Garrett Gafke
Driving the Evolution of Certainty, Accuracy, & Trust within Digital Identity. Protecting What’s Real
- Role
- Advisor at Ipqs
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Garrett Gafke
Mr.Gafke is a successful entrepreneur and Fortune 500 executive, blending early-stage action with public company knowledge. Mr. Gafke is widely recognized as a pioneer in the digital identity and fraud prevention space. He has significantly contributed to developing innovative technologies that enhance trust and reduce fraud in online transactions and is considered an expert within the risk management, digital identity and compliance markets. Mr. Gafke was the Founder, President, & CEO of IdentityMind through its acquisition by Audax Group now GB Group plc(GBG) for $736mm. Mr.Gafke served President & CEO of Paymate a global e-commerce & risk platform acquired by Flexigroup(FLX), also working as an advisor/executive for several top-tier venture firms & private equity firms, served as President & CEO for SteelEye-a turnaround project where he restructured, refocused & revitalized SteelEye which was then acquired by SIOS(sios3744).Mr. Gafke was also the CEO for SeeControl an IoT company working with the largest companies in the world acquired by Autodesk(ADSK). Mr. Gafke founded/funded SeeControl & led the management buyout from Cardinal Health. He has extensive experience building successful businesses both pre-IPO & public. Mr.Gafke has raised over $600mm in private capital, held executive management positions during 2 IPO’s & 9 acquisitions. Prior to SeeControl, he was Group VP & GM at Cardinal Health, a Fortune 15 distribution & supply company w/revenues of $102B (now Care Fusion). Mr.Gafke enjoyed the rapid expansion as SVP of Sales, BD, Ops, & Client Services for XUMA, an e-business infrastructure & managed services company, where revenues grew from 0 to over $28mm and prepared the company for an IPO. Prior to XUMA he served as Sr. Director of Channel Development & Alliances at both CyberSource (CYBS) & established US Operations for Trintech (TTPA) responsible at both companies for increasing revenues & assisting in their highly successful initial public offerings (IPO\'s). Mr. Gafke was also part of the team building VeriFone\'s(VFI) Internet Commerce Division, then Hewlett-Packard after the $1.2B acquisition. Currently, Mr. Gafke serves as a board member and advisor for several start ups, venture funds, and private equity firms
Experience
Advisor
Apr 2023 — Present
Skills
- Early Stage
- Mobile Commerce
- Start-Ups
- Mobile Applications
- Card Not Present
- Product Management
- Global Business Development
- Integration
- Technology Start-Up
- Product Development
- Marketing
- Identity Fraud
- Engineering
- Payment Card Processing
- Anti-Fraud
- Saas
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Turn Around Management
- New Business Development
- Business Strategy
- Enterprise Software
- Channel
- Strategic Alliances
- Venture Capital
- Executive Managment
- Management
- Executive Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Entrepreneurship
- Early-Stage Startups
- Product Marketing
- Strategic Partnerships
- Payments
- Public Companies
- Business Development
- M&a Experience
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