Santosh Shrestha Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Initiated CVA Projects worth $160K impacting 6000+ beneficiaries using Rahat platform in collaboration with 75+ partners organizations. and mobilizers.
• Designed system architecture and implemented blockchain-based cash voucher assistance (CVA) systems.
• Designed community decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that sources and distributes funding for marginalized communities.
• Developed a privacy focused beneficiary management system using decentralized ID, verifiable credentials and zero-knowledge proof (ZkP).
• Active member of Cash Coordination Group (CCG) and Cash Learning Program (CALP).
• Successfully transitioned Rahat to an open source product which is certified as Digital Public Goods.

Sanepa, Lalitpur, NP

• Consulted and conducted workshop for Central Bank of Nepal on research in implementing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
• Managed blockchain project portfolio worth $500K in 2022.
• Developed following blockchain based PoCs→ Goat supply chain tracking in partnership with Heifer International.→ Agro input and activities tracker with Swiss Contact and UNCDF.→ Hyperledger Fabric Dapps for Mobility.
• Created multi-modal DApp on Hyperledger Fabric based Integrated Trust Network for Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) and MEF consortium.
• Conducted research with World Vision International - Nepal’s Innovation Lab on “Mainstreaming Blockchain”.
• Managed a team of 32+ blockchain, web2 and web3 developers.

• Taking care of two wonderful kids.
• Teaching kids empathy and human values.
• Travelling around.BTW, kids love it.

Gogarburn, GB

• Work with Global Head of Due Diligence on assessing the technological needs necessary for conducting AML due diligence for the bank’s active client population.
• Help develop the global procedure for due diligence process, including client categorization and risk rating methodology that increased the efficiency in business process while reducing waste.
• Work with various functional leaders and IT leads to manage and implement the business process change efficiently, using lean methodologies.

Gogarburn, GB

• Developed KYC Due Diligence Pilot tool complete with risk, screening, product and document management, which was used by over 600 users over four regions; the bank adopt the success of tool to create strategic Client.
• Managed bank’s active client population for AML review purposes, which involved tracking activity, AML review status and synchronizing and verifying client data across multiple systems.
• Worked closely with IT to design and develop a prototype case management tool to manage reviews and implemented interim solutions.

Zurich, CH

• Established multi-user global application platform (WebRCD), which facilitates client classification, tracking & reporting stages of the Anti-Money Laundering remediation project, using AJAX, ASP.Net & MS SQL.
• Contributed and executed management level decisions on new technology initiatives.
• Supervised development of short-term case management tools to enhance efficiency of existing processes by automating tedious manual work, like validation of clients and their relevant documents.
• Trained and managed a five-member development team, while emphasizing on the importance of business continuity on application implementation.
• Designed and produced highly interactive reports for management to ease decision making process.

Zurich, CH

• Established web-based document management system (DTTS), where users can upload documents and index them efficiently. The system, based in ASP.Net and SQL backend, has a built in capability to scan folders for.
• Researched and studied Bank’s various in-house systems, which helped me build customized user-friendly project applications that can communicate with Bank’s existing systems through APIs.
• Supported project team with extensive IT services that included from basic troubleshooting to complex database queries.

Zurich, CH

• Developed New Account Tracking System (NATS) to manage new accounts for tax withholding purposes. NATS was later adopted by RKYC (UBS’s newly created centralized account management system).
• Learned different aspects of tax withholding for different types of accounts, while understanding roles of various US Tax forms (W-9, W-8 BEN, W-8 IMY).
• Implemented extensive document management system to organize and index thousands of tax forms.
• Studied and analyzed end-users’ daily and weekly reports and created one-click version of reports which previously took users up to two days of work to generate a single report.

Masters, Software Engineering

Bachelors Of Science, Business Administration