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Colin DeLarso is Director, Head of Crypto Product Partnerships at Mastercard, a position he assumed in October 2025. He leads global blockchain and crypto product partnerships within Mastercard's core product group, covering L1/L2 blockchain partnerships, stablecoin strategy, commercialization, and go-to-market execution across all blockchain-related initiatives. A concrete example of this work is the integration of Ondo Finance into Mastercard's Multi Token Network (MTN) as its first real-world asset provider, enabling businesses on-chain access to Ondo's Short Term US Treasuries Fund (OUSG) for daily yield and cash management.

Prior to his current title, DeLarso held the role of Sr Manager – Crypto Partnerships, Product, and GTM at Mastercard from June 2022 to September 2025. Before joining Mastercard, he spent approximately 16 months at Barclays Investment Bank as Assistant Vice President in Ventures and Partnerships Innovation, where he covered innovation and strategic partnerships across Barclays' businesses, contributed to Barclays' internal crypto working group and strategy, and worked on crypto and fintech partnerships. Earlier at Barclays, from June 2018 to February 2021, he worked as a Capital Markets Syndicate Analyst covering structured credit, securitized products, and equity syndicate transactions including IPOs, SPACs, follow-ons, convertibles, and block offerings. His total professional experience spans approximately nine years.

Danny Hyon is Global Director of Digital Assets & Blockchain at Mastercard, a position he assumed in July 2025. Prior to this, he served as Managing Consultant for Global Crypto & Business Platforms at Mastercard from March 2024, where his stated responsibilities included data partnerships and advisory for emerging verticals in crypto, online gaming, AI, and Web3, alongside go-to-market and growth strategy, consumer insights, digital and performance marketing, cybersecurity, payment optimisation, and strategic commercial partnerships within the venture and founder community. He has publicly noted Mastercard's partnership with Kraken, which enables users of European cryptocurrency exchanges to spend Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at merchants globally via Kraken Pay.

Before joining Mastercard, Hyon held the role of Sr. Manager of Investor Relations & Capital Formation at Techstars from July 2023 to March 2024. Prior to that, he was Head of PE VC Relations & Strategic Partnerships at Wunderkind (formerly BounceX) from May 2021 to July 2023, and Director of Commercial, North America at Attest from December 2019 to May 2021. He founded and served as CEO of Opus Apps, a Techstars-affiliated music startup, from April 2017 to November 2019, which was subsequently acquired. Earlier in his career he held roles in investment banking and financial services at J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Finance.

Dorothea Ysenburg is Vice President, Global Partnerships Digital Assets & Blockchain at Mastercard, a position she assumed in January 2025. In this role she focuses on digital assets and blockchain partnerships at a global level. Prior to this, from October 2022 to January 2025, she served as Vice President, Business Development Crypto Segment, with a geographic focus on Frankfurt and London. Before moving into the crypto segment, she held the role of Vice President, Market Development Europe and Interim Fintech Strategy Lead from March to October 2022, and prior to that served as Director, Interim Lead of Europe Fintech Strategy and Director, Market Development Europe, the latter from February 2020. Her earlier Mastercard positions included Director, Corporate Strategy, based in London from August 2018 to February 2020, where she worked on five-year regional strategies, market tracking and evaluation, and competitor analysis. She joined Mastercard in February 2017 as Managing Consultant, working on loyalty programs, processor migration, payment market evaluations, and client relationship management.

Before Mastercard, Ysenburg spent five years and two months at Oliver Wyman as an Engagement Manager, based in Berlin, working across data analytics, financial risk evaluations, pricing strategies, and sustainability strategies in sectors including aviation, banking, retail, and automotive. Her total professional experience spans approximately 13 years and 9 months. No educational background is stated in the available source content.

Indraneel Ganguly is Chief Financial Officer, Payment Networks, Real Time Payments, Digital Currencies and Blockchain at Mastercard, a role he assumed in December 2025. In this capacity, he leads finance across Payment Networks, Real Time Payments, Digital Currencies, and Blockchain. Prior to this appointment, he served as SVP and Assistant Corporate Treasurer at Mastercard from May 2022 to November 2025, leading Global Corporate Treasury functions including corporate finance, capital markets, FX hedging and risk management, cash and investments, treasury operations, and risk analytics.

Before joining Mastercard, Ganguly spent approximately ten years at General Motors, where he held progressively senior finance roles. As Director of Treasury from May 2019 to April 2022, he was responsible for treasury operations and capital markets. As Director of Finance from May 2014 to April 2019, his remit included growth strategy, digital transition of key sales channels, strategic initiatives and acquisitions, FP&A, and enterprise risk management. Earlier at General Motors, he was involved in the company's $22 billion IPO, international finance and treasury across Latin America, Europe, and China, and cross-border acquisitions. Prior to General Motors, he held finance roles at Tata Consumer Products in India. He holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management.

Ken Moore is Chief Innovation Officer at Mastercard and a member of the Management Committee, leading Mastercard Foundry (R&D, Digital Futures, Product Lifecycle Management). He joined Mastercard in 2016 as EVP of Mastercard Labs and previously held senior roles at Citi, Accenture and Misys.

Laluy Garduño holds a role in Strategy at Mastercard and has been directly involved in leading blockchain and crypto initiatives at the company. Garduño co-led The Belle Block, a Mastercard initiative launched in June 2022 aimed at bringing more women and underrepresented minorities into crypto and blockchain. The initiative was led by Garduño alongside Mastercard colleagues Grace Berkery and Katie Priebe, and involved partnerships with external organizations including SheFi, HerHouse, Blu3 DAO, and Boys Club. The Belle Block — where "Belle" stands for business growth, education, leadership, legal and regulatory, and entrepreneurship — was launched at Mastercard's New York City Tech Hub.

Garduño also holds the title of Program Manager Blockchain at Mastercard and has been involved in activities at the company's NYC tech hub, including an innovation session hosted for students from Mondragon Unibertsitatea covering topics such as crypto, financial health, and Mastercard's start-up incubator.

Sasya Geedipalli is VP of Blockchain and Crypto at Mastercard, leading innovation in digital assets and blockchain technology with a focus on customer-centric solutions.

Utkarsh Sharma is Lead Product Manager at Mastercard, a position he has held since July 2022, based in St. Louis, Missouri. His LinkedIn profile describes his focus as building AI-powered fintech products that scale to billions of transactions, with stated areas of specialization including digital wallets, payments, AI/ML, risk and fraud, and data platforms.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Sharma completed an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. During that period, he held concurrent roles as a PSI Innovation Fellow at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago and as an MBA Venture Associate at TechNexus Venture Collaborative, both from May to July 2022. He was also an Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Fellow at InSITE from September 2021 to December 2022, a program focused on leadership development in technology and venture capital for graduate students.