Brad Strock, Chief Information Officer of PayPal

Published: March 12, 2018, 2 p.m.

332: In this interview, Brad discussed World Class IT Principle Three, Project and Portfolio Management, and Principle Five, External Partnerships. Among the topics discussed include: An overview of PayPal’s business, as well as Brad’s purview as CIO PayPal’s transformation into a more customer-centric company, such as giving customers more choices of funding vehicles How PayPal has successfully navigated the shift to mobile, resulting in a 50 percent increase in mobile payment volume in 2017 The top priorities that Brad is focused on, including security, stability, strategically enabling the company’s business strategy, and improving the company’s ability to effectively collaborate Brad’s experience going from Bank of America, a traditional finance organization, to PayPal, one of the first digitally native companies in the finance space Brad’s career path, including his path from engineer to finance industry to technology executive Eye on the Trends: financial inclusion of the over 2 billion people globally without financial services, AI/ML/process robotics