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Philippe Tartavull was appointed President of Hypercom Corporation effective in February 2007. He is responsible for global sales, marketing, product development and services. He reports directly to Hypercom Chief Executive Officer William Keiper.
Mr. Tartavull has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic payment, smart card and system integration and information technology industries in the US and abroad. From 1998 until 2007, he served as President of Oberthur Card Systems USA, the Americas subsidiary of the global smart card leader headquartered in France. Oberthur is one of the world's leading providers of card-based solutions including SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) and multi-application smart cards as well as related software, applications and services. The company's customers include all of the top 20 US financial institutions, major telco operators and healthcare providers, and the US government.
From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Tartavull served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thales/Syseca, Inc, a provider of system integration services and mission-critical software for the transportation and utilities industries. Earlier, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Syseca SA, Europe and North America, and held managerial positions with Compagnie Internationale Des Services Informatiques (CISI), Baker International and European Management Oil & Gas Investment.
Mr. Tartavull earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Institut d'Administration des Enterprises, Sorbonne University, a Masters of Science in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Petroles et des Moteurs, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Computer Science from the Centre d'Etudes Supérieures des Techniques Industrielles, all in Paris, France. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of California at Los Angeles' Anderson School of Management.
Mr. Tartavull served on the Hypercom Board of Directors from April 2006 until January 2007. He formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Wilcox Inc. and Sextant Inc. Mr. Tartavull also served as an advisor to Black Pearl. | 