Christopher Uriarte

Christopher Uriarte (born 1977) is an American business executive, computer scientist and entrepreneur specializing in risk management, fraud prevention, security and payments technologies. In 2007, he was named one of the top 25 most innovative technology executives in the United States when he was awarded the CTO 25 Award by InfoWorld Magazine.
Early career
Uriarte was formally the Chief Architect and Managing Partner for The AdProtech group, a company formed by himself and two other partners while he was studying computer science and psychology at Rutgers University. Much of the group's research focus in 1996 and 1997 dealt heavily in areas related to intellectual property and copyright protection on the Internet, in conjunction with their partners at Intellectual Protocols, LLC. During this time, the company developed techniques used to register dynamic content-driven websites with the United States Copyright Office. As a result of this research, Uriarte was granted the first certificate of copyright ever awarded to an Internet website, in its entirety. The copyright was awarded to the Golden Hamster Interactive website, which was a parody site created by Uriarte and his partner, Lewis Kurfist.
Prior to starting AdProTech, Uriarte was the Director of Technical Services for IDT Corporation, a major American-based network services provider and telephone services company.
From 2001 until 2004, he served as an adjunct to the Rutgers University Center for Applied Computing Technologies.
Recent career
He is currently the Chief Information Officer at the Cyber Solutions Group at Aon Corporation, a large global risk management and consulting firm. He formally was the Vice President and Head of International Operations and Implementations at American Express. At AmEx, he oversaw the company's efforts to deploy new products and services into global markets, with a particular focus on emerging markets and payment types. According to Retail Decisions, their technologies processed 12 billion of the approximately 140 billion credit card transactions that occurred globally in 2007. He also has served as an advisor to a number of startups.
Personal life
Uriarte is an avid road cyclist and snowboarder. He was formally a contributor to the website Snowboard.com and a contributing editor to Ski Magazine and Skiing Magazine.
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