Vikram Nafde Email & Phone Number

Stamford, Ct, Us

Webster is a leading commercial bank that delivers financial solutions to businesses, individuals, families and partners. With more than $75 billion in assets, Webster offers digital and traditional service delivery through differentiated lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and HSA Bank, one of the country’s largest providers of employee benefits solutions.As Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a member of Webster's Executive Management Committee (EMC), Vikram is responsible for the strategy and execution of all Webster Technology - including Business Applications, Software Engineering, Platforms, Data, Architecture, Agility, Tech Innovation, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

Stamford, Ct, Us

As Global Head of Software Engineering, Vikram was responsible for shaping and leading the company’s approach and execution of software development. Vikram also led the global rollout of Scaled Agile operating model across the entire Bank. Vikram additionally led all Technology work needed for a successful completion of the MOE (Merger of Equals) between Webster Bank and Sterling National Bank in Q1-2022.

United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut (UWCWCT) fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in greater Bridgeport, greater Danbury, greater New Milford, greater Norwalk, and Stamford, with a focus on hard-working, struggling households that we call ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). In Connecticut, 38% of all households experience financial hardship, as ALICE or living in poverty.UWCWC works to provide long-term solutions to the challenges facing our neighbors living paycheck-to-paycheck. We mobilize our community's best resources and trusted partners to help those living at or below the ALICE financial threshold. We inspire individuals to join the fight against our community's most daunting social crises. By leveraging the collective power of the community, we are focused on creating an environment where individuals and families are self-sufficient and can achieve financial independence. For more information about United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, please visit: https://www.unitedwaycwc.org/.

Member of the CNBC Technology Executive Council, the premiere council of technology executives (CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, etc.) assembled exclusively by CNBC. Members hail from top-tier companies and organizations across sectors and industries. The council, in conjunction with CNBC, leads ongoing high-priority discussions about employing breakthrough technologies to solve problems and power growth while addressing the challenges presented by these innovations.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Evanta, a Gartner Company, creates exclusive communities of C-level executives from the world’s leading organizations. These invaluable networks are built by and for C-level executives to share innovative ideas, validate strategies and solve critical leadership challenges through peer-to-peer insight and collaboration. Evanta’s trusted communities serve CIOs, CISOs, CHROs, CDAOs, and CFOs around the world.Vikram is the Co-Chair of Evanta NYC CIO Chapter, where he helps shape the strategy and topics for NYC CIO local programs and ensures that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Network, a collective community of leading technology experts from the world’s most influential companies.

New York, Ny, Us

Genpact is a global professional services and digital transformation leader with over 90,000 resources across 3 dozen countries. Vikram joined Genpact from Bridgewater in 2019 as part of a unique partnership that he helped lead, aimed at bringing digital transformation and state of the art cloud capabilities to many of Bridgewater’s business units. Vikram led 100+ Tech resources on that transformation journey by combining the best of Design Thinking, Scaled Agile, Azure Cloud Services, DevOps, Automation, and Enterprise Architecture.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Bridgewater Associates is the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund, managing $160 billion for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional clients. Vikram led an enterprise-wide initiative to bring to life Foundational Capabilities, including centralized ITSM (service management), PPM (project portfolio management), SAM (software asset management), and APM (application platform management) platforms. Later, Vikram was core member of the deal team that produced a unique, industry-leading partnership between Bridgewater and Genpact with the goal of leveraging Digital Transformation to produce highest quality user experience in Bridgewater corporate shared service functions and creating a new digital hub in Stamford, CT.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is the most global high-end hotel company in the world, with eleven distinct lifestyle brands, a globally-renowned loyalty program (spg) and over 180,000 associates worldwide. Vikram joined Starwood in 2014 to lead some of the biggest IT and business transformation initiatives. In the first 4 months, Vikram worked on the global rollout of an industry-leading Revenue Optimization System (ROS) that automated hotel room pricing. With $53M budget, the program developed sophisticated analytics utilizing empirical pricing data and market trends to forecast future demand and maximize REVPAR (Revenue per Available Room).Vikram also led a multi-generational HR Transformation initiative related to implementing a cloud-based collaboration platform, a new global HR Core and Talent Management platform, and a world-class Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure. Concurrently, Vikram also led a $15M Program to migrate Starwood’s core technology platforms to a state-of-the-art data center in Phoenix, AZ. The program involved upgrading Starwood’s aging Exadata infrastructure and reporting platform (MicroStrategy), enhancing over 40 business-critical applications, and creating a new staging and test environment.

Boston, Ma, Us

With an 80-year heritage and more than $120B in assets under management, GE Asset Management is one of the largest managers of institutional assets. IT Director (2009-2014) - Vikram fulfilled dual mandate of implementing EPS, the biggest program ever undertaken at GEAM, along with leading FTE and 50 contractors IT Service Delivery team that supported front office users across equities, fixed income, and risk. On the EPS program Vikram facilitated strategic discussions with senior management and led the on-time and within-budget implementation of Blackrock’s Aladdin Investments Platform. Here are some additional initiatives that Vikram led over last 5 years at GEAM. - Led all IT work in creating a Bank Loans JV between GEAM and GE Capital - Harvested $2M in yearly savings through a focus on app retirement and IT support consolidation - Rolled out research management platform (Tamale), enabling enterprise collaboration, and significant cost savings (500K+ per year)- Implemented FI attribution platform that reduced cycle time from monthly to daily, improved attribution accuracy, and enabled on-demand reporting - Built an intuitive executive dashboard that brought real-time firm-wide exposure and performance reporting to their fingertips Senior IT Leader (1999-2009) - As leader of over 20 employee and contractor resources, Vikram was in charge of providing support and solutions to trading, research, risk, and portfolio management teams across fixed income, equities, and alternatives. - Led a multi-generational program ($10M Capex) to implement Latent Zero Trade Order Management System across over $100B of fixed income assets. - Led the IT work involved in spinning over $50B of GE Insurance assets into new publicly traded company Genworth.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Mba, Finance, It

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Hsc, General