10 Stripe leaders in new roles in 2026
These ten Stripe leaders in new roles in 2026 each started their current role at Stripe this year, from its Chief Revenue Officer and heads of engineering for Capital, Issuing and Bridge to heads of corporate FP&A and finance and strategy. A reader can learn how Stripe leaders approach a role they started in 2026 from people who hold one now.
Professionals to explore
Jason Howling
LinkedInExperience: Head of Technical Operations & Technical Partnerships, Local Payment Methods (EMEA/APAC) · Stripe
Jason Howling has been Head of Technical Operations & Technical Partnerships, Local Payment Methods (EMEA/APAC) at Stripe since May 2026, based in the United Kingdom. At Stripe, Jason Howling was also Head of Technical Operations, Local Payment Methods from 2024 to 2026 and Integration Reliability Engineer (Lead), LPM Technical Operations from 2022 to 2024.
Junghoon Han
LinkedInExperience: Head of Finance & Strategy, Connect · Stripe
Junghoon Han has been Head of Finance & Strategy, Connect at Stripe since July 2026, based in the Greater Seattle Area. Junghoon Han was also Senior Finance Manager, AWS Platform Experience, Identity, and Cloud Governance at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2025 to 2026 and Finance Manager, Cryptography and Security Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2021 to 2025.
Keerthana "KK" Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Heads of Engineering, Capital & Issuing · Stripe
Keerthana "KK" Kumar has been Heads of Engineering, Capital & Issuing at Stripe since May 2026, based in San Francisco. At Stripe, Keerthana Kumar was also Head of Engineering, Stripe Capital from 2024 to 2026 and Head of Engineering, Issuing Cards and Banks from 2021 to 2024, and was Director Of Engineering at GitHub in 2021.
Kent Lulich
LinkedInExperience: Head of GTM Finance & Strategy - Central · Stripe
Kent Lulich has been Head of GTM Finance & Strategy - Central at Stripe since January 2026, based in the Greater Seattle Area. At Stripe, Kent Lulich was also Head of Finance & Strategy - Payment Products from 2023 to 2026 and Head of Finance & Strategy - SaaS Products from 2019 to 2023, and was in Finance & Strategy at Microsoft from 2011 to 2019.
Kristine Muromachi
LinkedInExperience: Head of Corporate FP&A · Stripe
Kristine Muromachi has been Head of Corporate FP&A at Stripe since January 2026, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kristine Muromachi was also Head of Business Finance & Strategy at Stripe from 2021 to 2025, Director - G&A Finance at Splunk from 2020 to 2021 and Finance Director | CFO at Constellium from 2011 to 2019.
Martin Melin
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering, Bridge · Stripe
Martin Melin has been Head of Engineering, Bridge at Stripe since January 2026, based in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and the profile describes helping to make stablecoins ubiquitous at Bridge, a Stripe company. At Stripe, Martin Melin was also Head of Financial Crimes Engineering from 2024 to 2026 and Senior Engineering Manager from 2021 to 2024.
Patrick Ward
LinkedInExperience: Head of Finance & Strategy - Core Tech, Design, & Internal Systems · Stripe
Patrick Ward has been Head of Finance & Strategy - Core Tech, Design, & Internal Systems at Stripe since March 2026, based in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, and the profile describes work on cloud and AI infrastructure strategy, cross-functional efficiency, FP&A and capital allocation. At Stripe, Patrick Ward was also Head of Finance & Strategy - Connect & Crypto from 2024 to 2026.
Sudheer Anne
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering - Capital Core · Stripe
Sudheer Anne has been Head of Engineering - Capital Core at Stripe since February 2026, based in Los Angeles, California. Sudheer Anne was also Head of Engineering - Fintech, Mobile at Gusto from 2024 to 2026, Head of Engineering, AI and ML at Square in 2024 and Head of Engineering, Remote Payments at Square from 2021 to 2024.
Thomas Welfley
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Infrastructure · Stripe
Thomas Welfley has been Head of Developer Infrastructure at Stripe since August 2026, based in San Francisco, and the profile describes a scope covering developer productivity, service infrastructure and observability. At Stripe, Thomas Welfley was also Head of Service Infrastructure from 2025 to 2026 and Head of Service Platform from 2022 to 2025.
Tyler Bryson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Revenue Officer · Stripe
Tyler Bryson has been Chief Revenue Officer at Stripe since June 2026, based in San Clemente, California. Tyler Bryson also lists Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Americas at Stripe from March 2025, and was Corporate Vice President, Health & Public Sector Industries, US at Microsoft from 2022 to 2025 and Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions, US at Microsoft from 2021 to 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product area and function to your question, since a head of engineering for Capital and a head of GTM finance see different parts of the company. People whose role started earliest in the year have had the most time in it.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on in your first months in your current role?
- 02Which parts of your past roles have been most useful in the role you hold now?
- 03How do you decide which priorities to take on first when you start a new role at a large company?
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