Prashant Awasthi — CTO
Accomplished professional with verifiable track record of managing complex IT initiatives. Proficient at maintaining focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating & implementing advanced technology & business solutions to meet a diversity of needs. Highly adept at facilitating discussions and negotiations with stakeholders, possess strong inter-personal skills. Specialities: A product development enthusiast with 20+ years of rich exposure in enterprise architecture, design, and development of enterprise grade products & applications. A strategic leader with a proven record in establishing, enhancing, and maintaining the Global High Performing Engineering team. Strong understanding and promoter of Agile-Scrum Process, JIRA, and methodologies Extensive experience in Change the Business (CTB) and Run the Business (RTB), Software Engineering, Product Development & Implementation, SDLC, NPD, Cloud Migration, Digital Transformation, and Portfolio & Program Management. End to end ownership of Product/Project Life-cycle management (Cradle to Grave), AOP, P & L, Budgeting and Estimation, Quality Management, Client/Partner Management, Negotiations, Pre-sales & RFP activities, PMS, Resource planning, & attrition management. Excellent communicator, leveraging technical, business, and financial acumen to communicate effectively with CXOs & their respective teams. Played various client facing roles for customers in US, UK, Japan, Middle East & India Presales Activities: Opportunities mining, RFP/RFI/RFQ responses, Requirement Analysis, New Offering demo/Pre-sales, Cross-selling of solutions, Productized Services, Contract negotiations. Domain & Technical Expertise: BFSI/Payments domain with strong experience of Consumer & Corporate Banking, Mobile Banking, Enterprise Alert Server, Payments, Payment Gateway, Retail & Logistics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in SaaS and cloud-native solutions.
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Experience: 21 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Product Development
- Software Development
- Engineering Management
- Payments
- Cloud-native Applications
- Banking Software
Career Highlights
- 20+ years in enterprise architecture and product development.
- Expert in Agile-Scrum methodologies and team leadership.
- Proven track record in managing complex IT initiatives.
Work Experience
SBS
Head of Software Engineering (2 yrs 1 mo)
Paytm
Director of Engineering (3 yrs 4 mos)
Airtel Africa Digital Labs
Head of IT - Mobile Financial Services (MFS) (6 mos)
FIS
Software Development Manager (5 yrs)
Infosys
Engineering Manager (5 yrs 5 mos)
Oracle
Lead Software Development Engineer (2 yrs 3 mos)
Atos Syntel
Software Development Engineer (2 yrs 8 mos)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Bachelor's of Technology at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University