbroker) and its new London trading room 

 

Shearson Lehman Hutton Ltd., London, UK, 1987-1990

Vice President and Director, European Telecommunications

Reset the strategic directive and rebuilt confidence in the telecommunications department.  Boost departmental confidence while reducing headcount by 30% and capital equipment and annual expenses by 25%.  Successfully integrated EF Hutton trading staff (aquired in 1988) into operation while continuing to streamline costs and staff.

 

Salomon Brothers, London, UK, 1986-1987

Vice President, Telecommunications / Operations Manager

Served as Project Manager of a £170 million project to develop Salomon’s UK headquarters, completed on budget and on time, assuring Salomon’s success as a market maker when London dematerialized and deregulated the stock market.   I managed a team of 23 people responsible for European telecommunications. 

 

Independent Consultant

Large Scale IT and Infrastructure Project Management, New York, NY, 1982-1986

Leveraged telecommunications, technology, capital markets, brokerage, and construction expertise to assure the success of clients building new trading rooms on Wall Street 

 

Early Career Highlights

Technology, management and project management roles with National Data Corporation, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Bankers Trust and Chemical Bank.  Early career exposure to broad range of programming languages, systems design, operations research, call center operations and planning, network management, computer operations, product control, quality control, broadband and LAN/MAN/WAN network technologies and project management techniques including CPM, I-J and PERT. 

 

Public Speaker

A featured speaker at company-sponsored events and international trade associations including:  Lafferty, NCR, ACI, VeriFone, Carte, EFMA European Finance Management Association, Europay, Tender Retail, and EFTA Electronic Funds Transfer Association.

 

Education: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA ‘76), Emory University, Atlanta GA

 

 

I am an U.S. and Swiss Citizen, have work permits for
Canada and Europe.  I will consider relocate and will travel +50%.