Rajat Taneja is Executive Vice President of Technology for Visa Inc., responsible for the company’s technology innovation and investment strategy, product engineering, global IT and operations infrastructure. He joined Visa in this role in November 2013.
Prior to joining Visa, Taneja was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Electronic Arts Inc., from October 2011- November 2013, responsible for platform engineering, data center operations and IT supporting the company’s global customer base. From 1996- 2011, he worked at Microsoft Corporation, including most recently as the Corporate Vice President, Commerce Division, in 2011 and the General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Online Services Division, from 2007 to 2011.
Taneja holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University and an MBA from Washington State University. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Ellie Mae, Inc.
Conferences
Techonomy 15
Technology as scapegoat has driven fears since at least the industrial revolution. That is as true as ever today, with fears of privacy intrusion, our devices inducing inattention, withdrawal from human contact into screens, job-killing robots, and innumerable business models being destroyed.
