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* Co-led technology initiatives for a global organization, overseeing strategic, tactical, and operational projects related to application development, architecture, security, quality assurance, user experience, and hosting/cloud services.* Managed geographically distributed teams across EMEA and APAC regions, supporting $70M in business revenue.* Developed a process-driven ecosystem that leverages industry best practices such as Agile, DevOps, and Spec-By-Example to ensure speed, scale, and quality in delivering technology solutions.

* Offshore Delivery Lead with experience leading multiple projects for global asset managers and financial market solution providers.* Proven track record of driving project delivery and managing application portfolios of diverse technologies.* Skilled in program management, delivery management, business consulting, and requirements gathering.Experience:* Led multiple technology projects for a global asset manager and financial market solution provider, responsible for driving delivery and managing offshore teams.* Successfully supported a portfolio of technology projects specific to the trading function, envisioned the next generation of product presentation, and built an external website to support the Canadian business.* Managed a complete overhaul of a global settlement instruction solution for a financial market solution provider.* Served as program manager for a project to consolidate two accounting systems for one of the largest asset managers, supporting the PMO lead and ensuring program-level risks, issues, and dependencies were captured and reported.

As a Delivery Manager, Vishal oversaw multiple engagements with budgets of up to $2 million in areas such as Mortgage Analytics, Reference Data, and Portfolio Accounting. He facilitated the development and execution of flexible roadmaps for 10+ year initiatives and implemented employee-centric HR programs, such as a 3-month induction program and a mentoring framework for developing leadership. Vishal also provided pre-sales support and drafted responses to RFI and RFP while developing new service offerings.

Vishal managed offshore development teams for Goldman Sachs, responsible for maintaining and supporting applications used by traders and clients. He built a team from scratch and delivered projects for security lending, portfolio management, and more. Vishal ensured adherence to software development processes, managed the team, and coordinated with clients. He reviewed reports and assisted in presales estimation and scoping. Skills: Team Management, Client Management, Project Estimation, Presales Support.

As a team leader, Vishal maintained and supported a research publishing and distribution system, used by research analysts and salespeople for notifying clients. He contributed by liaising with users, developing efficient Sybase code, and providing system support.

Vishal led a team in the design, development, testing, and migration of cross-functional components in the sub-ledger system for the Private Wealth Management division of an Investment bank. He restructured the End-of-Day process to reduce cycle time and coordinated the development and testing efforts of various teams on the client data migration project. Vishal's responsibilities included system maintenance and managing the offshore team.