{"id":4046,"date":"2022-06-28T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2023-04-25T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T10:37:23","slug":"razorpay-strengthens-its-leadership-team-appoints-ex-aws-executive-murali-b-as-new-cto-ex-cto-co-founder-shashank-kumar-takes-on-a-new-role-as-co-founder-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/razorpay-strengthens-its-leadership-team-appoints-ex-aws-executive-murali-b-as-new-cto-ex-cto-co-founder-shashank-kumar-takes-on-a-new-role-as-co-founder-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Razorpay Strengthens Its Leadership Team, Appoints ex-AWS Executive Murali B as New CTO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prior to joining Razorpay, Murali was Global Engineering Leader for Aurora Database Engines & Distributed Storage<\/span><\/i> a<\/span><\/i>t Amazon Web Services (AWS)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

INDIA, BANGALORE – 28 June 2022:<\/b> India\u2019s Preferred Payments and Banking Platform for Businesses, <\/span>Razorpay<\/b>, today welcomed Murali Brahmadesam as Head of Engineering & Chief Technology Officer at Razorpay<\/b>. A v<\/span>eteran with more than two decades of experi<\/span>ence, Murali brings together <\/span>in-depth knowledge of managing diverse technology functions at scale.<\/span> He has spent a major share of his career at Amazon & Microsoft, working in India & the USA where he has held several technology and leadership roles. <\/span>Previously the role was held by Razorpay\u2019s Co-founder, Shashank Kumar himself who will now take on the designation of \u201cCo-Founder & Managing Director\u201d at the company<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcoming Murali aboard, Shashank Kumar, Co-Founder and now Managing Director, Razorpay said,<\/b> \u201cEngineering has been the bedrock of growth for Razorpay since its inception. With over an 800-member engineering team today, we are constantly working towards solving some of the toughest challenges that businesses face today, with innovation at its core. Murali brings in-depth knowledge of managing technology functions at scale. I am excited to have him on board at a time when Razorpay is making strides into global markets and further deepening its expertise with all things business payments and business banking.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

With this development, Shashank w<\/span>ill continue to bring to life Razorpay’s long-term vision for Engineering, Product, as well as the GTM, functions for the RazorpayX & Razorpay Capital businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CTO\u2019s role at Razorpay is a critical one that steers the company\u2019s technology, engineering, and innovation strategies, aligning them with business goals. As <\/span>Murali takes over, he will drive the overall engineering strategy and development at Razorpay, while <\/span>driving the stellar growth <\/span>of <\/span>Razorpay Engineering<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Excited to join the Razorpay team, <\/span>Murali Brahmadesam, Chief Technology Officer at Razorpay<\/b> said, <\/span>“Razorpay has been at the forefront of inventing breakthrough products in business payment and banking that are being relied upon by millions of diverse businesses. I look forward to working with the team and joining Razorpay\u2019s mission to build the central nervous system for fintech in India.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Razorpay is one of India\u2019s most valued Fintech organizations with an unparalleled team of 2300 members. Murali\u2019s appointment comes at a time when Razorpay is fortifying its tech capabilities to build world-class technology products that are diverse, inclusive, and secure by design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prior to joining Razorpay, Murali was Global Engineering Leader for Aurora Database Engines & Distributed Storage at Amazon Web Services (AWS)\u00a0 INDIA, BANGALORE – 28 June 2022: India\u2019s Preferred Payments and Banking Platform for Businesses, Razorpay, today welcomed Murali Brahmadesam as Head of Engineering & Chief Technology Officer at Razorpay. A veteran with more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[41,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-4046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-people","8":"category-technology","9":"tag-leadership","10":"tag-razorpay"},"modified_by":"Anu Saraswat","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4046"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4280,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions\/4280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}