MEP EP#211: Credit Card Vigilantes - Skim Reaper

MEP EP#211: Credit Card Vigilantes - Skim Reaper

Patrick Traynor

• CEO of Skim Reaper
• The Dasburg Family Preeminent Chair in Engineering in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida

Christian Peeters

• CTO of Skim Reaper
• Ph.D Student in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida

Skim Reaper

• What is Skim Reaper
  • How does it work?
  • Behind the name
    • Did you know that when your PCB's first hit our production line we thought you were manufacturing a skimming device!
  • Swipe vs Chip
• How did you start? What was the beginning of the project?
• The hardware itself
  • Form Factor challenges
  • Engineering Roadblocks you had to overcome?
• Growing your business
  • What is your method for getting media coverage to spread the news about the Skim Reaper device
  • Plans for future growth and market expansion
• So if someone detects a skimmer..what do they do?