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# JPMC Commercial Card Team - Research
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*Compiled: 2026-04-28*
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## Leadership
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### Christopher Claus — Managing Director, B2B Payments
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- **LinkedIn:** [christopherwclaus](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwclaus)
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- **Location:** Chicago
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- **Role:** Head of Commercial Card Transformation within J.P. Morgan Payments
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- **Public presence:** Speaker at CPI Middle Market Summit 2025
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- **Focus areas:** B2B payments strategy, commercial card transformation, industry positioning
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### David Montee — Sr. Executive Director
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- Limited public information found
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- No LinkedIn profile surfaced in search
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## Technology & Engineering
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### Kamal Jha — VP Software Engineering, Sr. Manager - Payments Platform & Architecture
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- **LinkedIn:** [kamal-jha-32057214](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamal-jha-32057214)
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- **Location:** Greater Chicago Area / Jersey City
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- **Education:** Bharati Vidyapeeth
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- **Focus areas:** Multi-cloud platform design for databases and applications
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- **Likely priorities:** Cloud architecture, database platforms, infrastructure modernization
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### Sonia Mahajan — Executive Director, SW Engineering - Payments Technology
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- **LinkedIn:** [sonia-mahajan-001](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-mahajan-001)
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- **Location:** Chicago
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- **Experience:** 24 years designing, coding, and delivering software
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- **Focus areas:** Payments technology leadership, people management
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- **Likely priorities:** Engineering excellence, payments tech modernization, team leadership
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### Srikanth Namuduru — Senior Manager, SW Engineering
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- **LinkedIn:** [srikanthnam](https://in.linkedin.com/in/srikanthnam) (likely match - Hyderabad-based)
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- **Current role:** Senior Software Engineering Manager at JPMC (2025–present)
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- **Prior:** Lead Data Engineer at Nike (2021–2025)
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- **Focus areas:** Data engineering
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- **Likely priorities:** Data pipelines, engineering practices
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### Hemabhushanareddy Kalappareddigari — Lead Architect, Commercial Card & Payment Platforms
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- **At JPMC:** Since 2023
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- **Prior experience:**
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- Technical Architect @ Motorola Solutions (2007–2023)
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- Principal Engineer (1997–2007)
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- **Focus areas:** Commercial card and payment platforms architecture
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- **Likely priorities:** Platform architecture, card systems, payments infrastructure
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### Kasthurirengan Jaganathan — Lead Solutions Architect
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- **LinkedIn:** [kasthurirengan-jaganathan-ba44bb4](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasthurirengan-jaganathan-ba44bb4)
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- **Location:** Greater Chicago Area
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- **Focus areas:** Architecture and developer leadership
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- **Likely priorities:** Solution design, technical direction
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## Business & Product
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### Ravi Venkatraman — Executive Director
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- **LinkedIn:** [ravi-venkatraman-5258b211](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-venkatraman-5258b211)
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- **Location:** Tampa, FL
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- **Tenure:** VP at J.P. Morgan from Aug 1995 to Jan 2022 (26+ years!)
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- **Promoted:** To Executive Director in 2022
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- **Note:** Long-tenured — deep institutional knowledge
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- **Likely priorities:** Process, compliance, institutional continuity
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### Ranjit Deshmukh — VP, Commercial Card
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- **LinkedIn:** [ranjit-deshmukh-2473995b](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjit-deshmukh-2473995b)
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- **Location:** Chicago
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- **Role started:** January 2025
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- **Likely priorities:** Commercial card operations, business growth
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### Cherry-Ann Cruz — VP, Commercial Card - Business Intelligence
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- **LinkedIn:** [chguerrero](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chguerrero)
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- **Location:** Chicago
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- **Role started:** March 2026 (very recent)
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- **Prior:** 8 years at Synchrony
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- **Focus areas:** Digital leadership, product and analytics
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- **Likely priorities:** BI dashboards, analytics, data-driven product decisions
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### Andy Wilson — VP, Business Analysis Manager
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- **LinkedIn:** [andy-the-analyst](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-the-analyst)
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- **Location:** Greater Chicago Area
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- **Tenure:** At JPMorgan Chase since Aug 2012 (13+ years)
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- **Prior:** Business Analyst at Dish Network
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- **Focus areas:** Business intelligence, product analytics
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- **Likely priorities:** Business analysis, reporting, BI tooling
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### Andrew Corboy — VP, Data Product Owner - Commercial Card
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- **LinkedIn:** Confirmed (Greater Chicago Area)
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- **Focus areas:** Data product ownership for commercial card
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- **Likely priorities:** Data products, commercial card data strategy
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### Feroze Kuraishi — Executive Director
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- **LinkedIn:** [feroze-kuraishi-10aa0a8](https://www.linkedin.com/in/feroze-kuraishi-10aa0a8)
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- **Location:** Chicago
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- **Role:** Executive Director since Jan 2023
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- **Note:** Name spelled "Feroze" not "Ferzoe"
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### Ujwal K. Moturu — VP, Data Platform Lead
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- **LinkedIn:** [ujwal-k-moturu-26b60219](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ujwal-k-moturu-26b60219)
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- **Location:** Naperville, IL
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- **Note:** First name is "Ujwal" not "Ujaw"
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- **Focus areas:** Data platform leadership
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- **Likely priorities:** Data platforms, data engineering, pipelines
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## Summary Table
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| Person | Role | Location | Likely Priorities |
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| Christopher Claus | MD, B2B Payments | Chicago | B2B payments strategy, transformation |
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| David Montee | Sr. Exec Director | Unknown | Leadership |
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| Kamal Jha | VP SW Eng, Payments Platform | Chicago | Multi-cloud architecture, databases |
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| Sonia Mahajan | ED, Payments Technology | Chicago | Eng excellence, team leadership |
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| Srikanth Namuduru | Sr Mgr SW Eng | Hyderabad? | Data engineering |
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| Hemabhushanareddy K. | Lead Architect | Unknown | Platform architecture, card systems |
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| Kasthurirengan J. | Lead Solutions Architect | Chicago | Solution design |
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| Ravi Venkatraman | Executive Director | Tampa | Institutional knowledge, compliance |
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| Ranjit Deshmukh | VP, Commercial Card | Chicago | Card operations |
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| Cherry-Ann Cruz | VP, BI | Chicago | Analytics, dashboards |
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| Andy Wilson | VP, Business Analysis | Chicago | BI, reporting |
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| Andrew Corboy | VP, Data Product Owner | Chicago | Data products |
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| Feroze Kuraishi | Executive Director | Chicago | Leadership |
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| Ujwal Moturu | VP, Data Platform Lead | Naperville | Data platforms, pipelines |
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## Key Observations
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1. **Chicago is the hub** — Most of this team is based in Chicago, which appears to be JPMC's Commercial Card center of operations.
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2. **Tech + Business mix** — The team has both strong engineering leadership (Sonia, Kamal, Hemabhushanareddy) and business/analytics focus (Cherry-Ann, Andy, Ujwal, Andrew).
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3. **Transformation focus** — Christopher Claus's title as "Head of Commercial Card Transformation" suggests active modernization initiatives.
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4. **Data-heavy** — Multiple data-focused roles (Data Platform Lead, Data Product Owner, Business Intelligence) indicate heavy investment in data capabilities.
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5. **Long tenure** — Ravi Venkatraman's 26+ years and Andy Wilson's 13+ years suggest institutional stability and deep domain knowledge.
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*Source: LinkedIn profiles, RocketReach, CPI Middle Market Summit 2025 speaker list*
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- `JPMC/` — JPMC client research and docs
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