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?