Namit Sharma

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India30 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 25 years of risk management experience.
Expert in predictive modeling and analytics.
Proven track record in building high-growth teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Fintech and Risk Management expert with a strong analytical background.

Contact

sharma.namit@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Risk ManagementPredictive ModelingAnalytics

Other Skills

ALMActuarial ScienceBasel IICatastrophe Risk ModellingCustomer AnalysisData CleansingData QualityData ScienceDerivativesDerivatives AnalysisEconomic CapitalEnterprise Risk ManagementFinancial RiskFinancial Risk ModellingLeadership

About

Risk management professional with over 25 years of experience, primarily in consulting and analytics for financial services, across consumer banking, capital markets, life and P&C insurance. Deep experience in credit, market, and operational risk - building predictive models/ strategies for consumer credit risk and fraud, enterprise risk modelling of FX/ commodities/ interest rates, derivatives pricing and portfolio analyses, and catastrophe risk management. Expertise in multiple analytical techniques such as time series modelling, simulation, decision trees, regression and other machine learning. Built and managed high-growth teams serving global customers, with an exceptional record of customer satisfaction. Effective people leader with demonstrated ability to attract/ grow/ retain talent and build strong organizations. Keenly interested in the discovery and quantification of inter-relationships between different types of risks, utilizing the latest algorithms and technologies, and applying insights to diverse business situations.

Experience

Fico™

Vice President & Head of Global Delivery Center for Analytics, India

Jun 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Lead global delivery for analytic consulting projects across credit risk, operational risk, and optimization for banking & financial institutions - utilizing advanced data science, machine learning, and operations research.
Deliver consulting projects on the FICO decision intelligence platform to manage banking lifecycle risk including originations risk scoring, account & customer-level behavior models, and collections scores.
Develop advanced machine learning models for real-time risk assessments using transactions and other alternate data - applied to creating multi-dimensional customer profiles, trigger-based risk decisions, analysis of income & expense patterns, and capture of transaction/ application fraud.
Build regulatory models for compliance with IFRS9 and Basel guidelines- including Probability of Default (PD), Exposure at Default (EAD), and Loss Given Default (LGD) components. Calculate Expected Credit Loss (ECL) and generate drill-down reporting with forward-looking simulations of portfolio risk and macroeconomic factors.
Specialized operations research algorithms applied to loan & deposit price optimization, credit line management, and collections, embedded within optimization solution accelerators using the FICO Xpress solver to deliver higher profitability for banks.

AnalyticsPredictive AnalyticsRisk AnalyticsMachine LearningData ScienceOperational Risk+2

Eigenrisk inc.

Co-founder and Head India Operations

Sep 2014 – Jun 2015 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Set up and managed entire India operations including facilities, IT infrastructure, statutory compliance (foreign investment, accounting & tax, legal), and hiring/ HR. Contributed to product management, marketing, and professional services for v1.0 of the EigenPrism application delivery platform, featuring catastrophe risk exposure management capability for corporate risk managers, intermediaries, and (re)insurers.
EigenRisk was founded in May 2014 with offices in the US and India, to bring speed-of-thought risk analytics to the (re)insurance and risk management community, leveraging the latest advances in high-performance computing and big data technology. Selected by CIO Review as one of the 20 Most Promising High Performance Computing Technology Solution Providers, and by Analytics India Magazine as one of the Top 10 Emerging Analytics Start-ups to watch in 2015

Product ManagementMarketingStatutory ComplianceRisk ManagementAnalytics

Risk management solutions

Vice President

Dec 2010 – May 2014 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Noida Area, India

Led the Analytical Services business, providing end-to-end catastrophe risk modelling to (re)/insurance clients, covering data cleansing, data quality, policy interpretation, model runs and reporting. Integrated and managed analytical services teams across the US, UK, and India. Recorded strong growth in revenues with high levels of customer satisfaction, team productivity, and retention.
Risk Management Solutions (www.rms.com) is the world’s leading provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management. More than 400 leading insurers, reinsurers, trading companies, and other financial institutions rely on RMS models to quantify, manage, and transfer risk.

Catastrophe Risk ModellingData QualityReportingRisk ManagementAnalytics

Genpact

Vice President

May 2002 – Dec 2010 · 8 yrs 7 mos

Led a 550-member analytics and research team working across retail banking, credit cards, auto finance, brokerage, and e-commerce. Responsible for P&L, operations performance, and team management. In earlier years, built a risk decision sciences team for consumer banking, led risk & actuarial teams for life insurance, and also managed investment banking research and analytics. As the risk competency leader, helped build a strong portfolio of new clients in financial services. Received Genpact Platinum Award for outstanding leadership in 2006.
Genpact Limited (NYSE: G) is a global leader in transforming and running business processes and operations, including those that are complex and industry-specific. Genpact stands for Generating Impact – visible in tighter cost management as well as better management of risk, regulations and growth for hundreds of long-term clients including more than 100 of the Fortune Global 500.

P&L ManagementTeam ManagementOperations PerformanceAnalyticsRisk Management

I-flex solutions

Consultant

Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 · 1 yr

Worked in the Consulting group as a Risk Management Specialist.

Risk Management

Nera economic consulting

Consultant

Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 · 3 yrs · Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked in the Securities consulting practice based in Washington DC. Modelled financial risks like commodities, FX, and interest rates as part of enterprise risk projects, and also worked on analysis of derivatives trades in litigation cases.
NERA Economic Consulting (www.nera.com) is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. NERA’s economists create strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations. With its main office in New York City, NERA serves clients from more than 25 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Financial Risk ModellingDerivatives AnalysisRisk Management