20+ years of industry experience in BFSI and IT across products and Software Services.
Partnering with Leading banks across the globe in their transformation journey to help them achieve their business goals specifically in the areas of Corporate and Retail Banking
Manage large programs to achieve business goals along with timely delivery
Project manager for Core banking product customization
Worked as a scrum master and product owner in scrum teams. Well versed in Agile procedures and ceremonies.
Experience of tools including MS Office, Visio, Jira, MS Projects and Confluence
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Deputy Vice President - Tech Products
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Pune
01.2021 - Current
Program Manager for delivering projects for Corporate, CSC & Legal business verticals
Managing project worth Rs. 50mn across CSG, CSC, Legal impacting 250+ customers and GWP of Rs. 500 mn
Drive major transformation initiatives like conceptualization and development of corporate portal, enrolment portal, API implementation for corporate clients
Liaise with multiple stakeholders across the organization to ensure clarity of requirements, plan and track timelines and manage dependencies
Weekly reviews with Business Head and Executive Director and Quarterly reviews with Managing Director for Program updates
Senior Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Pune
06.2008 - 01.2021
Manage projects across in the banking domain in various areas like deposits, loans, trade finance, regulatory reporting, etc
Onsite Project Manager in UAE for the migration program for a large Middle East Bank for migration data from Intellect to T24 core banking system
Project manager for the testing of the T24 upgrade for a large wealth management client at Singapore. Responsible for planning for the testing of the upgrade and managing the entire testing of the upgraded product
Program manager for the upgrade of the client core banking system Silverlake Integrated Banking Solution (SIBS). Worked with the client stakeholders at Malaysia for the program
Project Manager for capability assessment of the T24 core banking product and India rollout for a large European wealth management bank. Worked at the client location in Amsterdam for defining the scope of the project and planning for the India rollout.
Scrum master for the interfaces team involved in the implementation of the TI+ trade finance application for a large European bank in Amsterdam. Managed the scrum team and also involved in the scrum of scrums for planning and tracking the program objectives.
Project manager for the Business process redefinition for a bank in Paris.
Project Manager
Infosys Technologies Limited
Hyderabad
02.2005 - 06.2008
Project manager managing the product customizations projects for the core banking product, Finacle
Planning, scheduling coordinating and tracking of the project activities
Identify resource requirements, allocate tasks and manage dependencies across modules
Gap analysis and effort estimation for the identified gaps
Identify and manage Change Requests
Issues and Scope management - Tracking of issues and ensuring timely resolution.
Providing functional and domain inputs to the team
Status Reporting - Status reporting to client stakeholders and senior management
Quality – Review of all the deliverables as per the CMMI level 5 processes before delivery. Perform causal analysis and find out the common causes of defects as well as preventive action
Traveled onsite to Egypt & Russia for Project requirements and stakeholder management
Consultant
Polaris Software Labs
Chennai
03.2004 - 01.2005
Technology/Application Orbi Suite of products
Knowledge transfer of the product from product team to the testing team
Creating business scenarios, test plans, review and execution of test cases for the functional testing of the product
Assistant Manager
Global Trust Bank Ltd
Pune
03.2000 - 03.2004
Handled the Trade Finance Department looking after the limit management, LC processing, Remittances, treasury reconciliation, statutory and MIS reporting, SWIFT messaging and handling internal and RBI audits
Handled retail banking products like CASA, OD, CC accounts and managed Non -resident deposits, remittances, bill purchase and bill collection
Management Trainee
Bank of Madura
Mumbai
10.1999 - 03.2000
Management trainee with the Trade finance and forex department
Handled Import and export bills and payments
Regulatory reporting to RBI
Education
MBA - Financial Management
Department of Management Sciences
Pune
05.1997 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Sir Parshurambhau College
Pune
06.1993 - 06.1996
Skills
Project management
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Accomplishments
Won Excellent consulting award for 2 times at Cognizant
Won GEM award for outstanding project management 3 times in Cognizant
Multiple client appreciations for Finacle projects
Chief Manager- International Business Group at ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.Chief Manager- International Business Group at ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.