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Oakville, On, Ca

* Lead the development & implementation of the product strategic roadmap for Fintech platform & digital solutions, aligned with business goals, ensuring quality assurance, effective maintenance, timely and cost-effective delivery.* Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement with team building, internal teams, and other departments such as sales, marketing, and operations towards new opportunities and digital enhancements.* Oversee the digital commercial technology budget, ensuring investments align with strategic priorities and yield maximum return, while continuously evaluating potential risks & opportunities developing mitigation strategies.

Munich, Bavaria, De

* Orchestrated strategic direction & transformation of multibillion-dollar Portfolio Modernization & next-generation Cloud Offering, at Global Division level, in Fintech, Payments, Healthcare, Government, Insurtech, & Cybersecurity sectors.* Led delivery of 100% adoption of transformative security-by-design SaaS/API/Cloud/digital Payment & mass-scale Banking solutions to “all” Canadian Banks, 100+ top brands in USA, Americas, EMEA, & worldwide at that point.* Directed world’s next-generation innovations by full lifecycle management of ideation, discovery, research, strategy, Agile transformation, compliancy, fraud resilience, value proposition, user experience, P&L, business case, ROI, KPI, roadmap, requirements, plan, design, build, go-to-market, sales, delivery, launch, & support. * Strategized transformation of 20+ large managed services platforms by real-time automation & migration of large-scale products & services. As the result, gained 25% manual service cost reduction equivalent to $10M+ per year.* Increased 75% engagement and rose 50% growth in customer acquisition, global pre-launch sales pipeline, regional business development & acceleration by modernizing digital customer onboarding, training, eLearning, innovation workshops, data-driven global marketing, & PR across social platforms, client accounts, and segmented campaigns.* Led teams toward buy-in, growth and innovation, by collaborating with legal, finance, products, R&D, operations, delivery, marketing, sales, partners & vendors, achieving customer satisfaction, KPIs, Modernized Product Status.* Achieved 10% YoY scalable growth, $20M new revenue opportunities, 15% operational improvement, 100% KPIs excellence. * Company expert member representative in Mobey Forum and ACT Canada in Digital Identity, Banking and Payment Strategic Leadership Team, providing actionable insights & opportunities to Banking Consortiums.

Meudon, Fr

* Achieved $30M+ annual growth & delivery of strategic portfolios, innovations, platforms & services on multi-billion-dollar critical infrastructures in Banking & Payment sectors in Canada, USA, Americas, & EMEA, strengthening company in capturing significant market & achieving top global leadership status in Gartner's report. * Fulfilled 98% regional clients’ satisfaction for 50+ banks, FIs, & enterprises, as the result of defining and executing business development strategies, goals, securing contracts and reaching new sustainable profitable revenue streams. * Achieved 99.99% SLA & 75% increase in support & maintenance KPIs and earnings by building & directing regional professional services teams from-the-ground-up. Managed recruitment, coaching, career development, resource allocation, process improvements & prioritization to address complex problems, conflicts, needs, & goals.* Accomplished continuous value creation & delivery by effectively executing Advanced Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid Project, Program, & Portfolio Management. Defined and aligned EPMO with strategy, operations, roadmap, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), governance, scope, time, risk, cost, pricing, clients, vendors, partners.* Directed product management and next-generation innovations. Managed full SDCLC of large-scale solutions.* Project Examples: ▪ World’s largest Instant Payment Issuance real-time platform & first Self-Serve Kiosk ▪ Digital Onboarding ▪ Payment Portfolios in Credit, Debit, Prepaid, GPR, Gift, in Retail & Commercial ▪ Digital PIN ▪ First Contactless Metal Card ▪ First Biometric Payments ▪ Wearables ▪ First EMV rollouts in USA, Caribbean, & EMEA

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Be

* Directed the full SDLC of WAY4 programs & product management, which is a comprehensive Banking & Payment Platform, leading to notably standing out as the only Fintech to consecutively receive the highest rating from Gartner.* Steered the Fintech product innovations & launch of programs, solutions, & products. Orchestrated & pioneered profitable implementations & platforms that marked "firsts" on the WAY4 product & globally in banking industry.* Achieved commercialization & 100% KPI excellence. Led the delivery & support of regional programs through management of Agile delivery, resources, roadmap, prioritization, and collaboration with teams, clients, & partners.* Project Examples: ▪ Re-launching & optimizing end-to-end Issuing, Acquiring, & Merchant Management of Mastercard’s platform Processing Centre Hub ▪ Merchant Payment Gateway ▪ Mobile Payment ▪ POS network ▪ First EMV DDA personalization rollout in the UAE ▪ Prepaid ▪ First digital BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) Loan & Lending.

Dubai Production City, Dubai, Ae

* Orchestrated first-of-its-kind new Fintech product innovations and launches. Led SDLC of revolutionary Payment, Banking, Financial Technologies & platforms in line with strategy & best Waterfall, Hybrid, & Agile practices. * Championed business expansion & global team leadership & collaboration, research, design, integration, deployment, rollout & support of large omni-channel banking services & critical financial infrastructures, achieving project goals.* Project Examples: World’s first Cloud Mobile Payment/Commerce ▪ Mobile International Remittance ▪ EMV ATM Simulator ▪ Smart Payment Certification Bureau ▪ Investment Banking ▪ Wealth Management products & platforms.

* Agile Software Development & Design: Contributed to the research, design, integration, implementation, deployment, & support of secure Financial Applications, including domestic banking platform, Internet Banking & Remittance, Core Banking, RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement by CPSS), & Cross-platform payment connectivity.

Fr

* Agile Software Delivery Leadership: led Electronic Point of Sale/Service (EPOS) software product development to prominent retailers in Western Europe & North America, including Sprint, MontBlonc, Deichmann, Brueneger, Corso, and others. Collaborated on global projects with premier retailers, utilizing the latest innovative SDLC, software design, product development methodologies, & Agile practices.

Iterative Innovation

Mmsc (Masters Of Management Sciences), Management Of Technology

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Engineering