Tindur Hafsteinsson

Experience

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  The Icelandic Broadcasting Corporation

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1995

  Producer

  An independent television and radio network station, www.365.is. Produced television and radio shows and commercials for the network’s television and radio stations.

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  Gagarín

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2001

  Co-Founder / CEO / Director of Software Development

  Multimedia startup company, www.gagarin.is specialises in developing highly interactive and engaging media solutions and shows that allow people to uniquely experience, participate, understand, and share. Gagarin, while still having teething problems became pioneers in multimedia in the Icelandic market developing interactive applications for various channels such as Kiosks, Internet, and mobile phones. Solutions provided included training, sales & marketing material for customers like Ericsson and British Telecom. Interactive media experience for trade-shows for Governmental Institutions, entertainment solutions such as location based mobile dating service, various mobile games, GameBrain a game management system, and adventure game based on norse mythology. Tindur led the company through two successful rounds of funding. Show less

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  The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV)

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Producer

  The government owned television network station, www.ruv.is. Produced news and entertainment related tv spots for the station’s daily evening magazine show.

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  TrackWell Software

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  TrackWell Software, www.trackwell.com, is a software consulting firm providing resource planning systems using telecommunication and global positioning systems. Responsible for sales in all continents, with primary focus on mobile operators. Working with partners like Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, GemPlus, and TeleAtlas. Responsible for business development and implementation of security applications for retail markets using mobile networks location technology. Responsible for managing software development teams developing value added services for mobile telecom operators.

  • Director of Sales

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Business Development Manager

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Director of Value Added Services

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
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  Tæknival

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Director of Sales

  Tæknival hf. an IT Software and Hardware consultancy company and retailer. Tindur was responsible for B2B and B2C sales on products from EMC, Documentum, VmWare, Fujitsu-Siemens, Toshiba, Cisco, Xerox and more . Achieved 50% increased margin of the sales teams during the period he served for Tæknival.

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  Parspro.com

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Project Manager

  Parspro was a leading provider of turn-key on-line sports betting systems and related services for organisations operating on-line betting services, prior the company being acquired by Scientific Games in 2012. Tindur managed implementation of a new sports betting system for Norsk Tipping AS in co-operation with Scientific Games where his record of success consisted of turning the project back on track.

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  Credit Info Group

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Director of Sales & Marketing

  Credit Info Group, www.creditinfo.com, was a holding company for 15 subsidiaries in Europe in the field of financial informations, such as credit scoring, detrimental databases and other financial products. Tindur was responsible for implementing unified sales channel and product offering cross all subsidiaries as well strategic partnership with the EMEA division of Dun and Bradstreet Inc. (DnB)

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  Median hf.

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Manager of Software Development

  The software development department of Median was responsible for building and maintaining processing systems handling credit and debit card transactions, for Median and the Central Bank of Iceland. Tindur achieved increased productivity and employee satisfaction by implementing the AGILE development methodology SCRUM in addition improving the companies business processes related to the life-cycle in software development.

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  Median hf

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  CEO

  Median, was a PCI-DSS compliant payment service provider and processor for credit and debit card transactions with connections to over a dozen of financial institutions in Europe and USA. Tindur achieved major turnaround in the companies business operations through consolidation of business units, optimisation and performance improvements in the organisations systems, including implementing automated business processes. Tindur led the company through PCI-DSS certification. The company was acquired by www.handpoint.com in 2010. Show less

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  Parspro.com

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Product Owner / Project Manager

  Parspro, (later acquired by Scientific Games), a leading provider of complete on-line betting systems and related services for organisations operating on-line betting services. Parspro developed innovative, turn-key sports betting system that provided users with all the elements necessary to operate an online betting site, including software, state-of-the art hosting, and a full range of support and ancillary services. Tindur’s record of success included managing delivery of two sports betting system installations in the Spanish market, i.e. for Cirsa.es and EuroJuego.es. Roles of responsibilities included product and project management, customer relations, documentation for compliance, and quality assurance. Show less

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  Scientific Games

  Jul 2012 - May 2017

  Product Owner / Project Manager

  Scientific Games, is a leading innovator in the global lottery and regulated gaming industries. Ever since 1974, the company has continued to advance the games, technology, programs, marketing research and security that have been a driving force behind the success of more than 300 customers on six continents over the last 40 years. Tindur’s record of success includes managing delivery of three installations for European Lotteries, a new omni-channel gaming system for the Icelandic Lottery, Íslensk Getspá (www.lotto.is), consisting of player account management, wallet, accounting, reporting and risk management, lottery games, sports betting system, club sales system, integrations to ERP systems, legacy systems, financial institutions and governmental agencies. Furthermore, delivery of omni-channel sports betting system for the Hungarian Lottery, Szerencsejáték Zrt (www.szerencsejatek.hu). Finally delivering Teams & Leagues system to the Danish State Lottery Danske Spil (www.danskespil.dk). Tindur’s role of responsible covered vast area, including product management, project management, customer relations, requirements analysis, software design specifications, business development, r&d, user manuals, sales support, and responses to requests for proposals (RFP’s). Show less

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  KORTA

  May 2017 - Jul 2020

  Product Owner / Project Manager

  KORTA was a Payment Service Provider, operating in the field of acquiring and payment services, offering services throughout Europe. KORTA was licenced as a payment institution by the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority and was a principal member of Mastercard International and Visa Europe. KORTA was acquired by Rapyd in July 2020.Responsible for design & implementation of real-time acquiring system modules based on distributed architecture, using kubernetes for container orchestration in a hybrid cloud setup. Services in scope included payment gateway, secure card store, token service, HSM encryption service, central logging service and integration of 3rd party fraud service. Promoting implementation of CI/CD methodology in the organisation and adaptation of OpenID Connect. POC's demonstrated using build pipelines to deploy services simultaneously into AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, as well bare metal. Show less

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  Rapyd

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  Product Owner / Project Manager

  Rapyd's' Global Payments Network aims to commodify payments for fin-tech businesses, and companies in general by introducing payments API allowing applications to be agnostic of payment instruments being used each time.Responsible for the card acquiring system modules interfacing the VISA and Mastercard payment schemes, consisting of modules handling authorisation, clearing and confirmations, encryption/decryption of sensitive data, EMV 3DS Service, card vault, and associated API´s.

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  Scientific Games

  Nov 2021 - now

  Bid Manager / Proposals / Presales / Sales Support

  Scientific Games is the global leader in lottery games, sports betting and technology, and the partner of choice for government lotteries. From cutting-edge backend systems to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We push game designs to the next level and are pioneers in data analytics and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, legendary performance, and unwavering security to responsibly propel the global lottery industry ever forward. Show less