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Salman Chaudhry

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VP, AI Engineering — AI Strategy & Agentic Systems at Mastercard
📍 New York, New York, United States

Salman is the VP of AI Engineering at Mastercard, leading strategy for agentic systems. With an MSc in AI from Kings College London and two decades of experience, he focuses on building and shipping human-centric AI that solves real-world problems in finance, drawing on a background in healthcare and e-commerce.

He is passionate about demystifying AI and sharing knowledge gained throughout his career. To this end, he started a Substack called "Shifting Layers" to discuss the lessons he has learned from his professional journey, placing a particular emphasis on the value of failure in driving growth and understanding.

He believes the most powerful AI systems are not those that replace human judgment, but those that amplify it.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
VP, AI Engineering — AI Strategy & Agentic Systems
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Applied Enterprise AI
Focuses on building and deploying practical AI that works and ships at enterprise scale, solving real-world challenges for large organizations.
Agentic AI Systems
His current role involves leading strategy and development of autonomous AI systems designed to handle complex tasks within the enterprise.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
VP, AI Engineering — AI Strategy & Agentic Systems
Mastercard
8-2023 - 2-2026
Director AI
Mastercard
7-2019 - 7-2021
Customer Analytics Lead
Asia Miles
7-2019 - 7-2021
Head of Analytics
Asia Miles
10-2018 - 6-2019
GDPR & ePrivacy consultant
Rightmove
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Media appearances

Trust and Transactions: How Mastercard Is Doing AI Differently. Featured in Knowledge at Wharton Podcast
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Mastercard's 160 Billion Transactions: AI's Biggest Test – Beyond The Pilot: Enterprise AI in Action. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Education
Msc
King's College London
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng
King's College London
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