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Leon Gerard Vandenberg

Hi, I'm Leon Gerard Vandenberg - PEng MBA

Leon Gerard Vandenberg's Bio:

Leon Gerard Vandenberg Consultant for IP Acquire and Operate Ltd CXO for Rights Commerce Ltd Founder/CTO/COO for TDA Tech Ltd CTO for AirWave Wireless Inc (now Aruba Inc.) 23+ years of solid experience in innovation, R&D, development and marketing of secure infrastructure, wireless networks, devices and smartcard and security products. Demonstrated skills in the overall technical management of established and start-up companies. Well known domestically and internationally, interfacing with individuals, market leaders and companies worldwide. Able to attract, develop, manage and motivate individuals and team from local and in remote locations. Communication at all levels from engineering, software or lab benchtop to boardroom & investor Key Strengths include: Extensive International & Technology Engagements. Mobile Industry Experience, Silicon Valley and VC funding Experience/Networking, Complex Business and Project Management skills across functional teams and across countries. Specialties: SOA Architectures, Mobile Network Design, Home Control & Energy, Defense, Wireless & Systems Integration capability Can apply skills across wireless, secure communications & device domain, specific experience with smartcard & banking industry, wireless embedded devices, wireless computing mCommerce device & business strategies across entire content delivery & transactions value chain, apply to merger and acquistions, startup skills and IP strategies + Patent Portfolio generation & IP management

Leon Gerard Vandenberg's Experience:

Founder & CXO at Rights Commerce Ltd
January 2009 - April 2012
Rights Commerce Ltd has a platform for delivery of: * ODRL - Digital Rights Management & Services for energy, emission trading and carbon credits, (digitizing and transaction lifecycle tracking of virtual goods) * ePedigree via RFID, provenance and anticounterfeit systems for "physical goods" * Smart Hub technology for Home / Utility / Building metering * Smart Card transaction systems including RFID/NFC and Dash7 Tags on Virtual SIM Cards * mobile devices for rich and immersive media capture/collaboration and playback Rights Commerce is in the process of delivering a secure personal carbon trading platform which can be delivered by home hub, smart cards and other consumer tokens and which is provided on a white-label basis for delivery via distribution partners (such as existing loyalty programmes, etc). The Rights Commerce platform delivers white label solutions connecting carbon credit originators, carbon credit wholesalers and retailers and individuals throughout the world.
Founder & Chairman at GET IT Pty Ltd
July 1998 - December 2010
Private Consultancy on Innovation and Invention Management, Lifecycle and Technology Discontinuity and Distruptive Product Development, Management and Wireless Engineering & Security Consulting, Digital Asset Management and Systems Design and Solutions for new "Category Killers"
COO/CTO - Executive Team at TDA Tech Ltd (Hong Kong)
April 2005 - December 2008
COO/CTO and Operational Co-Founder for TDA Tech Ltd - "Trusted Digital Authentication" providing security and wireless engineering & professional services for Global Customers. TDA Tech Limited is Parent Organization based in Hong Kong and Associated Design for Manufacturing Team based in Shenzhen CHINA including a JV Factory Operation for secure & trusted wireless module production, R&D Team in Australia
Chief Technology Officer - Executive Team at Bozca Inc. (Silicon Valley, CA, USA)
April 2003 - May 2004
Bozca Inc. targetted the deployment of secure wireless services as a payment application interface in the payment and banking industry with a new generation of point of sales (POS) solutions for small and mobile merchants. Positioning of the device was small mPOS appliance with a Virtual SIM and secondary processor as type of mTPM to VISA International and Stakeholders owning transaction and banking gateways.
Chief Technology Officer - Executive Team at Imbros Corporation - (San Francisco, CA / Washington DC - USA
December 2001 - April 2003
Part of Core Executive team ex Washington DC and San Francisco: driving industry solution for Enabling Securing Mobile Services for carriers, banks +financial services, disposable POS concept, Dual Slot Mobile Phone using "Virtual SIM" Patents see http://bit.ly/VSIM_Patent - US Patent now owned by ipVco LLC
Chief Technology Officer at Airwave Wireless Inc.
February 2001 - August 2001
Deliver technical and strategic insight contributing to company's overall business and commercialization plans and the eventual go to market model. Contributed to Patents protecting company innovations & IP - Idealab! Innovation model Evaluating, developing, and implementing the technology vision in support of evolving strategic business goals and industry channels in an around Silicon Valley network Recruit & manage development & technical support staff - eventual restructuring of team Evangelising company technology in emerging WiFi industry and stakeholders Serve as the primary architect of the company's technology infrastructure and future roadmap. Active partnering & relationship management with Microsoft, CISCO and Intel on IEEE standards and role for 802.1X and EAP SIM Authentication of WiFi users
VP Technology & CTO at Newcom Technologies Pty Ltd and Funge Systems, Inc.
December 1996 - January 2001
Conceived, Designed and Build carrier independent Dual Slot Mobile Phone using embedded Java concepts - now KJava - or KVM used in VISA's Global Platform - vendors like Trusted Logic. Dual Slot Phone pivoted around "Virtual SIM" concepts - popular now that NFC features available on smartphones. Our technology concepts co-founded Global Mobile Commerce Forum, subsequently the IP was licensed to Mobile POS industry (Way Inc. which is now Verifone, Inc.) and Funge Systems Inc. Developed secure payment system adopted by US Navy and US Treasury project known as "Navy Cash", NavyCash is a very successful Government back Debit Smartcard rolled out by JP Morgan, MasterCard and partners. Personal invited and participated on SUN Microsystems, CA and their stand at the very First JavaOne conference promoting JavaSIM and embedded Java Concepts. NFC Java SIMs still very relevant today converging 3G Mobile Services and mCommerce solutions for handset OEMs, Banks, Carriers, and Payment Service Providers. Newcom's USA Patent - IP resides now with ipV Co LLC. See http://www.ipvcollc.com/patents.html
CEO and Managing Director at Novous Pty Ltd
1992 - 1996
Lotus Notes Consulting and training using Professional Services Consulting Model applied from Lotus Professional Services "Value Frame" Trained and Commissioned various Lotus Notes HW and SW and Database Design solutions for Defense and Corporate clients Secured Major Business Re-Engineering Project for Adelaide Bank Call Centre using Predictive Dialer Hardware and Groupware and Mobile Computing Technologies (Value $500K) Sourced, Negotiated and Supplied first Australia's first ATM networking switches and cards to Defense for High Speed Networks - Fore Systems Inc.
Experienced Executive & Chief Digital Officer, CXO at Various Companies & Projects
May 2011
Extensive experience Chief Digital Officer, CXO senior executive for startups & corporations in Australia / Hong Kong / San Francisco / Seattle / Silicon Valley / New York / Washington D.C. Strategic Analysis, Sales & Operational Skills: Critical business & technology acumen to take emergent ideas to be both investor and market ready, strategic allignment of technology/opportunity, shareholder value creation via early strategic sales & IP delivery.
Consultant at IP Acquire and Operate Ltd via ( VSIMsystems.com )
February 2010
Patent Assertion and IP Recover activities IP Recovered and now with NFC Data Inc. and IP V Co LLC

Leon Gerard Vandenberg's Education:

Wilfrid Laurier University
1988 – 1989
M.B.A.
University of Waterloo
1985 – 1988
B.A.Sc.
Concentration: Systems Design Engineering
Carleton University
1983 – 1984
B.A.Sc.
Concentration: Engineering

Leon Gerard Vandenberg's Interests & Activities:

triathlons, Formula1, skiing

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