Payments & cards

Engineering the Systems Behind Global Payments.

From complex payment architectures to the infrastructure supporting international financial transactions.

My expertise spans the architecture, development and delivery of sophisticated payment systems, commercial card programmes, international dispute management, member billing and payments intelligence.

At Visa, I helped shape and advance sophisticated payment technologies, bringing engineering expertise, innovative thinking and a commitment to excellence to the development and evolution of critical financial systems. My career progressed from software engineering to leading major technology projects and managing information services portfolios across multiple regions, combining technical innovation with strategic leadership and a shared commitment to delivering exceptional results at global enterprise scale.

Deep engineering expertise. Proven experience in global payments.

Commercial cardsDispute operationsMember billingTransaction matchingBusiness intelligence

Selected experience

Where that knowledge was put to work.

01

Global dispute workflows

International Electronic Case Filing · Six-month delivery

Developed a global tool connecting regional dispute-management systems, bringing approvals, tracking and reporting into an online workflow.

02

Commercial card programmes

Australia & New Zealand · Visa ACE recognition

Worked with NAB, Westpac, ANZ and BNZ on commercial product implementations, including transaction matching and hotel-name enrichment for billing statements.

03

Billing & payments intelligence

Member billing · Regional data warehouse

Delivered a portal-based billing service for member institutions and helped consolidate regional reporting platforms across Asia-Pacific and CEMEA, retiring 16 servers.

Advisory & consulting

Advisory grounded in how payments operate.

Bring me into a payments initiative where business processes, technology and delivery need to move together.

  • Shape a payments platform or transformation roadmap
  • Review operational workflows and reporting needs
  • Connect product, delivery and business stakeholders

Senior & executive opportunities

A technology leader with an owner's perspective.

I bring engineering foundations, enterprise transformation experience and the commercial judgement that comes from building companies.

  • Product, technology and transformation leadership
  • Distributed teams and stakeholder alignment
  • Business ownership and execution

Explore the evidence

Relevant work and delivery context.

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Enterprise role entries and group portfolio projects are labelled separately on their detail pages.

Experience supported by professional discipline.

PMP · PRINCE2 Practitioner · MicroStrategy Certified Engineer · SAFe Practice Consultant

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Advisory · Leadership · New ventures

Tell me what you are building.

A business challenge, a technology opportunity or a leadership role. Let's discuss the outcome you need and how my experience could help.

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