Experienced professional with expertise in banking & finance industry, collaborating with prominent clients such as Visa Inc., American Express, First Data, BofA & RBS.
· Proven experience driving strategic growth, fostering C-level relationships, and leading large engagements (~50MM) with strong focus on analytics using AI/ML & innovation. Excellent team builder with expertise on enterprise architecture, data architecture, product delivery, & technology leadership.
· Drive digital adoption & transformation in FinTech. Act as an ambassador repositioning company as a strategic partner, with significant transformation propositions & engagements with large clients.
· Focus on growth initiatives by collaborating with leadership & sales teams to execute a targeted strategy for expanding Cards & Payments business. Successfully increased portfolio revenue by 28% focusing on new growth areas whilst leveraging both existing and emerging capabilities.
· Well-versed in PDLC & SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile (SCRUM & KANBAN), and estimation techniques like Poker planning, SMC, FP, & a Certified Scrum Master.
· Proficient in Identity and Access Management (IAM), including LDAP, SSO, Token-based authorization, MFA, RBAC, OAuth and other authentication systems.
· Knowledge of enterprise applications utilizing APIs, SOAP, RESTful services, Kafka pipelines, with strong proficiency in Product Increment Planning (PIP), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) and review Quarterly Execution Plans (QEP). Hands on experience in infra provisioning & Disaster recovery.
· Design automation solutions using AI/Machine Learning & custom tools, MDM for Data Migration & Mergers and automate ETL across Big Data and RDBMS elevating data quality during ingestion by 35%.
· Hands on expertise in Data Ingestion, processing & storage, Data access & distribution, Analytics and governance, data security and privacy controls, data quality, profiling, monitoring and BI.
· Architect, design & optimize high availability databases, collaborating closely with developers & DBAs to enhance capacity and resource management for on perm and cloud (AWS & Google Cloud)
· Develop enterprise applications utilizing APIs, Python, SOAP, RESTful services, Java, JWS, JMS, Kafka pipelines, with strong proficiency in JSON/XML/XSLT and SOA.
· Own continuous improvement in technology, plan for increased capacity & performance, design new products and initiatives in line with enterprise architectural standards
· Run ARB (Architecture review board discussions), participate in platform team’s front door and architecture reviews, collaborate with dependent technical teams & security architecture teams