WEX names India-born Sachin Dhawan as its new CTO

WEX,  a global commerce platform that offers payment processing and information management services to business, on Wednesday, named Sachin Dhawan as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The India-born executive previously served as CTO of Stitch Fix, a San Francisco-based online personal styling service, leading product and technology development.  

In his new role, Dhawan will lead product and platform technology, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud engineering, technical operations, enterprise applications and corporate IT, and technology-risk management. 

Prior to joining Stitch Fix, Dhawan was Visa’s senior vice president of infrastructure and operations. His other experience includes growing PayPal’s consumer products and shaping Microsoft’s advertising business, in more than 16 years at those two companies.

He started his career in software design engineering and holds a B.Sc. in computer science from the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in India followed by an advanced leadership programme from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. 

"I am honored and thrilled to be joining the remarkable team at WEX, especially at such an exciting time,” Dhawan said. “With a robust technological foundation spanning employee benefits, corporate payments, and mobility, WEX is positioned to contribute to the ongoing AI technological transformation in the global fintech market." 

The company also announced that Aimee Cardwell, a former executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group who has joined the WEX board of directors. 

The US-based company with its office in Chennai and Singapore in Asian region in October announced the acquisition of Payzer, a cloud-based field service management software provider. The acquisition will provide WEX with a scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for its approximately 150,000 small business customers who operate field service companies, the company said. By integrating Payzer’s solutions, WEX aims to help these customers streamline operations, simplify sales processes and improve collections.