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Dennis Jarosch is the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple, a company renowned for its cryptocurrency XRP and its mission to revolutionize global financial transactions. With a background in computer science and a career spanning engineering leadership roles across the payments industry, Jarosch brings deep expertise in platform products, business strategy, and large-scale money movement systems to Ripple.
Who is the CTO of Ripple?
Dennis Jarosch is a technology leader with a deep passion for combining product vision, business strategy, and new technologies to build platform products. Before joining Ripple, he served as Head of Payment Platform at Square, where he led Product, Design, and Engineering for the payment facilitation and money movement services powering the Square ecosystem — overseeing an annual payments volume exceeding $150B. Born in Germany, Jarosch grew up around the world, living in Pakistan and Hungary, and holds a Master's in Computer Science from TU Berlin as well as a PhD in Information Science from Humboldt University of Berlin.
He now serves as CTO at Ripple, bringing his extensive background in payments infrastructure and engineering leadership to advance Ripple's mission of modernizing global financial transactions.
Work History
Dennis Jarosch's work history reflects a career built on engineering leadership and payments innovation. Here is a list of the roles he has held:
- Ripple: CTO: October 2024 - Present
- Square: Head of Payment Platform: August 2019 - March 2023
- Square: Engineering Lead, Payment Platform: October 2015 - July 2019
- Playmaker AG: Software Engineer: June 2001 - August 2005
Education History
Dennis Jarosch's academic foundation is rooted in computer science, having earned a Master's in Computer Science from the Technical University of Berlin. He further advanced his academic credentials with a PhD in Information Science from Humboldt University of Berlin. This rigorous educational background provided him with the technical depth and analytical skills that have defined his career in engineering and payments platform development.
When did Dennis Jarosch join Ripple?
Dennis Jarosch assumed the role of CTO at Ripple in October 2024, bringing with him a wealth of experience in engineering leadership and payments infrastructure. His prior work scaling large-scale payment platforms positions him well to drive Ripple's continued technological innovation and its mission to transform global financial transactions.
