John Del Giudice
Co-Founder and CEO
John has over 19 years of quality assurance, credit analysis, regulatory
audit and compliance and key management leadership in the manufacturing and financial services sectors. John is
an experienced PIN security and key management auditor who is both well known and respected within the payment industry.
Just prior to joining ThoughtKey, John was responsible for all PIN security and key management funtions in support of the
2nd largest ATM fleet and the 10th largest acquirer portfolio in the country.
John is active in the ATMIA serving most recently as the Sponsoring Financial Institution
Committee Co-Chair, as a Board Member and frequent speaker at industry conferences. John is also an active
participant on the American National Standards Institute X9F6 Committee responsible for establishing industry standards
related to encryption methodologies.
John is a certified quality assurance engineer and holds the CTGA professional designation
which validates the skills required to conduct both TG-3 and PCI PIN audits, of which, numerous assessments have
been successfully completed in the field over the last four years.
John holds a BS Chemistry degree from Bridgewater College and an MBA degree from Northeastern
University.
