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Daniel Kraizer elevated to director, NPI engineering & operations at NVIDIA
From managing launches to leading strategy, Kraizer steps into top role
YOKNEAM: Daniel Kraizer is stepping into a bigger spotlight at NVIDIA, having been elevated to director, NPI engineering and operations. The move marks the next chapter in a journey shaped by hands-on leadership in new product introduction and a steady climb through the ranks.
Kraizer most recently served as Sr. manager, NPI engineering, a role in which he steered complex product launches and fine-tuned operational frameworks. Before that, as manager, NPI engineering, he built a reputation for aligning cross-functional teams and delivering results in high-performance environments.
His association with NVIDIA spans over six years, beginning shortly after the company’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, where he had already been laying the groundwork as an NPI engineer and later manager, NPI engineering. The continuity has given him a front-row seat to the evolution of cutting-edge hardware and the operational muscle required to bring it to market.
With this elevation, Kraizer now takes on a broader mandate, overseeing both engineering execution and operational strategy. His track record suggests a leader who thrives where precision meets pace, a fitting match for a company that operates at the sharp end of innovation.
An industrial and management engineering graduate from ORT Braude College, Kraizer’s journey blends technical rigour with organisational insight, a combination that continues to power his upward trajectory.
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Rakesh Menon joins Paytm as avp – lending
Fintech product leader takes on new role after building digital lending, payments and credit products across fintech ecosystem
MUMBAI: Rakesh Menon has joined Paytm as assistant vice president – lending, taking on a new role focused on strengthening the company’s lending and credit products.
Prior to this, Menon worked at Profectus Capital Pvt Ltd as chief manager – payments based financing and digital lending.
At Profectus, he designed and launched digital credit products for merchants with variable cash flows, including overdraft-linked and revenue-share lending models. He led end-to-end LOS–LMS API integrations with payment partners and aggregators, enabling real-time underwriting, disbursal and repayment workflows.
He also worked on funnel optimisation initiatives using journey analytics, improving onboarding, KYC and disbursal conversion by 35 per cent. He developed ecosystem partnerships for transaction-data-based credit assessment and automated settlement systems, and collaborated with credit and data science teams to strengthen risk models and early delinquency detection.
Menon standardised partner onboarding and API frameworks, reducing go-live timelines by 40 per cent and improving digital scalability.
Before Profectus Capital, he worked at PayU as senior manager – presales lead – enterprise business from August 2022 to August 2023. He set up a national presales function for fintech and digital commerce clients, aligning solutions such as EMI, BNPL, BBPS and offer engines to merchant requirements.
He also helped improve conversion rates by around 15 per cent through merchant persona mapping, demo frameworks and structured sales playbooks, working closely with product and go-to-market teams.
From April 2019 to July 2022, Menon served as business unit head – SMB – direct acquisitions at Worldline, where he built the SMB online payments vertical from scratch. The business scaled to Rs 2,500 crore in annual transaction volume, growing at 45 per cent year-on-year.
During this period, he introduced paperless onboarding processes including eKYC and eSign, developed partner dashboards and CRM automation systems, and integrated platforms such as Shopify, WooCommerce and Tally to expand merchant adoption.
Across roles, Menon has worked across digital lending, payments and merchant financing, with experience in product development, ecosystem partnerships, API integrations and fintech-led growth strategies.
At Paytm, he will focus on scaling lending products and strengthening digital credit infrastructure within the company’s financial services ecosystem.
His appointment comes as fintech firms continue to expand their lending and embedded finance offerings in a competitive market.
