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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Work with Program Management Team to ensure CBUAE’s Regulatory recommendations and Compliance (Consumer Protection Regulations and accompanying standards/ Frameworks/Policy) across First Abu Dhabi Bank(FAB), UAE’s largest bank Aid Business Segments as subject matter expert in ensuring compliance with industry regulations and the accompanying standards Interact with Business Segments, Service Owners, Program Managers, Delivery Leads in understanding the requirements around Initiatives OR PIs and drive the team towards the task accomplishment Run workshops with 20+ Business Segments aiding and collaborating on framework implementation, KPIs alignment/recommendation around staff/staff-customer interactions and/or Business Unit’s productivity optimizing the performance parameters and keeping the Senior stakeholders informed on the accomplishments, Market Analysis and progress through dashboards using Power BI Led the discovery phase of digital transformation (Vendors RFx Stream inclusive) within Consumer Banking landscape aiding 14 Business Segments in alignment with CBUAE’s observation/requirement on manually intensive processes/requirements within the end-to-end Client Lifecycle spread across Onboarding, KYC, Due Diligence, Compliance, Aiding the Business Segments' RCSA activities (Inherent, Residual Risk), Financial Risk Management (FRM)[Operational Risk], Procedure/ Policy documentation, Transaction Monitoring (SAR, STR) processes/workflows. Coordinated with vendors for procurement, maintenance, and support of data center requirements and services over Azure platform offerings Stayed informed about relevant regulations and ensured API products adhered to data privacy and security standards. Liaised with team leads in ensuring data center operations comply with relevant industry standards, regulations, and best practices

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Work with Product Management Team to obtain subject matter expertise in the project’s domain Interview customers over workshops and conduct Process study to recommend solution/Business process enhancements Ensure user stories with correct acceptance criteria and provide grooming session/walkthrough as part of team collaboration and/or cross-functional support. Contributed to the development of private cloud offerings, using OpenStack Participated in Implementing and managing data backup solutions to protect against secure and confidential data loss and ensuring efficient recovery processes. Contributed in analyzing and consolidating current and future data center needs to determine resource requirements and plan for scalability Authored and maintained virtualization documentation, including best practices and procedures Provided technical support and assistance to end-users in a virtualized environment Providing Mock Ups and creative UI/UX insights with UI experts from end-user perspective Gather Manage and Prioritize the product backlog  Ensure that all the technical aspects of the product and its features meet user requirements Strategic support aiding decision making by key stakeholder from within Business Team by means of functional hierarchy analysis, enhanced Business Processes, reference data consolidation,  Act as a proxy/simulate the user during development, and answer implementation questions from developers Work closely and build relationships with other product owners from different geographies to collate ideas and distribution of tasks and/or running joint PoC tasks Ensure that each release provides business value to end users

 Engaging C-Level and/or key stakeholders through Storyboard / Requirement workshop sessions Collaborating with stakeholders to understand and convert business problem statements and accomplishing the same in an Agile environment and aiding in prioritizing/managing product backlog Participating and contributing actionable insights in solution design sessions with Architects around diagnostic, predictive Big Data objectives Collaborate with cloud computing R&D to define Cloud Computing adoption models, Industry best practices(SSAS. SSRS Strategies), User Stories review/recommendations, Guidance documents Authoring user stories, PoC tasks with walkthroughs for the project/scrum team around ETL activities, Data Ingestion from Source System(s) to Target System over Azure platform Authored comprehensive cloud governance policies and best practices that standardized cloud operations across departments and cut unmanaged resource expenditures by 15%. Contributed to a critical update in private cloud offerings which improved client service uptime by 98% A Change Agent for end-users to get adapted with improved business processes and for project team to be compliant with GDPR policy

Dubai

 Single Point Of Contact (SPOC) between business and IT team on the requirements, solution implementation and end-user training Ensured solution progress transparency at all levels- Executives, Portfolio Managers, and other stakeholders by means of weekly walkthroughs OR story board sessions Collaborating with development and QA teams to discover and deliver the best solution to the market presented by the product management and marketing teams Streamlined Root Cause Analysis' feedback into the development process, reducing software issues during pre-sales by 25%. Translated product backlog items into user stories and conducted walkthroughs to project team Owned and managed sensitive data collected from a broad spectrum for analysis purpose and facilitating data encryption or masking wherever appropriate. Actively contributed in all 3 phases of Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) within export and import of vehicular and goods transactions online around embezzlement, counterfeiting, Market abuse and insider dealing thereby aiding prevention, detection and investigation with data gathered and collated both present and historical Engaged with internal customers to gather feedback, understand pain points, and gather insights to enhance API product offerings. Used quantitative data gathered to develop an understanding of customer behavior, demographics and lifecycle. Presented data and/or dashboards that helped guide decisions of the company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Led the implementation of prestigious project of transforming the legacy Cargo IMP(Interchange Message Procedure) standards to IATA CXML standards for the Airlines’ cargo customers One of the 2 members team in CXML pioneering team dedicated to analyze, aligning and map or fit legacy CIMP data elements to new Air Cargo Industry messaging standard CXML Closely liaised with IATA for identifying efficient solutions and recommending alternativesover teleconference calls hosted by IATA with close to 40 world-wide air cargo stakeholders  Led the sales and demo initiatives through product stalls at International conferences in Geneva and Malaysia Played a pivotal role in selling the Airlines’ cargo management solution to Thai Cargo and Tunis Air Cargo by undertaking Process Study, Product Demo and Requirement Analysis Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including verticals, business development, marketing, and others, to gather requirements around Special Cargo Compliance and in complying to IATA's regulations of Dangerous Goods and Live Animals Designed and delivered the Training module for end-users and front-line staff of the newly on boarded cargo clients Handled change requests/customization requests from clients using agile methodology by authoring Epics, User stories and tracking of sprint & product backlogs Aligned with SAFe Agile Values ensuring that everyone can see into the portfolio backlog/Kanban, program backlogs/Kanban, and Team Backlog/Kanban on a weekly basis Ensured the creation of clear and comprehensive API documentation, guidelines, and usage examples to facilitate seamless integration for developers and partners.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Closely collaborated with senior leadership of the organization’s Intelligence department for the new system needs driven by latest strategies, scenario simulations and PoC tasks Member of design and validation team around KYC and/or Due Diligence components qualifying vendors and COTS product providers.  Extracted, interpreted and analyzed data to identify key metrics and transform raw data into meaningful, actionable information Responsible for scheduling and conducting brain-storming sessions and scenario derivation involving Subject Matter Expert, Business Owners and End Users around the Business processes by means of flow charts, story boards and/or presentations Ownership to Review and approve test cases, acceptance criteria as part of RACI matrix in close interaction with Quality Assurance(QA) Team Member of data protection core team overseeing data shared across the countries based on MoU & Data Governance standards and strict policies in line with Country’s integrity.

Ajman, United Arab Emirates

 Founding member of the new company providing POS(Point Of Sale) solutions to the UAE’s retail market Proactively undertook the requirements walkthrough with solution delivery and Quality Assurance teams  Leveraging the results of gap/fitment analysis implemented customized solutions to client’s requirements

Maldives

 Gained exposure to C-level executives of Media, Retail Chain – Resort Industries On deputation for a specific project of speeding up the requirements freezing at Four Seasons Resort, Maldives  Sharpened the negotiation skills focusing on win-win solutions

Bengaluru Area, India

 Hands-on experience in programming and assembly languages (VB, C) used in Aviation Industry working closely with pilots of Sukhoi fighter aircrafts – India’s pride in warfare Own, Support, and iterate models in MES to develop and optimize manufacturing process flows Drive improved utilization of MES for a manufacturing area with respect to both configuration and core functionality, and act as “voice of the customer” for manufacturing Engage Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assure change and configuration documentation is accurate and complete, and provide cross-functional support aiding the client comply with international standards - ISO/IEC 17025:2000 around testing and calibration results Facilitated compliance with industry standards such as ISO 27001 Recognized for aesthetic and interpersonal skills and assigned the responsibilities of interacting with the end-users in Manufacturing, Telecom and Retail Industries

Bengaluru Area, India

 Involved in Bug-fixing, Coding & Code optimization Designed sub-modules contributing to the core module Nurtured Interpersonal skills & Crisis management skills

Certfication In International Business, International Business

Mca

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics