Just a phase? Or a lasting effect?
Thoughts
Building Products Like Trees
For those who haven’t seen, I’ve joined the awesome and wonderful team at Joy Labs. Right now, the team is focused on creating a new communication experience called Memo. Having identified a…
Your Company’s Diet
I like to think of a company as an organism (legal representations aside). Like any healthy organism it is important to maintain a healthy diet, and that starts with the people you…
Time to Make Some Magic
Ever since I was a kid (am I no longer a kid?), I have been fascinated by technology and its applications. I was one of those people who took apart and (sometimes)…
2015, in Review
What a year! I have had some incredible professional and personal experiences in 2015 and I thought I would share a few of my favorites: At MasterCard, we launched several new API services for…
Hacking MasterCard (Culture)
It was a cold afternoon in January. Six small teams of MasterCard employees gathered together in the company’s NYC Tech Hub for the first internal hackathon focused on building innovative applications using MasterCard…
Evolving the In-Store Experience
This past weekend, the first Masters of Code (MoC) hackathon took place in Sydney, Australia. It was an exciting event with some terrific teams creating great solutions. Each MoC event has a…
Building a Developer Program (In Brief)
APIs. If you haven’t heard of them, then start reading. They will be the foundational fabric that binds the next generation of the web, and in many ways, they already are. Think…
Book Review: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Practical. Insightful. Honest. I was highly impressed by Ben Horowitz‘s book “The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers.” This is a must-read for anyone interested…
Introducing the Commerce Forum
I am very excited to announce the launch and first event of the Commerce Forum. I am very thankful for MasterCard’s willingness to support this initiative. There are many events in NYC…