Ron Green is chief security officer for Mastercard, where he leads a global team that ensures the safety and security of the company's network, as well as internal and external products and services. He is responsible for corporate security, security architecture, and engineering, cryptographic key management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and emergency management. Ron is a member of the company’s Management Committee.

Ron joined Mastercard in 2014 after serving as deputy chief information security officer at Fidelity Information Services (FIS). Prior to this position, he was director, of Investigation and Protections Operations at Blackberry. Ron also served as a senior vice president across several areas at Bank of America.

He has extensive experience working with international and federal law enforcement agencies both as a special agent in the United States Secret Service and as an officer in the United States Army. With the Secret Service, Ron worked on protection and fraud investigations. He was one of the first agents to receive formal training on seizing and analyzing electronic evidence and worked on a number of international cyber-crime investigations.

Ron serves on the board of directors for SailPoint Technologies, and chairs the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) and the U.S. Secret Service’s Cyber Investigation Advisory Board. He is also Vice Chair of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a graduate of the FBI’s Domestic Security Executive Academy, and holds a graduate certification in Information Assurance from George Washington University.