Josh Kessler
Work Experience
- Director, Mobile Platforms & Innovation — Discover Financial — 2013-Present
- Vice President, US Mobile & Proximity (RFID/NFC) Payments — MasterCard — 2011-2013
- Global Digital Strategy & Marketing — MasterCard — 2008-2011
- MasterCard Advisors (MC Consultancy Group) — MasterCard — 2006-2008
- Emerging Technology Author/Analyst — TowerGroup (MC Subsidiary) — 2004-2006
- Purchase Street Research — MasterCard — 2003-2004
- Trader — Pioneer Futures — 2002-2003
- Options Specialist — Goldman Sachs — 2000-2002
Technologies
- Objective-C (iOS)
- HTML/CSS
- Javascript/AJAX
- PHP - Dynamic Pages and Web Services
- MySQL/SQLite
Education
- MBA with Distinction — Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management — Finance/Entrepreneurship/Biotechnology
- BS, Bioengineering — University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana
Publications & Patents
- How to Reach the Growing 'Thin File' Market — ABA Banking Journal
- Biometrics fail to impress banks — Financial Solutions International
- Articles for 2600 Magazine
- Patent: Light Source and Lens Cleaner for Laparoscopic Surgery
- Patent: Method and apparatus for distributing advertisements using social networks and financial transaction card networks