Smruti Swain

As an IT Tribe Head, I oversee a team of 50+ IT professionals, providing decisive leadership and direction across development, DEVOPS, and testing activities.

Key Achievements:

• Ensured the on-time delivery of all tribe-managed projects while adhering to budget constraints and exceeding customer satisfaction targets consistently.
• Implemented transformative structural enhancements to daily production processes, driving a remarkable 30% increase in operational efficiency through strategic automation initiatives.
• Spearheaded the optimization of deployment processes, resulting in a 30% reduction in time to market and a significant enhancement in release frequency from monthly to bi-weekly.
• Held overarching responsibility for engaging with global stakeholders, aligning technology initiatives with long-term strategic company goals, and driving organizational success.
• Provided mentorship and guidance to team members, fostering their professional growth and development while cultivating a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Championed the exploration of emerging technologies and innovative approaches, promoting continuous learning and driving forward-thinking solutions within the team

Excelled in developing and executing comprehensive IT transformation roadmaps, meticulously outlining key milestones, deliverables, and success metrics to navigate organizational evolution and achieve strategic objectives.

Key Achievements:

• Pioneered the development and implementation of IT transformation roadmaps, guiding organizations through significant technological shifts with clear objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Played a pivotal role in product management and asset monetization, realizing a revenue generation of approximately 500K Euro through strategic product initiatives.
• Engineered a substantial reduction in license costs for Bloomberg Terminals (~250K USD) within the business and service unit by leveraging advanced data lake technologies for end-of-day market data, optimizing operational efficiencies and cost savings.
• Led the industrialization effort of over 150 MRF macros, driving process optimization and enhancing productivity across the organization.

Leading a team of approximately 35 IT professionals across diverse feature and product teams, I specialize in driving transformative initiatives and optimizing project workflows to achieve organizational excellence.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully managed the delivery of critical applications, including IBM Analytics and SALT, ensuring timely completion, adherence to budget, and high customer satisfaction.
• Drove product management initiatives, resulting in the monetization of assets such as QUANTIC, generating 1 million euro across 11 use cases for various business lines.
• Orchestrated the replacement of SAP products with in-house solutions, achieving cost efficiencies of approximately 300K euro and reducing calculation time by 70%.
• Implemented best practices and methodologies such as Agile and Scrum, optimizing project workflows, fostering continuous improvement through automation, and increasing team velocity by 30%.

Result-oriented IT Application Manager with a proven track record in overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of mission-critical applications. Notably, led the management of Pharos, the central data warehouse for Basel 3 credit risk data at SG CIB. Key achievements include:

• Managing the full lifecycle of applications, from requirements gathering to ongoing support, ensuring seamless functionality and alignment with business needs.
• Successfully transitioning the Pharos application from Paris to Bangalore, resulting in a streamlined production process and a significant reduction of production issues by approximately 90%.

Designed, developed, and implemented software solutions for enterprise-level applications Retirement Plan Service Datawarehouse obeying 401(K) plan in USA as part of Asset Management Group

Design, develop, and implement ETL processes using Informatica PowerCenter to extract, transform, and load data from various source systems into target databases and data warehouses for asset management group covering asset information and lifecycle