Aarthi Muthukrishnan

Chief Product Officer

Aarthi Muthukrishnan serves as the Chief Product Officer at GDS Link, where she spearheads the company’s product vision and strategy. Her leadership focuses on leveraging advanced technology and data science to develop innovative solutions that enable financial institutions to thrive in a dynamic market environment. By combining technical expertise with business acumen, Aarthi ensures GDS Link’s products deliver measurable impact for modern lenders.

Before joining GDS Link, Aarthi was a founding team member at PrimeFT, where she played a pivotal role in creating solutions for SMB lending. Her innovative approach blended cutting-edge technology with deep market insights to address critical gaps in small business financing.

Previously, Aarthi held multiple leadership positions at Verisk Financial (now part of TransUnion). As President of Commerce Signals and Head of Media and Marketing Solutions, she led the acquisition and transformation of Commerce Signals into a product-centric organization. She also managed global teams of data scientists, engineers, and product managers, delivering data-driven insights and solutions that elevated business performance.

Aarthi’s journey began at Barclays Bank, where she standardized credit risk strategies across European retail portfolios, and at Argus Information & Advisory Services, where she developed deep expertise in analytics and advisory services.

Aarthi holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Master’s in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Her commitment to innovation, team building, and technology-driven solutions underscores her leadership at GDS Link, where she bridges the gap between business strategy and technological advancement to empower clients worldwide.