Aditya Kulkarni — CEO
I am 'digital payments' person. Worked on domestic and international payments; different geographies (India, APAC, Africa), various payment products(Payment Aggregator/PayFac, Payment Orchestrator, payout, recurring Payments, Cross-border payments), various functions (Product Strategy, BD, Banking partnership, compliance, business operations). >> Authored 'Auth N Capture' - Comprehensive and yet simple book on Indian's digital payments ecosystem. (Available on Amazon, Kindle, Flipkart) Enjoy working at the intersection of product, compliance and business. Experienced in solving complex challenges in short period while navigating internal and external factors * Operationalized regulated businesses (PA-Online, BBPS, PA-Cross Border) and white-label solution (HDFC SmartGateway) in last two years * Built product solution team at PayU * Developed strategic partnerships with PayFacs and Banks for Coinbase's exchanges in APAC & Africa * Turned around growth trajectory at Cashfree Payments in less than a year > Executed GTM strategy for various products/solutions launches in domestic and international markets > Experienced in building and nurturing teams, scaling business, executing GTM strategies and navigating policy changes & ‘black swan’ events * Key note speaker: NBFC-100 (Jan’20), Hindustan Times Webinar (May’20), Walmart Labs (Aug'20) Interests: Digital Payments | FinTech
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on payments compliance and business development.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Payments Compliance
- Product Strategy
- Business Development
- Business Strategy
Career Highlights
- Authored a book on India's digital payments ecosystem.
- Achieved 5x growth in GMV at Cashfree Payments.
- Built strategic partnerships across APAC and Africa.
Work Experience
JUSPAY
Head - Regulated Payments (PA & Cross Border) (2 yrs 7 mos)
PayU
Senior Director - Product Strategy & Growth (7 mos)
Director - Product Strategy and Growth (4 mos)
Coinbase
Payments - Partnerships & BD (7 mos)
Hyperface
Investor/Advisor (5 yrs 1 mo)
Cashfree
Head - Business & Strategy (7 mos)
Head - Growth (1 yr)
JUSPAY
AVP - Business Development (1 yr 10 mos)
Ingenico Group
Head - Pre-Sales, E-commerce Vertical (1 yr 7 mos)
Regional Sales Manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Wibmo
Account Manager (1 yr 7 mos)
Nucleus Connect Pte. Ltd. (A subsidiary of StarHub, Singapore)
Business Development and Analysis (5 mos)
STMicroelectronics APAC Pte. Ltd.
Strategic Planning Intern (5 mos)
General Motors - Technical Center India
Software Integration Lead (1 yr 7 mos)
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd.
Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 9 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Singapore Management University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (affiliated to VTU)
