Krishna Murthi B
Chennai
Summary
With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, my focus in the past decade has been on excelling in product delivery and ownership. Throughout my career, I have successfully managed and delivered multi-million dollar projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, solving customer problems, and delivering maximum value. In addition to my technical expertise, I also contribute to nurturing the next generation of InfoSec leaders through CISSP training sessions.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Vice President
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
06.2016 - Current
- Owned the product backlog and roadmap, prioritized features based on business value, and collaborated with stakeholders to define product vision and strategy
- Conducted market research and user feedback analysis to inform product improvements, resulting in a 40% increase in customer satisfaction and performance improvements
- Implemented metrics and KPIs to measure product performance, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with business goals through data-driven decisions
- Delivered 3 large InfoSec products successfully (PKI setup, Certificate Lifecycle Management, SHA1 to SHA2 Migration) in the past 8 years, achieving significant risk reduction and user adoption
- Engaged with cross-functional teams including Legal, Compliance, Technology, Operations, and Business Management to ensure successful product development and delivery
- Conducted RFP processes, PoC, vendor selection, onboarding, and negotiated financials, taking ownership of contract processes
- Designed highly scalable active-active architectures, conducted BCP/DR meetings, and ensured compliance with RTO, RPO, NFR
- Recruited, built, and motivated team members to achieve common goals
- Maintained stakeholder communications and negotiated for overall benefits
- Designed, developed, and implemented appropriate security controls to bring risk to an acceptable level
Project Manager
HCL Technologies (India), HCL Great Britain
04.2005 - 05.2016
- Managed and delivered IT Risk, Security, and Compliance products for prestigious international clients including AIG in the APAC region, showcasing effective multi-regional stakeholder management
- Provided technical and strategic leadership to engineering teams, building fault-tolerant distributed systems in .NET, C#, and Java
- Directed cross-functional teams, improving product delivery through agile methodologies with a strong focus on fundamentals and quality
- Managed P&L, multiple products in the onsite-offshore model, responsible for profitability, resource coaching, KC/KT, appraisal, and billing of 40+ resources
- Worked in various capacities from developer, architect, performance testing, design, product delivery, and growth to Product Owner
Principal Engineer
BMC Software
04.2004 - 03.2005
- Developed the application with Internationalization (i18n) feature
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Horizons Corp. (Global Business Technology Services)
05.2003 - 06.2004
- Used ASP.NET, VB.NET, HTML, JavaScript, COM, ADO.NET, IIS, and SQL Server 2000 in building a web application
- Developed an innovative Flash based UI that was used for kiosk / dashboards
Senior Programmer
Future Focus Infotech
03.2000 - 04.2003
- Designed and developed animated web site using Flash
- Architected a document scanning solution with auto OCR
- Developed client-server application using ASP, Visual Basic, XML, and SQL Server
Education
Master of Science - Machine Learning and AI
Livepool John Moores University
United Kingdom03.2025
Executive PG Diploma - AI & ML
IIIT Bangalore
Bengaluru, India04.2023
MCA -
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi, India06.2003
Skills
- Customer centric design
- Decision making & judgment
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- InfoSec domain expertise
- Team building & motivating
- Engineer mindset & Tech innovation
- Risk management & Compliance
- Contract & vendor management
Certification
- CISSP, 12/01/20
- ICP-Agile Product Ownership, 02/01/23
- PMP, 04/01/13
- ISO27001: 2013 Lead Auditor, 11/01/21
- Certified Scrum Master, 02/01/20
- Learning for CRISC & AWS Cloud Certification
Publications
- Selection process and employment, 02/01/24, https://bit.ly/HRThoughts
- Overcome self-doubt, 02/01/24, https://bit.ly/ZeroSelfDoubt
- 7 practical tips for getting CISSP Mindset, 09/01/21, https://bit.ly/Murthi7Tips
- 25 point checklist for CISSP success, 09/01/21, https://bit.ly/3GIF8G8
Hobbies and Interests
- Authoring self-help blogs
- Motivation and public speaking
- Conducted team building activities
- Singer
Self Development
- Participated and won Silver medal in a AI Hackathon - Feb 2025
- Delivered technical sessions on Information security domain
Timeline
Assistant Vice President
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
06.2016 - Current
Project Manager
HCL Technologies (India), HCL Great Britain
04.2005 - 05.2016
Principal Engineer
BMC Software
04.2004 - 03.2005
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Horizons Corp. (Global Business Technology Services)
05.2003 - 06.2004
Senior Programmer
Future Focus Infotech
03.2000 - 04.2003
Master of Science - Machine Learning and AI
Livepool John Moores University
Executive PG Diploma - AI & ML
IIIT Bangalore
MCA -
Indira Gandhi National Open University
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