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Shekhar Kachole

Chief Technology Officer, Worldline Global Online Pay

Shekhar Kachole
Haarlem, Netherlands

Experience

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
4 years
Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Chief Technology Officer, Worldline Global Online Pay

Worldline

  • Directed a 350-member team at Worldline GoPay, managing a €26M budget to align with business objectives and product strategy.
  • Led cross-functional efforts to innovate GoPay, a leading eCommerce full-service payments platform in collaboration with product, go-to-market (GTM), and customer operations teams.
  • Enabled a 30% faster time-to-market and increased platform transactional capacity by 200% by transforming the Ogone platform to micro-services and cloud infrastructure, reducing costs by 15%.
  • Integrated AI for Fraud Prevention as a Service (FPaaS), benefiting over 2,000 new merchants.
  • Implemented DevSecOps, cutting deployment times by 98% and incidents by 45%, saving €2.3M annually.
  • Scaled team by 200+ FTEs per CPO plan, enhancing roles across engineering, product, data, and AI functions.
  • Created a sourcing strategy for on-shore, near-shore, and offshore resources, saving €5M annually.
  • Established MLOps practices, reducing platform incidents by over 90%.
  • Led digital transformation initiatives, including value streams and big room planning through quarterly agile planning and room of rooms for roadmap prioritization, resulting in a 60% increase in on-time delivery predictability.
  • Modernized GoPay platform by implementing micro-services architecture, containerization, and cloud-ready infrastructure enabling 30% faster time-to-market.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2021
6 years
Hoofddorp, Netherlands

DevOps Director

Worldline

  • Held P&L responsibility for the vertical organization, including labor and operating costs of running the platform and managing an R&D budget of €15M.
  • Scaled engineering teams from 60 to 140 members, ensuring cohesive workflows and improving project delivery timelines by 30% for UXT, cards & acquiring, fraud prevention, and APM tribes for the Global Collect platform.
  • Amplified the Global Collect platform's transactional capacity by 900% by implementing a micro-services architecture.
  • Reduced deployment times by 98%, saving €2.3M annually.
  • Applied agile methodologies including DevSecOps across R&D and product teams, increasing product release cycles by 40% and improving team efficiency by 50%.
  • Executed DevOps transformation across 30 squads, enhancing operational efficiency by 120%.
  • Enforced strategies that reduced annual operational costs by €7.3M.
  • Saved 15% of the IT budget in outsourcing during COVID-19 without impacting outsourced headcount.
  • Served as Head of IT Tribe for PPS & UXT from October 2016 to March 2019, defining IT strategy and roadmap together with the Tribe Architect.
  • Achieved a 30% improvement in product delivery speed by adopting the Spotify model for organizational transformation.
  • Established relationships with strategic partners together with local and Worldline Group procurement.
Jan 2013 - Dec 2016
4 years
Wrocław, Poland

Director, R&D - Unified Billing, CRM, Application and Integration

Redknee

  • Led a multinational, multicultural R&D team of 400+ FTE with a €46M R&D budget across Europe, APAC, and North America responsible for product development and sustaining in several areas.
  • Managed Redknee Unified, a real-time monetization platform catering to telecom, utilities, and retail vertical markets including billing, CRM, analytics, real-time campaign management, and enterprise service integration.
  • Oversaw fully convergent billing, CRM, charging, and rating solutions for smart utility, transportation/eMobility, energy, M2M, and IoT markets.
  • Delivered carrier solutions such as WiFi offload, location-based services/advertising, and subscriber data/experience management.
  • Developed convergent mediation solutions (c@o mediate and MY TIME inBill).
  • Streamlined flexible rating and billing processes, improving client satisfaction with Stratus by 30%.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
6 years
Wrocław, Poland

Head, Prepaid Engineering, BSS

Nokia Siemens Networks

Jan 2001 - Dec 2008
8 years
Bengaluru, India

Execution & Delivery Head

Mascon Global Limited

Jan 1996 - Dec 2001
6 years
Holmdel, United States

Programmer Analyst

Raj Consultants Inc (Consulting for AT&T & Lucent Technologies)

Jan 1993 - Dec 1996
4 years
Bengaluru, India

Scientist/Engineer

Indian Space Research Organization Satellite Center

Jan 1992 - Dec 1993
2 years
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

Electronics Engineer

Garware Plastics and Polyester Ltd

Summary

Proven leader with 30+ years in Executive Leadership, Product & Technology Strategy, Product Development, FinTech, SaaS and DevSecOps. As CTO at Worldline, have been overseeing the Worldline Global Online Pay platform for eCom SMBs and enterprises.

18+ years of international experience in the USA, Netherlands, and Poland with large MNCs. Expert in leading teams of 400+ and €50M+ budget, executing complex Digital Transformations in Data, Cloud, and AI.

Strong communicator with CXO influence, capable of formulating long-term strategies across multiple regions. Skilled in Micro-services Architecture, Emerging Technologies and x-shore delivery management for concurrent projects. Extensive experience collaborating with teams across Europe, Americas and APAC.

Skills

  • Executive Leadership
  • Ai/ml & Cloud Strategy
  • Data Driven Leadership
  • Digital Transformation
  • Product Management
  • M&a / Due Diligence
  • Agile & Devsecops
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Real-time Billing, Crm, Analytics
  • Real-time Campaign Management
  • Enterprise Service Integration
  • Customer-centric Approach
  • Cybersecurity
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • People Management
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Operational Excellence
  • Innovation & R&d
  • High-performance Teams
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Agile Product Delivery
  • Execution & Delivery

Languages

Hindi
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2005 - Jun 2007

T.A. Pai Management Institute

MBA, Marketing, Finance, General Management · Marketing, Finance, General Management · Bengaluru, India

Oct 2001 - Jun 2001

Columbia University

Advanced IT Management · Information Technology · New York, United States

Oct 1988 - Jun 1992

JNEC, Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication · Electronics and Telecommunication · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

Certifications & licenses

Certified Chief AI Officer

World AI University & Professional Development Institute

Certified Chief AI Officer

Sparsh Trust

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