Biren Parekh

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India30 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 28 years of global experience in digital transformation.
  • Led successful implementations for Tier-1 global banks.
  • Recognized as a top thinker in Project Management and FinTech.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech leader with extensive experience in digital transformation and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital TransformationDelivery Management

Other Skills

IT Enabled Business TransformationSoftware IndustryBanking Product Development and Implementation LifecycleData Lakehouse Design and ImplementationFinancial WellnessSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Vendor ManagementRetail BankingProgram ManagementSoftware Project ManagementSolution ArchitectureChange ManagementRisk ManagementSoftware DevelopmentPre-sales

About

Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹ I'm a Strategic BFSI leader with over 28 years of global experience in digital transformation across retail and corporate banking domains. As a Director at Crisil and former VP at Intellect Design Arena, I've managed portfolios up to $25 million & led successful implementations for Tier-1 global banks. My expertise โคต ๐Ÿ‘‰ Digital transformation ๐Ÿ‘‰ Delivery management ๐Ÿ‘‰ Banking product development and implementation lifecycle ๐Ÿ‘‰ Data Lakehouse design and implementation. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Financial wellness With a proven track record of delivering zero-defect projects and winning awards for innovation and delivery excellence, I bring a unique blend of technical knowledge, leadership skills, commercial acumen, and industry insights. I'm passionate about driving strategic growth and digital innovation in the financial services sector. What sets me apart is my ability to influence CXOs, manage complex stakeholder relationships, and lead large teams to achieve exceptional results. As a skilled communicator and effective negotiator, I prioritize cultural sensitivity, building rapport with teams, and fostering cohesiveness to achieve strategic business goals. Apart from being a certified independent director, I'm also certified in multiple professional areas, including GPM-b, PMP, ESG, CMMi, Agile, and AWS among others. Dr. Ravindran has featured me in his book "High Productivity Practices from Successful Leaders", where I have shared practical tips and tricks for enhancing productivity. As the saying goes, โ€œYour Network is your Net worthโ€ I invite you to connect. More about me โคต โœ’๏ธ Author of "Supercharge your Project Management skills" ๐Ÿ’ฐ Angel Investors x 12 startups ๐ŸŒฟ Volunteer - PMI Global Sustainability Champion Program ๐Ÿ’œ Volunteer - PMI South Asia Champion Program ๐Ÿ† Multiple Awards for best PMI volunteer ๐ŸŽ™๏ธTop 50 Voices APAC (thinkers360.com) ๐Ÿ…Top 25 thinkers on Project Management for 2022, 2023, 2024 (thinkers360.com) ๐ŸŽ–๏ธTop 50 thinkers in FinTech for 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 (thinkers360.com) ๐Ÿ”Top 200 PM in the world (Eduhubspot) ๐Ÿ“ฐ Featured in multiple interviews ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Frequent podcast guest ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Keynote Speaker at Conferences & B-schools like IIT, IIM, etc. ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Independent Director ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“ Lifelong learner ๐ŸŒ ESG-certified ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ Advisor, mentor ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธMarathoner ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Fitness freak ๐Ÿ“š Book lover โœˆ๏ธ Explorer, Wanderer -- Follow my WA channel for job postings, part of giving back to society. One may check the 'Recommendation Section' to see what people say about me. My postings reflect my personal views and not those of employer, Crisil.

Experience

30 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Project management institute

Global Sustainability Champion - Volunteer

Oct 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 7 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • I am volunteering as Global Sustainability Champion for Project Managment Institute

Metis intellisystems pvt. ltd.

Angel Investor

Oct 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 7 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Manah wellness

Angel Investor

Jul 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 2 yrs 10 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Sugar watchers

Angel Investor

Mar 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 2 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Uniliving

Angel Investor

Jan 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 4 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Zypp electric

Angel Investor

Nov 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 6 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Homepecked e-marketplace services pvt ltd

Angel Investor

May 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Micromendยฎ

Angel Investor

Apr 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 1 mo ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Geekster

Angel Investor

Mar 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 2 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Crisil limited

Director

Feb 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 3 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Hybrid

IT Enabled Business TransformationSoftware IndustryDigital TransformationDelivery Management

Planys technologies

Angel Investor

Oct 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 7 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Adya

Angel Investor

Oct 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 7 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Angel Investor

Motion gestures

Angel Investor

Feb 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs 3 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

  • Angel Investor

Trustmore group

Angel Investor

Oct 2020 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs 7 mos ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Remote

Project management institute south asia

Senior Champion - Volunteer

Apr 2020 โ€“ Present ยท 6 yrs 1 mo ยท Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ยท Hybrid

  • Senior Champion volunteer.
  • The volunteer role involves-
  • 1 - ๐€๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ: Represent PMI and promote project management best practices.
  • 2 - ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ: Help implement PMI's strategic areas, such as solutioning, advocacy, and events, within their organizations.
  • 3 - ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐Œ๐ˆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Serve as a link between the two, fostering collaboration and support for project management.
  • 4 - ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Identify and develop other project management professionals and help them achieve credentials.

Business schools (mba's) and conferences - project management, fintech, linkedin branding,

Professional Speaker, Panelist, Moderator

Aug 2016 โ€“ Present ยท 9 yrs 9 mos ยท International and India

  • Professional Speaker, Visiting Faculty, Panelist, and Moderator at various conferences and B-Schools on topics related to Project Leadership, FinTech, Agile, Risk Management, Delivery Excellence & Financial Wellness
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ SJMSOM (IIT-Bombay)
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ IIM-Bombay (erstwhile NITIE)
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ IIM Sambalpur
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ VJTI
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ ISB-Bombay
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ IIM Indore
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Institute of Directors
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Delhi School of Economics (DU)
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ NMIMS
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Vijay Patil School of Management
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Vidyalankar Institute of Technology
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ PDPU
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ SIES College of Management Studies
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ TIMSR
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Dr Moonje Institute
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ K J Somaiya College of Engineering
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ D. Y. Patil College of Engineering
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ SEIT
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ SNDT
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ CRISIL
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ DAIT-DRDO
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ SPIT
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ ITM
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Project World Summit
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Jaro Education
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ PMI Mumbai Chapter
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ AQMEN365
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Asahi Kasei
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ PMOGA
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Agile Network India
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Agile Conferences
  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Crater.club
  • ๐Ÿ“ŒTGBS

Intellect design arena ltd

Vice President

Sep 2013 โ€“ Feb 2022 ยท 8 yrs 5 mos ยท Mumbai Area, India

  • As a strategic leader, I define, manage & monitor Liquidity & Trade finance portfolio for APAC region from conceptualization and visualization to technology mapping, solutioning and final execution of projects while managing interdependencies, associated risks, and issues.
  • Responsible for reviewing & monitoring program status with program manager & take corrective actions as required
  • Ensures that risks, issues & dependencies are being identified, analyzed, addressed to ensure successful & timely delivery of programs
  • Fully accountable for managing project profitability and margin in line with organizationโ€™s standards
  • Effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure the success of the program
  • Reviews actuals and forecasts with PMs and challenge overspend/underspend
  • Manages the cross-charging of resource and other costs to the relevant cost-center
  • Accurately reports project progress to IT exec management and the Business Transformation Office
  • Provide Presales & Sales support for proposal & contracting
  • Prepare & participate in high-level planning with the customer to meet strategic customer objectives
  • Influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders to ensure business analysis, development, test, and implementation activities are visible and in line with agreed customer expectations
  • Solid understanding and expert knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall Project Management principle and practices
  • Have the ability to gather, analyze and evaluate facts and to prepare and present concise reports

Barclays bank

AVP - IT Projects

Mar 2011 โ€“ Aug 2013 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos ยท Mumbai

  • Responsible for the overall management and delivery of application Programmes/Projects in banking technology portfolio across Barclays Bank IT & Barclays NBFC IT
  • Exercise overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the Programme/project to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance standards
  • Provide day to day direction to the project team and manage a budget
  • Manage relationships with key stakeholders at executive and direct reports' levels across the Portfolio/Programme Client base and technical community, ensuring continued buy-in to the Programme/Project
  • Manage and co-ordinate projects, their interdependencies, associated risks and issues
  • Ensure delivery of the platform and service meets requirements and that acceptance and handover to business as usual are managed against agreed acceptance criteria and to a defined plan
  • Effective supplier management, vendor performance measurement to get pulse on cost, quality, service & relationship values
  • Direct, manage and controls team members, including other program managers, vendors and external suppliers, to deliver the required project quality, cost and delivery timeframes
  • Getting deliveries out of global virtual teams to ensure timely resolution & delivery of programs
IT Enabled Business TransformationSoftware IndustryDigital TransformationDelivery Management

Oracle financial services software ltd

Project Manager

Jan 1997 โ€“ Mar 2011 ยท 14 yrs 2 mos

  • Mapping requirements and providing them best solutions involving evaluation and definition of scope of project and finalization of project requirements.
  • Monitoring projects from conceptualization and visualization to technology mapping, solutioning and final execution of projects.
  • Holding review meetings to monitor progress of the project as per schedule / budgets, and ensuring timely completion and delivery of project to the client; extending production support for applications.
  • Ensuring that CFL gaps are developed delivered & tested in co-ordination with development group.
  • Assuring communication and reporting required to the Project Steering Committee and Stakeholders.
IT Enabled Business TransformationSoftware IndustryDigital TransformationDelivery Management

Tata chemicals

Programmer

Jan 1996 โ€“ Jan 1997 ยท 1 yr

IT Enabled Business TransformationSoftware IndustryDigital TransformationDelivery Management

Education

L.D. College of Engineering

B.E.(Computers) โ€” Computer Eng

Jan 1992 โ€“ Jan 1996

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