Experience

Veriteque, Inc.

• United States
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  San Diego, Vancouver, London Veriteque manufactures the only Presumptive Field Tests for Narcotics and Explosives in the market that are based on dry powdered reagents. The patented swab/strip test eliminates the use of hazardous liquids/aerosols, the associated environmental/safety concerns and the strict shipping/disposal restrictions. The future of narcotics and explosives field testing is DRY!



Betros Consulting

• Principal

  • 2006 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area Development of Lottery, Casino, eSports and Daily Fantasy Sports projects in the USA, Caribbean and Latin America. Executive Director of Loto System S. de R.L. de C.V. & Globalot S. de R.L. de C.V. in Mexico. Responsible for all aspects of operations; commercial, technical & financial. - Created and launched the first State Lottery in Mexico in partnership with the Baja California State Government. Deployed physical raffle and scratch card products, terminal networks and distribution… Show more Development of Lottery, Casino, eSports and Daily Fantasy Sports projects in the USA, Caribbean and Latin America. Executive Director of Loto System S. de R.L. de C.V. & Globalot S. de R.L. de C.V. in Mexico. Responsible for all aspects of operations; commercial, technical & financial. - Created and launched the first State Lottery in Mexico in partnership with the Baja California State Government. Deployed physical raffle and scratch card products, terminal networks and distribution systems. Secured and launched the first online instant win lottery products SEGOB permits in Mexico. - Designed and deployed lottery terminal network in the Dominican Republic for distribution of physical scratch card products. - Co-developed instant win lottery projects/operations in Haiti and Belize and in Indian Casinos in the USA. Show less



ThreatSTOP, Inc.

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Business Development

  • 2018 - Jun 2019

  Carlsbad, California ThreatSTOP blocks network attacks against malware, botnets, phishing emails, ransomware, DDoS, data theft, etc. Our threat intelligence platform leverages our customer's existing infrastructure to block attacks on their networks. We scrub, vet and curate over 850 threat feeds and provide actionable reporting on blocked threats, as well as identify infected devices.



Sorteo Games, Inc.

• United States

• COO & Founder

  • 2008 - 2015

  San Diego, California & Mexico City, Mexico Sorteo Games is a leading provider of regulated server-based wireless, Web and electronic lottery systems and services to Lottery Institutions. The Company's Secure Multichannel Distribution Platform enables lottery institutions and leading regulated gaming networks to significantly increase their distribution and deploy products on the Internet, Mobile, Electronic Lottery Terminals (ELTs), 3rd party POS networks, and through fixed and wireless Lottery terminals. - Secured $17M in… Show more Sorteo Games is a leading provider of regulated server-based wireless, Web and electronic lottery systems and services to Lottery Institutions. The Company's Secure Multichannel Distribution Platform enables lottery institutions and leading regulated gaming networks to significantly increase their distribution and deploy products on the Internet, Mobile, Electronic Lottery Terminals (ELTs), 3rd party POS networks, and through fixed and wireless Lottery terminals. - Secured $17M in Venture funding from public gaming companies, professional poker players and high net worth gaming entrepreneurs. - Built and managed teams in San Diego, Mexico and Latin America to create and deploy new technologies for the distribution of lottery products across diverse distribution channels. - Successfully launched first online and mobile regulated national lottery services/eWallet for traditional and new lotto games in the Americas (Lotería Nacional de Mexico & Pronósitcos). - Created and launched a new retail product category called Electronic Lottery Terminals drastically reducing the cost/complexity of instant interactive electronic gaming machines. - Developed/deployed a system of mobile Lottery terminals for Lotería Nacional de Mexico street sellers and retail agents to sell lottery products (Draw games, scratch cards) and value added services (prepaid airtime). - Launched the first mobile sports book application in Latin America for Caliente as well as the 1st wireless thoroughbred wagering application in the USA for YouBet. Show less



Digital Orchid

• Wireless Services

• CTO/COO & Founder

  • 2003 - 2008

  San Diego, California Digital Orchid is a leader in establishing global wireless product franchises for over 100 of the world’s largest brands including NASCAR, NHL, ESPN, MLB, The Vatican, AFA, La Liga, Cruz Azul, Lega Calcio, Hawaiian Tropic, Reef, Quiksilver, Roxy, IndyCar, NHRA, over 20 Latin American Super models and 150 NCAA Division I university athletic departments. For each brand, a suite of unique products, exclusive content and promotional campaigns were created and deployed globally. - Secured… Show more Digital Orchid is a leader in establishing global wireless product franchises for over 100 of the world’s largest brands including NASCAR, NHL, ESPN, MLB, The Vatican, AFA, La Liga, Cruz Azul, Lega Calcio, Hawaiian Tropic, Reef, Quiksilver, Roxy, IndyCar, NHRA, over 20 Latin American Super models and 150 NCAA Division I university athletic departments. For each brand, a suite of unique products, exclusive content and promotional campaigns were created and deployed globally. - Secured $25M in Venture Capital (NeoCarta, Qualcomm Ventures, Shepard Ventures), managed exclusive global brand relationships, acquisitions and international expansion - Built and managed engineering team that developed one of the 1st mobile content management/global distribution systems, which performed Automatic Content archiving, normalization, transcoding, distribution and billing. Products spanned all product categories (Apps, SMS, WAP, Images, Ringtones, Video, & Audio), carrier distribution & direct to consumer SMS storefronts. - Built and led sales and marketing team, managed global carrier relationships and content distribution partnerships with Qualcomm and major international content publishers. Show less



DiscoverCast

• CEO & Founder

  • 2000 - 2003

  San Diego, California DiscoverCast envisioned a way to enable standard web servers to maintain a persistent HTTP connection and perform two-way push (tunneled over http) as well as traditional request-reply based http communications. Unlike existing Web server technologies that refreshed an entire webpage, DiscoverCast sent only data updates across the persistent communication where they were used to redraw the webpage at a speed rivaling locally installed software. This was the first implementation of push-based… Show more DiscoverCast envisioned a way to enable standard web servers to maintain a persistent HTTP connection and perform two-way push (tunneled over http) as well as traditional request-reply based http communications. Unlike existing Web server technologies that refreshed an entire webpage, DiscoverCast sent only data updates across the persistent communication where they were used to redraw the webpage at a speed rivaling locally installed software. This was the first implementation of push-based AJAX. Collaboration and peer-to-peer (P2P) functionality among multiple users was enabled through synchronized multicasting of information to connected users. - Secured $2M Venture Capital Financing from Zero Gravity/Hummer Winblad Venture Partners - Inventors of the Two-Way Web and Push AJAX. 2 Patents (USPTO #7,080,120, #7,962,624) - Built product and sales teams, led marketing and corporate business development initiatives. - Established DiscoverCast developer program and contracts with Stan Lee Media, Minneapolis St. Paul Airport, San Diego Data Processing Corp and Digital Orchid. - Technology and team acquired by Digital Orchid, Inc. for use in mobile applications. Show less



American Digital Network

• VP of Sales & Marketing

  • 1996 - 2000

  San Diego, California American Digital Network (ADN) was the leading strategic Internet services firm in Southern California. ADN was unique in that it offered businesses a single source for all of the services necessary to develop and implement state-of-the-art E-commerce, Web, Internet, intranet, extranet, VPN, and network strategies. ADN provided strategic Internet services to leading companies such as Broadcast.com, ARTISTdirect, Ashworth Golf, General Instrument, Raytheon, Imperial Capital, Time Warner… Show more American Digital Network (ADN) was the leading strategic Internet services firm in Southern California. ADN was unique in that it offered businesses a single source for all of the services necessary to develop and implement state-of-the-art E-commerce, Web, Internet, intranet, extranet, VPN, and network strategies. ADN provided strategic Internet services to leading companies such as Broadcast.com, ARTISTdirect, Ashworth Golf, General Instrument, Raytheon, Imperial Capital, Time Warner, Academic Press, the U.S. Navy and NTN Network. - Built and managed a team of sales and marketing professionals for direct to consumer and corporate sales. - Grew overall company sales grew 192% per year, with personal sales averaging 1/3 of the total - Developed suite of corporate network services including data centers, LANs, WANs, Firewalls, VPN's and remote access solutions packaged with secure Internet access and hosting services. - Created eStore Manager (pioneering e-commerce service), Parent's Choice (groundbreaking kid safe Internet access service), large scale consumer focused Web applications like QB1 for NTN Communications and joint deployment of Java kiosks at the Superbowl with Sun Microsystems. Show less



TRW

• Spacecraft Technology & Commercial R&D Manager

  • 1990 - 1996

  Redondo Beach, California Spacecraft Technology: TRW Space and Electronics Group (now a part of Northrup Grumman) was one the primary defense contractors for the United States government's Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"​ program. One of the primary challenges with the system was the pointing accuracy of the spacecraft structure that supported the space-based laser. In response to this system enabling requirement, our team invented the field of Smart Structures. Smart Structures are structural beams with… Show more Spacecraft Technology: TRW Space and Electronics Group (now a part of Northrup Grumman) was one the primary defense contractors for the United States government's Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"​ program. One of the primary challenges with the system was the pointing accuracy of the spacecraft structure that supported the space-based laser. In response to this system enabling requirement, our team invented the field of Smart Structures. Smart Structures are structural beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors, actuators and feedback or feedforward electronic control systems that when enabled transform a system with low inherent damping to one exhibiting critical damping coefficients. - Managed TRW’s $2M Smart Structures internal R&D effort. - Built a full scale Smart Structures test bed to demonstrate the technology. - Led all sales and marketing efforts for the commercial applications of the technology. - Received TRW’s Chairman’s Award for Innovation. Commercial R&D: The goal of the TRW's Center for Automotive technology was to bring technologies from its Aerospace division to TRW Automotive companies worldwide. TRW Automotive units in the United States, Brazil, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, and other locations abroad that manufactured airbags, power steering systems, valves, seat belts and other products were all targeted for support. - Managed all national and international R&D projects (UK, Spain, Brazil, Tokyo, Germany) and consulting efforts in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Acoustics & Vibrations across all TRW automotive product lines. - Solved a 22-year old audible instability with high load power steering systems known in the industry as "Grunch/Groan" with a specially formulated O-ring to increase system damping. - The patented solution (USPTO #5,287,792) was highly successful and produced the first Grunch-free power steering gears ever produced by TRW and continues to be in use today. Show less