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Marqeta Announces Simon Khalaf as Chief Product Officer
Former Twilio SVP and veteran product leader brings decades of experience building and scaling disruptive products for B2B and B2C companies to Marqeta
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFormer Twilio SVP and veteran product leader brings decades of experience building and scaling disruptive products for B2B and B2C companies to Marqeta\n\n OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMarqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, today announced the addition of Simon Khalaf as its new Chief Product Officer and key member of its executive team. Previously, Khalaf was the Senior Vice President of Twilio’s core products, including Messaging, Voice, Video and Flex, Twilio’s fully programmable Contact Center. Simon will be responsible for the strategic direction, development and delivery of Marqeta’s products to its growing customer base.\n\n“Simon is a deeply experienced product leader with a proven track record of building and scaling high-growth products and developer-focused platforms,” said Jason Gardner, Founder and CEO at Marqeta. “Simon has demonstrated his ability to lead diverse, global teams and he will be an integral member of our leadership team as we further invest in our product capabilities and ability to power new modes of money movement at scale.”\n\nKhalaf was part of the team that accelerated Twilio’s growth, with the products he oversaw driving significant revenue growth and establishing Twilio as a leader in the Communications Platform As a Service (CPAAS) space. Prior to Twilio, Khalaf led many of Yahoo, and later Verizon’s, key, most popular media products. Khalaf joined Yahoo through the acquisition of Flurry Inc, a leader and innovator in mobile analytics and advertising, where he was president and CEO. Prior to Flurry, Khalaf held executive leadership positions at Novell, Volera, Worldtalk, and JustOn.\n\nMarqeta welcomes Khalaf at a time of continued growth and investment in its product development, having recently launched RiskControl, an end-to-end suite of products to combat payment fraud, and over 40 new APIs as part of an expansion of credit card issuing capabilities. Payments are becoming more digital and more embedded into consumer and business applications, and modern card issuing is enabling the simple, scalable and configurable payment services that end-users expect.\n\n“I am thrilled to be joining the growing team at Marqeta,” said Khalaf. “When I think of Marqeta, I think of the vast amount of opportunities ahead. Businesses and consumers today have become accustomed ...