I specialise in achieving business transformation through design and development of sophisticated applications, InfoSec frameworks and new generation infrastructure, thus establishing available and scalable platforms for higher growth on a global scale, while maintaining low risk and OPEX.As an IT strategist, I have leveraged emerging and open-source technologies to architect innovative solutions, driven digitisation roadmap, and set up measures to maximise business performance.Highlights:As CIO for 10+ years at UAE Exchange, I headed the global IT function (32 countries) and played the key role in technology transformation for the company into a globally recognised entity.Technology Leadership: Contributed significantly to pioneering efforts in technology enablement to transform the company into a self-sufficient, competitive and high-performing entity; scaled up capabilities to support accelerated growth from 1000 employees and 1.2 million customers in 2005 to 8000 personnel and 7 million customers Set up 2 datacenters and DR facilities; augmented IT infrastructure through robust solutions and architecture; improved uptime from 99.2% to 99.87% over 5 years Contributed to cost reduction, and brought in innovation by virtualizing 75% of enterprise-grade servers over 18 months Strategic Planning: Set up new operations, oversaw recruitment, training and capability development initiatives, in addition to centralising security and maintenance operationsCapability Development: Oversaw set-up of the ODC in India and development of 3 critical platforms: remittance, forex & payments, financial accounting & back office applications, and international instant money transfer (Xpress Money) for institutions across 120 countriesRisk Management & InfoSec: Established the InfoSec practice and IT GRC for the business exposure in all countries of presence, lead participation in ISO 27001, ISAE 3402, PCI-DSS, Data Protection & Privacy projects