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Timson Thomas

Product Development Lead/Team Lead
Thodupuzha

Summary

  • Development Lead with 21+ years of industry experience and a strong track record of over 15 years in the Capital Markets sector.
  • Extensive experience in product development life cycle.
  • Hands on experience in developing applications in Java, Java EE, database and frameworks like Spring.
  • Hands on experience on developing java based application that helps to exchange data between systems using protocol like MQ,TCP/IP,SMTP,API,SFTP,FTP.
  • First hand experience and sound knowledge in areas like Forex, Money market, investment management and financial risk management
  • Experience in messaging integration using IBM MQ/Kafka.
  • Hands on experience in architecting, designing, and developing new asset class/features in Capital Markets domain.
  • Worked on non-functional requirements including performance, availability, security, internationalization for various projects.
  • Well organized, innovative, accountable, results-oriented, willingness to learn and work hard.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Team Lead | Business Analysist

Commonwealth bank
02.2022 - Current
  • Led a cross-functional team of developers and QA engineers, driving software development initiatives and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
  • Acted as the primary point of contact for project managers and stakeholders, facilitating alignment between business requirements and technical solutions.
  • Collaborated closely with customers in a Business Analyst capacity to gather, document, and validate end-to-end requirements, ensuring clear communication between business and technical teams.
  • Designed and led the development and support of an OTC streamer enabling seamless data integration between Fenergo and StreetSmart systems.
  • Spearheaded the enhancement and support of a streamer responsible for Know Your Customer (KYC) refresh processes and Master Data Management (MDM) updates.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members, fostering skill development and improving overall team productivity and code quality.
  • Gained working knowledge of key global regulatory frameworks including Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and APAC-specific compliance standards.
  • Proactively identified and resolved technical issues by coordinating with development, QA, and business teams, improving delivery timelines and client satisfaction.

Development Lead

Tata consultancy Service
07.2017 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for Design and Development of product features and enhancements.
  • Managing Team of more than 20 people in product development, QA and implementation.
  • Development of API & Data integration application using Java
  • Development of Message processing and integration modules
  • Research on market standards of new features.
  • Responsible for delivering strategic initiatives - cloud and multi-tenancy.
  • Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Experience working with sales teams to drive business strategy.

Implementation Manager/Integration Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2015 - 07.2017
  • Managed integration and implementation of TMS solution for operations in 8 countries of leading bank in Africa.
  • Integration and verification with third-party systems
  • API developments to communicate with Core Banking system.
  • Experience in Banking systems consulting in areas of Foreign Exchange, Money Market, Fixed Income, Risk Management, Derivatives, Inhouse Banking etc
  • Analyzing user requirements and solution design for customization and product configuration.
  • Implementation planning and delivery.
  • Development of custom solutions and interfaces for customers
  • Data migration and setup
  • Providing training and post production support

Senior Software Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2007 - 02.2015
  • Development of product features and capabilities
  • Design of test and release plan
  • API integration
  • Designed and developed interfacing framework for external component integration
  • Development of interfaces with market standard third party systems and software.
  • Experience in Backed end services development using Core Java
  • Experience in JBoss/Weblogic/Websphere application servers
  • Exposure to DB2/Oracle Databases
  • Experince in performance analysis, load testing and tuning using IBM RPT.
  • Expert in Oracle AWR report for performance analysis
  • Expert in PL/SQL scripting
  • Expert in UNIX Shell

Support Engineer

Xansa India private Limited
06.2006 - 09.2007

Tesco back office system maintains all the transaction details
in the store .It does the jobs from printing the labels for a product to cash office in the store. This system maintains the price and offers for a products, these details are receiving from the mainframe.

Software Developer

YCS private Limited
01.2005 - 04.2006

Project is to implement the Visa 3D security for Credit card transactions on
Payment Gateway for Citi Bank. In this The Cardholder will be authenticated using Net-banking password called HPIN.

Education

Masters in Computer Application - Computer Engineering

Kongu Engineering College
Erode
04.2001 - 04.2004

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Newman College
Thodupuzha
04.1997 - 04.2000

Skills

Java,Spring, C,C, Pro*C,

Timeline

Team Lead | Business Analysist

Commonwealth bank
02.2022 - Current

Development Lead

Tata consultancy Service
07.2017 - 01.2022

Implementation Manager/Integration Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2015 - 07.2017

Senior Software Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2007 - 02.2015

Support Engineer

Xansa India private Limited
06.2006 - 09.2007

Software Developer

YCS private Limited
01.2005 - 04.2006

Masters in Computer Application - Computer Engineering

Kongu Engineering College
04.2001 - 04.2004

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Newman College
04.1997 - 04.2000
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