Chris Blackburn

Gm, Business Solutions at Netspend

Chris Blackburn has a diverse work experience in the field of strategic partnerships and business development. Chris started their career at Grooveshark in 2009 as Lead for Partnerships and Revenue, where they stayed until 2015. After that, they joined SoundCloud as Director of Strategic Partnerships, and later became Global Head of Strategic Partnerships until 2019. In 2014, Blackburn co-founded Art&Revel, staying with the company until 2020. Chris then joined DAX as EVP for Revenue and Business Development from 2019 to 2022. Currently, they are working at Netspend as SVP for BaaS Partnerships starting in 2023. Additionally, Blackburn also served as an Advisor for Strategic Partnerships at SoundCloud in 2023.

Chris Blackburn completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at the University of Florida. Chris then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Columbia Business School, which they successfully completed in the years 2020-2022.

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New York, United States

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Netspend

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NetSpend is a processor and marketer of prepaid Visa and MasterCard debit cards. Reloadable Prepaid Debit cards are a financial solution for the un and under-banked consumer segment, estimated at 70 million individuals in the United States. NetSpend markets its products as an alternative to cash, credit, and traditional banking relationships.NetSpend also offers a line of Visa and MasterCard branded Gift cards and a Visa Travel Money card product.