Anand Venkata Reddy
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic Vice President with a proven track record at Morgan Stanley, leading engineering teams to deliver high-performance GRC solutions. Expert in enterprise architecture and people management, I drive innovation through generative AI and agile methodologies, optimizing system efficiency and enhancing compliance frameworks. Passionate about mentoring talent and fostering a culture of excellence.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President
Morgan Stanley India Private Limited
05.2022 - Current
- Managing a team of 10 engineers, ensuring delivery of enterprise-grade GRC solutions.
- Defined technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for scalable applications.
- Led cross-team collaboration to ensure seamless integration and compliance with organizational standards.
- Conducted performance reviews and provided mentorship to nurture high-performing team culture.
- Led the design and architecture of multiple enterprise applications, including Archival and Global Search solutions.
- Developed Unit and Integration Test specifications to ensure software reliability.
- Optimized performance to enhance application efficiency and reduce system bottlenecks.
- GRC Products: "Governance, Risk, and Compliance," which refers to a set of processes, tools, and practices that organizations use to manage and align their business activities with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies. GRC products are software solutions designed to help businesses streamline and automate various aspects of their governance, risk management, and compliance efforts. These products aim to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and enhance visibility into an organization's overall risk and compliance posture.
Vice President
JP Morgan India Private Limited
05.2015 - 05.2022
- Led and mentored a team of 5 developers to build high-availability trading solutions.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to prioritize features and define product roadmaps, aligning technology initiatives with business objectives.
- Drove design and development of critical components ensuring performance and reliability.
- Introduced automation in testing and deployment pipelines, significantly enhancing operational workflows.
- Defined and maintained technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines across teams, ensuring consistent quality in deliverables.
- Conducted regular sprint retrospectives and identified improvement areas to optimize team productivity.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to align technology solutions with organizational goals.
- Data Vendor: is a centralized service for the acquisition of data from various sources. It provides a mechanism for distributing the data to interested clients. Clients can either request a single snapshot of all their data in a single transaction, or they can request a snapshot of their data and subscribe for notifications for all changes that occur to that data afterwards. DV uses plugin-based architecture and allows clients to dynamically query and filter data. Proxy: is a bridge to connect & deliver messages to low latency trading systems. These include booking, compliance, reporting systems and databases. Proxy provides the following primary features: Adoption of message protocol, Buffering between the high-volume trading flow and slow consuming downstream systems, high availability and guaranteed delivery and recovery.
Education
B.E. - Computer Science
Vemana Institute of Technology
Bangalore, Karnataka01.2004
PUC II -
A.S.B Govt PU College
Anekal, Bangalore South01.2000
SSLC -
A.S.B Govt PU College
Anekal, Bangalore South01.1998
Skills
- Enterprise Architecture
- System Design
- Engineering Leadership
- People Management
- Generative AI
- Spring AI Integration
- Distributed Systems
- Event-Driven Architecture
- High-Performance Systems
- Low-Latency Systems
- Agile
- Scrum
- Regulatory Systems
- Risk Systems
- Compliance Systems
- Java
- RESTful APIs
- Multithreading
- Spring Framework
- Apache Kafka
- Microservices
- OpenSearch
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- LLM-based application design
- Prompt engineering
- Schema-driven tool execution
- AI tool/function calling
- Discovery-first patterns
- Context management
- AI workflow orchestration
- Oracle
- DB2
- CI/CD
- Jenkins
- Container Orchestration
- Sprint Planning
- Continuous Delivery
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/15/83
- Nationality: Indian
Key Technical Initiatives
- AI-Driven Trading & Analytics Platform
- Designed AI-assisted interpretation of technical indicators using Spring AI.
- Enabled natural-language querying of trading indicators and market data.
- Implemented discovery-first AI tool flows to reduce prompt fragility and runtime errors.
- Focused on deterministic execution suitable for enterprise and financial systems.
Timeline
Vice President
Morgan Stanley India Private Limited
05.2022 - Current
Vice President
JP Morgan India Private Limited
05.2015 - 05.2022
B.E. - Computer Science
Vemana Institute of Technology
PUC II -
A.S.B Govt PU College
SSLC -
A.S.B Govt PU College