Dynamic, seasoned technologist with experience in conceiving and implementing innovative solutions in high-growth environments. Diverse combination of startup passion and experience with large scale technology platforms. Build and lead phenomenal teams. Strategically connect the technical "art of the possible" with business value to create great products. Specialties:Mobile Payments; Digital Wallets; Commerce technologies; Architecture; Business & Technology strategy; large scale, high availability systems.

CTO @ From December 2013 to Present (1 year 11 months) Google Wallet Engineering @ From January 2013 to December 2013 (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaVP, Architecture & Infrastructure @ Responsible for most technology decisions at the leading online and mobile payments provider. Initiated and led rewrites of the core payments, risk and user/account systems to ensure a stable, highly available, and scalable foundation for future growth. Own technology strategy and partner in product and business strategy. From May 2009 to January 2013 (3 years 9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-CTO @ Co-led PayPal’s technology organization – additionally responsible for the Data Management organization during transition. Member of PayPal Executive Staff and a key contributor to the strategic definition of PayPal’s offline strategy and market entry. From August 2011 to February 2012 (7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVP, Product Engineering (Interim) @ Interim leader for all of PayPal’s product development, quality engineering & merchant support teams (in addition to architecture & infrastructure). Led three strategic business initiatives to expand PayPal’s footprint in digital goods, market-place payments and point-of-sale. From July 2010 to June 2011 (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaMD, Chief Architect, Treasury Services @ From June 2001 to May 2009 (8 years) Boston; New York CityMD, Chief Architect, Treasury Services @ Accountable to group CIO for architecture strategy, governance and implementation across broad portfolio of 450+ applications spanning customer-facing, back office and internal service capabilities. One of six line-of-business "Chief Architects" responsible for technology strategy across JPMC. Business liaison to ensure technology strategy supports business vision and emerging market requirements; collaborated to define innovative technology solutions in an increasingly technology-dependent business environment. From 2001 to May 2009 (8 years) Boston; New York CitySVP, Products & CTO @ Led the product and engineering to deliver B2B middleware software to market. First generation capabilities were live in just 4 months with two successive major releases also successfully delivered. Built a high performance team from 4 to 25 in six months that had fun while working hard. Drove company and product strategy during diffcult dot-com bubble burst era. From January 2000 to April 2001 (1 year 4 months) Greater Boston AreaSr. Director, Strategic Alliances @ From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Director, Advanced Technology Services @ From 1990 to 1998 (8 years)

BS, Electrical Engineering @ Lafayette College From 1986 to 1990 ISC, Physical Sciences @ Cathedral and John Connon From 1973 to 1986 Nikhil Sathe is skilled in: Payments, Payment Systems, Mobile Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Innovator, Strategic Leadership, Agile Methodologies, Mobile Payments, Distributed Systems, Scalable Architecture, High Availability, Scalability, Architecture, Strategy, Product Management, Web Applications, Innovation, Governance, System Architecture, Agile Project Management, Strategic Partnerships, Electronic Payments, Mobile Applications, Application Architecture, Web Services, Solution Architecture, Scrum, Mobile Devices, E-payments, Mobile Commerce, Technical Leadership, Unix, Big Data, PCI DSS, Hadoop, SaaS, Executive Management, Software Project..., Software Engineering, Integration, E-commerce, Software Development, IT Strategy, SDLC, Enterprise Software, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Cloud Computing, SOA, Payment Card Processing