Eddie Ma
About Eddie Ma
Eddie Ma is the VP of Engineering at Nifty Gateway, part of Gemini, with extensive experience in leading engineering teams in the FinTech industry and a strong background in data and machine learning infrastructure.
Current Role at Nifty Gateway
Eddie Ma currently serves as the Vice President of Engineering at Nifty Gateway, a company under the Gemini umbrella. He assumed this position in 2022 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, Eddie oversees the engineering team and is responsible for driving the technical vision and strategy of the platform.
Previous Experience in Engineering Leadership
Eddie Ma has an extensive background in engineering leadership, having held significant roles in numerous established tech companies. Before his current role, he was the Head of Engineering at Level from 2021 to 2022 and the VP of Engineering at Lacuna Technologies from 2019 to 2021. He also served as Director of Engineering at Uber from 2015 to 2019 and as a Senior Manager in Data Infrastructure at Facebook from 2012 to 2015.
Expertise in Cloud Services and FinTech
Eddie Ma has a strong expertise in cloud services, demonstrated through his roles at Microsoft Corporation as Principal Development Manager for Private Cloud Fabric Services and at VMware in various senior management roles focusing on storage management and clustering services. In addition, his tenure at Nifty Gateway and Level highlights his extensive FinTech experience.
Educational Background
Eddie Ma holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, completed between 2003 and 2006. He also earned an M.Sc. in Computer Science from York University from 1998 to 2000 and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Peking University, completed between 1988 and 1992.
Career in the San Francisco Bay Area Tech Scene
Eddie Ma has spent over two decades in the San Francisco Bay Area's tech landscape, working for industry giants like Uber, Facebook, and VMware. This extensive experience in the Bay Area's tech scene has provided him with a robust network and a deep understanding of the technological and business dynamics specific to this region.