At Mastercard, Kamran’s role is focused on the strategy, business development and commercialization of Mastercard’s Blockchain efforts in Middle East and Africa. Prior to Mastercard, he spent a decade at IBM in the roles of consultative sales and solution architect with a focus on cloud, blockchain, digital business automation, big data, analytics, and AI for clients in the public, banking, and communications sectors. He also spent 3 years working with the IBM Blockchain task force in the Middle East, participating in several blockchain engagements across a variety of use cases and industries.