Avery Duffin

About Avery Duffin

Currently, as an Engineering Manager at Mastercard, I help steer the technical strategy for Mastercard Threat Intelligence. I lead a multi-disciplinary organization of 10 professionals, including Software Engineers, Quality Assurance, and Technical Product Management (PMT), to deliver fraud insights that protect the global financial ecosystem.My leadership philosophy is built on three pillars:Empowering People: I am a dedicated coach. I believe the best technology is built by empowered people, and I focus on aligning individual career growth with organizational success.Strategic Intrapreneurship: I drive solutions to complex organizational friction. I am currently leading the charge on evolving our AI integration and \"Vibe Coding\" workflows to move beyond traditional development into high-velocity, high-value delivery.Entrepreneurial Mindset: Outside of Mastercard, I scale my own real estate portfolio and explore the frontiers of AI-driven development.I thrive at the intersection of emerging technology and business strategy, constantly seeking ways to inspire my teams and transform how we solve problems at scale.

Experience

1. Manager, Software Engineering

   Mastercard

   Dec 2022 — Present · O\'Fallon, MO, US

   Collaborative Product Launch: Partnered with cross-functional leadership to launch the Threat Intelligence platform, successfully injecting \"startup speed\" into a large-scale enterprise environment.Operational Excellence: Contributed to a high-standard development lifecycle that resulted in a resilient launch with zero critical post-release issues.Multi-Disciplinary Leadership: Manage a diverse team of 9+(Engineering, QA, and PMT), fostering a culture of accountability and precision in fraud-insight delivery.Thought Leadership on AI: Leading internal initiatives to evolve team use of AI and modern development workflows (Vibe Coding) to solve organizational bottlenecks and increase delivery velocity.Cyber Risk Strategy: Led the team developing the merchant-facing portal for threat profile evaluation, providing critical security data to Mastercard’s global merchant base.Coaching & Growth: Focused on high-impact mentorship, aligning individual growth paths with the technical roadmap to ensure team retention and excellence.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  Brigham Young University, Electrical / Computer Engineering

  2007 — 2015

• Utah Valley University

  Master of Science - MS, Engineering and Technology Management

Skills

• Programming Languages
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Microsoft Excel
• Web Applications
• C#
• .net
• Fluent Spanish
• C Progamming
• Leadership
• Java
• Asp.net
• Python
• Verilog
• Pspice
• C
• Programming
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Css
• Matlab
• Visual Studio
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Spanish
• C++
• Angularjs
• Vhdl