Markus is the Head of Visa R&D, Asia Pacific. His recent work covers areas such as Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, and Transaction Processing. Markus also holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position with the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining VISA Inc., Markus worked as Expert at the Cloud and Security Lab, HP Labs Singapore (2010 - 2012); Research Fellow and Principal Investigator at the Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR in Singapore (2007 - 2010); and Lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand (2000 - 2007).