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• A Data/Technology Architect with an experience of 13+ years. • Heading Technology Apps team at Nexxo, a Fin-Tech company investing into Blockchain & ML. • P.G.P. in AI & ML from University of Texas • An MBA (Finance) from SIBM, Pune and a B.Tech (CS) from NIT, Rourkela
Experience
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Nexxo Services
Head of Technology (Full time)
1 Aug 2018   -  Current
• Heading technology teams across India and Qatar • Rich understanding of Asset Management to build financial liquidity models and project lifecycle • Develop ETL pipelines for portfolio financial data and build exquisite Business Intelligence reporting dashboards of business and financial KPIs for management and verticals using BI/ Monitoring tools such as Grafana, ELK, Tableau, Jasper • Designing and managing product roadmap for portfolio of company’s product offerings (Payment processing, Payroll Solutions, Corporate Card program, Crypto Currency etc.) in Qatar • Leading adoption of Deep Learning for KYC Verification Automation, Document Store Management, etc. using ELK stack, AWS, Python/ Java, MySQL. • Design and manage end-to-end pipelines for both client-side DL model deployment for end users and server-side model deployment for batch processes • Technical Architect for Initial Coin offering (ICO) of Nexxo Tokens cryptocurrency and subsequent crypto exchange listing

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Godrej Properties
  • Financial and Digital Growth Strategy | Business Development Manager (Full time)
    1 Jun 2016   -  31 Jul 2018
    • Building Project finance models for Asset Management to evaluate project health and deal viability in South Zone, India • Preparing in-depth Industry/ Market Financial Analysis reports and summaries for internal and external stakeholders • Successful deal sourcing, financial analysis (modelling & forecasting), valuations, negotiations, due-diligence and closure for South Zone, India • Acquisition of 2 greenfield assets with estimated revenues of INR ~1250 Crs • Joint Venture/ Business Partners management • Responsible for Technology Roadmap for BD/ Strategy, modernizing IT landscape for future projects • Leading the design & development of land leads lifecycle management platform – Terra IQ; • Supporting IT maturity assessment and proposing future capabilities, vendor and product evaluations based on functional, technical and commercial aspects
  • Summer Internship (Internship)
    1 Apr 2015   -  31 May 2015

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QPAY International Corporation
Team Lead | Senior Software Developer (Full time)
1 May 2013   -  31 May 2014
• Development of projects for banking services (i.e. acquiring and issuing) • Designing architecture for web portals, IVR, POS and MPOS devices. Led development of credit/debit card POS and MPOS readers, and led integration with several partners • Successfully spearheaded Integration with leading banks & strategic partners across geographies • Involved in mentoring and leading teams, responsible for acquiring and issuing projects. • On the talent acquisition panel – took 150+ interviews for positions ranging from entry level developers to senior technology specialists

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Zaristo Incorporation
Team Lead | Senior Software Developer (Full time)
1 Oct 2012   -  30 Apr 2013
• Design and Development of social commerce platform for the company • Involved in mentoring and leading teams, responsible for business management portal and deals platform. Successfully supervised the launch of product and led 3 successive major version rollouts • Responsible for design and development of cross platform mobile applications to tap into newer ways of customer acquisition and involvement. • Presentations to potential clients, handled queries and requests for features upgrades from clients

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Publicis.Sapient
Analyst and Developer | Associate L1 (Full time)
1 Jun 2010   -  30 Sep 2012
• My responsibilities included creating ETL pipelines in Oracle database to build financial BI reports using Jasper Reports for an Portfolio Management client (1 year), and design and development digital platforms for some of the biggest companies in sectors of FMCG, tourism, healthcare and finance. • Other responsibilities included leading and mentoring teams, feasibility and scope evaluation for new frameworks.

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Summer Internship (Internship)
1 May 2008   -  30 Jun 2008
Successfully developed and delivered the archetype of ISRO's BHUVAN - Indian counterpart of Google Earth, with much wider spectrum of usage. The project went live on 12th August 2009, and has been used extensively by GoI and other agencies for following causes - 1. Uttarakhand flood relief program 2. Flood simulation, and watershed mapping capabilities to understand course of rivers 3. Crop and soil analysis - used for improving agricultural crops 4. Geo-spatial imagery analysis Designed a new algorithm for Watershed Development which improved performance (space and time complexity), and provided better results
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Education
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Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (Pune)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A), Finance2016

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National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)2010
Skills
Big Data
Machine Learning
Financial Modelling
Deep Learning
Full Stack Development
Java
Enterprise Architecture
Business / Growth Strategy
Digital Transformation / New Emerging Technologies
Project Management
Entrepreneurship
Team Player / Team Management
Advance Java
Accomplishments
Projects
Qpay International  
Completion Date : May 2013
https://www.qpay.com.qa/
BSA: ISM - National Health Services, UK  
Completion Date : Aug 2012
https://apps.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/infosystems/welcome
User Management for a leading healthcare company, UK  
Completion Date : May 2012
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Publications
Impact of Big Data Analytics on Banking Sector: Learning for Indian Banks  
Publication Date : Apr 2015
Languages
Hindi
English
About
• A Data/Technology Architect with an experience of 13+ years. • Heading Technology Apps team at Nexxo, a Fin-Tech company investing into Blockchain & ML. • P.G.P. in AI & ML from University of Texas • An MBA (Finance) from SIBM, Pune and a B.Tech (CS) from NIT, Rourkela

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