bharathi ramavarjula

director, global merchant solutions lead

About

Senior executive with leadership experience in Payments & eCommerce partnerships, product management, and operations. Led industry-first initiatives at Facebook, Visa, Walmart, Amazon and PayPal from concept through execution. Specialties: * Extensive experience building high-performance teams * Passion for creating a culture where people perform beyond their own expectations * Strong strategic, analytical and interpersonal skills with ability to define vision, strategy and roadmap * International expertise having driven initiatives in US, APAC, EMEA and LATAM

Country

united states

City

palo alto

Industry

internet

Skill

e commerce, strategy, product management, payments, strategic partnerships, mobile payments, cross functional team leadership, management, leadership, product development, enterprise software, program management, payment card processing, web services, business strategy, team building, p2p, e payments, agile methodologies, consumer services, contract negotiation, payment systems, credit card transaction processing, electronic payments, contract negotiations

Experience

senior director product management, global payments

visa

2012-6 - 2014-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Global Payments Product leader managing a talented group of PMs worldwide, to drive planning, execution, and overall success of the market leading Cybersource Enterprise Payments Platform which currently enables 1 in 3 eCommerce transactions in US.My team has launched new payment processing capabilities to support eCommerce and omni-channel growth in every continent. Developed a patent-pending method to verify bank accounts.

senior director e-commerce product mgmt, mobile payments

walmart ecommerce

2011-5 - 2012-6 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led eCommerce platform development for emerging markets that leverages store infrastructure. Hired and managed a team of 30+ product managers, engineers, QA personnel to drive product definition, develop business cases, obtained funding, pilot implementations and launch within 6 months. Responsible for driving mobile payment strategy for in-store and eCommerce channels, including initial MCX product definition and Walmart Chile mobile payments product. Led the development of a pilot in-store mobile-payment acceptance solution.

director, ecommerce and product innovation

visa

2008-4 - 2011-5 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for product planning, execution and performance of products that support identity management and fraud mitigation in eCommerce (Card-Not-Present) environments. Develop and commercialize consumer solutions (card based and non-card based solutions) and services for e-commerce (virtual) environments. Supported development of Visa V.me wallet solution. Piloted solution to enable statement credits using TAQC system, enabled merchants to offer credits directly to purchases making offers more compelling to customers.

global commerce platform operations

microsoft

2006-6 - 2008-5 · 2 yrs

* Managed online operations for $1B MSN worldwide payments and engaged partners such as Xbox, Zune etc. to on-board them to the global payment platform. * Drove software licensing programs to offer Microsoft software in a sustainable manner to developing countries like Russia, Thailand, Phillipines, Indonesia etc.

senior product manager, amazon web services

amazon

2005-6 - 2006-6 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Drove business requirements in the area of authentication, KYC requirements, fraud prevention and risk mitigation. Developed detailed financial models, and revenue projections. * Patented a technique to verify bank accounts (alternative to PayPal's random deposits).

product management

paypal

2003-6 - 2005-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Product management; design global pricing strategy for PayPal. Improved trust and safety via a new Authentication architecture.

associate, private equity group

stanford management company

2001-1 - 2002-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Developed financial models, evaluated venture capital funds, performed due diligence on investment opportunities, made funding recommendations.

research scientist and engineer

opelin

1995-12 - 2000-1 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Developed compilers and algorithms for code generation at HP Labs

director payment payment partnerships, apac

facebook

2016-5 - 2019-5 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Business Development and enterprise sales leadership to monetize WhatsApp via commercial messaging solutions. Drive payment acceptance on the largest messaging app in India and SEA. And continue to grow WhatsApp consumer in the region via strategic partnerships.

global payment partnerships

facebook

2014-8 - 2016-5 · 1 yr 10 mos

Drive Facebook's global payment partnership strategy and execution. Lead a team of exceptionally talented payment professionals to drive growth for Facebook via payments worldwide. Leverage relationships with all networks, issuers and financial partners to increase top line revenue. Establish local payments via partnerships with local financial services companies.