Deals Management, Finance Strategy

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@samssilva

I've spent the last few years doing something unusual for a Finance Director at Mastercard: building crypto frameworks, structuring deals with blockchain-native companies, and making the call to exit a major crypto exchange partnership when the risk outweighed the reward.

That's not a typical payments story. And that's exactly the point.

I'm a Finance Director with 20+ years of experience in deal strategy, financial modeling, and commercial negotiations across Latin America and North America. Today, I sit at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets — and I want to go deeper.

At Mastercard, I built the LAC Crypto Framework...

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Location, Languages, Skills

Active over a week ago
🚀 In crypto since 2019
🌱 Member since March 2026
Accepts Crypto
Accepts Fiat
Open to Full-time
Open to Part-time
Remote
Open to Relocation

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