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…
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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…
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…
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…
Is Your Body a Password?
Biometrics – data related to your physical body. Fingerprints, voice recognition, brain patterns… I have been seeing more and more biometric products in the market lately, often tied to wearables (Fitbit, Jawbone,…
My Day with the Chief HR Officer of MasterCard
Human Resources. Unless you’ve worked in the field or worked with someone in the field, HR can seem like a black hole where decisions on promotions, raises, and layoffs are made. “Don’t mind the…
Remember to Change the World
Remember when you were in elementary school and wanted to be President, a firefighter, or in a similar public-serving profession? How good-willed, we were… So what changes as we get older? Or does it?…
Why I Returned My Google Glass
First of all, yes, you can return Google Glass. Why did I? Well, rather than start from the beginning, I think I will start from the end. I had coffee with my…