Prior to coming together at Real Mobile Tech®, each one of our team members has had great success
building customer-centric brands in the industries of payment processing, wireless communications,
VoIP, banking, travel, job search, advertising and mobile marketing.
Taking this collective experience has allowed us to engineer a smart, agile firm with offices in South
Florida, Silicon Valley, Mexico City and Colombia that continues to attract a growing number of talented team members
and a diverse customer base from all over the world.
Although we have the word ‘tech’ in our name, At RealMobileTech, we do not consider ourselves a
technology development firm. Rather, we are business people who pride ourselves with providing measurable
and effective business solutions through technology.
We recognize that for any business to thrive in today’s rapidly changing market, instant access to mobile customers is a must. This is why we have developed TextExpress (tm) a RealMobileTech® technology that includes rewards programs such as Dial2Join, TextExpress and Express Orders which allows for easy and Secure Transaction Processing – Intuitive Easy to use Rewards Program Management – Multi-Media Marketing and Outreach, while maximizing the use of Mobile devices for Text Marketing and Mobile Rewards Programs.
Our Leadership Team
Joseph Riano
President & CEO
Joe is an experienced technologist who has spearheaded the development of systems engineering, software and large systems integration management projects at a range of cutting edge companies. His work experience includes top tier financial services firms including: JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley. Joe led technology teams at American Express and First Data. At Net Gain Technologies and PRC he led these companies
to significant liquidity events.
Don G Kohl
Director Electronic Payments
Don was Executive Vice President of First Data Merchant Services, leading the company to over 19 years of solid growth to become the world\'s leading credit, debit and gift card processor in the world processing more than $1.4 Trillion in transactions yearly. After First Data, he joined Claim Card Services a startup in Sunrise, Florida that was sold to a large financial company for $262 million. Don is an advisor to the company and brings his years in the payment industry to our Real Payment product, an industry game changer..
Ryan Teixera
Lead Systems Architect
As Chief Technology Officer Ryan is responsible for laying out the foundation of the company's technical infrastructure including load balancing technology, data encryption, open source, server redundancy, Devops. Prior to joining Real Mobile Tech® Ryan led development teams for over 20 years in a senior role at various companies in the industry such as Fist Data's Value Link (stored value cards for Walmart, Starbucks, Apple, Disney, etc), Yahoo and OpenPeak.
Danielle Cox
Vice President of Software Development
Danielle graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Computer Science. With over 30 years of programming and entrepreneurial experience, her past experience includes working with companies like Hilton and First Data among many others.
Erik White
Client-Side Software Architect
Erik is an experienced software engineer who studied Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. He has experience designing easy to use, engaging interfaces and is an expert in client engagement strategies. He is skilled in Client Side Architecture and develops simple to use models that clients love and praise.
Monica Pedrique
Lead Sales and Marketing Director
Monica graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a MFA in Computer Arts and Animation. With over 15 years of experience in visual design and marketing in various industries ranging from retail, automotive and construction.
Sabrina Ho
Data Scientist
Sabrina graduated with a Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Toledo.
Sabrina is a Highly respected Information Technology leader with a strong multi-discipline background. Staff architect for high volume transactional database in various industries. Proficient in technical architect, data and empirical data solutions.
Kelen Rojas
International Software Engineer
Kelen has over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, specialist in Design and Development of Web Applications making use of PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Stylesheets (CSS), SQL, PL / pgSQL in PostgreSQL. PHP Framework YII, LARAVEL & CAKEPHP.
Michael Kroll
Manager of Quality Assurance
Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and has Certifications in Six Sigma and TQM. With over 30 years of Quality Assurance experience, he has built and managed several successful QA teams, developing and implementing various processes. He now leads our QA department at RealMobileTech®.
Henry Westendarp
Chief Financial Officer
Henry graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School. Entrepreneur with successful exit selling Strategic Marketing Services to First Data.
Phillip Curtis
Lead DevOps Engineer
Phillip graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University. Over 18 years of experience working with large scale web services. Infrastructure manager at Hostopia.com (commercial web hosting company). Senior Database Administrator for Bill1st, Senior Database Administrator at Promed Clinical (now defunct), Manager of DevOps at MDLive.com, Senior Database Administrator and key member of the devOps team at Modernizing Medicine.
Phillip also has extensive experience managing and storing Personal Health Information (HIPAA) and other sensitive information in the credit card industry.
Jae Lee
Lead Software Design Engineer
Gerardo Moran
Vice President
Gerry is a serial entrepreneur and an accomplished technology executive with experience both in the private and public sectors. He has worked in healthcare, fintech, risk mitigation, education, and publishing over his successful career. Gerry brings deep financial and operational expertise to the team working both in the US and Latin America. He holds an MBA in International Finance for IPADE Business School plus has completed executive level education at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Johns Hopkins
Michael Malkin
Senior Retail Advisor
Michael is a proven leader in retail sales, marketing, finance and overall operations, with Fortune 500 national account development expertise. Michael has led multiple negotiations with Authentic Brands for various verticals and with companies such as Birkenstock, Pier One, Aeropostale, and Nautica, among others. Michael is a senior advisor for retail negotiations.
Raymond Bosch
National Account Manager
20 years in the hospitality industry working with various Point of Sale vendors. Raymond's expertise helps Real Mobile Tech develop user friendly interfaces and user engagement nuances for conversational commerce.
Robert Sawdye
Chief Information Officer
Robert has been a leader in product development and product management for enterprise and embedded software systems serving the telecom, retail, and broadband communications industries. Applications have included customer care, billing, RFID sensor networks for store operations and supply chain, and domains have included telecom OSS, broadband and pay TV devices, and retailer inventory management, store operations, and shopper in-store experience. Previous employers include Daleen Technologies, Formula Telecom Solutions, Pace Americas-ARRIS, Tyco-Sensormatic, and SATO Global Solutions.