Jake Sterling

Jake Sterling leads the Emerging Payments segment of Vantiv’s product organization. In this role, he is responsible for tactical leadership and strategic direction for the company’s current and future digital commerce assets. His team currently supports a portfolio of over 30,000 e-commerce, MO/TO and real-world merchants, and is helping to build the platform powering Vantiv’s vision of delivering value around every transaction, from marketing engagements to analytics, across every sales channel and every brand interaction. Prior to Vantiv, Jake was the chief product and technology strategist for the Real-Time line of business at Maritz Inc., a leading provider of consumer- and channel-based loyalty marketing and engagement solutions. Maritz Real-Time provided technology partnership and services for promotional and loyalty programs that function across multiple channels, including mobile (outside of store), location-based mobile (in/near store), POS in store and online (email web and s