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Jason Sharples

Energizer · DISC type I
Senior Vice President and Unit CIO, Global Merchant and Network Services at American Express
📍 New York, New York, United States

Jason Sharples serves as the Senior Vice President and Unit CIO for Global Merchant and Network Services at American Express, where he leads technology strategy and engineering. He has deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, operations, and transaction processing systems from previous CTO roles. He holds a degree in Forensic Chemistry from the University of Hull.

His academic background in Forensic Chemistry provides a unique foundation for a technology executive in the complex payments and financial services industry.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President and Unit CIO, Global Merchant and Network Services
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
Personality Overview

How Jason shows up

Relationship Oriented
Full Of Energy
Informal

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Priorities

Topics Jason cares about

Merchant & Network Tech
He leads technology strategy for American Express's Global Merchant and Network Services, focusing on core engineering and systems for these key business units.
Cloud Technology
In a prior role, he spoke on how organizations with legacy systems should maximize cloud benefits, weighing the trade-offs between migrating versus rewriting applications.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Senior Vice President and Unit CIO, Global Merchant and Network Services
American Express
1-2019 - 12-2022
CTO Engineering and Operations
Global Payments
1-2017 - 12-2018
CTO and Senior Vice President, Application Delivery
Global Payments
12-2013 - 6-2016
Senior Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations
Global Payments
10-2011 - 12-2013
VP G2 Delivery
Global Payments
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Media appearances

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Education
1988 - 1991
Forensic Chemistry
University of Hull
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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