It takes a village... Establishing nimble processes to support the repeatability of new ventures extends far beyond a great ideation session. After successfully transitioning two internal startups from Mastercard Labs to the Core teams (and killing a boatload of ideas along the way), Debbie is currently leading Mastercard’s first commercial blockchain-based product that digitizes global supply chains in any industry. She’ll share some learnings across her two ventures, critical success factors, and how to wake up each day like a puppy, happily wagging your tail to chase the future.

Deborah Barta is the Senior Vice President of Provenance and Strategy in the New Digital Infrastructure and Fintech organization at Mastercard. Deborah drives global innovation teams to accelerate high-potential concepts to market, working alongside diverse partners, startups and the fintech community. She’s exited two internal startups from Mastercard Labs into the core business as well as led Mastercard Labs innovation programs and marketing team. She also led Start Path, the company’s award-winning global accelerator that sources and engages the world’s leading fintechs as collaborators. Prior to Mastercard, she was a strategic consultant for Deloitte, IBM, PwC and Andersen across several industries.