Shirish Pandey — CEO

Results-driven technology leader with over 17+ years of multifaceted experience as a developer, tester, team lead, business analyst, architect, engineering manager, and consultant in the payments and fintech domain. Delivered innovative solutions for online and offline payment applications, POS terminal integrations, and secure transaction processing, with deep expertise in EMV (contact and contactless), data security, cryptography, and key management. Adept at designing advanced architectures for secure payments—including RKI (Remote Key Injection), P2PE (Point-to-Point Encryption), DUKPT (Derived Unique Key Per Transaction), and highly reliable EMV libraries. Provided strategic technical consultation for payment product launches, certification projects, and compliance with industry standards such as PCI DSS, ISO 8583, and more. Track record of leading cross-functional teams to successful delivery of fintech products, guiding product development from concept through deployment, and consulting on challenging integration and certification efforts across major payment schemes (VISA, MasterCard, RuPay, UnionPay, AMEX, and others). Specialized in Android and non-Android application development and testing, leveraging C, C++, Kotlin, and core Java to build secure, scalable systems. Passionate about learning new technologies and driving organizational excellence by fostering collaborative, innovative, and high-performance cultures

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Architect specializing in secure payment solutions and team leadership.

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Experience: 18 yrs 7 mos