David_W._Schropfer
Profile
- Job title
- Author
- Web site title
- The SmartPhone Wallet - Understanding the Disruption Ahead
- Web site URL
- http://www.thesmartphonewallet.com
- Bio
David W. Schropfer is a Founding Partner at the Luciano Group, and the author of the book, The Smartphone Wallet- Understanding the Disruption Ahead, which is the first book on this topic written for consumers and retailers. The book explains that the multi-trillion dollar payments industry is being challenged, and companies with significant resources are actively positioning themselves to claim their stake.
Mr. Schropfer delivers keynote addresses, participates in expert panels, and is quoted frequently in media and industry publications on the rapidly evolving topic of Mobile Payments.
Mr. Schropfer is an international business leader with almost two decades of management experience ranging from telecommunications to payment systems. Since co-founding the Luciano Group – a leading international consulting firm - in 2005, he has been responsible for strategic development and negotiation for the firm and its clients in the areas of mobile payments, partnership agreements, and interconnections.
Prior to founding The Luciano Group, Mr. Schropfer was Senior Vice President of IDT (NYSE: IDT), and responsible for the $84 Million International Business Division. In this role, Mr. Schropfer created over $6 Million new EBIT dollars annually by building wholesale voice/data interconnections, prepaid Visa debit card programs and prepaid calling card programs with mobile carriers, fixed line carriers, second national operators and other partners around the world.
Building executive teams and negotiating strategic partnerships has helped Mr. Schropfer grow businesses in other positions, including his CEO role at a SaaS company in Washington DC where he built the C-level team, recruited key members of the Board of Directors, and raised over a million dollars of investment capital.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Schropfer was a Business Analyst and Business Development Officer for Capital One (NYSE: COF). In this role, Mr. Schropfer managed key aspects of a $240 Million business line, and improved ROI by $2 Million per year. He established partner relationships, designed and negotiated partnership agreements, developed complex business models and effectively lowed Capital One’s cost structure.
Prior to Capital One, Mr. Schropfer began his career as a business analyst, and created a 27% improvement in ROI for a $38 Million business unit of Federated (NYSE: FD).
Since graduating Boston College, Mr. Schropfer earned an Executive MBA from the University of Miami.+1-732-978-4344
dwsj01 (Skype)EDUCATION:
Executive MBA, U. of Miami, 1995
Bachelor of Arts, Boston College, 1990PRIMARY PRACTICE AREAS:
Mobile Payments, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallet, Mobile LoyaltyPUBLICATIONS:
The SmartPhone Wallet, Understanding the Disruption Ahead – December 2010The SmartPhone Wallet, Consumer Guide – Due mid 2011
RECENT PRESS:
The SmartPhone Wallet, CBC National (Radio) Aired February 27, 2011Mobile Payments Challenge Credit Cards, NPR News (Radio) Aired February 21, 2011
Will US government crack down on Apple for antitrust violations? Mobile Commerce Daily, February, 2011
Cashing in on the Unbanked, Capacity Magazine Yearbook Edition, January, 2011
Will Isis Disintermediate Existing Networks, or Not?, Mobile Marketing and Technology, January 28, 2011
US Mobile Payments Could Reach $1 Trillion by 2015: Exec, Mobile Commerce Daily, January 26, 2011
RECENT PUBLIC SPEAKING:
Keynote Address, Mobile Payments Strategy, Mobile Payments Conference,
New York City, January 2011Expert Panel: International Connectivity, Moderator, Capacity North America 2010, Toronto, October 2010
Expert Panel: Special Focus, Africa,
Moderator, International Telecoms Week (ITW), Washington, DC, May 2010
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