Edward Katzin

Edward is a senior executive with over 20 years of diversified experience in product design, application development, systems architecture, infrastructure build-out, datacenter operations, and systems management.  He has worked in several sectors including telecommunications, insurance, financial services and retail sectors working with numerous Fortune 500 organizations and several start-ups.  At present, Edward is Head of Global Emerging Products at Visa, Inc.

Prior to joining Visa, Edward was CIO of Revolution Money Inc. where he was responsible for managing the company’s technology infrastructure and systems development as well as defining and implementing the technology strategy in alignment with the company’s growth plan.

He was the CTO for Madison Tyler LLC a proprietary trading company making the most of the capital markets shift towards electronic trading platforms in the United States and abroad.

Edward was Vice President – Technology Strategy with Visa before joining Madison Tyler and was responsible for leading the development of Visa’s technology strategy to address ever evolving challenges specific to ensuring the reliability, security, and cost effective operation of Visa’s systems, network, and application infrastructure.

As a consultant for DiamondCulster (now Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc.), Edward was a Principal and Senior Technical Architect responsible for designing and deploying large scale information systems solutions that align the deployment of technology solutions with business strategy and maximize the return on investments in technology.

• More than 20 years of experience in enterprise technical architecture planning, technology investment management, systems design, development and integration

• Extensive experience designing products and technical infrastructure required to support the deployment of advanced data services on wireless networks