Erdal Yazmaci
Senior Product Manager at GoDaddy | Co-Founder- CxO | Board Member | EMV and Mobile Payments | >$18Mn raised |
- Role
- Senior Product Manager at GoDaddy
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Erdal Yazmaci
I have 24 years of experience in payment and card technologies, including NFC, EMV and Contactless. I have been playing a pivotal role in payment industry as a seasoned EMV and payment expert. I co-founded a software company (Cardtek) that had 100+ customers in 30+ countries. I took different C-level and senior roles at Cardtek between 2001 and 2018. Helped to raise $18 million in 2016 as General Manager of Digital Payments.Accomplishments include:*Developed EMV Level 2 Kernel application on different POS terminals between 2001 and 2008*Helped selling EMV L2 kernel to 10+ companies (i.e Thales, NXP, Vivotech)*Provided EMV consultancy and training for more than 20 issuers, acquirers, card and terminal manufacturers (including FIS, NXP and other major players)*Led international business development and sales between 2010 and 2018 with major success stories at FIS, Thales, NXP, Deutsche Telekom, MasterCard and Vivotech.*Helped to raise $18 million in 2016 at Cardtek.*Experience for integration with North America acquirers for omni-commerce payments (i.e Worldpay, Elavon)*Deeply skilled in EMV, NFC, HCE, SoftPOS, Cloud Kernel,acquirer integration, EMV L2 and L3 certifications
Experience
Senior Product Manager
Feb 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Product management of POS payment systems and acquirer integrations. Working with partners and acquirers closely to understand their requirements and turning them into product features. Developing product roadmap. Working closely with engineering and UI/UX teams to develop product features. Supporting internal team and third-party partners in EMV L3 certifications. Supporting acquirers to become self-sufficient to integrate GoDaddy payment gateway. Analyzing payment transaction issues and figuring out new ways to efficiently fix them. Managing EMV configuration release process.
Education
Istanbul Technical University
2.35, Computer Engineering
1994 — 1999
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Mobile Payments
- Cards
- Debit Cards
- Payment Systems
- Payment Cards
- Mobile Devices
- Payment Industry
- Payments
- Emv
- Business Development
- Product Management
- Payment Card Processing
- Loyalty Programs
- Credit Cards
- Nfc
- Smart Cards
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