Lakshmi Venkatesan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 25 years of leadership in Software Engineering & Fintech
  • Expert in driving digital transformation and innovation
  • Proven track record in regulatory compliance and risk management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in cloud transformation and regulatory compliance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology LeadershipCloud & Devops TransformationRegulatory & Risk ComplianceSolution DesignInnovationEnterprise Integration

Other Skills

JavaAgileSOAWeb ServicesETLCloud ComputingMicro ServicesSAP HANAODataEIPSolution ArchitectureVirtualizationCloud ManagementSystem ProvisioningAndroid Development

About

Technology Leadership | Forex & Capital Markets | Digital Transformation Advocate With ~25 years of leadership in Software Engineering & Fintech, I specialize in driving innovation, modernization & efficiency My experience spans Forex Technology & Global Markets, cloud transformation, automation, regulatory compliance, operational resilience, risk management to build customer-centric solutions ๐ŸŒŸ Techno-functional expertise & Delivery & Development of applications in JEE platform across domains ๐ŸŒŸ Inspired by simplicity & focused on customer outcomes ๐ŸŒŸ Passion for learning & strategic transformation ๐ŸŒŸ Thrive in fast-paced environments with technological excellence, agility Core Strengths: โœ” Technology Leadership โ€“ Led digital transformation initiatives in Global Markets, optimizing operations for enhanced efficiency, automation โœ” Innovation โ€“ Managing an AI solution to automate invoice processing โœ” Cloud & DevOps Transformation โ€“ AWS migration, Micro-Services adoption, API-driven integration to modernize systems โœ” Regulatory & Risk Compliance โ€“ Designed solutions aligned with BASEL, MiFID, CFTC standards โœ” Mentorship & Talent Development โ€“ Passionate about coaching teams Specialties: Server Architecture, Micro Services, SOA, Solution Design, Enterprise Integration, Agile, Java, JEE, Spring, Springboot, REST & Web Services, Swing, EJB, OSB & XML, Kafka, MQ/JMS, Camel, Hibernate, JPA, ReactJS, NodeJS, HTML5 Technical Experience: Worked in fast paced Agile environments Core Java, MultiThreading, EIP, OData, FIX REST,Web Services, TLS, Encryption algorithms, 3FA CI/ CD pipelines Teamcity, Bamboo, UDeploy GithubActions, CodeFresh, Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift ML: Logistic regression, kNN, RandomForest classifiers System Design, OSGi, Micro-Services ETL, OBI, ATG, Websphere Commerce Servers Domain Experience: Institutional Banking: Trade life-cycle & Booking Models for FX, Fixed Income, IRS, Equities, Commodities & Derivatives, Forex Trade Processing, Risk Routing, Post Trade Processing, Settlements, SWIFT, Liquidity Management, Risk Reporting, Cashflows & Balances, Invoice Reconciliation, Funding Support for Balance Sheet Traders, Equity & Fixed Income back office processing & settlement warehouse Insurance: Actuarial Calculations Enterprise Integration: EIP Component Development, OData Service Provisioning Virtualization: SAP Landscape Provisioning, Capacity Monitoring, Auto scaling Transport & Logistics: Inventory & Logistics, Kanban, Vehicle scheduling/tracking; Airline Payments E-Commerce: Commerce Server Development, Portal Data Migration

Experience

25 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
10 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Anz

Engineer Chapter Lead | Vice President, Markets Front Office

Jul 2015 โ€“ Present ยท 10 yrs 10 mos

  • Leading the development of applications related to Front office (Trade Entry/ Electronic Pricing & Trading Platforms) and Risk(Risk Routing, Cash flow & Position Management, PNL, Accounting, Margin repatriation, Close of Area processes & Reporting ), Confirmations in the Forex Core Technology Division & building STP adaptors that communicate with different internal systems (for Settlement, Risk & Surveillance) & with external systems (Prime Brokerage platforms,Trading & Clearing Exchanges etc.)
  • The products covered include Forex Spots, Forwards, Options, Swaps, Blocks, Precious Metals, Non-Deliverable Currency Forwards & Money Market deals.
  • Involved in managing risk & routing of forex deals; developing applications for middle office risk processing, intraday position & cash ladder, automation of deal flows & facilitating STP of deals upto the back-office/ settlement systems, Liquidity management & matching cash-flows from Trade & Accounting ledgers against actual payments from SWIFT Gateway(CAMT,MT,PACS) & Funding requirement calculation for Nostro Accounts
  • Experience in FX financial markets, trade lifecycle flow & working with various trading
  • venues, including Refinitiv,CME, FXConnect, 360T, FXAll, Bloomberg, CCIL
  • Exposure to regulatory reporting in the areas of Dodd Frank, ASIC and MIFID II compliance
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Accountability of software delivery
  • Managing overall design & development,driving initiatives
  • Planning and managing the release train
  • Leading the Development, QA & Dev-Ops Teams
  • Focus on agile delivery, automation,hiring & staffing, mentoring
  • Planning, solution design, bringing value to customer,driving continuous improvement
  • Resolving technical conflicts & working closely with Business & Tech Support
  • Building relationships with stakeholders for timely outcomes
  • People & vendor management
  • Simplification, business focus & hands-on experience in different technologies
  • Building teams, leading & mentoring, recognition in Markets Hackathons
JavaAgileSOAWeb ServicesETLCloud Computing+4

Sap labs

2 roles

Development Architect

Dec 2012 โ€“ Jul 2015 ยท 2 yrs 7 mos ยท Bangalore

  • Development Architect - SAP HANA Cloud Integration Platform, Bangalore (2013 - 2015)
  • Responsibilities included solution architecture, design & development of Adapters for SuccessFactors, OData Integration etc, EIP based Components, OData Service Provisioning etc. in the HCI platform.
  • Also worked on the software that would translate the design-time BPMN integration models into deployable runtime content in camel. I was also involved in the modeling of pre-packaged Integration Content for SuccessFactors related usage-scenarios.
  • Responsibilities included Architecting for scalability, extensibility & reuse; analyzing trade-offs; designing for resilience, supportability & security.
  • Actively participated in Product Architecture Meetings, presenting design approaches, critiquing & sharing design recommendations.
  • Understood the product roadmap & performed market/ technology research to arrive at optimal solutions for key outcomes
SAP HANAODataEIPSolution ArchitectureSolution DesignCloud & DevOps Transformation

Development Architect

Jan 2011 โ€“ Dec 2012 ยท 1 yr 11 mos ยท Bangalore

  • Development Architect - SAP Tech. Innovation Platform Core - Virtualization & Cloud Management team (2011-2012)
  • Responsibilities included architecture ownership, solution analysis, design & development for the Landscape Virtualization Management product.
  • Topics included SAP Solution Manager & Work mode Integration, creating system provisioning templates & simulation of system clone / copy, custom notifications via LVM outbound interfaces, access control, enhanced landscape visualization, analysis of customer usage analytics etc.
  • TGIF Initiatives:
  • Led a pilot project related to the development of Aadhaar based web and android applications for Student Vaccination & Health Tracking management on HANA (This has since then evolved as the SAP Health Central solution).
  • Built an android application to view the entities, operations & task statuses, notifications about validation issues etc. in the SAP platform landscape for the Landscape Virtualization Manager.
  • Also, built a dashboard service to monitor the service & build statuses of the SAP Ganges Retail software components.
VirtualizationCloud ManagementSystem ProvisioningSolution DesignCloud & DevOps Transformation

Mindtree ltd.

Consultant & Technical Lead

Jul 2006 โ€“ Jan 2011 ยท 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Designed and led a project for the development of a SOA based airline payment and reconciliation system as part of a large, multi-year IT transformation program for a leading global airline IT solution provider. Also developed code generators for the different layers of the SOA stack to speed up development.
  • Involved in the portal migration of a B2B commerce application to WCS 7.0 & related database migration with near zero downtime.
  • Led teams in an insurance account that built a production monitoring & workflow system for support personnel and enhanced an actuarial calculation tool to quickly create, maintain and version calculations to assess risk, calculate interest, insurance premiums etc.
  • Involved in the pre-sales and proposal development to develop an end-to-end dealer management system for a leading auto-mobile manufacturer, including inventory management, allocation, dispatch & service management. Also involved in the pre-sales efforts for a content management & mark up system for interactive book publishing using SD-X digital reader .
  • Was involved in the customer portal development using ATG commerce for an European national postal service & developed the KYC module as part of the order processing pipe-line.
  • Participated in the annual Tech-works competition and developed a mobile application to receive realtime stock quotes and analyse the history & performance of stocks added to a personalised portfolio.
SOAB2B CommerceInsurance SystemsSolution DesignEnterprise Integration

Tcs

IT Analyst

Feb 2001 โ€“ Jun 2006 ยท 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Was part of the development of a Global STP product used to send messages related to trading, allocation, net proceeds & settlement information. The product was meant to help asset managers, broker/dealers, custodians, banks and other financial services players with tremendous benefits including greatly shortened processing cycles, reduced settlement risk and lower operating costs.
  • Was responsible for the development & enhancement of a client service web application for a wall street firm offering real-time status on trading & settlement information of equity and fixed income products to brokers and client service operations in the Prime Brokerage area.
  • The project also involved core settlements processing & reconciliation with the central settlement warehouse, management of repo position & portfolio information and other fixed income assets for the different client profiles.
  • The application won the Euromoney award of Best Post-Execution Electronic Trading Service from Euromoney in 2003 and 2004.
  • Was part of the development of a operational risk reporting application for a leading European Bank to calculate the capital requirement based on Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) for BASEL II compliance.
Global STPWeb Application DevelopmentOperational Risk ReportingTechnology LeadershipRegulatory & Risk Compliance

Education

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

MS โ€” E-Commerce

Jan 1999 โ€“ Jan 2001

Madurai Kamaraj University

BE โ€” Electronics & Communication Engineering

Jan 1995 โ€“ Jan 1999

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