Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Strategic Technical Delivery Leader | Bridging Enterprise Legacy, JAVA, KAFKA, RPA, & AI Transformation With over 15 years of experience in the FinTech and IT sectors, I specialize in navigating the complex intersection of legacy stability and modern innovation. My career began in the rigorous world of enterprise middleware (WebLogic) and has evolved into leading high-stakes delivery for distributed systems involving Java, Kafka, and AWS. I don't just manage projects; I architect the delivery of intelligent ecosystems. What I bring to the table: Throughout my journey—from infrastructure administration to RPA leadership—I have developed a unique "Technical Translation" skill set. I possess the deep architectural context to speak with engineering teams about Kafka partitions or AWS latency, while maintaining the strategic focus required to deliver ROI to executive stakeholders. My Focus Areas: AI/ML Strategy & Implementation: Leveraging a PGD in AI/ML to transition traditional rule-based automation (RPA) into agentic, intelligent workflows. Modernization at Scale: Leading the migration and evolution of monolithic FinTech systems into event-driven, cloud-native architectures. High-Velocity Delivery: Managing the lifecycle of complex tech stacks without losing sight of the business's bottom line. I am a firm believer that the most successful transformations happen when you understand the "plumbing" as well as the "platform." My mission is to ensure that cutting-edge technology—whether it’s a Data Science model or a Cloud-native microservice—actually works in production and delivers measurable value. Core Competencies: Technical Delivery Leadership | AI/ML Transformation Strategy | FinTech Operations | Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka) | Cloud Strategy (AWS) | RPA to Intelligent Automation | Stakeholder Management
Led cloud transformation initiatives for BFSI clients, migrating legacy Informatica workloads to Java Spark-based distributed data pipelines and transitioning RPA bots from on-prem data centers to public cloud environments, improving scalability, processing efficiency, and platform reliability. Drove program expansion within BFSI accounts by identifying new opportunities, building solution proposals and pipelines, and successfully converting leads into new SOWs and project extensions, contributing to account growth and long-term client engagement. Led cross-functional teams of 40+ engineers across RPA,JAVA/Kafka/AWS, along with AI implementations and DevOps, delivering end-to-end automation and analytics solutions for banking clients while ensuring alignment with business and technology objectives. Solved complex technical challenges in automation and data platforms, providing scalable architecture solutions and guiding teams in implementing optimized frameworks for enterprise banking use cases. Designed and delivered high-impact POCs for banking clients, demonstrating feasibility of automation and analytics solutions, and successfully driving conversion to production-grade implementations. Improved delivery execution across multiple teams by implementing Agile practices, including sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and dependency tracking, ensuring predictable and timely delivery of complex programs. Managed senior client stakeholders and technical discussions, aligning business requirements with technology solutions and ensuring successful program delivery despite evolving requirements and technical constraints.
Worked as the lead for the entire automation space, responsible for the implementation of RPA technologies implementations for the client Franklin Templeton, where our team is responsible for the BOTs in production, change management, Prod support, bug fixes, on-boarding new BOTs and LOB to the technology platform, solution designer,
Program Transition: Spearheaded complete Intelligent Automation program migration from Franklin Templeton to HCL — ensuring zero disruption to production automation systems. Cloud Migration: Directed cloud migration program for Automation Anywhere (AA360), enhancing scalability and reducing operational costs. Governance: Instituted RACI frameworks, governance models, and change management processes, enhancing program structure and accountability for IT delivery. Availability: Ensured high availability and operational stability for enterprise automation systems across critical business functions.
CoE Leadership: Spearheaded enterprise-wide RPA adoption strategy — led targeted roadshows, built business cases, and enabled the delivery of 160 production-grade bots within 18 months. Cost & FTE Savings: Delivered $1M+ annual cost savings and 25 FTE reduction in process cycle times through strategic automation of high-volume business processes. Framework Development: Developed reusable automation frameworks reducing development time by 40% and enabling support for 18+ concurrent automated functions. Release Management: Orchestrated end-to-end release cycles and incident management, maintaining 80% uptime for production automation environments.
Setup of RPA from the scratch, implementation of factory model business driven process, mining processes for Automation, picking up the right candidate for Automation, conducting workshops, delivery of the BOTs, implementing best practices, Pre-sales tech, Architecture of the RPA solutions, Change management,
Automated 5 business processes using WinAutomation and JavaScript for a top-tier banking client, saving 3 FTE and improving operational efficiency. Delivered instructor-level RPA training to 15 resources, building internal automation capability and supporting organization-wide CoE initiatives. Led end-to-end bot development and production deployment for 5 automation bots, authoring BRDs to address automation gaps.