SUMMARY:

• Over 16 years of combined experience in Product Management and Analysis, Project Management, Business Analysis, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Design and Development of technology and business solutions
• Extensive experience in Data Architecture, Database Schema Design, Data Virtualization, Analytical Reporting, Data Modelling, Data Governance, Risk Management, Derivatives Pricing Models, Data Analytics - Contextual and Predictive, Quantitative Analytics, MDM, Taxonomy, Ontolgoy, Big Data (Hive).
• Experience in design of smart systems, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks applications.
• Excellent experience in functional analysis, architecture, design, development and management of pricing models, commodities trading, derivatives pricing, risk management models, treasury operations, cash management, portfolio analysis, deliverables and compliance n-tier enterprise systems.
• Excellent Mathematical, Analytical, Interpersonal and Communication skills. Expert in User Experience Analysis.
• Excellent experience in Corporate Communication, management of On-site and Off-site teams, working with firm wide cross-functional and diverse global teams
• Excellent knowledge of Financial products and Compliance: CVA, Basel III, FRTB, CCAR, FICC, corporate finance, corporate actions, risk analysis and management, commodities, derivatives, margin, interest rates, rate curves, pricing, fixed income products, equities, bonds, synthetics, credit ratings, spread, asset valuation, collateral management, VaR analysis, PnL calculations, discounted cash flow analysis, Monte-Carlo simulation, Statistical, Numerical, Graphical analysis, options pricing (Black-Sholes model), Monte Carlo simulation, futures, forwards, swaps, equities, hedging, alternative investments, ETFs, CDOs, CDS, Mutual funds, currency swaps, munis, ABS, MBS, bonds, FX trading, over-the-counter (OTC) products, reference data, market data, strategy back testing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager / Business Analyst

• Successfully managed and delivered the project to integrate the Fiduciary Trust business with Franklin Templeton that included teams and domains such as sales, client on boarding, investment advisory, investment policy statement, equity and bond portfolio management, trade execution, trade allocation, risk assessment and management, account statements and compliance reporting
• Successfully lead the project to integrate market data feeds with enterprise systems. Reference Data and MDM.
• Successfully leading database migration project from a DBMS to RDBMS system
• Worked extensively with global business and technology teams on product requirements and implementation with focus on corporate actions, portfolio valuation, pre-trade clearance, trade surveillance, FICC, FX trades, currency swaps, Greeks, derivatives pricing, interest rate swaps, portfolio sensitivity to various risk factors, scenario analysis, market risk (VAR, SVAR) using Monte Carlo simulation
• Portfolio Management: NAV calculation, volatility, correlation between assets, benchmark, strategy back testing, VAR, SVAR, PnL calculations, liquidity and cash management
• Trade: Surveillance, monitoring, recreation, counterparty eligibility, allocation, margin requirements, collateral valuation
• Swaps and derivatives: interest rates, equity, FX swaps, valuation and pricing, options and derivatives pricing, FICC futures and forwards
• Contributed to the overall development of the product vision and strategy, proposed business cases for features, and achieved team buy-in on priorities based on analysis of business needs, trends, competitive landscape, and business models. Worked closely with technology and business teams to define milestones and execution of product strategy.

Project Manager / Business Analyst

• Successfully delivered the project to integrate the large position data sets for FICC products, equities, swaps, ABS and OTC derivatives with the risk management models and hedging applications.
• Position Management - VaR and PnL calculations.
• Collateral management - CVA, identification, valuation, assignment and constraints management.
• Liquidity Risk - Scenario Analysis, Treasury Stress Testing, CCAR and Reporting
• Data requirements for business unit separation, asset concentration, credit ratings, CCAR, Basel III and FRTB
• Published the weekly status dashboards and conducted the review meetings with senior management and partners.

Project Manager / Data Analyst

• Designed the complete data architecture and created data models for Risk Assessment database.
• ETL of the CRA data from multiple databases and present the data in customizable reports for CCAR and Basel.
• Created the user interface and designed the reports layout and content, identified the data sources for reports.
• Created the complete project plan, managed the requirements and deliverable with business groups, managed resources and published weekly project status dashboard for enterprise risk management teams
• Identified the projects and enhancements needed for IHC, BHC, Basel III and CCAR reporting.
• Identified key opportunities for improvement and development of technical or process enhancements to increase operational efficiencies of the risk assessment applications.
• Managed day to day operations of Product Management Centre of Excellence including leading the prioritization and governance of projects.

Project Manager / Lead Data Analyst

• Worked with the Enterprise Credit Risk team to identify the production and market / reference data feeds, arrival times, dependencies of the feeds, pre-requisites, mandatory vs. delayed feeds required for deal generation, analysis, simulations and credit exposure calculations.
• Architected the change in infrastructure to change the production data processing from an all-inclusive delayed single batch to incremental data delivery in multiple batches with minimum possible delay.
• Managed 4 enterprise work streams composed of 50+ system optimization projects.
• Managed project planning, resources, performance metrics, critical path, contingency plan, risk mitigation plans and coordinated project progress with stakeholders.
• Published weekly dashboards (reports) for executive committee and other stakeholders.

Project Manager / Lead Business Analyst

• Successfully implemented the release management procedure across various teams and departments to ensure effective communication with stakeholders and change management suitable for fast paced environment of the firm.
• Created the complete business logic for approval process flow based on the state value of the parameters at any stage
• Implemented data security and data masking based on users' group criteria. Created scripts for data validation.
• Identified data requirements for KYC, AML, Investment in associates, asset conc., CCAR and Basel III
• Successfully implemented the release management procedure across various teams and departments to ensure effective communication with stakeholders and change management suitable for fast paced environment of the firm.

Product Manager

• Complete ownership of the application in terms of coordinating the design, development and implementation of enhancements to the application.
• Successfully automated the reconciliation of data in CTTS with broker, vendors and customer provided data files for trade confirmations, open positions, market data (prices, deltas), inventory locations, delivery schedules, logistics, trade finance, cash (treasury) management, payments and settlements.
• Designed, developed and implemented the full single-click generation and delivery of various reconciliation, audit and compliance reports related to trading in commodities.
• Successfully implemented the Data Forecasting application based primarily on historical data for trading decisions.
• Effectively co-ordinated the development activities with offsite team in Switzerland and other global business centres
• Managed the development, release schedule, defect review, managed release scope, business expectations with different departments and teams.

Product Development Manager / Data Architect

• Managed the full SDLC of AMCS. Conducted functional analysis and strategic analysis with business and SMEs. Created project plans, reviewed design, managed the development, testing and global rollout of the application.
• Conducted meetings with stakeholders for feature design, feature selection, enhancements, business requirement management, and integration with other firm wide applications, defects or issues review and prioritization.
• Coordinated SOX compliance activities of the application and process review with external auditors. Worked with Internal Audit teams on Controls, Control Design Assessment and Control Effectiveness Testing.
• Wrote the code in Java and created scripts in UNIX and Perl for data import and export from supporting applications, data verification, uploads and database migration. Successfully automated the monthly data usage reporting from algorithmic trading software like Flextrade.
• Wrote MATLAB scripts and programs in Java, Perl and Oracle database to perform numerical, statistical analysis and graphical presentation of large sets of performance data in real time and under stress testing scenarios. Developed a web interface using php, PL/SQL, Javascript and Apache webserver to interactively display the historical test results, compare test results, create reports and generate performance plots.
• Created and maintained the Wiki pages for AMCS. Researched open-source applications, conducted other feasibility and best solution studies.

Product Development Manager

• Worked with the potential and existing customers (energy/metals/commodities/FX brokers/traders, hedge funds, risk/exposure managers) of the company to do feasibility studies, business proposals, functionality analysis, features management and requirements solicitation. Worked with architects, developers and business analysts to implement these requirements and on individual customization of the Market XL application using Agile, Waterfall and Scrum development methodologies.
• Successfully planned and executed the integration of Market XL with Customers' in-house applications and market data feeds from Bloomberg with zero business interruption.
• Worked on the development of trade books, risk management models, simulation, graphical analysis, scenario analysis, back testing of models, development of algorithms for pricing of equity options and fixed income products.
• Worked with sales and marketing teams on social media campaigns, proposals, RFI and presentations.

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed the code in MATLAB for the estimation of Flight Parameters using Neural Networks (Artificial Intelligence). Network training was based on the Back Propagation Feed Forward Method.