Christopher Curtin Email Address

Founder

Visa U.S.A. Inc., a payments technology company, operates retail electronic payments network in the United States.

Chris Curtin is currently SVP, Head of Digital, Social and Rewards at Bank of America where he is responsible for enterprise social media strategy, Preferred Rewards and client loyalty strategies, and cross-segment execution. With more than 20 years of experience in marketing strategy, innovation, and operations, Chris has deep expertise across disciplines. He is a unique executive who has successfully led transformative initiatives on behalf of three category-leading companies: Visa, Hewlett-Packard and The Walt Disney Company. While at Visa, Curtin spearheaded the transformation of the company’s reputation and standing, resulting in the company’s brand improving from the 20th to the 5th most valuable in the world. In his role as Chief Digital Officer, he led the Marketing efforts behind its principal Visa’s digital services — moving from less than 1 million to over 80 million users worldwide. He was the lead strategist and negotiator for many of the company’s most high profile partnerships, including the Olympics, FIFA, the NFL, Hudson Yards and the US Soccer Federation. At Hewlett-Packard, Curtin led the efforts to revitalize the digital presence of the company. Specifically, he oversaw the implementation of a completely new technology stack, which installed world-class publishing, social, and ecommerce capabilities to HP.com. The result: millions of dollars in savings to the company, and billion+ revenue lift. Chris held several roles during his 13 year tenure at The Walt Disney Company. He oversaw all new media and media for the Destination businesses, including Walt Disney World, Disneyland, international properties, the cruise ships and guided tour business. During this time, he developed unique partnerships with Google and Verizon that led to ground-breaking business and consumer satisfaction results. He also served as a special advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Disney, which meant he oversaw all cross-company marketing and the tentpole strategic initiatives of the company. He recently founded and led a strategic advisory, investment, and creative production group serving clients across financial services, healthcare, sports, media and entertainment. Chris is a featured speaker and thought leader on marketing, digital transformation, and high-impact leadership, having guest lectured at Stanford, Duke, and Georgetown. He is part of the investor group behind NWSL team The Washington Spirit. He is a member of the Spotify Board of Advisors, Georgetown University’s Law Center Board of Advisors, and a board member of the Washington Institute.