Ed McLaughlin
Gustav Söderström
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Ed McLaughlin
President and CTO
Mastercard
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Gustav Söderström
CTO
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Ed
directs Mastercard ’ s technology strategy as President and CTO , a position he has held since 2016 . He pioneered the company ’ s cloudnative payment systems and contactless technology rollout . Since joining Mastercard in 2005 , he has led development of Mastercard Digital Enablement Service and tokenization platforms . He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania .
Gustav
serves as Spotify ’ s Chief Technology Officer , having assumed the role in 2009 . At Spotify , he led development of the company ’ s mobile app , algorithmic recommendations , and podcast infrastructure . Prior to Spotify , he founded mobile location startup Kenet Works and served as Director of Product at Yahoo Mobile . He holds an MSc from KTH Royal Institute of Technology .
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