Ian Poole

About Ian Poole

15 years of e-commerce, payment authentication and fraud prevention experience with a technical proficiency in SaaS, fraud solutions such EMV 3DS and alternative payments such as PayPal, Amazon Pay, and Apple Pay. Experience includes: Product Leadership, Product Strategy, Product Vision, Product Development & Roadmap Execution, Go-to-Market & Commercialization, EMV 3DS, 3-D Secure, Agile Product Owner, Agile Transformation, Technical Product Management, Solution Engineering, Technical Sales, Business Development, Merchant and Partner Integrations, Project Management, Industry Speaker, Tokenization, Digital Commerce, PSD2, US & International eCommerce, SRC/Click 2 Pay, FIDO, Passkeys, Visa Data Only

Experience

1. Head of Product, Vcas

   Visa

   Mar 2023 — Present · Mentor, OH, US

   Global Product Owner for Visa Consumer Authentication Service and responsible for setting the vision, product, and commercialization strategies while partnering closely with technology to deliver and execute on the roadmap. As the world continues to shift towards digital commerce, it’s extremely important to have a product that helps Issuers and the broader ecosystem reduce e-commerce fraud, and help increase approvals, while provide the best cardholder experience. Visa Consumer Authentication Service (VCAS) is an access control server (ACS) that helps issuers authenticate their digital transactions using the 3-D Secure protocols. VCAS intelligently connects data in real time to help reduce fraud, increase approvals and remove unnecessary friction from the consumer experience, and enables data-driven authentication decisions. With features and solutions developed and launched to stay ahead of the changing ecosystem. and fraudsters, VCAS delivers flexible device and channel support, reduces unnecessary friction with more data, and helps satisfy regional regulations. This brand-agnostic solution, supported by the VCAS Risk Model and VCAS Risk Score, serves payment networks issuers and processors around the world.

Education

• Washington & Jefferson College

  Business Administration

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Mobile Commerce
• Start-Ups
• Lead Generation
• Product Management
• Account Management
• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Sales
• Leadership
• E-Payments
• New Business Development
• Marketing
• Salesforce.com
• Mobile Devices
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Mobile Payments
• B2b
• Project Management
• Saas
• Solution Selling
• Credit Cards
• Payments
• Integration
• Business-to-Business (B2b)