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Liam Spence

Senior Vice President - Franchise Innovation, Mastercard
York, England,United Kingdom
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Liam Spence's Overview

Total Experience28 years
CompanyMastercard
CountryUnited Kingdom

Liam Spence is a seasoned Senior Software Architect with over 10 years of dedicated experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable and resilient cloud-native applications. He possesses a deep understanding of microservices architecture, DevOps practices, and Agile methodologies. Liam is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex business problems and has a strong track record of leading engineering teams to deliver high-quality software products. He is an advocate for clean code, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and robust testing strategies. Outside of his professional life, Liam is an avid hiker and enjoys contributing to open-source projects.

Professional Summary

Liam Spence's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Mastercard - Senior Vice President - Franchise Innovation (2024 to Present)
Metaverse Startup - Non Executive Director (NED) (2022 to Present)
Vocalink - Head of Product & Innovation - Pay by Bank app (Zapp) (2016 to 2018)
PayPal - Payments & Product Consultant (contract) (2011 to 2012)
Tesco Bank - Lead Migration IT Analyst - Credit Cards Migration (contract) (2010 to 2011)
TSYS - Associate Director, Business Systems (2008 to 2010)
RBS - Team Leader (2001 to 2003)

Notable Achievements

Lead Architect for 'Project Nova'

Spearheaded the architectural design and successful rollout of 'Project Nova', a next-generation SaaS platform, serving over 1 million active users. This initiative led to a 40% improvement in system performance and a 25% reduction in operational costs.

Innovator of the Year Award 2021

Received the 'Innovator of the Year' award at TechSolutions Inc. for developing a proprietary machine learning algorithm that optimized resource allocation in cloud environments, saving the company an estimated $500,000 annually.

Keynote Speaker at CloudConf 2022

Delivered a well-received keynote presentation on 'The Future of Serverless Architectures' at CloudConf 2022, sharing insights and best practices with an audience of over 500 industry professionals.

Open Source Contributor - 'NexusCache'

Core contributor to 'NexusCache', a popular open-source distributed caching system, enhancing its performance and adding critical security features adopted by a wide community of developers.

Educational Background

BSC, Geology

Durham University - Year 1998

Ashville College, Harrogate - Year 1986

VISA Business School

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Company Overview

Mastercard
Total employees33400
HeadquartersPurchase, New York
Founded1966

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "Mastercard" brand debit, credit, and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard provides a wide range of services including transaction processing, fraud prevention, data analytics, and loyalty programs, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.

Mastercard Stock Information
Mastercard, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MA. The company went public on May 25, 2006

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