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Dominick Squeo

@dominicksqueo

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Senior payments, fraud and risk strategist driving margin expansion and compliant growth for gaming operators.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior roles where I can lead payments and fraud strategy for regulated gaming or fintech businesses, driving cost-efficient growth, compliance-first GTM, and measurable margin expansion.

I am a payments, fraud and risk strategist focused on Payment Innovation, Risk Orchestration, and Regulatory Integrity for regulated gaming markets. I design scalable fraud and payment infrastructures that protect margins while maximizing Player LTV.

I have led commercial integrations and payment orchestration projects—migrating processing, integrating Braintree, Checkout.com, Trustly, Venmo and Paysafe—while maintaining platform continuity and reducing costs.

My work has recovered hundreds of thousands in lost funds, cut processing costs by roughly 300bps, and transformed underwriting and risk models to move portfolios into profitability. I bridge technical capability with commercial strategy to deliver measurable OPEX and margin improvements.

I partner with product, PSPs and vendor partners to execute rapid GTM launches and pilots, prioritize regulatory-compliant controls like KYC and geolocation, and scale secure payment roadmaps for national rollouts.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Manager, Fraud & Payments

Underdog Fantasy

Jul 2024 - Feb 2026 (1 year 7 months)

Engineered a Mastercard-to-Paysafe migration capturing multi-million dollar OPEX savings while maintaining 100% platform continuity; architected payment orchestration across Braintree and Checkout.com and recovered $500k+ via dispute architecture redesign.

Payment Orchestrators Fraud Strategy Paysafe Braintree Checkout.Com

Senior Gaming Risk Strategist

Certegy Payment Services

Aug 2023 - Jul 2024 (11 months)

Architected standardized underwriting and onboarding frameworks that shifted the gaming portfolio into consistent profitability and reduced net loss rates by over 100% while aligning PSP roadmaps with operator needs.

Underwriting Risk Modeling Onboarding Paysafe Paynearme

Director of Fraud Strategy

DraftKings

Jul 2019 - May 2022 (2 years 10 months)

Defined risk tool requirements that cut manual workflow inefficiencies by 75%, led GTM compliance for new markets, and managed global fraud vendor integrations including Sift to scale commercial payments.

Fraud Strategy & Compliance Vendor Management SIFT Payment Operations

Payments Manager

Roar Digital

Apr 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Negotiated VIP and marketing cost-share frameworks and led multi-state payment and fraud roadmap design for BetMGM brands to optimize FTD conversion, LTV, and processing costs ahead of national rollouts.

Commercial Negotiation Chargebacks Payment Roadmap VIP Risk Mitigation

Client Support Specialist

Verifi

Feb 2016 - Feb 2018 (2 years)

Managed onboarding and operational performance for NJ gaming and DFS operators, supporting market entry and establishing processing infrastructure for regulated U.S. iGaming launch.

Client Onboarding Account Management Operational Support

Suspect Fraud Analyst

Expedia

Jan 2015 - Feb 2016 (1 year 1 month)

Optimized dispute management lifecycle using transaction and behavioral data to challenge illegitimate chargebacks and maximize recovery of lost revenue.

Chargebacks Fraud Analysis Revenue Retention