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Twitter’s Senior VP Of Engineering Chris Fry Joins Braintree Board

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Chris Fry, senior vice president of Engineering at Twitter, is joining the board of directors at Braintree. Mr. Fry will advise on the development of Braintree’s payment platform.

Braintree is a payments platform for online and mobile commerce, and is used by brands like Uber, Airbnb, Fab, AngryBirds, HotelTonight, LivingSocial and OpenTable.

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