Smartmatic

Antonio Mugica
Co-founder and Chairman / President / CEO SGO Smartmatic
Co-founder of Bizta Corporation, formerly Software Softer / Partner and shareholder of Sequoia Voting Systems

Principal leader in the negotiations with the Venezuelan Government, responsible for the implementation of the SAES system in conjunction with the National Electoral Council and its internationalization.
Its corporate structure is based in London through multiple shareholdings.

Mark Malloch-Brown
Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chief of Staff to Kofi Annan
Former Vice President of the World Bank
President of the Open Society Foundation
Chairman of the SGO Group – Smartmatic
President of Smartmatic

Expert in international affairs and advisor for the development of economic affairs, joins Smartmatic and SGO Group activities.
He represented the company in the Philippine elections (2015 – 2016) after the lawsuits against Dominion Voting Systems and the refusals to review the source code of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines.
After his career in the SGO Group – Smartmatic was appointed president of the Open Society Foundation.

Nigel Knowles

CEO DWF Group Plc, London
Member of the Board of Directors of SGO

David Giampaolo

Chief Executive Officer of Pi Capital
Member of the Board of Directors of Zumba Fitness
Member of the Board of Directors of Smartmatic

David Giampaolo brings a wealth of experience in alternative asset investing.

Roger Piñate
Co-founder President of Smartmatic / Partner and shareholder of Sequoia Voting Systems

Responsible for negotiations in the Asia-Pacific region, leader of the implementation of the Venezuelan and Philippines electoral system, today faces bribery and money laundering charges related to contracts obtained in the Philippines. Indicted by a federal grand jury in August, 2024.
After his arrest he was released on $8.5 million bail.

Alfredo Anzola ✝
Co-founder and Vice Chairman / Vice President /
President of Bizta Corporation, formerly Software Softer / Partner and shareholder of Sequoia Voting Systems

Smartmatic’s partner was one of the architects of the SBC consortium, a strategic alliance between Smartmatic, Bitza Corporation and Venezuela’s telephone provider, CANTV, to manage the technological platform for the elections in Venezuela.

On April 28, 2008, the plane where he was traveling to the island of Curaçao crashed within minutes of takeoff.

Jack Blaine

President, Smartmatic
Sequoia president and CEO
President os Smartmatic Chief Executive Officer and a director of Sequoia Voting Systems Inc. was a director for International Sales at Dominion Voting Systems Corporation.

Jack Blaine held multiple positions within Sequoia, Smartmatic, SVS Holding and Dominion Voting Systems. In his affidavit of March 21, 2014, he stated that “For all practical purposes, the only company other than Sequoia with which SVS had any significant involvement was Smartmatic,”. Maintained business relationships with its former owner.

Robert Cook

Former president of Unisys for Brazil and Latin America
Smartmatic’s management team as financial director of the Automated Elections Business Unit (AES)
Global Administration Sales Operations VP for Smartmatic
Executive Director – Smartmatic USA Board

Antonio Mugica Sesma (Father)

Co-Founder & Director of Smartmatic and Bizta Corporation formerly Software Softer

Cesar Flores Zavarce

President of Smartmatic Philippines
Managing Director & Founder – Valencia Consulting BV
Smartmatic Global Vicepresident of New Business

He has contributed to electoral processes in 20+ countries, collaborating with a variety of stakeholders including election bodies, political parties, and NGOs. Previously at Smartmatic, Lead the expansion of election technologies worldwide, stationed across Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. He now runs his consultancy, Valencia Consulting, and advises groups like ICPS. Studied Economics at Munich and Augsburg universities, and Sociology at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.

Jorge Massa

French-Venezuelan businessman who is one of the wealthiest individuals in Venezuela. President of Grupo Mistral, a Venezuelan pharmaceutical and manufacturing company.
Gustavo Cisneros Brother-in-law

Investor and partner of Smartmatic, he played a leading role in the signing of the company’s contract in the Philippine elections of 2010. He plays an important role through his personal and business connections through the Cisneros group.

Keren Moreno

Shareholder and CFO Smartmatic

Antonio Mugica’s Wife and executive of Smartmatic.

Elie Moreno

VP of the General Services unit of Smartmatic / President of Smartmatic Phillipines.

Director, spokesperson and responsible for the election process in the Philippines, together with Roger Piñate, Cesar Flores Zavarce and Jorge Miguel Vazquez, Noted in 2016 by the Comelec for violating protocols the consolidation and canvassing system and changing source code, today Moreno faces bribery and money laundering charges related to contracts obtained in the Philippines by a Miami federal court.

Luis Vecchi

President of Smartmatic for Mercosur and Mexico

Responsible for the election processes, he stands out for his leading role in the lawsuit established between Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems for the control of Puerto Rico.
Vecchi indicates in declarations that both companies share technologies in multiple electoral processes around the world.

Ruliena Piñate

CFO Smartmatic Philipines / President Smartmatic Panamá /Project Manager in Global Team.

Responsible for the financial management of the projects for the Asia-Pacific region, working together with his brother Roger Piñate, Elie Moreno, Cesar Flores Zavarce and Jorge Miguel Vásquez, as well as representing the company before the electoral body Comelec in Philippines.

Pedro Mugica

President Global Sales Smartmatic

Antonia Mugica’s Brother.

Jorge Miguel Vasquez

Smartmatic Global Sales

Responsible for operations and sales, he was involved in the automation of the Philippine elections, sharing responsibilities with Roger Piñate, Elie Moreno, Cesar Flores Zavarce and Ruliena Piñate. Today Vasquez faces bribery and money laundering charges related to contracts obtained in the Philippines by a Miami federal court.
After his arrest he was released on $1 million bail.

David Moreno

Sales and Support Engineer for Smartmatic /
Product Manager for Sequoia Voting Systems and Director Election Production and Testing for Dominion Voting Systems

Engineer integrator of SAES Solutions in the Sequoia product line and later integrator for Dominion Voting Systems, being responsible for the Warehouse, production and testing of the products and solutions that are deployed during an electoral event.

Federico Arnao

Software Developer Bizta Corporation formerly Software Softer / Usability Architect Smartmatic Corporation / Usability Architect Sequoia Voting Systems

Innovative engineer responsible for the integration and architecture of SAES, HAAT, Edge2Plus solutions in Sequoia’s product line and later in their integration and maintenance in Dominion Voting Systems solutions.
Arnao is the author of several patents during his time at Dominion Voting Systems.

Ronald Morales

Technology Integrator / Software Engineer Smartmatic, Sequoia Voting Systems and Dominion Voting Systems

Responsible for the integration of legacy solutions from Smartmatic to Sequoia Voting Systems and later to Dominion, currently maintaining the WIN EDS based systems for the Chicago counties.
He is responsible for the certification process of the Sequoia and Dominion product lines before the certifying units and the EAC.
Morales is a member of the team that developed the first version of the SAES software implemented for 13 years in the Venezuelan elections.

Heider Garcia

Software Engineer / Smartmatic responsible Asia – Pacific / Smartmatic Solution Manager / Smartmatic Shareholder and Head of the operation in Texas / Election Administrator Dallas County.

Member of the development team of the SAES solution for Venezuela, the United States and the Philippines; as well as technical leader of the certification process of the SAES solution before the electoral organizations of each country.
Software Developer SAES for the national electoral council in Venezuela. Develop 2 new HW models of voting devices: SAES-A3 and SAES-1800+. Leader of the technical team for the bidding process with the Philippine Commission on Elections.

Edilmo Palencia

Software and Hardware Developer / Senior Director of Product Management of Smartmatic

Responsible for the design, development of the Hardware Firmware and Software of the voting machine, SAES, HAAT.
Leader of the development team for the Venezuela and Chicago elections.
Manage the development and QA Team in charge of the election solution for Venezuela, Brazil, Belgium and Philippines.

Miguel Botto

Engineering Manager

Database team leader for the election processes and responsible for the data transmitted by the voting machines and the integrity of the results.

Eduardo Correia

CTO Bizta Corporation formerly Software Softer / Chairman of the Board Smartmatic Cibernetica C.O.E For internet Voting / CTO Smartmatic

Leader of the SAES, SAES-1800+, SAES-A3, HAAT and Edge2Plus solution development team and managing partner of the companies associated with the corporation.

Dany Fariña

Software Development Lead / Technical Product Manager / Product Architect / Sr. Engineering Group Manager

Engineering team leader for the development of the application.
SAES direct-recording electronic (DRE) Voting Machine. Development of tools used for testing on the SAES platform.
After merging with Sequoia Voting Systems, wrote the software for the Edge2Plus, the voting machine used in primary election in Chicago and Cook County in 2007

Ithamar Torres

Sr. Senior Development Group Manager / Lead System Developer

Member of the development team and responsible for the integration of SAES solutions in the multiple electoral processes in the countries where the corporation has been present.

Carlos Rafael Ramirez

Master Software Specialist / Product Architect / Software Lead

Developer of the Electoral Management Systems (EMS) Leader of the integration and distribution team of the electoral solution used in Venezuela, United Stated and Philippines.