Virendrasinh Gohil
Software Architecture & Development
Pune
Summary
To leverage expertise in technology leadership to spearhead innovation initiatives within an organization, guiding a team of technologists to adopt cutting-edge technologies in addressing intricate business challenges
Over 23+ years of experience in Software Delivery, Technology leadership, Innovation, Product lifecycle Management including 19+ years in Corporate and Institutional Banking Industry. Led projects on technologies like Blockchain, ML, Hadoop, Micro-services, Cloud (GCP, AWS, Firebase), Flutter, Chatbots.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director, CIB IT Architecture Head
BNP Paribas, India Solution Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
08.2023 - Current
- Leading India team of 24 architects from Functional, Application, Data, and Technology Architecture teams.
- Oversees global governance of complex architecture change requests through Program review.
- Develops and manages necessary systems for Architecture, including Architecture Portfolio Management, Obsolescence Discovery, Enterprise Information Management, and various architecture diagram management systems.
- Collaborates with program managers overseeing large-scale change programs to facilitate governance execution.
- Drives continuous technological advancement within CIB department by conducting technical studies on emerging market trends such as Gen AI, Distributed Ledger, Distributed Databases, etc.
- Organizes department-level initiatives such as Hackathon, TechFest, Technology Meetups, etc., to foster a culture of technological innovation throughout organization.
- Leading Engineering Excellence within the CIB IT department.
Implements coaching and mentorship programs at the department level.
Delivery Head
HSBC Software Development (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
04.2005 - 07.2023
- Responsible for managing complex and high-cost projects of 20m dollar budget
- Creating and agreeing strategic roadmap, defining strategic and non-strategic systems, and defining execution plan.
- Global solution and technical lead for architecture of systems within Digital & Data.
- Chairing global Design Forum and Design Authority to obtain consents on right solution.
- Collaborate with Product Owner in defining Product Vision, strategy & long-term roadmap.
- Ensure that teams have appropriate functional and technical specifications to deliver products effectively.
- Engage with Product Owner and Business Analysts for understanding system’s functional and non-functional requirements.
- Owner of high-quality code delivery and flexible, high available, scalable application implementation.
- Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.
- Inculcating creative and critical thinking to achieve great results. Motivating teams to achieve high quality engineering focused deliverables
Various Previous Jobs
Various Employers
In Various Cities
08.2001 - 03.2005
Education
DAC (Diploma in Advance Computing) - Computer Engineering
C-DAC
Bangalore 02.2001 - 08.2001
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Shantilal Shah Engg. College, Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar 09.1996 - 04.2000
Skills
Rest API, J2EE, SpringBoot, Spring Cloud, AJAX, JavaScript, Microservices, Hadoop (Hive, HBase, Solr, Elastics Search), XML, Spring Integration, Spring Batch
GITHub, BitBucket, JAZZ (RTC)
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hive, Sybase, PL/SQL, NoSQL: MongoDB, HBase, Coherence, BDB XML, XQuery
Flutter, Android SDK
Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Hyperledger, Ethereum
Machine Learning, Python, Jupyter Notebook
Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Banking, Bonds, Equities, FX, IRS, CDS, Custody Management, Fund Accounting
Timeline
Director, CIB IT Architecture Head
BNP Paribas, India Solution Pvt Ltd
08.2023 - Current
Delivery Head
HSBC Software Development (I) Pvt. Ltd.
04.2005 - 07.2023
Various Previous Jobs
Various Employers
08.2001 - 03.2005
DAC (Diploma in Advance Computing) - Computer Engineering
C-DAC
02.2001 - 08.2001
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Shantilal Shah Engg. College, Bhavnagar University
09.1996 - 04.2000
Organization Projects
- BNP Paribas - CIB IT Architecture India Head, Aug 2023 - Till date, Director, Head of CIB IT Architecture | BNP Paribas, ISPL, Business & Functional Architecture, Architecture Governance, Obsolescence Mgmt, Application Portfolio Management, Enterprise Information Management
- HSBC MSS - Digital & Data Head, India, Sep 2018 - Jul 2023, Lead Architect & Delivery Head | HSBC, HTi, Intelligent Transaction Manager, Master Reference Data, Master Data Service, Data Mesh, CADIS, Funds Data Provisioning
- Global Banking & Markets - Cross Assets IT Head, India, Apr 2009 - Sep 2018, Lead Architect and Program Manager | HSBC, HTi, BigData, DSL, Barracuda, DML, ORE, EAI, XDS, DMDS
- Application Development, Apr 2005 - Mar 2009, Technical Lead | HSBC HTi
Professional Trainings
- Represented HSBC in NASSCOM, Hyderabad
- TOGAF 9.1 Certified (Open Group Partner)
- HSBC Accredited Enterprise Engineer (AEP)
- HSBC Enterprise Engineer Program (EEP)
- Active faculty for Engineer Development program named Enterprise Engineer Program
- Leadership Excellence (IIM-C)
- Leading iLab for GBM India
- Part of Global Innovation Forum
- Participant of TechForum@HSBC, London
Endorsements
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virendrasinh/
Public Article
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-sides-custody-services-distributed-technologies-gohil/
Leadership Skills
- Led highly technical team 30+ for innovative solutions in iLab
- Led implementation of Blockchain based solution for Proxy Voting
- Provided technical leadership on Machine Learning project to implement Credit Risk Analysis and Document Classification
- Implemented Chatbots for front office business and relationship managers which is being used by more than 60 users
- Architected and led many implementations of Hadoop based BigData projects
- Leading faculty representing Markets and Securities Services Global for Enterprise Engineer Program to cover topics on Cloud (GCP), ML & Innovation
- Leading global architecture design authority, design forum and other architecture governance forums
- Delivered external client facing patented Tier 0 application worth 10 million USD
- Delivered award winning project Barracuda worth 6 million USD from inception to production
- Responsible for creating technology strategy and roadmap, categorizing strategic and nonstrategic system, agreeing the proposed strategy with business, product, and IT senior stakeholders
- Established governance model with project teams, multiple client teams and vendors across geographies
- Responsible for overall program Management, Client reporting and budget tracking
- Responsible for resource management and co-ordination with other functions like staffing, finance, quality, infra
- Managed projects of various complexities and sizes ranging from team size from 40 to 120 and durations from 4 months to 48 months
- Proposed and implemented governance model in Global projects resulting improved customer satisfaction and improvement in quality
Organization Projects
- BNP Paribas - Business & Functional Architecture, Architecture Governance, Obsolescence Mgmt, Application Portfolio Management, Enterprise Information Management
- HSBC MSS - Intelligent Transaction Manager, Master Reference Data, Master Data Service, Data Mesh, CADIS, Funds Data Provisioning
- HSBC Global Banking & Markets - BigData, DSL, Barracuda, DML, ORE, EAI, XDS, DMDS
- HSBC Global Banking & Markets - SIFA (Enterprise Integration Bus), Execution Fabric (Rule based processing engine), Rendering Services, Barracuda (Bond, CDS, IRS & FX) STP solution, Forest, Static Data Distribution (Instrument & Account), FID (Fixed Income Database), Calypso & Summit
Professional Trainings
- Represented HSBC in NASSCOM, Hyderabad
- TOGAF 9.1 Certified (Open Group Partner)
- HSBC Accredited Enterprise Engineer (AEP)
- HSBC Enterprise Engineer Program (EEP)
- Active faculty for Engineer Development program named Enterprise Engineer Program
- Leadership Excellence (IIM-C)
- Leading iLab for GBM India
- Part of Global Innovation Forum
- Participant of TechForum@HSBC, London
Endorsements
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virendrasinh/
Public Article
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-sides-custody-services-distributed-technologies-gohil/
Leadership Skills
- Led a highly skilled team of 30+ professionals in developing innovative solutions at the iLab
- Spearheaded the implementation of a blockchain-based solution for Proxy Voting
- Provided technical leadership on a Machine Learning project to implement Credit Risk Analysis and Document Classification
- Implemented Chatbots for front office business and relationship managers, used by over 60 users
- Architected and led the implementation of multiple Hadoop-based Big Data projects
- Represented Markets and Securities Services Global as a faculty member for the Enterprise Engineer Program, covering topics on Cloud (GCP), Machine Learning, and Innovation
- Served as the global design authority, leading design forums and other architecture governance initiatives
- Established a robust governance model with project teams, multiple client teams, and vendors across geographies
- Delivered an externally facing, patented Tier 0 application worth $20 million USD
- Delivered an award-winning project, Barracuda, worth $6 million USD from inception to production
- Responsible for creating technology strategy and roadmap, categorizing strategic and non-strategic systems, and aligning the proposed strategy with business,
- product, and IT senior stakeholders
- Managed projects of various complexities and sizes, ranging from team sizes of 40 to 120 and durations from 4 to 48 months
- Proposed and implemented a governance model in global projects, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and quality