Parijat Garg

Product Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India25 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 23+ years of experience in fintech and lending.
  • Advised 25+ clients on credit risk and partnerships.
  • 2.8M+ views on Quora for finance insights.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in credit risk and digital lending strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital Lending StrategyCredit RiskCareer Counseling

Other Skills

Analytical ReasoningAnalyticsBankingBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness ManagementBusiness ProcessBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness StrategyCareer Path PlanningCoachingCommunicationConsultingCorporate CommunicationsCredit Analysis

About

I help fintech startups, NBFCs, and financial institutions build scalable lending products, optimize credit risk models, extract more from data and drive business growth. With 23+ years of experience in credit, lending, and B2B sales, I’ve worked with 20+ clients to develop products and data-driven strategies that improve credit assessment, enhance risk management, and accelerate go-to-market success. I have 2.8M+ views for Quora answers on personal finance, credit scoring and fintechs, and my opinions have been covered by major publications such as Moneycontrol, Mint, ET, Business Standard, TOI, Bloomberg Quint etc. What I Bring to the Table ✔️ Digital Lending Strategy – Helping fintechs and NBFCs launch scalable lending products ✔️ B2B Sales & Partnerships – Building strategic alliances to drive revenue ✔️ Data Analytics & Credit Scoring – Leveraging data for smarter decision-making ✔️ Credit Risk & Underwriting – Designing robust risk models using alternative data My Impact 📈 Helped fintech startups build credit assessment models 🤝 Advised multiple fintechs on securing key partnerships with banks and NBFCs 📊 Helped build data-driven and analytical B2B products for banks and NBFCs Let's Connect! 🔹 Are you a fintech, NBFC, or financial institution looking to refine your credit risk models? 🔹 Are you a techfin building tech and data products for BFSI? 🔹 Need insights on data analytics, B2B sales, or go-to-market strategy? Let’s discuss how I can help you succeed in the evolving fintech landscape. Feel free to DM me. #Fintech #DigitalLending #CreditRisk #B2BSales #DataAnalytics #Underwriting #CreditScore

Experience

25 yrs
Total Experience
9 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs
Current Experience

Maxxup lab

Director

Jun 2023Present · 3 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Enabling teens and youth with career guidance, career counselling, skill enhancement, financial literacy, entrepreneurial mindset and mentor connect
Career CounselingCareer Path Planning

Digital lending

Digital Lending Expert

Nov 2019Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Advising early stage fintech startups, lenders and techfin with building digital first tech enabled financial products, leveraging internal & external data effectively, developing nuanced credit models and defining optimized GTM strategy. Supporting founders with lending partnerships.
  • Helped 25+ clients over the past 4 years in solving various business problems.
  • Digital journey | Credit Risk approaches| Alternate Data| Retail| MSME| Rural| Microfinance
FinTechProduct ManagementAnalyticsCredit RiskDigital Lending Strategy

Crif india

3 roles

Senior Vice President

Oct 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

  • Strategy, Exploring alliances, Direct to Consumer business, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Managing relationships

Vice President

Promoted

Jul 2014Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Set up and led national sales team
  • Key account manager for leading banks and NBFCs in India
  • Set up and led marketing and corporate communications unit
  • Led alliances, relationships and discussions with regulators, media, development finance institutions, researchers, academia

AVP, Business Development

Apr 2011Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Business Development across Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks and NBFCs
  • Conceptualization of products and features (data and software)
  • Led market research projects in Microfinance sector with SIDBI, WBG, IFC, Access Assist, Sa-Dhan

Intellecap

Intern

Nov 2010Dec 2010 · 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Identifying potential investment leads in India Education sector (K12, Coaching, EdTech etc) for Equity or M&A opportunity advisory

Infosys

4 roles

Senior Project Manager

Promoted

Apr 2010Apr 2011 · 1 yr

Project Manager

Promoted

Apr 2007Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Led a team of 40 for Customer Relationship, Marketing and Fraud Reporting unit of American Express Card business in US

Programmer Analyst

Feb 2004Mar 2007 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Lead role in mass migration of global IT systems of AmEx Traveller's cheque and Prepaid card business to newer technologies, saving millions of dollars
  • Coordination with Business teams across the globe for smooth transition

Software Engineer

Dec 2000Jan 2004 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Setting up offshore development center for American Express APAC Merchant Acquisition team
  • Knowledge Lead for the AmEx Merchant Acquisition tech systems
  • Developed an internal Fraud control and settlement suspense system for the entire APAC region
  • Led development of a recurring payment platform for AmEx, which was rolled out to 35+ countries across APAC, EMEA and Latin American markets.
  • Played roles of developer, business analyst and module lead

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Post Graduate Diploma

Jan 2010Jan 2011

National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal

B.Tech

Jan 1996Jan 2000

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Science

Jan 1986Jan 1996

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Jan 1984Jan 1986

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