Volunteering
Naveen Neeli
Technical Product Management
Pune
Summary
Insightful professional with over 17 years of experience including oversight of product and project management, maintenance, and support. Dedicated to end user and organizational satisfaction with focused delivery of software solutions. Proven leader in spearheading Operations, Technical and Change teams of complex high-to-low budget projects. Develops creative business solutions, leveraging diverse methodologies and delivering engineering solutions for leading organizations. Highly adept in request for proposal development, technology needs assessments, vendor management and staff training. Possess proficient understanding of processes under different business units of Middle Office and Back Office operations with sound knowledge on Client and Instrument Data, Trade Validation and Settlements, Credit Ratings, Legal Agreements and Regulatory Initiatives like FATCA, CASS, Dodd-Frank etc.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager, Data Operations IT
HSBC
7 2019 - Current
- Spearheaded the development and launch of a Vendor based SaaS platform to process Legal Agreements, which on-boarded over 1000+ users within the first year of release
- Directed cross-functional teams in the agile development process that improved product delivery timelines by 60%, leading to an acceleration of feature deployment
- Successfully driven negotiation of USD $12mn, 3-year contract renewals twice successfully by establishing key partnerships with third-party vendor that enhanced our product’s capabilities by integrating advanced AI analytics for Legal Clause extraction and codification purpose
- Managed USD $1mn maintenance budget allocated annually to multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals
- Introduced Golden source distribution layer based on Java, IKP platform as strategic solution to insulate 18 downstream applications consuming Agreement data via Rest API from exposing to Third Party environment
- Proven expertise in driving clearchoice exercise with various vendors based on business need to identify the product\software that fulfils strategic objective and cost effectiveness
- Managing 12-member team specialized Business Analysts, Full stack development, DevOps and Support processes
- Collaborated with product and operations team in the development of Automated workflow in record time of 3 months to on-board Legal Agreements of Countries having compliance issues in AWS cloud
- Facilitated cross-functional communication to align product strategy with overall department goals, fostering greater cohesion among different functional areas
- Oversaw product design and roadmap and coordinated aspects of development and rollout.
Change Management Lead, Software Consulting
Credit Suisse
07.2014 - 07.2019
- Performed requirements gathering and managed migration of Counterparty data across 16 products (FX, SHS, Loans etc.) into single golden source for FATCA reporting
- Managed 18-member team to successfully deliver EUC tool that reconciles the risk exposure data across risk and finance applications and generates risk substantiation report to executive management team
- Collaborated with MO and BO teams to deliver changes to settlement model and confirmation generations for CS Hong Kong and CS China entities triggered due to HK-SHANGHAI Connect regulatory initiative
- Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
Senior Team Leader
S&P Ratings
07.2012 - 06.2014
- Managed Ratings Direct product with team of 6 members providing L1 and L2 support
- Conducted training sessions for end-users on new software features, increasing overall user adoption rates and improving system utilization
- Coordinated with IT teams to design and implement custom applications tailored to specific business needs, resulting in increased efficiency and effectiveness of workflows
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
Product Specialist
FactSet
06.2011 - 07.2012
- Oversaw Pilot team set up in India and managed 9 product specialists supporting cornerstone product having equity and bond data to end users across globe
- Improved product features based on customer feedback, leading to notable increase in user engagement
- Responded to customer inquiries and provided technical assistance over phone and in person
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline product development processes.
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
06.2006 - 01.2010
- Developed scalable and maintainable code using Java and SQL for e-commerce client, ensuring long-term stability of the software
- Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects
- Consistently met project deadlines by effectively managing time and prioritizing tasks according to importance.
Education
MBA - Finance
Coventry University
01.2010 - 02.2011
BE - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad, Telangana 06.2002 - 06.2006
Skills
Cross-functional team leadership
Project management best practices
Stakeholder collaboration
Budgeting and cost control
Project scheduling and timelines
Risk management
Change management
Problem-solving
Data analysis
Resource optimization
Agile development
Product life cycle management
Vendor management
Process improvement
Negotiation
Business requirements gathering
Facilitation of workshops
Timeline
Change Management Lead, Software Consulting
Credit Suisse
07.2014 - 07.2019
Senior Team Leader
S&P Ratings
07.2012 - 06.2014
Product Specialist
FactSet
06.2011 - 07.2012
MBA - Finance
Coventry University
01.2010 - 02.2011
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
06.2006 - 01.2010
BE - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Osmania University
06.2002 - 06.2006
Project Manager, Data Operations IT
HSBC
7 2019 - Current
Accomplishments
- Successfully completed POC with funding of USD $50K on in-house build to support re-platforming business case having Investment ask of USD $5mn and cumulative savings of $20mn to HSBC on Licensing cost over 5 years.
- Saved HSBC cost of USD $300k over 3 years by negotiating 1% of discount on early payment every quarter towards Vendor licensing expenses.
- Achieved 80% reduction in production incidents over 2 years in HSBC by effective collaboration with vendor and internal stakeholders
- Presented with the STAR of Quarter, Pioneer of Year in HSBC for successful innovation and deliverables.
- Successfully migrated Counterparty data across 16 products into Golden source for FATCA Reporting in short span of 6 months
Interests
Blogging
Travelling
Photography
Languages
English
Hindi
Telugu
Software
MS Office 365 Suite
SQL
Visual Paradigm
JIRA
Postman
Confluence