About Our Company

IDsmart combines innovative smart card expertise with fingerprint sensor technology to create a unique biometric token that captures, stores and matches biometric data directly on the card itself. Since the stored data never leaves the card, IDsmart protects the concerns of the card issuer and the personal information of the cardholder at the same time.

Management

The creation of the IDsmart solution draws upon management's expertise in several inter-related spheres including microelectronics manufacturing, software operating system (OS) architecture, cryptography, custom molding and more.

Michael Gardiner, Founder
Todd Carper, Technology
Don Fulghum, Product Deployment
Frank Gardner, Business Development
Kevin Kron, Operations


Michael Gardiner, Founder
Mr. Gardiner has over 30 years experience in the microelectronics manufacturing field. In 1985, he founded Advanced Component Labs in Hong Kong and built the first Radio Frequency (RF) module using polymer substrates for cellular phones. This breakthrough enabled the company to capture a 10 year sole supplier contract from Motorola. Over a period of 15 years, the company won several industry awards for product development, operating systems, quality controls and environmental contributions. In 1999, Mr. Gardiner sold the company to Flextronics International and relocated back to the United States. For the last 4 years, he has dedicated his time to developing the IDsmart business process and executive team.

Todd Carper, Technology
Mr. Carper is a system engineer and software architect with over 20 years of experience. He holds several patents in the smart card and embedded systems fields and has developed his own proprietary smart card operating system that serves as the platform for the IDsmart solution. He also served as CTO and Founder of CrypTEC Systems, Inc., where he developed, tested, and marketed his own operating system and smart card applications. In addition, he served as Director of Engineering at ACIUS, Inc. in Cupertino, CA, where he designed new technology and internal architecture.

Don Fulghum, Product Deployment
Mr. Fulghum is an IT Executive with over 20 years of experience. He has served as CTO and CIO for a number of organizations including EWI Holdings Inc., SeaBridge Software Inc, Equinix Inc. and GlobalCenter. Mr. Fulghum has been responsible for managing large scale projects in business verticals that include the financial industry, prepaid processing, retail, manufacturing, insurance, physical and logical security processes, transportation and state and local government. He has designed enterprise applications and system architectures for Fortune 100 corporations all over the world.

Frank Gardner, Marketing/Business Development
Mr. Gardner brings over 20 years experience in marketing, sales and communication for several public and private companies including Players International, the creators of the Players Club Card, the first loyalty club card program in the casino industry. Mr. Gardner served as a marketing executive at several of the Players International casino properties. He also served as Director of Marketing for Hyatt Casino Services at the company’s premier Niagara Falls property. In addition, Mr. Gardner was the marketing/communications executive for Internet Gaming Solutions, a developer of regulated, US-based Internet casino solutions.

Kevin Kron, Operations
Mr. Kron has over 20 years of experience in microelectronics packaging and automated semiconductor equipment with a focus on miniaturization of microelectronic systems, multi-chip module packaging and wafer level packaging. He has assisted dozens of start-up companies with miniaturization projects, significantly reducing time to market and ensuring the products are designed for manufacturability. Mr. Kron also has extensive experience in Business Development and Operations, while serving as Vice President of Sales and Operations for NxGen Electronics.