Raj Dhamodharan is executive vice president, Blockchain & Digital Assets at Mastercard. In this role, Raj is responsible for managing Mastercard’s global strategy, product development & partnerships in the blockchain and crypto space.

Previously Raj held various leadership roles in Mastercard, including overseeing global digital partnerships, managing Click to Pay standards and leading Mastercard’s digital payment products and Labs group in Asia pacific.

Prior to joining Mastercard in 2010, Raj had worked in payment and telecom industries for 14 years in various product and technology leadership roles including co-founding Think Business Networks, a telecom software company in Silicon Valley that built products for MNOs across the world. Raj holds several patents in the field of loyalty marketing/advertising and payments.