10 Mastercard IT leaders
Sr. Vice President Enterprise Technology, Vice President Information Technology, Vice President, Infrastructure and Cloud Operations and Director - IT Operations are among the titles held today by these ten Mastercard IT leaders. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Mastercard from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ameet Gwalani
LinkedInExperience: Director - IT Operations · Mastercard
Ameet Gwalani has been Director - IT Operations at Mastercard since May 2023, based in Pune, and was Corporate IT Manager there from 2016 to 2023. Ameet Gwalani was Manager IT at Opus Technologies (2012 to 2016) and held IT Engineer and IT Support Analyst roles at Qualcomm (2006 to 2012).
Basu Hombal
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Infrastructure and Cloud Operations · Mastercard
Basu Hombal has been Vice President, Infrastructure and Cloud Operations at Mastercard since April 2022, based in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. At Synchronoss Technologies, Basu Hombal was Senior Director, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (2020 to 2022), Director, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (2016 to 2020) and Senior Technical Manager - Site Reliability Engineering (2008 to 2016).
Cameron Imming
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Technology Operations · Mastercard
Cameron Imming is a former Mastercard IT leader who was Director - Global Technology Operations at Mastercard from April 2018 to September 2024, based in O'Fallon, Missouri. Cameron Imming's earlier Mastercard rows are Leader Global Production Operations (2012 to 2018), Manager Application Operations (2010 to 2012) and Senior Systems Engineer (2000 to 2010).
Duncan Chan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Infrastructure Design Engineering & Service Delivery · Mastercard
Duncan Chan has been Vice President - Infrastructure Design Engineering & Service Delivery at Mastercard since September 2025, based in Markham, Ontario, and was Program Director in the same area there from 2023 to 2025. At FIS, Duncan Chan was Program Director - Private Cloud Engineering & Automation (2021 to 2023) and Program Director - Server Lifecycle & Run Optimization (2020 to 2021).
Jim Gentry
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Mastercard
Jim Gentry has been Vice President Information Technology at Mastercard since October 2020, based in the Greater Houston area. Jim Gentry also lists an Enterprise Network Architect row at AIG since 2016, and at AIG was Manager, Data Center Network Engineering (2013 to 2016) and Network Architect, Global Network Engineering (2009 to 2013).
Mark Riordan
LinkedInExperience: VP - Cloud Infrastructure · Mastercard
Mark Riordan has been VP - Cloud Infrastructure at Mastercard since March 2025, based in Ireland. Mark Riordan's earlier Mastercard rows are Director - Cloud Infrastructure (2019 to 2025), Manager - Labs Devops Team (2018 to 2019) and Consultant - Labs (2013 to 2018).
Mike Menke
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Mastercard
Mike Menke has been Vice President Information Technology at Mastercard since September 2022, based in the Greater St. Louis area. Mike Menke's earlier Mastercard rows are Director of Information Technology (2020 to 2022), Operations Manager (2018), Engineering Manager (2016 to 2018) and Senior System Engineer (2013 to 2016).
Patrick Crothers
LinkedInExperience: Director, System Support · Mastercard
Patrick Crothers has been Director, System Support at Mastercard since December 2024, based in Stillwater, Minnesota. Patrick Crothers's other Mastercard rows are Director, Systems Support (2024) and IT Systems & Support, Manager (2022 to 2024). Patrick Crothers was District Technology Coordinator at Mahtomedi Public Schools (2011 to 2022).
Sulaiman Syed
LinkedInExperience: Director Enterprise Operations · Mastercard
Sulaiman Syed has been Director Enterprise Operations at Mastercard since January 2026, based in Selangor, Malaysia, and was Lead Platform Engineering there from 2024 to 2025. Sulaiman Syed was Tech Architecture Manager at Accenture (2021 to 2024) and a Network Architect at AIG Global Services (Malaysia) (2018 to 2021).
Teresa Kesselring
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Vice President Enterprise Technology · Mastercard
Teresa Kesselring has been Sr. Vice President Enterprise Technology at Mastercard since March 2019, based in Chesterfield, Missouri, and describes the role as covering global technology operations and employee digital experience. Teresa Kesselring was Vice President Service Delivery at CenturyLink (2006 to 2019).
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your IT role at Mastercard, and why?
- 02How do you decide which infrastructure and operations work to standardize first?
- 03What has your own work taught you about making the case for IT investment to business leaders?
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