Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Oct 2023 – Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• FinTech - NBFC (Non Banking Financial Corporation)

Jan 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• As Group Head of Architecture, I drive the enterprise architecture strategy, governance, and transformation agenda, ensuring that technology choices across the bank align with long-term business objectives, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite.
• I have defined and executed a comprehensive technology vision and target-state architectures, setting development and operational standards that enable scalability, resilience, and compliance across global markets. By chairing Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) and establishing strong governance frameworks, I provide oversight on design, technology adoption, and vendor decisions to safeguard the bank’s architectural integrity.
• My leadership spans data, cloud, integration, and security architectures, with experience managing large-scale platforms supporting petabyte-scale data, advanced analytics, and AI/ML products including credit scoring, churn prediction, fraud detection, and customer 360 platforms — all critical for financial services.
• I have architected and overseen delivery of enterprise-grade capabilities such as payments modernization, cross-border transaction platforms, digital onboarding, and API-driven developer ecosystems, ensuring solutions are compliant, secure, and customer-centric.
• Equally, I focus on talent and organizational design, building high-performing teams of architects, engineers, SREs, and product leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• By collaborating closely with board level senior executives, regulators, and business stakeholders, I ensure architecture decisions translate into trusted, future-ready banking platforms that balance innovation with risk management and deliver measurable business value.

Aug 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

• As a senior technology leader, I specialize in shaping and governing enterprise-wide architecture strategies that enable large, regulated organizations to innovate with confidence while maintaining resilience, compliance, and efficiency.
• I have led the definition of technology vision, target state architectures, and roadmaps that align business priorities with future-ready platforms. By establishing architecture principles, reusable patterns, and governance forums (ARBs), I ensure consistent, scalable, and secure technology adoption across global teams.
• My expertise spans cloud-native, API-first, microservices, event-driven, and data-centric architectures. I’ve architected multi-country, multi-tenant platforms with a single deployment model, modernized legacy estates, and driven end-to-end digital transformations in highly regulated industries.
• I focus strongly on security, risk, and compliance by design, embedding DevSecOps, zero-trust frameworks, and observability into the architectural foundation. Beyond compliance, I emphasize developer productivity and financial accountability by introducing architecture-led golden paths, Backstage adoption, and cost-optimized platform engineering practices.
• A strong believer in architecture-led innovation, I stay hands-on with emerging technologies such as AI/ML, GenAI, and intelligent automation, ensuring architectural evolution keeps pace with business ambition.
• Equally important, I have built and mentored high-performing architecture and engineering teams across regions, fostering leadership, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• My role as a global architecture thought leader extends to influencing CIOs, CTOs, and business heads on strategic investments, helping enterprises maximize technology ROI while safeguarding resilience and trust.

Oct 2011 – Aug 2018 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

Oct 2008 – Oct 2011 · 3 yrs

Oct 2008 – Oct 2011 · 3 yrs

Mar 2006 – Oct 2008 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Dec 2001 – Jun 2003 · 1 yr 6 mos