Shanmukapriya Kailasam

Operational Data Store - Data warehouse

● Facilitating a team of 11 engineers building a centralized Data warehouse for Bank's custody applications. User Interface built on Data warehouse, improving operational efficiency by 20% in a year.

● Collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to understand requirements, prioritize and manage backlogs, ensuring seamless alignment between business objectives and development activities.

● Coached and mentored team to adopt best Agile practices, improving team velocity by 15% over a period of 4 months.

● Mitigating risks through realistic sprint goals, promoting communication, help identifying technical challenges, managing dependencies, and preventing scope creep, resulting in variance reduced to 4-7%.

● Utilizing JIRA to monitor sprint progress and effectively report sprint performance, progress, and deliverables to senior management.

Trade settlement prediction using Machine Learning

● Guided a cross-functional team of UI developers and data scientists.

● Facilitated the effort to deploy Machine Learning algorithms for Trade Settlement prediction, resulting in a 35% decrease in trade failures.

● Conducted Agile training sessions for new team members, enabling seamless onboarding.

● Enabled the adoption of Agile best practices and Scrum ceremonies, enhancing overall team performance.

Global Short Term Investment Fund

● As part of a pilot transformation to Agile, collaborated closely with Agile coaches to transition from Waterfall to Scrum methodologies.

● Demonstrated proficiency in Scrum and Agile practices through active learning and application in projects.

● Educated team on the Scrum framework and adherence to Agile principles.

● Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, grooming sessions and retrospectives for cross-functional teams, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and practices.

● Led a cross-functional team comprising Mainframe, Java, and Angular developers.

● Designed the Bank's preferred Sweep Engine, optimizing operations by decommissioning multiple engines across diverse Line of Business.

● Collaborated with business stakeholders, managed PPM process, participate in tollgate reviews to ensure project milestones are achieved.

Global Short Term Investment Fund

● Successfully led teams and delivering robust solutions.

● Developed the short-term investment platform and created CICS screens for daily operational tasks across multiple functions.

● Mainframe Developer skilled in COBOL, DB2, and CICS, adept at crafting robust solutions.

● Demonstrated ability to work independently, delivering high-quality results autonomously.

● Proficient in COBOL, DB2, and CICS, with a strong focus on technical design, and implementation.

● Passionate about mentoring team members and providing guidance to resolve developer issues effectively.