Shilpak Mahadkar

CEO

New York City, New York, United States21 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building global partner ecosystems.
Proven track record in expanding market reach.
Strong leadership in innovative payment solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in strategic partnerships and payment solutions.

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Other Skills

Go-to-market StrategyP&L ManagementProduct ManagementMobile PaymentsBusiness DevelopmentStrategyProduct DevelopmentMobile DevicesCompetitive AnalysisBusiness PlanningCross-functional Team LeadershipExecutive ManagementM-Commerce

About

I help companies build and expand ecosystem partnerships at the intersection of commerce and payments. My experience spans leading teams — from shaping strategy to executing complex, high-value partnerships. I work across the full partnership lifecycle: setting strategy, negotiating agreements, and managing long-term relationships with global Payment Networks, Banks, Processors, and Fintech players. I focus on aligning goals, cultivating C-level and cross-functional relationships, and ensuring durable outcomes that enable growth and innovation. I’m especially motivated by opportunities to: ✔ Build and strengthen global partner ecosystems ✔ Expand into new markets and business lines ✔ Enable innovative and disruptive payment solutions

Experience

21 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Circle

Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships — Stablecoin Payments & Infrastructure (Impact) at Circle

Jan 2026 – Present · 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Leading strategic partnerships to advance institutional adoption of stablecoin payment rails for cross-border and treasury use cases. Working with financial and multilateral institutions to shape ecosystem strategy—connecting efficient on-ramps, off-ramps, liquidity, and compliance layers.

Remitly

VP, Payments Partnerships and Business Development

Apr 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Contributed directly to strengthening the company’s global money movement network through partnerships with Payment Aggregators, Crypto Platforms, Processors, Networks, Fintechs, and Banks. Working across strategy, deal execution, and ongoing partner management, I combined team leadership with hands-on execution to build ecosystem relationships that expand Remitly’s reach and capabilities.

Stripe

Financial Partnerships

Oct 2019 – May 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

I drove strategic financial partnerships with networks, banks, and processors, working closely with Product Managers and Sales to support launches into new merchant verticals. This work enabled new product capabilities, expanded ecosystem relationships, and accelerated Stripe’s growth and international expansion.

Paypal

Head Regional Go-to-market Partnerships

Jun 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Singapore

Led a regional Go-to-market partnerships team for APAC with Super Apps, Commerce Platforms and Financial Services.

Netflix

Head of Payments Partnerships for APAC

Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · Singapore

Led a team responsible for all aspects of Payments Partner Management in APAC including market prioritization, strategy, resource allocation and execution. Responsible for establishing and driving relationships with payments providers, issuers, networks and third parties.

Visa

4 roles

Regional Lead, Emerging Markets Digital Partnerships

Jun 2011 – Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Led partnerships and business development team responsible for mobile and digital initiatives focused on emerging markets including mobile money and mobile financial services based solutions, remittances, remote payments and QR code scan based push payments.

Head Prepaid Program Management Unit India

Promoted

Jun 2009 – Jun 2011 · 2 yrs

Led a new Asia Pacific business unit in the $140 million prepaid payments segment to help seed new markets and generate non-traditional revenue streams for the company.

Sr. Director, Global Prepaid Verticals Development

Mar 2008 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos

Launched prepaid card programs and developed key partnerships in international markets

Director, Credit Product Platforms

Oct 2005 – Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Spearheaded the evolution of the credit product platform to offer segmented suite of credit products that increased the preference for Visa among issuers and cardholders.

Discover financial services

Card Operations Strategy

Jun 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Challenged to identify opportunities to restructure, streamline or transform existing business practices or strategies to improve the top-line or reduce costs. Delivered business recommendations directly to top executives based on consultative analysis.