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Global, Usa, Us

Built a new business unit targeting mid-market lending outside of traditional geographic areas, reaching ~$750M in loan value over four years and yielding a strong ROA of 2.25%.Pioneered a captive fintech solution providing working capital for healthcare practices, leveraging partner data assets to enhance underwriting and credit risk management.

Global, Usa, Us

Led the “Digital First” initiative, achieving a 75% digital adoption rate among 125,000+ customers, enhancing efficiency, and enabling staff to focus on high-value tasks.Directed the acquisition of a $3.5B bank, adapting strategies during the pandemic to meet projected synergies and improve the regional presence.Overhauled Small Business Banking operations, leading to a $250M increase in loans and earning the SBA Regional Lender of the Year award.Guided crisis response efforts for Hurricane Maria and the 2020 earthquake, ensuring continuity and active community support.

Global, Usa, Us

Revamped Financial Operations (FinOps) to improve information accuracy and availability to promote accountability. Deployed a modern financial accounting and data warehousing platform successfully, which included devising a new organizational structure, accounting methods, automating interfaces and reconciliations, better access across the organization to the financial performance. Stepped up Investor Relations outreach, actively working to bringing in larger institutional and fund ownership. Drove two successful M&A- one FDIC-assisted acquisition and another which involved capital raises. Led the post acquisition integration achieving the projected transaction related synergies.

Global, Usa, Us

Developed comprehensive risk management frameworks, focusing on compliance, BSA/AML, and credit risk, while working with regulatory bodies to enhance effectiveness.

Global, Usa, Us

Started an ambitious bank transformation and growth initiative to streamline and modernize bank's internal capabilities and infrastructure. Accomplished the technology (core banking, channels, CRM, origination systems, etc.) switch in 11 months without undue business disruptions. This investment was entirely funded from achieving the organizational synergies, with no additional burden to the capital.Led the Bank's preemptive capital raise efforts well ahead of the Financial Crisis (2008) and its effort to fortify the balance sheet that prevented us from any distress and having to resort to reactive capitalization that was widely witnessed in the industry. The actions we took positioned the bank with excess capital, technology and resources, ready for M&A efforts that followed.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Established a financial services strategic consulting team that scaled to $75M ARR in 3 years, with over 80% of engagements transitioning to annual retainer models, improving client satisfaction and consistency in service delivery.

Was part of the Consulting Delivery and Business Development team at Deloitte, a group that launched industry first online reservation and revenue optimization systems at InterContinental Hotels, and modernizing technology stack for McKesson’s healthcare product suite.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

Early roles included strategy and credit analysis positions at major firms such as Ramco Group (India), Tata Consultancy Services (UK), and Midland Bank, Plc (now HSBC; UK), where you gained expertise in corporate strategy, technology development, and large-scale credit underwriting.

Doctor Of Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry & Natural Sciences