Rita Ramirez is Vice President of Emerging Payments for MasterCard Worldwide. She has more than 20 years of experience working with technology leaders such as Symbol Technologies, Motorola, ViVOtech and InfoSpace. She has worked with a wide variety of leading financial institutions, major retailers and processors to implement next generation payment solutions.
Rita currently serves as the Chair for LINC New York/W.net, a leading non-profit group for women in the payments industry. She has also served as a Board Member of the Manhattan Society, raising money for MS and has volunteered and worked with organizations such as UNICEF, Junior Achievement, Cancer Care and Junior Achievement.
Rita is a graduate of Marist College and she lives with her husband in New York City.