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MasterCard Labs
David Vogt in Mobile Muse
The concept of Mastercard Labs is a great one; tying this to a 'living lab' within a city like Vancouver is golden.
Captured on 13 Jul 2010 from www.mastercard.com
MasterCard Launches MasterCard Labs; Names Garry Lyons Group Executive, Research & Development
Purchase, NY, April 15, 2010 - MasterCard Worldwide today announced the launch of MasterCard Labs, a new global Research & Development arm dedicated to bringing innovative payment solutions to market with greater speed than ever before. The company also announced the appointment of Garry Lyons as Group Executive, Research & Development, who will oversee MasterCard Labs, effective April 30, 2010. To view a short video on this announcement please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKa1yy1a0fc
“Supporting breakthrough innovation efforts is at the heart of differentiating MasterCard from our competitors, and key to sustaining our competitive advantage in the marketplace,” says Ajay Banga, MasterCard president and chief operating officer. “With products such as PayPass, MoneySend, and inControl – or even our most recent partnership with Next Jump - MasterCard is known as a major contributor to the modern payments landscape. Today’s announcement is about putting a stake in the ground to underscore our commitment to innovation in a way that will allow us to be responsive to both our customers and consumers current needs.” Banga concluded, “As the world continues to migrate toward a cashless society, we will be focused on delivering what’s next, faster and more efficient than ever before.”
Through MasterCard Labs, Lyons will be responsible for building payment advancements and leveraging enhanced time-to-market capabilities to drive innovations through conceptualization, proof of concept, pilot, and support commercialization, in order to deliver additional value to customers and consumers. He will assemble a globally diverse research and development team tapping into the broad knowledge of MasterCard payment experts and technologists worldwide.
“The launch of MasterCard Labs will allow us to ideate, incubate and test new ideas, keeping MasterCard at the forefront of advancing commerce,” says Rob Reeg, MasterCard president, global technology and operations. “Garry is the right person to lead this new organization, based on his in-depth knowledge of the payments industry and the record of success he has shown with innovation at Orbiscom.”
“Our customers are eager to see and experience what’s next in payments and more importantly, what resonates with consumers,” says Josh Peirez, group executive of innovative platforms, MasterCard. “Under Garry’s leadership, the MasterCard Labs team will partner closely with our Innovative Products team to quickly produce the industry-leading solutions they are looking for.”
Previously, Lyons served as the Chief Executive Officer for Orbiscom. Prior to MasterCard’s acquisition of Orbiscom in December 2008, Lyons was responsible for defining strategy and the overall executive management of Orbiscom. With Orbiscom since its inception in 1999, he has significant experience in the software and financial services industries, primarily focused on the technology and business development aspects of deploying complex large scale systems to global financial services institutions. Before joining Orbiscom, Lyons held senior technology and management positions with Cognotec, Credo and ICL.
“Supporting breakthrough innovation efforts is at the heart of differentiating MasterCard from our competitors, and key to sustaining our competitive advantage in the marketplace,” says Ajay Banga, MasterCard president and chief operating officer. “With products such as PayPass, MoneySend, and inControl – or even our most recent partnership with Next Jump - MasterCard is known as a major contributor to the modern payments landscape. Today’s announcement is about putting a stake in the ground to underscore our commitment to innovation in a way that will allow us to be responsive to both our customers and consumers current needs.” Banga concluded, “As the world continues to migrate toward a cashless society, we will be focused on delivering what’s next, faster and more efficient than ever before.”
Through MasterCard Labs, Lyons will be responsible for building payment advancements and leveraging enhanced time-to-market capabilities to drive innovations through conceptualization, proof of concept, pilot, and support commercialization, in order to deliver additional value to customers and consumers. He will assemble a globally diverse research and development team tapping into the broad knowledge of MasterCard payment experts and technologists worldwide.
“The launch of MasterCard Labs will allow us to ideate, incubate and test new ideas, keeping MasterCard at the forefront of advancing commerce,” says Rob Reeg, MasterCard president, global technology and operations. “Garry is the right person to lead this new organization, based on his in-depth knowledge of the payments industry and the record of success he has shown with innovation at Orbiscom.”
“Our customers are eager to see and experience what’s next in payments and more importantly, what resonates with consumers,” says Josh Peirez, group executive of innovative platforms, MasterCard. “Under Garry’s leadership, the MasterCard Labs team will partner closely with our Innovative Products team to quickly produce the industry-leading solutions they are looking for.”
Previously, Lyons served as the Chief Executive Officer for Orbiscom. Prior to MasterCard’s acquisition of Orbiscom in December 2008, Lyons was responsible for defining strategy and the overall executive management of Orbiscom. With Orbiscom since its inception in 1999, he has significant experience in the software and financial services industries, primarily focused on the technology and business development aspects of deploying complex large scale systems to global financial services institutions. Before joining Orbiscom, Lyons held senior technology and management positions with Cognotec, Credo and ICL.
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