Denise Aptekar, Director, Global Payments at Upwork

Denise's Bio:

Denise is the Director, Global Payments for Upwork, the premier platform for top companies to hire and work with the world’s most talented independent professionals. Denise was previously an early employee at PayPal as Director, Risk Management and Director, Product Management. In these roles, she built PayPal’s anti-fraud, dispute mediation and reputation engine that helped keep PayPal solvent and are still in use today.Denise enjoys advising start ups in risk management and payments. Outside of payments, her passion for the First Amendment led her to Capitol Hill where she worked with Senator Barbara Boxer on issues of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Denise has a BA in Political Science from Stanford University.