Deon Crasto

Deon Crasto currently serves as the Head of Product - Payments at Velocity Global, focusing on end-to-end payments and merchant onboarding risk since March 2024. Prior to this role, Deon was the Head of Product - Monetization at Checkr, Inc., overseeing product-led growth, monetization strategies, and machine learning platforms for payment fraud and digital identity from April 2022 to January 2024. Deon's experience also includes positions as Product Lead at Livongo and Product Manager at OnDeck, where responsibilities included payments growth and machine learning risk underwriting platforms. Deon has a background in research as a Graduate Research Assistant at the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and has contributed to strategy and product management at WeddingWire. Earlier in the career, Deon worked as an Engineer at Xoriant and as a Product Analyst at Alpha Plus Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Deon holds a Master of Science in Data Science and User Experience from the University of Maryland.