Ray O.

Director of Product Management, Blockchain @ Mastercard

Singapore

About

Experience

  • Director, Product Management - Digital Assets & Blockchain at Mastercard
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Shaping Mastercard's global products strategy at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure and global payments - spanning tokenized money settlement, blockchain network partnerships and institutional go-to-market across multiple regions. • Defined product and commercial strategy for blockchain-based payment products, including stablecoin and tokenized deposit flows • Engaged central banks, financial institutions, and blockchain industry players worldwide to drive adoption of next-generation payment infrastructure • Secured multiple central bank project wins through direct engagement • Owned end-to-end product lifecycle: Value proposition, roadmap, pricing, regulatory positioning, and GTM execution

  • Sygnum Bank (Singapore, Switzerland)
    • Senior Vice President, Product Manager
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      One of the first employees involved in building Sygnum - the world's first digital asset bank. • Responsible for key client-facing banking interfaces. I have managed Identity management, Ebanking, Custody, Trading and Payment platforms • Directly contributed to the client banking interfaces in handling growth of >3x of clients within a year • Responsible for the set up and leadership of the Global UIUX Design department from our MVP till the first two years of operation • Led the set up of the Global Release management department • Responsible for managing the Singapore PM and UIUX Team • Set up the initial digital asset brokerage business plan & trading platform as part of a 2-person team

    • Vice President, Product Manager
      Nov 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Blockchain at Singapore Polytechnic
    Nov 2020 - Sep 2021 · 11 mos

    Adjunct lecturer of blockchain technologies in the school of computing at Singapore Polytechnic.

  • Founder, Head of Product at Cardable
    Jan 2014 - Feb 2019 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Cardable is a consumer finance platform that brings together the best in card loyalty information across 6 markets. We work with some of the top banks and e-commerce companies to promote their reward programs and cards. • Spearheaded the end-to-end design and product development of all products including web and iOS/Android mobile platforms - used by more than 1.5 million users a year • Built a profitable company from scratch, generating >S$500,000+ in monthly GMV • Drove launches and market expansions to rapidly scale product across 6 countries in just one year • Generated and negotiated paid sales partnerships with top banks and e-commerce companie

  • Associate Manager, Business Technology (Direct transfer from Merrill Lynch) at Julius Baer
    Jul 2013 - Dec 2013 · 6 mos

    Transferred to Julius Baer as part of the Merrill Lynch sale transition in Asia into the Business Analysis and Project Management Team • Conducted analysis and planning for a strategic multi-million dollar performance reporting project across multiple client facing platforms across APAC