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