career talk – advanced card systems ltd

Career Talk – Advanced Card Systems Ltd.

27th November, 2014

Presented by

Flora Kwong

Manager, Human Resources and Planning

Advanced Card Systems Ltd.

Content

Part 1

1.1 Corporate Profile

1.2 Partners

1.3 Product

1.4 Life in ACS

1.5 Job Opportunities

Part 2

2.1 Colleague Sharing

2.2 Q&A

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Vision

Combine scientific spirit and Confucius thoughts

to build a sustainable electronic and information technology business to

achieve the dual purposes of

business growth and environmental protection.

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Corporate Profile (i)

Advanced Card Systems Limited (ACS)

• Established in 1995

• Listed in HKSE GEM (SEHK: 8210) since Nov., 2003

• ACS has offices in:

• Hong Kong (Headquarters)

• China

• The Philippines

• U.S.A.

• Japan

• Canada

• Business: ACS develops smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and automatic fare collection (AFC) solutions and distributes them worldwide

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Corporate Profile (ii)

Advanced Card Systems Limited (ACS)

• ACS is ranked 3rd in the world and 1st in the Asia Pacific region as a leading industry participant in the PC-linked readers market. (Frost & Sullivan, 2010)

• ACS received the 2009 Best Practices Award “Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers” from Frost & Sullivan.

• Forbes selected ACS as one of the “Best 200 Under US$1 Billion Companies in Asia Pacific” out of 13,000 listed companies.

• ACS was named as one of “The Hong Kong’s 100 Most Influential Brands for 2013”by the World Brand Laboratory.

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• Products sold to over 100 countries globally

Bangladesh Mongolia

Brunei Myanmar

Cambodia Nepal

China Philippines

Hong Kong Russia

India Singapore

Indonesia Sri Lanka

Japan Syria

Kazakhstan Taiwan

Korea Thailand

Macau Vietnam

Malaysia

Australia

New Zealand

Bahrain

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

UAE

Uzbekistan

Yemen

Argentina Ecuador

Bolivia Mexico

Brazil Peru

Chile Paraguay

Colombia Uruguay

Costa Rica Venezuela

Dominicana

Belize

Canada

Dominican

Jamaica

Panama

United States

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech

Denmark

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Georgia

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Botswana Mozambique

Cameroon Nigeria

Egypt Rwanda

Ethiopia South Africa

Ghana Sudan

Kenya Tunisia

Mauritius Uganda

Morocco Zambia

Broad Geographical Coverage

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Worldwide Business Partners

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Product Lines

Contact smart cards and smart card operating systems

PC-linked smart card readers

Smart card/finger print readers

Smart card readers with pin-pad

PC-linked readers with Mass Storage

Dynamic Password Generator

Contactless readers

AFC reader

Mobile card readers

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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products

Smart cards and smart card operating systems

Card operating system stored in

the Micro-controller Unit (MCU)

in the smart card

CryptoMate64

(Cryptographic Token)

CryptoMate Client Kit

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Smart cards and smart card operating systems

ACOS3

Microprocessor Card

ACOS3X

eXpress Microprocessor Card

ACOS5-64

Cryptographic Smart card

ACOS6

Multi-application & Purse Card

(MAP Card)

ACOS6-SAM

Secure Access Module cards

ACOS7

Dual-interface Smart Card

ACOS10

PBOC2.0 EDEP Payment

Card

SLE5528 & SLE5542

Memory Card Contactless Card

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ACR38 smart card reader

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ACR38 Smart Floppy

ACR38K Smart Keyboard ACR38DT SIM-Sized Reader

ACR33U SmartDuo Smart

Card Reader ACR92PCMCIA

ACR38U PocketMate


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ACR31 Swipe Card Reader ACR38U PocketMate II

Mobile Card Readers

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Smartcard / fingerprint readers

AET65 contact smart card

reader with strip fingerprint

sensor

AET62 contactless card reader

with strip fingerprint sensor

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Smart cards readers with pin-pad

ACR83 PINeasy smart

card reader ACR89 handheld smart

card reader PTR89 portable

thermal printer

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NFC & Contactless Readers – including ACR122U, the World’s

first CCID compliant NFC contactless reader Contactless readers

ACR1251 NFC reader ACR1281 DualBoost II

Dual nterface reader ACR122 NFC reader

ACR123 intelligent

contactless reader

ACR1281S1-Z8

contactless reader

module

ACR122T Contactless

reader token

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PC-linked readers with mass storage

ACR100I Plug-in card reader with 1GB

Flash memory and contactless access ACR101 Plug-in card reader with Micro

SD reader and contactless access

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APG8201/2 Dynamic Password Generators Compliant to EMV CAP

(Chip Authentication Program ) and VISA DPA (Dynamic Passcode

Authentication )

APG8202 APG8201

Dynamic password generators

APG8205 strong two level mutual

authentication capable Dynamic

Password Generator with sleeker and

thinner design

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AFC reader

ACR301-B1 ARM 9

Bus validator

A business unit for doing AFC business www.taptopay.com

Applications:

• Public Transportation: Bus

• Public Transportation: Others (Metro, Railway, Taxi & Ferry)

• Road Toll Fare Collection

• Parking AFC System

• Non-transit Payment (e.g. Merchant Prepaid Card System)

ACR320 A4

Ticket validator

http://www.taptopay.com/

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Main Applications

Life in ACS

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Potential Job Openings

• Electronic Engineer

• Software Engineer

• System Engineer

• Business Development Executive

• Sales Engineer

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Please visit our career page for any update:

http://www.acs.com.hk/en/careers

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Content

Part 1

1.1 Corporate Profile

1.2 Partners

1.3 Product

1.4 Life in ACS

1.5 Job Opportunities

Part 2

2.1 Colleague Sharing

2.2 Q&A

Units 2010-2013, 20th Floor

Chevalier Commercial Centre

8 Wang Hoi Road, Kowloon Bay, HK

Tel: +852-27967873 Fax: +852-27961286

[email protected] www.acs.com.hk

My Experiences in

Advanced Card Systems

Presented by

Andrew Chan

Senior Engineering Manager

Advanced Card Systems Ltd.

mailto:[email protected]

About me…

• Did my M.Phil in Computer Engineering • Specialized in Cryptography

• Joined ACS “a short time ago” as Software Engineer

• Promoted through the years to Senior Engineering Manager

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What do I do in ACS?

• Manages five areas of ACS Software Development: 1. Smart Card Development

• Credit cards, java cards, cryptographic smart cards

2. Smart Card Reader Driver Development • Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS, Android

3. Payment Kernel Development • Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc

4. Online Collaboration Platform Development • In-house ERP, CRM, HRM solution

5. Automatic Fare Collection System Development • Server host application with MS SQL and ASP.NET

• Frontend devices with Linux applications and smart cards.

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My Experiences in ACS – Learn Advanced Technologies

Smart Cards

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Payment Terminals and

Systems

Automatic Fare Collection System

Smart Card Technologies

• Smart card communication protocols • ISO/IEC 7816 Contact smart cards

• ISO/IEC 14443 Contactless smart cards

• Encryption and Security • AES, RSA, ECC, SHA2, SM2, SM3, SM4

• US FIPS140-2, Russian FSTEC, ICP Brasil Certifications

• Card Operating Systems • Mutual Authentication

• Secure Messaging

• Java Cards • Global Platform security standard

• Credit card standards & certifications

• Micro-payment smart cards • Sony Felica Cards

• NXP Mifare Classic

• NXP Mifare Plus

• NXP Mifare DESFire

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Payment Terminals Technologies

• Payment ecosystems • Acquirers, Issuers, Merchants

• Contact EMV standard • EMV Transaction Flow

• Encryption options

• Contactless EMV • Visa payWave

• Mastercard PayPass

• American Express

• PCI Security Standard Council • PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS)

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Automatic Fare Collection Systems

• Use of payment cards • Secure transaction technologies

• Secure Access Modules (SAMs)

• Payment Ecosystems • Ticket Validators

• Ticket Vending Machines

• Electronic Ticket Machine

• Automatic Gates

• Payment Backend Technologies • Tiered Host Architecture

• Clearing and Settlement

• HSM

• Reporting

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My Experiences – Work on Hobby Projects

LEGO NXT Card Module Testing Machine

Android NFC apps

BeagleBone Black

Bus Management Console

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Arduino UNO with

LEGO NXT Proximity Sensor

My Experiences – Some Work Destinations

San Diego, US - Customer Visit

Caen & Paris, France - Device Certification

Guildford & London, UK - Device Certification

Moscow, Russia – Smart Card Certification

Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Trade Show

Manila, Philippines – Office Visit

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Type of engineers we are looking for:

• Passionate about Technology: • What do you do in your free time?

• We are firm believers that the best engineers are the ones that treat their work like a hobby.

• Let us know some projects you’ve done?

• Programming or building stuff in your free time

• Passionate about Learning: • What’s on your reading list?

• If you read, tell us what you’ve read.

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Thank You!

[email protected] www.acs.com.hk

http://twitter.com/SmartCardReader

http://www.facebook.com/AdvancedCardSystems

http://gplus.to/advancedcardsystems

http://www.youtube.com/user/AdvancedCardSystems

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