• 22 years of Information technology and consulting experience throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and North America
• Wide ranging experience in multiple industries including Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Real Estate and Media
• Extensive experience includes assignments focused on Customer Relationship Management, Customer Data Integration, Data Movement and Data Warehousing
• Experienced in executing projects utilizing the Global delivery model
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• BEARINGPOINT, New York, USA (2004 -2008)
o Technical Architect and Lead Data Governance Analyst during the revamping of Internal Financial Systems. Evaluated and selected ETL, Data Profiling and Metadata tools. Developed the Data Governance Framework, Operational Model, Data Governance Policies and Procedures. [2007-2008].
o Technical solution architect and subject matter expert in the evaluation of and Strategic planning for the customer data integration (CDI) environment within a major UK bank [2006-2007].
o Primary Liaison and lead technical analyst during the vendor and product evaluation for a key initiative within a major global financial institution. Products were evaluated in the areas of Metadata, Customer Data Integration (CDI), Data Obfuscation and Data Quality. [2005-2006]
o Technical architect during the evaluation of databases for a key department within a large credit card company. Interacted closely with the Database vendors and User groups to perform product analysis, vendor migration and risk mitigation strategies. [2005]
o Data Architect during the implementation of an Enterprise Data Warehouse (as part of a Basel II initiative) for a large commercial and investment bank. Documented key usage guidelines and administered the metadata environment. Coordinated System Integration Testing activities. [2004-2005]

• CALYON, New York, USA (2002-2004)
o Managed the development of a Centralized Counterparty (CCS) System. The CCS was developed to enable different types of users (back office, front office, compliance and senior management) to obtain a single version of counterpart information. Reconciliation processes between the CCS and transactional environments were developed to highlight any mismatches in Counterpart data. [2003-2004]
o Migrated an Oracle based Credit Risk Management (CRM) Module into a SQL Server based Corporate Data Warehouse. [2002-2003]

• SYNTEL Inc. Michigan, USA (2001-2002)
o Participated in the development of a billings claim data mart for a hospital corporation. Established standards and guidelines to ensure compliance with the corporation’s current processes. Designed the Process flow and redesigned the Data Model. [2002]
o Managed the development of a web-based application for the Global Real Estate division of a major credit card company. This required managing on-site, off-site and off-shore resources. [2001-2002]

• FOXTEL, Sydney, Australia (1999-2001)
o Led the migration of an Oracle/UNIX Data Warehouse to a SQL Server/Windows NT environment. [1999 – 2001]

• CBS, Connecticut, USA (1994-1998)
o Participated in the migration of legacy financial applications to Oracle financials. Developed data sourcing programs to feed many satellite applications. [1994 – 1998]
o Supported legacy applications on UNISYS mainframes [1994-1998]

• Working for firms in India, Europe and the USA
o Executed projects in the areas of insurance, retail banking, wholesale banking and workers compensation in India, Europe (France, UK) and the USA. [1986 – 1994]

Education

• M. S. from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India.

Languages

• Fluent in English and Tamil; elementary French, Hindi and Spanish

Residency Status

• US Citizen / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)

References

• Available upon request