Alex Hart is a consultant in consumer services, specializing in payment services and consumer finance. His particular focus is on emerging technologies and their impact on distribution strategies.. Until 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Advanta Corporation, a diversified financial services company. From 1988 to 1994, Pete was. President and Chief Executive Officer of MasterCard International, the worldwide payment service provider. Concurrently he also served as Chairman of the Board of Maestro International, the global debit system, and was a member of the board of directors of Europay International.. Hart was recently the Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Financial Corp (until April, 2012) and a member of FICO, Inc. board of directors (until February, 2012).. Hart is currently serving as a member of the boards of directors of Global Payments, Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a payment services company (since 2001), VeriFone, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), a secure electronic payment solutions company(Since July 2006), Mitek Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MITK), a mobile video technology company (since December 2010) and Solicore Corp., a worldwide leader of embedded power solutions (since June 2012).. Hart holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and currently resides in Naples, Florida.
