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Kelvin R. Foster

Clearwater,FL

Summary

Strategic and results-oriented Senior Engineering Leader with over 30 years of experience delivering complex software products for the petroleum and retail technology sector. Proven success building and scaling global engineering teams, driving Agile transformation, and leading cross-regional product delivery in fast-paced environments. Expertise in POS systems, payment solutions (EMV/contactless), forecourt integration, and cloud-native development.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Director, Engineering – POS

PDI Technologies | Petroleum & Convenience Division
01.2021 - Current
  • Established and scaled PDI’s development center in Bangalore, India, from the ground up.
  • Led team to create PDI’s EPS and OPT controller into the PDI POS solution, expanding product capabilities.
  • Led multi-regional development teams across India, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Southampton (UK).
  • Migrated all engineering teams to Agile Scrum methodologies, fostering a collaborative and iterative delivery culture.
  • Developed a cloud-to-cloud Backoffice Integration
  • Measure team KPIs to drive improvements and report to executive management.
  • Worked with development team on utilizing AI tools to increase productivity

Director of Application Development

Verifone Systems, Inc. | Petroleum & Convenience Division
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Develop point of sale solutions for the Petroleum market to satisfy requirements for major oils, card processors, card brands, and retailers.
  • Lead team of software engineers across 3 development centers in Clearwater, FL, Mississauga, Canada, and Bangalore, India.
  • Drive next generation of payment solutions, cloud-based credit card processing, point to point encryption, and alternate payment processing (PayPal/Venmo).
  • Deliver EMV Fleet solutions, and contactless EMV processing for Verifone PIN Pads, and Gilbarco and Wayne dispenser card readers.
  • Migrated Petro team from Waterfall to Agile SDLC.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Measure team KPIs to drive improvements and report to executive management.

Development Manager Payments Team

Verifone
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Develop electronic payment solutions for the Petroleum market to satisfy requirements for major oils, card processors, and card brands.
  • Lead team of software engineers across 3 development centers in Clearwater, FL, Bangalore, India, and Manila, Philippines.
  • Deliver EMV contact and contactless solutions, on Verifone PIN Pads, and Gilbarco and Wayne dispenser card readers for Fiserv, Heartland NTS, Heartland NWS, Chevron, Worldpay, NBS, and First Citizens Bank.
  • Deliver Conexxus Mobile 2.0 services on the Verifone Commander.

Development Manager Point of Sale Team

Verifone
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Develop point of sale and forecourt solutions for the Petroleum market to satisfy requirements for major oils, card processors, card brands, and end merchants.
  • Lead team of software engineers across 2 development centers in Clearwater, FL, and Bangalore, India.
  • Develop contact EMV for Gilbarco Flex Pay II, Flex Pay IV, and Wayne iX Pay card readers.
  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver innovative development projects on time and within budget.

Development Manager Application Team

Verifone
01.2000 - 01.2014
  • Develop point of sale, forecourt, and payment solutions for the Petroleum market to satisfy requirements for major oils, card processors, card brands, and end merchants.
  • Design forecourt functionality, fuel, dispenser card reader, car wash, TLS on Verifone’s Commander site controller.
  • Work with team on launching Commander and Ruby2 POS products
  • Implement new payment processor solutions and enhancements for Chevron, Paymentech, Lynk, and Buypass.

Software Design Engineer

Verifone
01.1993 - 01.1999
  • Development lead working closely with major oil customers on delivering POS, forecourt, and payment solutions.
  • Design and implement card payment interface to the Texaco Credit Card Network.
  • Development and maintain card payment interface to Buypass ATL interface for Texaco, Diamond Shamrock, and Sunoco.
  • Implement Proprietary card interface on the Verifone Gemstone platform.

QA Engineer

Verifone
01.1991 - 01.1993
  • Provide quality assurance on various Verifone payment terminals supporting 6 development centers.
  • Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
  • Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
  • Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
  • On site certification as required.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Hawaii At Hilo
Hilo, HI
05.1991

Skills

  • Domestic and international team leadership
  • Product innovation and launch
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Strong stakeholder relationships
  • Java, C, C#, Go, XML, JSON, Bash, Linux, Spring Boot, Open API, Docker
  • Claude Pro, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT
  • Jira, Confluence, ADO, Salesforce, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid Methodologies
  • Workflow design
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Team building
  • People management
  • Staff development

Timeline

Sr. Director, Engineering – POS

PDI Technologies | Petroleum & Convenience Division
01.2021 - Current

Director of Application Development

Verifone Systems, Inc. | Petroleum & Convenience Division
01.2019 - 01.2021

Development Manager Payments Team

Verifone
01.2016 - 01.2018

Development Manager Point of Sale Team

Verifone
01.2014 - 01.2016

Development Manager Application Team

Verifone
01.2000 - 01.2014

Software Design Engineer

Verifone
01.1993 - 01.1999

QA Engineer

Verifone
01.1991 - 01.1993

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Hawaii At Hilo

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