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Jason Gardner

CEO

Jason founded Marqeta in 2010 after serving as president and a member of the board of directors at PropertyBridge � a leading provider of rent payment platforms for property managers � which he co-founded in 2004. After the acquisition of PropertyBridge by MoneyGram International (MGI) in October 2007, Jason served as vice-president and a member of the MGI executive management team.At PropertyBridge and MoneyGram, Jason led the company's long-term market strategies for multi-family real estate electronic payment processing. He also oversaw product research, product development, and sales and marketing. Prior to PropertyBridge, Jason held sales management positions with leading technology and consulting companies in the Bay Area. He founded Vertical Think � an IT management company that worked with startups and larger organizations to shorten time to market and increase return on investment for IT-related projects.Jason is a regular speaker at electronic payment industry events, has authored numerous articles for industry trade publications and is a former staff member for Senator John McCain, where he focused on community issues and served on the Japan External Trade Organization. Jason earned his BA from Arizona State University.