Payments
10 CTOs in Payments
These ten executives hold or have held the chief technology officer title at payments companies. A reader can ask them how payments CTOs design platforms for uptime and security, meet PCI and other compliance demands, and grow engineering teams as transaction volumes rise.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ahu Chhapgar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Paysafe
Chief Technology Officer at Paysafe since 2024, where the profile describes leading global technology strategy and overseeing product engineering, architecture and innovation for secure, scalable payment solutions. Former Global CTO and US COO at Zip Co (2021–2023), Managing Director, Global Head of Payments and Receivables Technology at Citi (2018–2021) and SVP, Digital Payments Technology at Mastercard (2015–2018).
Faouzi Kassab
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · BlueSnap
Chief Technology Officer at Ingo Money since 2026, a company the profile describes as delivering instant payments orchestration, and former Chief Technology Officer at BlueSnap (2013–2026). Former Head of IT - Distributed Applications at ING Nederland (2010–2013) and Chief Technology Officer - Wholesale at ACI Worldwide (2006–2008).
James Czekner
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Technology Officer · Echelon Payments
President and Chief Technology Officer at Echelon Payments since 2025, and former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Echelon Payments (2023–2025). Former Chief Technology Officer and Division President at EVO Payments, Inc. (2003–2013); the profile cites more than 30 years in the payments industry in technology and leadership positions.
John Minutaglio
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Payarc
Chief Technology Officer at Payarc since 2024; the profile describes Payarc as a technology-driven payments platform offering omnichannel processing and AI-powered tools for merchants. Former Chief Technology Officer at Marquis (2022–2024), Strategic Link Consulting (2018–2022) and Linq3 (2015–2018).
Lukasz Strozek
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Marqeta
Chief Technology Officer at Marqeta since 2026, where the profile describes leading engineering across a global payments infrastructure serving some of the world's largest brands. Former Chief Technology Officer at LendingClub (2024–2026) and Hippo Insurance (2020–2024), and Vice President, Engineering at Bolt (2019–2020).
Nicolas Esteves
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · NALA
Chief Technology Officer at NALA since 2020; the profile says NALA is on a mission to build payments for the Next Billion, that he runs four engineering teams as well as the data, security and infrastructure teams, and that NALA grew from 7 to 100 people. Former Backend Engineer at ComplyAdvantage (2017–2019) and Security Consultant at Typeform (2018–2019).
Rinku Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Boost Payment Solutions
Chief Technology Officer at Boost Payment Solutions since 2024; the profile headline reads Chief Technology Officer | Fintech & B2B Payments and cites more than 20 years leading engineering, data, AI/ML, security and platform organizations. Former Director - Software Development Manager - Data Science and Fraud Engineering at Audible (2022–2024) and Senior Director, Head of Finance IT Architecture & Data Strategy at RBC (2020–2022).
Ryan Loy
LinkedInExperience: SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer · Global Payments Inc.
SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2024, where the profile says Ryan leads all facets of technology including infrastructure, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and global product engineering. Former Partner at McKinsey & Company (2022–2025) and Board Advisor at Stellar Cyber (2020–2022).
Shahar Ziv
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Pay.com
Chief Technology Officer at Pay.com since 2022; the profile describes Pay.com as an online payment processing company that allows users to accept online payments. Former Chief Technology Officer (2020–2021) and Chief Technology Architect (2018–2020) at Engage.com, and Software Engineer at Interactbot (2016–2018).
Tim Joslyn
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Paymentology
Chief Technology Officer at Paymentology since 2024; the profile cites over 25 years in technology, a decade of it dedicated to the payments industry, and senior technology and product roles taken alongside private equity. Co-founder and Chairman at Jump24 since 2014 and Founding Investor at Luscid since 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the part of the payments stack you care about, since card issuing, merchant processing, cross-border transfers and B2B payments raise different technical problems. Check whether each CTO role is current or past, and favor someone whose company scale resembles yours.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you design a payments platform to stay available during peak volumes and partial outages?
- 02Which parts of PCI DSS and related compliance work had the biggest effect on your architecture?
- 03When have you chosen to build payment infrastructure in-house rather than rely on processors or other partners, and why?
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