Tac Watanabe is Executive Vice President of the Brand Infrastructure & Technologies unit of JCB, and is responsible for developing and managing the delivery of products such as EMV, 3-D Secure, contactless and mobile payments. He is also leading the development of emerging products and services, including mobile wallets, tokenization, biometrics and remote payments, in order to deliver JCB’s unique value to its stakeholders. Tac was appointed to this position in January 2012. Tac has spent more than 20 years out of his 26-year career with JCB in the global area, making significant contributions to expanding the JCB brand globally. He was based in the U.S. for 6 years, and during his last 2 years in Los Angeles, he was in charge of smart card and other advanced technologies for the region.