Brad has been an Independent Director of Ascensus since February of 2023 and Bitcoin Depot since July 2023. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Elevate Credit from 2018 to 2023, as well as Kiavi Inc. from 2021 to 2022. He has chaired or been a member of public company risk, compensation, and nominating/governance committees.

Brad is a Senior Advisor for the Boston Consulting Group, where he focuses on AI, technology transformation, and executive coaching. He is a member of several advisory boards for companies ranging from startups to large global enterprises. Brad also serves on the board of Hiinga, a nonprofit providing SMB loans in Africa.

Brad has over 30 years of experience helping companies grow through disruptive technologies and digital transformation. Throughout his career, he has led numerous business turnarounds, acquisitions, divestitures, and technology-enabled growth initiatives. He has a deep passion for technology and how it can transform businesses to drive both growth and efficiency, and has demonstrated experience influencing and driving change from the boardroom to the individual contributor level.

Until 2019, Brad was the Global Chief Information Officer of PayPal, where he had a broad scope of responsibility contributing to PayPal’s ten-year revenue growth rate of over 20% annually. He led a global team providing both technology functions and software development for operations platforms supporting a global enterprise operating in 200 markets, 24 languages, and 65 locations. In the CIO role, Brad led the transformation of PayPal's operations platforms to support dramatic user growth while holding costs flat and creating incremental revenue opportunities. In addition, he led the IT separation from eBay in 2015.

Prior to PayPal, Brad held several senior executive roles at Bank of America, including leading the Next Generation Payments and Commerce Team that helped create what is now the Zelle payments platform. At JP Morgan Chase, Brad led the creation of a new rewards platform that delivered innovative new credit card products.

EDUCATION

  • MSM (MBA), finance, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
  • BS, mechanical engineering, Purdue University