Sivakumar Sethuraman

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Built world-class delivery centers from scratch.
  • Led global teams across multiple top tech firms.
  • Expertise in diverse domains including Fintech and e-commerce.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Operations Management expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Core Skills

Operations ManagementProduct Management

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsAnalyticsArt HistoryArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceBusiness OperationsBusiness Process DesignBusiness StrategyCartographyChange ManagementCoachingConsultingCross Functional RelationshipsCross Functional Team Building

About

tldr +Seasoned Tech, Ops, Programs, Product & People Leader with expertise on Customer Exp, Operations Mgmt, People Dev, Product Mgmt, Software Eng, Innovation. Built world class delivery centers & scaled global teams zero to one from scratch + Director+ level exec in several top tech firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook (Meta), Stripe etc. + Board Director + Deep experience in technology & operations across diverse domains like Fintech, Cloud, Supply Chain & e-commerce, Social Media, Safety & Compliance, Knowledge management, Transportation etc. + Advising startups on product strategy & growth, building organization & culture. + Speaker, guest faculty + Part-time historyteller. + Pursuing PGP from UC Berkeley on ML & AI and PhD in Organizational Behavior from SAU Summary>> - Successfully built multiple world class delivery organisations scaling teams zero to one. - Assembled teams of great Product Managers, Program Managers, Ops Managers, Business analysts, Engineers & designers to come together in delivering exciting projects of high user impact - Expertise in customer service/experience, product management for multiple sectors including Fintech & payments, Financial Crimes, Retail & e-Commerce, Supply-chain & logistics, Maps, SMB Sales, Internet safety, knowledge industry, financial services, e-governance - Global Outsourcing management; Managed 30+ global sites, 30+ global vendor partners and 12K+ agents - Sponsored several global programs focused on people development, coaching.& mentoring and diversity & inclusion. Skills: Large scale Tech and Operations, Product Management, Customer Experience, Social, Retail Management, Logistics & Transportation, Global fulfillment, Outsourcing, Operations Management, Internet Safety, Fintech & Payments operations, SMB growth, Kaizen/Six-Sigma and Change management, Reverse Logistics, Product Pricing, International Marketing, Global Strategic Management, Marketing Services, Internet Marketing, eGovernance Amateur historian, Historyteller, Maps enthusiast. Follow my work at a platform of your choice from www.masalahistorybysiva.in

Experience

Stripe

3 roles

Global Head - Stripe Delivery Centers | Head - Stripe India GCC | Stripe APAC Lead | Board Director

Promoted

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Building out a world class next generation payments operations for Stripe in our mission to increase the GDP of the internet.
  • The SDC focuses on strengthening the operational backbone of Stripe. We work on defining and establishing vendor strategy & global workforce management for Stripe.
  • Spread across Bangalore & Mexico City, our GCCs focus on critical areas like:
  • global vendor strategy for Stripe
  • workforce management
  • specialized support experience (disputes resolution, escalations & complaints, tax filing, community & social operations, consumer ops)
  • financial crimes compliance (KYC, AML, EDD - PEP & Sanctions)
  • leins, levy, grievances, TRO & pre-litigations
  • marketing ops including production design
  • GTM/Sales dev Ops
  • people ops
  • payment & reconciliation ops
  • data migration
  • "support as a service" offering to support our user's users
  • collections, commercials & renewals
  • Head of Stripe India Global Capability Center (GCC)
  • Strengthening Stripe's India site as the India GCC Lead, by bringing together a variety of functions including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Partnerships, People, Legal & others and building the fastest growing Stripe office globally
  • Grew the GCC zero to one, taking our India presence to 1000+ Stripes
  • Stripe APAC Region Lead
  • Also building the APAC region out as Stripe APAC Lead bringing together multiple teams/offices across the region and setting up a vibrant Stripe presence in the region.
  • Director on the Boards of Stripe India Pvt Ltd & Stripe Technology (India) Pvt Ltd.
Global vendor strategyWorkforce managementFinancial crimes complianceMarketing operationsData migrationOperations Management+1

Head - Stripe Delivery Center India | Head - Stripe India GCC | Board Director - Stripe India

Promoted

Jan 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Building out a world class payments operations delivery center in India to further our mission to increase the GDP of the internet.
  • Our delivery center, a first one for Stripe, focuses on the following business functions:
  • merchant experience (user support, disputes resolution, escalations & complaints, community & social operations)
  • risk operations, fraud prevention
  • financial crimes compliance (KYC, AML, EDD - PEP & Sanctions)
  • leins, levy, grievances, tro & pre-litigations
  • credit underwriting
  • financial & accounting ops
  • marketing ops
  • GTM/Sales dev Ops
  • people ops
  • payment & reconciliation ops
  • data migration
  • Head of Stripe India Global Capability Center (GCC)
  • Strengthening Stripe's India site as the India Lead, by bringing together a variety of functions including Engineering, Operations, Partnerships, People, Legal & others.
  • Director on the Boards of Stripe India Pvt Ltd & Stripe Technology (India) Pvt Ltd.
Merchant experienceRisk operationsFinancial crimes complianceMarketing operationsData migrationOperations Management+1

Head of Operations - Stripe Delivery Center India

Jul 2022Dec 2022 · 5 mos

  • Building out infrastructure and foundation for creating a world class payments operations delivery center in India to further our mission to increase the GDP of the internet.
  • Our delivery center, a first one for Stripe, focuses on the following business functions:
  • merchant experience (user support)
  • risk operations, fraud prevention
  • leins, levy, grievances
  • financial & accounting ops
  • data migration
Merchant experienceRisk operationsFinancial crimes complianceData migrationOperations ManagementProduct Management

Google

3 roles

Director - Operations & Programs; APAC Site Lead

Promoted

Jun 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • (Program Management, Product Management, Operations Management)
  • Lead programs focused on Infrastructure Fulfillment, Optimization & Efficiency
  • APAC Site Lead for Google Cloud Programs

Global Lead - Scaled Operations & APAC Site Lead

Jan 2018May 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Business Strategy, Product Management, Operations Management)
  • Managed multiple user facing products & tier-1 critical products aftermarket experience - Google Pay , Travel (Google Transit), Marketplaces (Google Shopping, GMB), Accessibility care, Research & Machine Intelligence, Google Health, Google Identity
  • Manage, onboard & support Google products & platforms for merchants across the globe. Focus on serving next billion users who come online. Offer world class customer experience at scale and build out the offline ecosystem.
  • Managing a 6000+ team spread across multiple countries (25+ sites) in Asia, Europe, LATAM and NA
  • Scale an Ops team from scratch and grow it globally with diverse capabilities and enablement support systems
  • Sponsor and champion of multiple Diversity and Inclusion programs
  • Member of India Diversity Council

Head of Google Marketing Solutions - APAC SMB

Jan 2017Dec 2017 · 11 mos

  • (Operations Management, Product management, Program management)
  • Heading Google's SMB experience for APAC

The masala history project

Historyteller & Published Author

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

  • Author of "Masala History By Siva, Volume-1"
  • (ISBN 978-1684877003)
  • Grab your copy from
  • Amazon - https://www.amazon.in/Masala-History-Siva-teach-School/dp/1684877008/
  • Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/masala-history-siva-volume-1/p/itm28e579bb35418
  • Historyteller at www.masalahistorybysiva.in
  • Blogs, podcast and quizzes
  • Histories at : fb.me/masalahistorybysiva
  • Instagram: instagram.com/masalahistory
  • Platforms supported; linktr.ee/masalahistory

Facebook

Head - Community Ops/Trust & Safety | Head - Facebook India office

Jan 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

  • Head - Community, Trust & Safety Operations
  • (Product Management, Operations Management, Business Strategy)
  • Leader of Facebook India office; Scale teams & build out the site fully
  • Responsible for safety of Facebook & Instagram content for NA, Aus/NZ & South Asia user community
  • Own multiple Ops enablers and Specialized processes
  • Own Universal Feedback (CSAT)
  • Key member of India Product XFN community.
  • Closely advise & work with South Asia Public policy team on policies that affect India
  • Responsible for multi-million $ global OpEx
  • Represent company in external events regularly; Interface with Govt., Tax and Business leaders
  • Convener of India Leadership Team

Amazon

2 roles

Director - Delivery Experience - Supply Chain & Transportation

Jan 2010Jan 2015 · 5 yrs

  • (Product Operations Management, Product Marketing, Software development, Business Strategy)
  • Single threaded Leader of Global Address Management & GeoSpace Operations
  • Single threaded Leader of Customer Delivery Experience, last mile experience, personal preferences, defect prevention
  • Global Leader of Pickup Points Platform
  • Leader for Transportation performance for Amazon.in
  • Single threaded Leader of Transportation Finance Systems
  • Single threaded Leader of Transportation Business Intelligence
  • Leader of Transportation Fulfilment Services
  • “Bar Raiser Core Leader” in Amazon (one of the 3 in India & one of the 40 across the company) – responsible to keep the hiring bar high in Amazon and get the right fungible and successful talent to the organization
  • Setup University Relations for Amazon India

PTL Operations Engineering - Reverse Logistics

Apr 2008Dec 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • (Product Marketing, Operations Management, Business Strategy, Pricing & Marketing, Software Development)
  • Leader of Amazon's Reverse Logistics businesses: Vendor Returns, Customer Returns
  • Leader of Open box & refurbished business: www.warehousedeals.com

Yahoo

Product Marketing Manager

Jul 2007Feb 2008 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • (Product Marketing Management)
  • Yahoo! India Search focused on identifying growth strategies for Yahoo Search in India

The world bank

Sr Manager - Product & Software Development

Jul 2002Apr 2007 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area · On-site

  • (Software Development, Product Management, Operations Management)
  • Informations Solutions Group, The World Bank
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Satyam computer services ltd

Engineer & Engineering Manager - Software Development

Aug 1999Jun 2002 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai, New York, Philadelphia · On-site

  • Financial Services Divisions - Satyam Enterprise Solutions
  • VBU - Banking & Financial Services
  • VBU - Public Services
  • Clientele: World Bank, MasterCard, Credit Suisse (First Boston), Barclays Bank, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Payquik.Com, Louis Dreyfus Shipping

Education

South Asian University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Organizational Behavior Studies

Oct 2025Jul 2028

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

PGP — Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Dec 2025Nov 2026

Indian School of Business

MBA — Marketing & Finance

Jan 2007Jan 2008

College of Engineering, Guindy

B.Eng — Computer Science & Engineering

Jan 1995Jan 1999

The Takshashila Institution

Graduate Certificate

Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha

Master's degree

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master Of Arts — History

St. Paul's MHSS, Neyveli

Higher Secondary

Jan 1993Jan 1995

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