Chander Krishnamurthy Email & Phone Number

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

We help bankers meet hard deadlines without regulatory penalties and modernize legacy systems faster. Are you a banker dealing with ❌ Thin Budgets and Regulatory Deficiencies❌ Operations at the risk of being shutdown❌ Legacy technology systems draining your resourcesWith our SWIFT WORK PACKAGE DELIVERY™, we help you:✅ Achieve Hard Deadlines and avoid Regulatory Penalties✅ Enhance your reputation as a Bank and Go to Market First✅ Harness the power of Data and Cloud in your BankLet’s chat: book a call on this link https://calendly.com/chander/30min647-886-9280 | chander@clustertek.ca | www.clustertek.ca

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

With SWIFT WORK PACKAGE DELIVERY™ We connect, prove and use your technology before deploying it.01 CONNECTResources & Emotions to the problemUnderstand the Why and Priorities of this initiative to the OrganizationGap Assessment & Resource AlignmentIdentify & Validate Technology DesignConnect Technology Subject Matter GroupsVendors & experts into one teamCommunicate the Big picture to the various Group leadership & external vendorsCreate and Agree on an Implementation Plan for the executing the Proof of concept.02 PROVEPOC (Proof of Concept) of the solutionCreate an environment for the Proof of ConceptBuild disparate Technology stacks as work packagesDeploy, Integrate and Test03 USEConsume and Go Internal with the product Create a Pilot user list for internal consumption Go Live to an internal target audience0..Then Deploy

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

Bank of the West (BOTW) is the largest acquisition ever for a Canadian Bank, expanding footprints across North America. BOTW program was transformational & historic for BMO.Increased Capacity on existing application and oracle database servers to support new BOTW users in the existing OLBB Environment.Enhanced Oracle Database server Infrastructure capabilities with on-premise Data Center work to support critical migration needs.Built a new SIT4 environment on par with an existing end to end OLBB environment. OpenShift configuration and deployment required participation from many teams such as Digital Core, Data Power, Trade Platform, Connector Grid, Integrated Security Access Manager.Created a new SIT6 environment for Project Rise running 1956 test cases with 29 downstream systems such as EPBS, PBSS, TIBCO, Bottomline, Interac, Symcor, Biometric.Managed expectations in terms of timing as the huge amount of configuration and the complexity of environment set up issues, made troubleshooting sessions lengthy.Secured signoff from Senior Technology Officers by ensuring a feature ready handout for prospective Line of Business make Project Decisions.Led the Performance Database Refresh Program to facilitate Performance Volume testing and tune up conversion scripts.

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

Operational Resilience is a CIBC Board prioritized program to provide the enterprise with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly when (not if) disruptions occur.• Led the Operational Resilience Program with seed funding and fiscal management of overall project cost and budgets.• Launched the plan for planning with technology and business partners with an end goal to secure full business case funding.• Demonstrated accountability to senior leadership and project sponsors with active participation in stakeholder meetings & working group session.• Avoided regulatory penalties for corporate security line of business with on time compliance to the UK regulators on Operational Resilience.• Created the project charter for Operational Resilience program with benefit statements for Quantifiable and Non-Quantifiable business benefits

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

Delivered Information Security, Big Data, Financial Crimes and Intelligent Process Automation Projects.• Implemented BIOS freeze on Mortgage Advisor laptop as an endpoint Cyber Security Solution.• Replaced Accenture Insights Platform with Alteryx connect solution consisting of Insights Marketplace and Tableau Meta Data Integration.• Created Audit application replacement capabilities with Project NextGen using Team Mate+ for Bank USA users.• Deployed Blue Prism as an Intelligent Process Automation to increase productivity and deliver consistency by automating repeatable tasks for Mortgage Deferral & Small Business Loans.

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

• Managed the Target ingestion project for the Canadian Personal Banking (CPB) to accelerate CPB data into Enterprise Data Provisioning Platform (EDPP) – BigData/Hadoop platform• Managed the Data Factory process for Source Discovery, Source engagement, EDPP intake process, Source development, System integrated testing, Production acceptance testing, Source business description• Designed Source system Dashboard to reflect (a) files (b) entities (c) file type (d) scope sign off (e) Source SME start date (f) Effort estimate commit date (g) Dev, SIT, PAT PROD ready dates• Accountable for the completion of all project artifacts required by the PMO for the SDLC/PMLC processes, (Project blueprints, project scope, project plans, schedules, estimation, requirements, Test & Deployment Plans, weekly reports, gate reviews, Issues Risks, budgeting, financial tracking and change requests• Collaborated with a large cross functional team across Toronto and Waterloo Technology Center• Worked as a Scrum Master (Agile) and facilitated the Daily stand up meeting to clear impediments for source system data ingestion with Tech leads, Product owner, stage lead, data analyst and developers• Conducted Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Grooming and Sprint Demo meetings following Agile methodology• Review, update JIRA Scrum Board with epics, user stories and sprint planning and created the hierarchy structure in Confluence for the Data Factory process steps along with acceptance and evaluation criteria as apart of Agile environment

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

• Managed the Barrie Data Center migration and set up for Scotiabank to receive migration workloads from the Scotiabank Front Street Data Centre. The scope of this project included constructing the storage and server environment and migration of workloads to be received at Barrie include iSeries, xSeries, pSeries, HP Tandem and Mainframe.• Worked as a Wave PM for International Banking to facilitate the migration of the xSeries and pSeries workload from the Front Street Data Centre to the IBM Barrie Data Centre. The planning was done in phases (1) Performing inventory verification, discovery, finalize baselines and server groups; and (2) Perform planning, define waves, technical design and implementation. • Developed a detailed Transformation and Services Transition Plan and assigned resources to support the Detailed Transformation and Services Transition Plan.• Used applicable Agile project management tools such as MapIT for tracking and resolving inter-dependencies within the program• Manage up to 20 Resources (matrixed environment) and worked with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, identify solutions, plan / lead project transitions and migrations.• Daily sync up with other dependent streams of project work such as Mainframe, Digital, MIPS, Global Governance Model• Coordinate all aspects of project delivery including defining project scope, specifying technical deliverables and dependencies, estimating project duration, effort and cost, managing project budget, creating detailed project plans, schedules and managing change requests• Demonstrated guiding and managing the team, problem solving, conflict/issue resolution to ensure a successful project lifecycle/ delivery of program using SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methodologies• Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk. Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them.

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

Project 1: Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) Point of Sale with Auto Capital Canada (BigData/Hadoop platform)Project 2: ATM Reconciliation Application Replacement with Vendor FiServ under Intria Line of Business with Non-Prod Servers hosted on CIBC Internal Cloud Environment and Prod Servers on HP Early Adopter Cloud Environment. Project 3: Retail Pre-paid program with Enterprise Gating Model. Project 4: CRM2 Cognos Portal to report annual statements of mutual funds and private wealth accounts with Vendor SS&C. Hadoop users were aligned with the cognos user community in the CRM portal.Project 5: Regulatory/Compliance Reporting Services for Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) under Capital Markets line of business. Project 6: Feed Hub Set up for Capital Markets Technology (ETL/Datawarehouse EDH)Project 7: Corporate Security CMU Infrastructure Security move with CHUBB.• Worked in an Agile environment and involved in managing and track project schedule and budget and reported progress to all stakeholders through Sprint Burn-Down Reports, Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity target updates.• Developed operational functions essential for increasing deployment excellence in DevOps such as code promotion and version control • Involved in creating project plans • Manage dependencies, milestones, and UAT coordination for the Program• Steer Implementation & release/deployment plan and develop best practices, communication plan.

Oshawa, Ontario, Ca

Project 1: Domino Mail Server AIX Upgrade and VirtualizationProject 2: Domino LDAP Infrastructure UpgradeProject 3: Federation between Scotia LYNC and IBM Same TimeProject 4: Threshold CE Routers and Circuits installation at Scotiabank Data Centers Project 5: Whitelisting on Branch devicesProject 6: Case management system for Office of the President Customer Concerns teamProject 7: Upgrade GIFTS to version 6.4 for the Vancouver officeOther Projects: Network Services, SAN Storage, NAS Devices, Wireless access points 2201, User Migration for CCT, Arbor Pravail Proof-of-Concept, ABM Application Whitelisting ePO Memory Upgrade, NTP Server Replacement, Enable OG reports to be spooled to New York after removal of Tamden interface, Windows Server OS update, BNS Mainframe CPUD Refresh 2014, PowerHA 7.1 migration and Consolidation of the Toronto and Vancouver GIFTS database• Manage all project budget and activates from initiation to completion SDLC/PMC methodologies• Management of the project transition activities, developed and maintained project plan• Provide information and analyses for capacity planning for forecasting purposes• Developed risk management plan, and issue resolution plan• Ensures client satisfaction through regular and timely communicating regarding project status • Identified opportunities to enhance productivity and operational efficiency • Documented business & system requirements, specifications, business processes, workflow, use cases and related deliverables• Identified and acquired project resources, both technical and business• Conducted regular meetings and milestone reviews with the team members and with the project team• Sets direction at an operational level, works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business heads to establish and execute on common goals.

Pune, Maharashtra, In

• Managed the Global Trade Platform project that integrated the Trade Finance systems of Scotiabank using the CGI Trade 360 platform, thereby creating a Hub and Spoke Model of operations. Trade Finance as a part of the Capital Markets portfolio for Scotiabank, had Caribbean operations under International Banking. • Implemented Agile methodology for execution with a creation of a Rack room in 2201 EE premises. Vendors, Partners, Team members and Business (Team size of 66)• Facilitated daily Agile/Scrum Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings and wrote epics and user stories based on the requirements gathered from all the stakeholders.• Worked in an Agile environment and involved in managing and track project schedule and budget and reported progress to all stakeholders through Sprint Burn-Down Reports, Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity target updates.• Project Planning: As the Project Manager of the Development team, created the Project Plans for the cycles such as Development, Integrated System Testing (IST), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production.• Global Release Management: Planned and time the releases with Vendors who are on a Software as a Service Platform.• Project Estimates: Created Estimates for Work Authorization Packages in close liaison with Program Management Office.• Resource Planning: Mapped the Resources with required Skill sets and planned activities for each phase. Create a rolling forecast for the successive Phases and Production Roll Outs.• Information Security Design Document: Infrastructure Architecture Design and Configuration, Application Security Architecture, Scotiabank standards and Authentication Design, Network Security Architecture, Cryptographic Security Architecture, Information Security Control Strategy, Application Controls Strategy.• Vendor Management: Liaised with Vendors for Resource Requirements and created Work Contracts with Management Consultation.

Pune, Maharashtra, In

• Business Intelligence Delivery Champion for proposals in Retail Business with focus on North American customers and involved in business transformation• Cleared Customer Misconception by proposing the right engagement model • Showcased BI Program Delivery Capabilities with a Pilot on identified KPI's of the Customer. large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners. • Creation of Service offerings such as Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC), BI Value Measurement and BI Maturity Assessment. • Created opportunities for downstream revenue with collaborating Business units to ensure high visibility for team success.

Pune, Maharashtra, In

- Worked GE Fleet Services and led a team on a strategic Business Intelligence engagement with focus on Data Strategy to baseline the existing Business Intelligence capabilities and thereby bring to light the Data Strategy. Database, Data warehouse expertise in transforming data to thousands of users. mass migration from one data platform to a new data platform that has Migration of thousands of data and applications• Managed Data Architecture: High Level Business Flow, High Level Subject Area Model, High Level Conceptual Model, Logical Data Model for each subject, Fit gap against existing Physical Data Model. Hadoop users were migrated to the new data portal platform. • Managed the ETL process: High level ETL flow of the major bridging and data topics, Third Party data exchange, Subject area ETL Design document.• Invovled in Reporting: Design document for all Business Objects Universes, Business Objects traceability, Security design document.• Invovled in Technical Architecture: Business Intelligence reference Architecture, Business Objects Production Infrastructure, Informatica related Infrastructure, Appworx Infrastructure

Pune, Maharashtra, In

Delivered Iterative planning with Prince2 methodology under a RACI matrix. Led Finance Group for a successful Prepare Gate Review with Business Alignment on: (a) Data Separation Group implementation proposal. (b) Level 2 Control Plan for Business Release.(c) Application Porting Strategy.• Created alignment with internal and external work groups for the successful completion of the Agree Gate Review.• Led the Finance Group in the Data Separation initiative for the successful separation with Jaguar Land Rover. • The SME engagement plan was worked out with grouping the size of the application as small, medium or large on one axis and complexity on the other axis. Values in hours per app based on size and complexity. Armed with the plan, discipline was maintained with heads up on what's to be asked and concise time spent. Revisit were made for business lines with high volume SME's.

Pune, Maharashtra, In

Feasibility study for Transformation Tier 2 project, which entailed System Assessment and Planning for Second Phase of the transformation program. • Created Conceptual Framework for the Enterprise Data Warehouse execution road map, linking Business and Data Capability. • Designed Business Unit and Product Capability Matrix which enhanced the vendor assessment process.• Performed Detail Assessment for Change Requests for approval by IT Steering Committee. Database, Data warehouse expertise in transforming data to thousands of users.• POC was run as fact finding sessions for capturing technical Metadata and incorporating any changes in the enterprise data warehouse development process to support the capture of metadata. mass migration from one data platform to a new data platform that has Migration of thousands of data and applications.

Set up the company with a Soft Launch in Jan 2004 before going Live in June 2004; World Class Infrastructure in tune with Consulting Needs; Set up a Top-Quality Team of Consultants available on Short Notice.

Boston, Ma, Us

Led Finance Related Data Warehouse initiatives in the Digital Cockpit. large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.

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Verizon, New York Implemented Data Warehousing Solution for Verizon using Business Objects 5i, which enabled to monitor the effectiveness of their DSL operations. Database, Data warehouse expertise in transforming data to thousands of users.TMP Worldwide / Monster.com, New York Designed Executive Information System for TMP using Brio Enterprise 6.2, which created cross-selling opportunities across their business divisions. Database, Data warehouse expertise in transforming data to thousands of users. large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.

Designed Programs, analyzed and reviewed existing systems of clients using SQL queries

Mapped Business Process of the company in the SAP Environment and built a Data Warehouse for Business Users.

Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

Converted Data from Legacy Systems to SAP R/3 environment using ABAP/4 Bench, which enabled company to conduct Enterprise Resource Planning. large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.

In

Ensured effective post disbursement follow up of credit through field staff and dealer network. Managed a staff of 45 employees and 70 dealers.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Approved CITIHOME Mortgage Files of Retail and Corporate Clients.• Devised Executive Credit Information Report, which would look at high net worth Company Executives.

Kowloon Bay, Hk

Closed of Divisional Accounts and Finalization of Trial Balance, Profit &Loss and Balance Sheet.• Identified the incorrect Procedures in the accounting to facilitate the management to change the perception regarding the profitability of the wholesale division.• Financial Planning and Balance Sheet projections quarter on quarter for Executive review.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, In

• Sanctioned Credit on Purchase Orders and Finalized Scratch Outstanding Statement.• Reduced the average credit period for all products from 95 days to 56 days.• Initiated the system of zero credit on premium products like VAM, which was otherwise being sold on 30 days credit.• Analyzed Balance Sheet statements of prospective customers prior to sanctioning credit.

Chartered Financial Analyst (Cfa), Finance

Chartered Financial Analyst (Cfa), Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce (Hons), Commerce