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Vilash Poovala

Strategic Advisor

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area · 1 connection

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About

Founder with CEO and CTO roles, Fintech Entrepreneur, Investor, and Advisor, with over 25 years of in-depth experience in Payments - Acquiring, Issuing and Money Transfer in Product Management, Technology architecture, building and scaling teams across multiple geographies, and M&A experience. Co-founded the large POS and first Mexican unicorn company - Clip Co-founded and exited - Oyster - a Financial platform for SMBs in Mexico - Acquired by Paystand I have been acquired by Visa twice - once in 2011 (PlaySpan) and another in 2000 (Globeset). Specialties CEO, CTO, CPTO, M&A, Payments, Acquiring, Issuing, FinTech, Banking, Credit

Experience

Fractional CTO & Strategic AdvisorFinHOA Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Aug 2025 to Apr 2026
CTOPaystand
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023
Co-Founder and CEO/CTOOyster Financial, Inc.
Oct 2018 to Aug 2022
CPTOPayU
Jan 2017 to Sep 2018
Co-Founder and CPTOClip Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jun 2012 to Dec 2016
Director of Product Management - PaymentsPlaySpan Inc. Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2010 to Mar 2011
Principal - Mobile Emerging MarketsPayPal
Jun 2008 to May 2010
Senior Product Manager - Financial Services GroupPayPal
Jul 2007 to Jun 2008
Sr. Director Product Management (V.me and UltimatePay Merchant acceptance)Visa
Feb 2012 to Jan 2013
Director, Product Management (PlaySpan: a Visa company)Visa
Mar 2011 to Feb 2012
Product Manager - Commercial CardVisa
Jul 2005 to Jul 2007
SW EngineerVisa
Nov 2000 to Jun 2005
Senior Software DeveloperGlobeset Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Sep 1999 to Oct 2000

Education

St. Peter's Engineering College
B.S Engineering
1993 to 1997
Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School