Apr 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

• Spearheading platform and technology transformation of the India Core Banking & Wealth management platform - a multimillion dollar program spread across 5 years from conceptualization to execution in a highly regulated environment.
• Responsible for overall technology governance, risk management and key decisions - Build vs Buy, Vendor Partner Selection, budget spend and managing a team of 70+ spread across permanent and vendor resources.
• Lead the team in Design, Development, Support, and Integration of a complex ecosystem across a portfolio of systems covering Core Banking, Wealth Management, Depository, CRM, RM Channels. Digitalization of the platform focused on Client onboarding and frictionless Client experience.
• Partnering with the business function heads in Front office, COO, Products, Operations, Risk and Finance with a laser focus on “Go to Market” and translating business strategies into IT capabilities.

Jan 2016 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Global Head of Execution links covering 100+ exchanges across asset classes - Equity, FX, Fixed Income and Listed Derivatives covering both Standard and Low Latency space.
• Overall as a Product Owner responsible for Business Expansion, Regulatory/Strategic programs, Technology Refresh and overall budget of 5+ million covering RTB and CTB.
• 3 year Transformation program aimed at refreshing legacy Market Connectivity platform (Mercury) with the next gen low latency tech stack i.e. MAGIC aimed at reducing latency ~20 micros. 2018 – 2019
• Trusted adviser and Strong SME in Exchange connectivity to Business/COO's, Senior IT Management and Infrastructure partners globally. Well experienced in managing BoW/Conflicting priorities and running production incidents/calls where necessary.
• Achievements:
• As a Delivery lead for the MIFID2 program across the wider Execution links space, i was responsible for guiding/managing the respective team's that successfully managed upgrades to about 60 odd venues, Countless framework changes covering Clock Sync, Order management and Record keeping requirements requiring wide sweeping changes.

Dec 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs

• Successfully consolidated the FID Execution and Market Data solutions of Rates, Credit, EMG and Repo on the strategic platform as a part of FID One Stack AS program resulting in significant cost savings.
• Influenced and built bridges with Global Heads of various Product lines to consolidate legacy connectivity and vendor solutions on firm’s strategic in-house solution for better cost efficiency and reduced maintenance overheads.

Mar 2011 – Feb 2016 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Exchange Connectivity Delivery Manager responsible for critical Equity, FID and FX business functions – Trading and Market Data for 100+ exchanges in Europe and US. Daily transaction volumes via these systems exceed well over 12+ million for Trading and 3+ billion for Market data updates.
• Member of the Global Exchange Connectivity leadership team – playing a key role in deciding and influencing the direction and shape of the product, sharing best practice across all regional teams and participating in strategic initiatives.
• Successfully retired legacy hardware and middleware components while moving them to new platforms resulting in a saving of 1 MM.
• Avid supporter of nurturing young talent – regular participant in graduate recruitment drives and career adviser to Trainees.
• Working closely with Head of Global Exchange Connectivity in the budgeting process for the respective business lines.

Dec 2009 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Accountable for all mandatory and regulatory upgrades, new venue expansion of a highly dynamic and complex environment which attracts close to 800 releases in a year.
• Responsible for maintaining the production stability and capacity management to ensure the solution keeps pace with in-creased volumes and spikes during key events and period of volatility.
• Achievements
• Expanded into important emerging markets such as Russia, Middle East, Turkey and South Africa in addition to ECN/MTF’s in Europe. CS has reputation of being the first to connect to a new market/venue in Europe.
• Spearheaded the low latency solution roll out for South Africa business allowing Credit Suisse desk to capture 10% of market volumes within the second day of going live.
• Running the BOW meetings of the Regional UNIX, Infrastructure teams for all European Exchange connections and hardware.
• Lead the efforts in expanding and setting up the team in India to make the overall program more cost effective. Managing a team of 12 developers for delivery of Trading and Market Data links for 70+ European markets.

May 2005 – Nov 2009 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• Design/development and maintenance of low latency C++ links to exchanges in the Asia Pacific and European region.
• Working knowledge in design and development of an Order Routing System and Order Management System.
• Led the expansion of Asian and EMEA business for several exchanges (Tokyo, Bursa Malaysia, Thailand, India, Swiss, Italy, Nordic to name a few)
• Key member involved in setting up the Global Exchange Connectivity team in Singapore.
• Played a led role in Coordinating and participating in interview drives to India and in Singapore