career talk – advanced card systems ltd
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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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Worldwide Business Partners
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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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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
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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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
PC-linked smart card readers
ACR38 smart card reader
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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
ACR38 Smart Floppy
ACR38K Smart Keyboard ACR38DT SIM-Sized Reader
ACR33U SmartDuo Smart
Card Reader ACR92PCMCIA
ACR38U PocketMate
PC-linked smart card readers
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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
ACR31 Swipe Card Reader ACR38U PocketMate II
Mobile Card Readers
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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
Smartcard / fingerprint readers
AET65 contact smart card
reader with strip fingerprint
sensor
AET62 contactless card reader
with strip fingerprint sensor
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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
Smart cards readers with pin-pad
ACR83 PINeasy smart
card reader ACR89 handheld smart
card reader PTR89 portable
thermal printer
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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
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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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
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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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
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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ACS High Quality and Reliable Security Products
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
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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.
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
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