Candidate Profile

Building a Digital Banking Platform via Open Banking for Consumer/Retail customers along with Business Online banking for Small Medium Banks (SMB) in .net Azure Cloud with restless API’s and multiple cores using ESF (Enterprise Service Factory). Rich user experiences through personalized services and seamless digital platforms to ensure customer-centricity. Key Expertise include : Payments (Real Time), ACH, Entitlements, Admin, Deposits, Account History CLIENTS in my Portfolio: FISERV, FIDELITY, L’OREAL, SENEGENCE AND MR. CAR WASH - Responsible for delivering multimillion dollar projects for these clients. Starting from proposal, estimation, timeline, team formation, discovery, grooming, delivery, and maintenance ·Lead the IT organization’s strategic planning, budget and financial planning, portfolio and project management, supplier delivery management and knowledge management activities. ·Extensive experience delivering large, scalable products in an Agile, enterprise environment using SAFe ·BUILDING DIGITAL BANKING PLATFORM by executing a portfolio for large FINTECH clients with Open BANKING technology ·Managing technology, strategy, operations, and marketing functions. Successfully delivered deployments using the CI/CD pipeline of Restful API’s part of Phase 1 delivery. ·Fire and Hire ·Steering and influencing the decision-making process in close collaboration with other managers ·Leading global teams of 300+ resources including Architects, Tech Leads, Program and Project ·Manage a large delivery team and create a culture of high performance and engagement through goal setting, talent development, coaching, and feedback including Development teams, Business Analysts / Product Owners, Product team, QA Team, Engineering teams and a creative team with UI/UX developers ·Create/tracked a multi year roadmap and implemented governance processes, deliverables and communications that provide clear and consistent communication of progress towards portfolio/account and/or program objectives to an executive audience. ·Leading teams who are building and deploying highly scalable, microservices-based SaaS platforms for enterprise customers, including IAM and API solutions ·Built and ran internal developer platforms, tooling, and processes to support real-time continuous releases using the CI/CD pipeline. ·Be the single point of accountability for program delivery across several clients and portfolios of work. ·Direct Product Delivery Directors on the end-to-end delivery of new products, next generation products and product changes to the market. ·Hire & Integrate with what skills, experiences and capabilities are needed to achieve current and future business goals/ demand. Took an active role in attracting and selecting talent who are inspired by our Mission, Vision and Values.  Consciously created a team with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skill sets and perspectives.  Help new team members successfully integrate into the organization culture so they can actively contribute and add value as quickly as possible. ·Leading and developing innovative and impactful product strategies, defines and executes product roadmaps and drives significant business growth. ·Managing cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software/features that meets customer needs and exceeds business goals. ·Understands various file formats such as CSV, NACHA, BAI, EDI, fixed length. ·Experience facilitating scrum teams, agile processes, continuous integration and delivery ·Familiarity with deployment and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc. ·Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Operations ·Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy.

·Lead client’s programs and projects with organization-level methodology strategy, transformation, and implementation (Lean, Agile, DevOps, cloud solutions). ·Lead client projects with Agile delivery and the development of Agile and scaled Agile processes, tools, and controls ·Deliver solutions leveraging modern technologies including mobile app, cloud (AWS, GCP & AZURE) and mobile framework development utilizing modern design patterns. ·Responsible for all aspects of mobile technology delivery from UX Design to end delivery ·Strong risk management mindset relative to managing risk and delivering technical tasks related to the solution e.g. breaks, defects, patches & upgrades ·Strong talent assessment and talent management background ·Mentor team members to progress their technical and professional skills ·Build and maintain relationships with business and technology team members. ·Triage technical issues and lead teams toward solving problems. ·Plan team capacity to accommodate demands. ·Build a diverse and inclusive team and culture within the organization. ·Drive down legacy technology platform footprint. ·Track record of building and developing high performing teams ·Leading a team of 400+ resources including FTE’s, consultants, and vendor resources with 25 MUSD yearly revenue ·Responsible for driving Steering Committee meetings, VMO, QBR, Monthly and reviewing weekly status reports from every team reporting into me to ensure RAIDs are resolved and mitigated in a timely manner ·Manage high visibility and often complex strategic initiatives, liaising with senior management on key decisions and providing detailed project timelines & updates throughout the process ·Liaise with key stakeholders across Investment Teams, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Product Development, Wealth Management, Client Services, IT, Data and Finance in collaboration on strategic and automation initiatives ·Engagement with key stakeholders on vendor selection, onboarding, project management, building & monitoring KPIs, managing regular vendor reviews, documenting processes to obtain economic of scale, and resolving operational roadblocks ·Collaborate with Product Development & Strategy team to project manage unique fund offerings from launch to fully integrated BAU processes ·Direct supervision of non-supervisory employees; carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws ·Annual performance reviews; Owns and is accountable for staff responsibilities, program execution and deliverables ·Interview, hire, and train employees including planning, Assignment and directing work

Demonstrated experience in enterprise Scaled Agile framework (SAFe), Agile delivery with ability to guide the customer organization on the right path for adoption and maturity. Experienced in creating and tailoring agile processes based on customer need, keeping the processes always aligned to the Agile Manifesto · Demonstrated and provided ability to manage a defined portfolio of IT Initiatives, programs & projects from $7M - $70 M including all streams of work end to end. Managed more than 750+ team members in a distributed global model including employees, consultants, and multiple third-party vendors by effectively driving implementation Managed prioritization and delivery of the technology “roadmap”, including the preparation of business case activity and effective program management and adherence to governance right from budgeting · Responsible to oversee design, development, engineering, UX/UI and delivery of proprietary system and products that support business transformation services. ·  Ensured teams are adequately staffed and manage third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects. Forecast and track resource utilization to ensure IT costs are within Capex and Opex forecasts.  Recruited, trained, and lead a team of skilled Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Tech Leads, BSA’s, developers and QA team embers to help teams mature in scrum development, be best-in-class facilitators and continuously iterate and improve IT delivery · Managed delivery teams both internal and external. This includes resource planning, budgeting, overall vendor management, and deliverables management. Steered to execute full cycle of projects from conception through development to deployment (including writing scopes and technical requirements, oversight of internal and external teams, QA etc.,

Owned end to end implementation and delivery of the business technology strategy - Reimagined Web portal Phase I (Redesign & Replatform Initiative) – Leading new possibilities in Digital transformation using state of the art technology for creating UX Designs and Agile methodology to simplify, automate and leverage to drive greater business value to align digitalization in Insurance domain for Under 65 Individual and group enrollments, Broker services and Provider services Directed, created, and steered Strategic Planning, technology roadmap by leading IT teams to implement digital technology solutions using DevOps and demonstrated ability to communicate technology matters to business partners, senior leadership, strategic partners, and other stakeholders Owned, directed, and managed Implementation of programs and projects delivery in the organization thus maintaining complete control of project scope, schedule, cost, and quality by facilitating timely discussions and decisions and performance improvement initiatives Bolstered service delivery expertise with third party vendors by integrating with Enterprise Rate Engine (ERE), BPM, various Decision Support Tools (DSTs), Analytics - Google and Adobe with Merkel and Epsilon, Subsidy Estimator with StoneGate, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Foresee Survey and Code Baby Avatar Spearhead the development of could based applications and development of API’s, Web Services (SOA) using secure transmission layer for extending business to capture enrollments from various eBrokers and extending the Payment Portal through ACI to collect onetime (initial) and recurring payments thus enabling an end-to-end Payment Portal functionality Experience in training teams in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, RAD etc.,) and DevOps along with the capability to conduct role based Agile training such as Scrum master, Product Owner etc., Experience in managing or leading Agile Engagements in a distributed agile environment onsite-offshore model

Responsible for high quality delivery for Barclays Wealth Americas (BWA), a division of Barclays Group company in migrating mission critical COBOL applications on two servers (HP G5 & G6) to a single server Page 3 and upgrade current hosting environment from Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition 5.1 to 6.0 which had both batch and online in seven COBOL applications for seven modules (CONFIRMS, SRD, CMR, FCI, FRA, AXYS & APB) · Interact with executive leadership, business operations, business product management and multiple technical teams to define and oversee delivery of complex client banking integrations Guided and directed implementation teams, globally both onsite and offshore, internal, and external stakeholders and development globally. Directly supervised implementation consultants, BA’s, PM’s SA’s, Development and QA teams; conducted employee performance reviews/evaluations and career development discussions; recommend & approved performance ratings Planned releases of newly developed software products by assuming responsibility for the success of releases, process from the schedule, budget, and quality perspective · Assumed primary ownership and accountability for creating, evaluation and execution of SOW, RFP, RFI, SLAs and KPI’s and warranty plans and implemented best business practices to improve business process and SDLC Incite enthusiasm and influence and persuade others to achieve desired outcomes within organization authority

Championed the migration of applications and large data from various RISK databases to a DWH hub using Greenplum part of Enterprise Risk Re-Engineering DWH Initiative to enable ERM to sufficiently manage risk as the organization moved towards more complex products and more comprehensive counterparty risk management Conceptualized and crafted milestone chart & roadmap by outlining the major groups that was involved clearly indicating the current and future state Was responsible and actively involved in determining the DWH platform which includes database, tools, processes user to populate the new platform with ETL tools along with any data quality and working in conjunction with the other cross functional groups Outlined the deliverables for PILOT such as creation of data library, meta data repository, describing data elements and data sources used in the warehouse and its lifecycle, including lineage transformations, the refresh frequency, and the archiving strategy Experience in recruiting, selecting, and hiring employees, ensured training of new staff onboarding and enforcing policies and procedures within the team

Managed and successfully delivered a web portal for CFS which is a lease financing arm. As part of this assignment, I was responsible for defining and rolling out a Lessee Servicing Portal (LSP). LSP covered invoice display, Payment processing, disputes processing, Lessee servicing. Was responsible for executing multiple consulting assignments in the areas of Online Electronic Invoicing & Remittance processing integration. Demonstrated immense experience in supporting program governance structures. Conduct and contribute to periodic steering committee meetings with Executives Senior Leadership teams including reporting for Monthly Ops review, weekly dashboards, and other program reviews to clearly communicate health and progress, risks, and issues along with action items Took ownership of the development process to identify project issues/risks, plan organize and manage the deliverables across the development life cycle, with hands-on responsibilities as needed Plan and manage annual budget and allocate resources by owning P&L for portfolio