CRANIUM VENTURES - Key Persons


Ashraf Dimitri - CTO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • CTO
Thirty years of experience in the payments industry; Principal Founder Oasis Technology, the world's second largest payment software provider with installations in over 70 countries. He was co-founder, Chairman and COO of Makeena Corporation - a payment software and services platform in Asia. Ashraf is widely known as one of the world's most innovative Payment System architects

Dave Russell - COO, President

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • President
Dave served as a policy analyst on US Senate staff for four years, then on the Reagan Transition team and continuing in the President's first term directing 2,300 staff. He moves into tech sector for 17 years, as chief of staff to the president and strategic planner for First Data Corp in Omaha. The last six of his dozen years with ACI Worldwide he served as president and COO, as an inaugural member on the board of directors, and helped take the company public.

Tony Horrell - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
Thirty years of experience in the payments industry spanning Payments Schemes, Payments Technology Companies and Payments Processors. Tony has worked for companies such as VISA, ACI, Thorn EMI, Hoskyns, First Data and as a co-founder of Makeena and ViaPay. He has worked at all levels of technology, business development and administration, and possesses a very broad and deep expertise in the industry and is considered a pioneer in creating next-gen solutions.