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Herndon, Virginia, Us

Business and technology management consulting firm with a client roster of seven financial services customers. Headed key transformation programs successfully driving execution for clients that included National Chartered Banks, Federal Credit Unions, FDIC, OCC and FRB.Led cross-functional teams of over 100 members to define strategy, target operating models, data, and technology, develop and present business cases, create outcome-based operationalization roadmaps, and executing transformations. Responsible for building the firm by hiring and nurturing exceptional people who possess experience-based business knowledge, proven delivery, data expertise and technology know-how. Instilled a data-driven culture with unique skills working at the intersection of business, technology, strategy, and execution. Representative engagements:• Restructured lending department to optimize for bank’s growth.• Redesigned enterprise risk management governance and drove transformation to implement three lines of defense.• Bank risk management - Managed program to remediate regulatory challenges.• Assessed organization readiness, recommended origination restructuring options to the Chairman and managed transformation program to implement Dodd-Frank Act.• Managed lending digital transformation. • Drove business technology strategic planning and managed transformations for several business lines (Insurance, research, data collection and dissemination, depositor and consumer protection, failed bank management).• Facilitated large transformation program to improve bank supervision.• Transformed a traditional IT into product led organization.• Established advanced analytics capabilities.• Conducted IT Application rationalization, defined modernization strategy and provided oversight.• Established competency centers/shared services - Intelligent automation, document management, business architecture.

• Drove board oversight and board governance transformation• Facilitated defining strategic goals and objectives, funded and drove the implementation • Achieved outstanding results in academics (100% graduation), physical education (state level medals), culture. and job based training (employment placement)..

Chicago, Il, Us

Now part of PWC as PWC Diamond Advisory ServicesAs an engagement manager provided advisory and management consulting services to COOs, CIOs and business heads of large financial companies.• Customer Experience Strategy Development and Execution Management• Product Management• Shared Services Organization Establishment• Large Program Management• Business Process Reengineering• Asset Management

Reston, Va, Us

A niche IT strategy and consulting services provider. Key member of the IT advisory and management consulting services to CIOs.• Assessed CIO organization and developed IT strategy, Recommended IT organization redesign options, established project portfolio management, enterprise architecture and rolled out ITIL for a large customer.• Established Project portfolio management resulting in improved IT budgeting processes, resource utilization and increased transparency. Defined frameworks, competencies and metrics. Trained and mentored project managers and executives.• Established Enterprise Architecture to improve business alignment. Developed policies, guiding principles and defined processes using the open group architecture framework.• Tailored and implemented ITIL best practices and managed implementation. Evaluated, selected, and negotiated contracts with ITIL tool implementation vendor resulting in reduced risks and costs.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Global systems integration firm. Managed a team of 23 analysts, architects, designers and developers. Oversaw the delivery of several complex enterprise-wide technology programs for banks, retail and government customers.• Transformed Bank financial data reporting: Managed business transformation and delivery of call data repository for federal financial institutions examination council (FFIEC). Decrease time (months to less than a day) to report and process financial data, increased flexibility, decreased cost (saved millions) and increased consistency and transparency. Coordinated stakeholders of 70+ from FDIC, OCC, FRB, Financial institutions, tool vendors to develop solutions and manage change. • Designed several modules for Norwest Financials (Now Wells Fargo) consumer banking: Delivered loan, savings and deposits, customer, shared services and reporting modules on a banking platform modernization. Managed a 12-member agile team of analysts, developers and testers.• Tailored and delivered iterative software development methodology at organization level for FDIC. Orchestrated organization change, mentored teams, and vendors (Big 4 and small)• Architected, developed and delivered several enterprise solutions – Led multiple software development initiatives as an architect. Led technical teams to architect, design, develop, test, and successfully deploy solutions (e.g., Autobytel, IL-Tollway, Object Repository, sales forecasting tool etc.). Developed-web based architectures on J2EE and .Net platforms.

Now part of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)Software Engineering Consulting • Modernized applications for an Argo (Astra Zeneca) company. Recommended, designed, and developed solutions utilize disruptive technologies that resulted in saving over $5MM.

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, In

Now part of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)Product Innovation for Financial industry.• Led development team on a consumer banking product that was implemented at 25 banks across 15 countries. Led deposits, cheques, and loan module teams. Instrumental in designing and developing digital features using disruptive technologies, • Modernized applications for an Argo (Astra Zeneca) company. Recommended, designed, and developed solutions utilize disruptive technologies that resulted in saving over $5MM. • Led the design and development of an accounting and billing application for a state government-owned telecommunications customer. Developed modernized application using Oracle Apps.

Ms, Masters In Technology Management

Ms, Computer Applications

B.Sc, Computer Science

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