Skills

Please use this table to list the skills noted in the Required/Desired section of the requirement. In addition, please respond with the years of experience for each skill and the last time each skill was used. Add or delete rows as necessary.

Employment History

Confidential

• Lead strategic mobile projects and manage mobile product platforms to support various payment technologies for the Citi Global Enterprise Payments Group. Define mobile platforms roadmap and strategy, manage project scope and work with architects, designers and vendors to define and maintain the product philosophy and goals. Selected Contributions:
• Lead projects to provide mobile wallet services across different vertical markets in partnership with Citi's key retail service partners and technology partners such as Google, Gemalto, C-SAM and Kony.
• Manage the product scope and strategy for key mobile platforms used for mobile wallet management, mobility management MDM and mobile payments ensuring that these platforms maintain their competitive advantage while remaining industry agnostic across various projects and releases.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Create and manage requirements mapping and gap analysis of key mobile product platforms across various projects, releases and vertical markets with a single code base and the ability to reuse capabilities
• Work with various project stakeholders such as senior business leaders, information security, risk and fraud, legal, compliance, branding and partners to execute mobile payment projects against tight deadlines.
• Ensure regulatory and legal compliance of various mobile payment initiatives including PCI compliance, AML, MFA Multi Factor Authentication , KYC compliance, vendor compliance, information security compliance vulnerability assessment as well as approval from the Citi mobile platforms legal team.

Confidential

Technical Lead, Enterprise Mobility Program Android, iOS, HTML5

• Consulted with senior IT executives on MEAP Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms roadmap and led projects to execute various Mobile Enterprise initiatives. Selected Contributions:
• Used Agile SDLC methodologies to execute enterprise mobile application and integration projects against tight deadlines. Facilitated close collaboration between the development teams and stakeholders leading to great improvements in the project life cycle and quicker resolution of issues.
• Played a key role in the design and development of Verizon POS applications supporting Android and iOS tablets. Designed unique solutions for signing Android and iOS enterprise applications.
• Exp w/ integration of data captured on a mobile device w/ enterprise backend apps and DB
• Consulted with various stakeholders in the business from operations, HR, logistics, IT security, point of sale and service to create detailed blueprints for key mobile applications for iOS and Android. Mobile Apps created include enterprise wide search platforms, net promoter score, retail engagement and POS point of sale app.
• Experience with relational database development
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Led a team of Android and iOS developers and IT security and infrastructure specialists to create a robust MEAP framework with Single Sign-on, AAA and security to support the mobilization of various enterprise and customer facing applications.
• Analyzed usage data and patterns to understand the impact on internal and external customers of various mobile applications deployed in the field. Co-ordinated firefighting efforts on short notice to debug field issues.

Confidential

Product Manager Development Lead iOS Platforms, HTML

• Led the development efforts to create a content delivery platform to support iOS devices in the classroom. Played a key role in developing the mobile content delivery framework and security implementation Selected Contributions:
• Helped design and develop the MAC signing server for signing of the iOS applications.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Worked with the team to design and develop features such as Single Sign-on and authentication specifically for the iOS client platforms.

Confidential

Marketing Specialist and Product Manager

• Strategized and executed the marketing and customer engagement plans, including successful branding and marketing of the cloud-based and education offerings by the company. Managed the product capability matrices and collateral from a customer perspective to gain and retain competitive advantage Selected Contributions:
• Worked with global sales teams to develop customized product strategies for each geographical market. Created and managed product collateral, capability matrices, and brochures and published comparative studies.
• Provided round-the-clock support to global sales channels by creating highly impactful collateral, case studies, Press Releases, white papers and excel-based tools such as configuration systems, TCO and ROI calculators.
• Managed marketing projects working with creative agencies and sales partners. Marketing efforts led to positive coverage of the company and its products in multiple Gartner reports for the first time, including the Cool Vendor Report and Market Scope in 2010.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development and HTML
• Pioneered new-age web-based communication and customer engagement strategies such as social media marketing, SEO and webinars. These strategies helped increase interest from global resellers by 55 in 2010.
• Conceived, branded and marketed the cloud-based and software as a service offerings of the company targeted at service providers such as CLECs, MSOs and RLECs. Worked with Forrester Research to evolve a global marketing plan to target telecommunications service providers.
• Conceived and led a web-based initiative to integrate the company's lead generation portals with Salesforce CRM. Designed and managed the creation of Critical Links' K-12 education website leading a team of 4 designers.

Confidential

Tech/Telecom Analyst,

Investment Associate, Asset Management

• Promoted to increasingly responsible positions, culminating in an investment management role reporting directly to the Chief Investment Officer. Selected Contributions:
• Worked with the corporate finance team to create powerful presentations and whitepapers targeting the first major WiMax deployment project in Europe. Played the role of technology domain expert for the project.
• Built financial valuation models, analyzed capital structures and assisted with research reports as part of the sell-side equity research team focused on the Tech/Media/Telecom sectors. Visited and interviewed the Investor Relations officers at multiple tech companies in Europe.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Identified tech/telecom companies in the news, tracked earning schedules, attended earnings calls, and analyzed the financial data to make long/short investment recommendations to the chief investment officer.
• Implemented quantitative strategies to identify investment opportunities, such as regression analysis, scatter plots and correlation.
• Built tools for fundamental analysis of individual stocks and sectors based on data from Reuters Knowledge.
• Performed due diligence on volatility, correlation, hedging and market conditions with back test.

Confidential

Project Management and R D Support 3G/4G Mobile Data Software ,

• Led multi-site teams on key projects successfully, resulting in dramatic improvements in the Key Performance Indicators of the customer networks. Selected Contributions:
• Managed many key projects involving call processing, APN management, content-based billing, content filtering, pre-paid billing, AAA, VPN, Policies, deep packet inspection, QoS, firewalls, KPIs etc.
• Provided leadership for 24/7 support to key international mobile broadband customers for new feature rollouts, network upgrades and for performing root cause analysis of major network outages.
• Introduced training programs for remote teams of contractors in China and Vietnam enhancing productivity.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Research Development Mobile Systems Software , GSM Media Gateway, 01/2005 to 09/2005
• Design, development, testing and field deployment support for key new features on the Nortel Media Gateway platform using SDLC methodologies C/C /Java, HTML . Selected Contributions:
• Worked with cross-functional teams in North America and Europe to complete the new release of Nortel Media Gateway platform against tight deadlines.
• Used high level design tools such as Rational Rose to build new capabilities such as DSP resource allocation and OA M module enhancements.
• Research Development Mobile Systems Software , CDMA/CDMA2000, 08/2000 to 12/2004
• High level Design, development, and field deployment support for key new features on the Nortel CDMA and CDMA200 1xRTT/EVDO platforms C/C /Java . Selected Contributions:
• Led the design and development efforts for a network configuration and deployment system for the entire enhanced CDMA BSC system rollout that led to huge Capex and Opex savings for Nortel CDMA customers.
• Design and development of various modules for the element management system of Nortel CDMA platform such as fault management, alarms and provisioning. Resolved key customer issues working with global teams.

Confidential

Software Design and Development E-Business Consultant

• Design and implementation of the first phase of the e-business development initiative at Lucent Power Systems JAVA, Perl, Oracle DB . Selected Contributions:
• Worked with various stakeholders in the business including engineering, marketing, IT experts and distributors to come up with the requirements and initial design of the e-business website.
• Used SDLC and Object Oriented development
• Designed and implemented a Java-based chat room for Lucent Power customers to interact with their support staff.

Additional Competencies

• Technical Skills: Microsoft Project, Advanced Excel VBA/Pivot Tables/Charts , SQL, Object Oriented Design Analysis, Agile/SDLC, HTML5, JSON, CSS, JQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, Java/C/C /Objective C, Mobile Device Management, Linux, JSP, JavaScript, MATLAB
• Nortel employee excellence award 2003 and 2004.
• Languages: English native , Malayalam fluent , Hindi intermediate , French basic
• University of North Texas Academic Excellence Award 1998 and 1999.
• Accomplished chess player, won many tournaments at the junior level