Marcelo De Barros

Marcelo De Barros

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Open VisaNet & Dispute Platforms | AI-Native Payment Platforms at Visa
Greater Seattle Area

Marcelo De Barros is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Open VisaNet & Dispute Platforms at Visa, leading AI-native payment platform initiatives. He previously held senior engineering and management roles at Microsoft and has expertise in payments technology, engineering leadership, and operational excellence.

  • Visa Senior Vice President, Global Head of Open VisaNet & Dispute Platforms | AI-Native Payment Platforms 2026–present, Vice President of Technology, Product and Operations 2024–2026 · current
  • Stripe Developer Advisory Board Member 2023–2024 · past
  • Microsoft Partner Director of Engineering 2022–2024, Partner General Manager Microsoft Sports & Esports 2020–2022, Partner Group Engineering Manager 2019–2020, Principal Group Engineering Manager 2009–2019, Senior Manager 2006–2008, Software Manager 2006, Software Design Engineer Lead 2003–2004, Principal Software Manager 1999–2010, Software Developer Engineer 1999–2003 · past
  • Smash.gg Head 2021–2022 · past
  • CESAR Software Design Engineer 1998–1999 · past
  • Harte-Hanks Data Technologies Software Design Engineer 1998 · past

Education

  • MIT Sloan School of Management Completion Certficate - Innovator's DNA.pdf · 2023–2024
  • University of Washington Master Degree, Computer Science
  • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Bachelor Degree, Computer Science

Organizations

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  • Visa Senior Vice President, Global Head of Open VisaNet & Dispute Platforms | AI-Native Payment Platforms 2026–present, Vice President of Technology, Product and Operations 2024–2026 · current
  • Stripe Developer Advisory Board Member 2023–2024 · past
  • Microsoft Partner Director of Engineering 2022–2024, Partner General Manager Microsoft Sports & Esports 2020–2022, Partner Group Engineering Manager 2019–2020, Principal Group Engineering Manager 2009–2019, Senior Manager 2006–2008, Software Manager 2006, Software Design Engineer Lead 2003–2004, Principal Software Manager 1999–2010, Software Developer Engineer 1999–2003 · past

Education

  • MIT Sloan School of Management Completion Certficate - Innovator's DNA.pdf · 2023–2024
  • University of Washington Master Degree, Computer Science
  • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Bachelor Degree, Computer Science

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