Title: Head of Innovation and Platform Engineering
Company: The Clearing House Payments Company
Location: Garden City, New York, United States
Paolo Pelizzoli, Head of Innovation and Platform Engineering at The Clearing House Payments Company, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Executives for dedication, achievements, and leadership in Technology and Finance.
Mr. Pelizzoli is a leading authority in technology and finance. As the head of platform engineering at The Clearing House Payments Company since 2023, he has been instrumental in modernizing application integration and data management. He is also involved in implementing artificial intelligence and enhancing payment rails. Driven by curiosity to find solutions, Mr. Pelizzoli leverages nearly 40 years of experience in the finance sector and almost a decade of success in real-time payments to contribute to his role while striving to keep the finance industry at the forefront of innovation. In addition to his role at The Clearing House, he has been the chief technology officer at Alakrity LLC since 2023.
Having begun his career in the late 1980s, Mr. Pelizzoli worked for companies like PaineWebber, where he rewrote outdated technology that was based on a programming language, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch as a systems architect and senior associate, respectively, and TIBCO as a chief technological officer of financial services. Continually progressing, Mr. Pelizzoli was hired as a senior vice president, global head of architecture and chief architect at Broadridge. Among other high-level positions, he served as the executive vice president, chief technology officer of enterprise architecture, and chief operating officer of international real-time payments at Mastercard. He also started his own global integration company, Glen Tech. During his tenure at Mastercard, Mr. Pelizzoli improved operations for Vocalink, which saw revenue growth from $100 million to $1.1 billion and expanded its market reach significantly.
In 1996, Mr. Pelizzoli secured a U.S. patent for distributed messaging. Among numerous other accomplishments, he is most grateful that some of the systems he built two decades ago still run smoothly today. Mr. Pelizzoli’s expertise in integration and large-scale applications has been pivotal to his success in the field. Besides his work-related accomplishments, he coached women’s soccer for over 15 years, which he found rewarding. He has also generously supported various nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity and Doctors Without Borders. In the coming years, Mr. Pelizzoli hopes to continue excelling, democratizing payments and making them accessible to everyone while developing software that can be downloaded nationwide and automatically integrated with their systems.
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