Hitesh Anand, VP of Commerce Enablement & Mobile at Verifone

Hitesh's Bio:

As the Vice President of Commerce Enablement and Mobile at VeriFone, Hitesh Anand is responsible for driving new products to enrich the face-to-face commerce experience.
A veteran of the mobile, financial, telecommunications and semiconductor industry, Mr. Anand possesses a broad expertise-set across opportunity scoping, product/solution management, business development, project management and commercialization gained while working with customers and partners across Europe, Asia and the U.S. Mr. Anand has a unique experience with launching mobile products in developed and emerging markets. 
Prior to joining VeriFone in 2014, Mr. Anand served as the Global Director of Product Management for Digital and Mobile Payments at Citi Enterprise Payments group where as Chief Product Officer he drove product strategy, road-map, business development, and product development and user experience of Citi’s Mobile Wallet for mobile payments (NFC and remote payments), location-based contextual mobile offers, loyalty cards, mobile coupons and mobile ticketing to deliver game-changing innovation to market by listening to customers, learning from competitors, and cultivating an inspired and motivated team.
Prior to Citi, Mr. Anand served as the Director of Mobile Financial Services at Nokia and ran the company’s Technology Strategy and Partnerships to develop and deliver mobile payments, mobile banking and other mobile financial services such as remittances, bill payments, mobile stored value accounts and mobile pre-paid to the under-banked in the emerging markets.
Mr. Anand holds an MBA from Duke University, a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, and a bachelor of science in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev University in India.