GIRIDHAR BATNI ANAND
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giridharba/
Profile Summary
TECHNOLOGY LEADER, PROGRAM MANAGER, AGILE COACH & BUSINESS ANALYST
• Technology Leader with an unmatched track record of managing multimillion-dollar programs fueling global growth,
competitive advantage and transformative change for Fortune 1000 companies.
• PMP and CSM certified Program Manager with diversified experience in Product Management, Architecture, and program
management of Payments and Business applications with strong executive presence.
• Successful track record of delivering complex Application development, Cloud migration, Legacy modernization,
Infrastructure, Regulatory, Cybersecurity and Business critical digital transformation programs using Agile and Waterfall
development methodologies.
• CBAP certified Solution driven Banking & Financial Services Business Analyst with an exceptional record of delivering
innovative, cost-effective, high performance technology solutions to meet challenging business demands. Extensive
qualification in all facets of IT methodologies from conceptual design through documentation (Functional Specifications/Use
case) and data modeling, requirement elicitation, implementation, user training, quality review and enhancements. Worked
extensively with leading Banks globally specializing in Consumer Banking, Payments, Cards, Anti-money Laundering, Loans,
BASEL III regulations, US Retirement Services (401K, Defined Contribution, Defined Benefits) and Mutual funds.
Areas of Excellence
Program/Project Management:
Technology Skills:
• Program Management
• Portfolio Management
• Project Management
• Strategic Growth Plans
• Business & IT alignment
• Business Transformation
• Enterprise Implementation
• Finance & Budgeting
• P&L Accountability
• Agile Coach
• Agile & Waterfall
• Process Improvement
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management
• Resource Management
• Delivery Management
• Change Management
• Legal & Compliance
• MS Project, JIRA, VSTS, Azure, AWS, SQL, Java, .Net, SaaS, Agile & Waterfall
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scrum Master (CSM), exhibited prowess in planning &
executing programs and projects based on standard/traditional project management practices including Agile
Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Feature driven development)
Domain Exposure: Banking & Financial Services, Payments (15 years), Oil & Gas (3 years), CRM (2 years)
Scholastics: Bachelor’s in engineering (Medical Electronics & Engineering), Bangalore University,-
Selected Accomplishments
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Program/Project Management: Managing large investment committee funded programs through Planning, Scope
identification, Time & effort estimation, Quality & risk management, Budget Management, Change control, Configuration
management and Stakeholder management across APAC, Europe, and US.
Agile Coach: Developed and delivered Team and Organization training materials and workshops to build knowledge, skills
and facilitated Agile transformation. Established and supported Agile Community of Practice to promote Organizational
understanding of Agile roles and helped individuals develop into them.
Strategic Contribution: Developed strategic partnership with BUs in US, UK & Netherlands to facilitate transition of critical
roles and established a DevOps team in India. Established collaborative methods of functioning between various business
units to achieve cross functional collaboration & common goals. Created & monitored the Software business model & go to
market strategy for the program
Business Operations & KPI: Increased BU revenue by 7% over the expected 3% along with a net margin of 22.3% by
delivering multiple Projects and Programs. Automated several routine tasks, promoted a culture of continuous change &
improvement and enhanced team effectiveness by 8%. Contributed & enhanced the project delivery framework leading to
a stage gate approach of project delivery.
• Resource Management: Led and motivated large cross-functional and multi-cultural teams to maximize productivity and
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ensure that technical solutions meet business requirements. Managing a geographically distributed team of 40+ in a matrix
structure to deliver complex features with an IT spend of $8M
Project Accomplishments:
o Led a global initiative to deliver industry first push payment capabilities resulting in a 70% growth in revenue
o Led successful overhaul of IT infrastructure by migrating several applications to AWS and Azure Cloud, improved data
processing time by 40% and reduced year-on-year Run and Maintain Costs by $2M.
o Championed a business transformation program for Upstream Business and implemented a Global Laboratory Information
Management system (LIMS) for Catalyst product development with a benefit realization of $2M in the first year.
o Led a multi-discipline program with geographically dispersed teams for implementation of cybersecurity controls based
on NIST and IEC 62443 IACS framework across 360 drilling rigs worldwide in a record span of 12months and reduced
risk of cyber-attacks by 80%.
o Successfully led a digital transformation program for a leading Scandinavian Bank to accelerate launch of Credit products
to a wider mass and automate credit applications resulting in a 40% increase in customer base, straight through
processing of 71% of credit applications and 23% increase in portfolio profit margins.
o Chaired several forward-looking Architectural and requirement elicitation forums involving multiple stakeholders for
revamping a Global Bank’s eBanking solution in multiple countries. Key features included enhanced security, scalable
architecture, robust payments framework, and online interfaces with Treasury for retrieval of exchange rates to automate
cross border payments. Overall User experience level increased by 60% and achieved a 93% Straight Through
Processing of fund transfer requests.
o Led Business Analysis and implementation effort for creation of an online interface allowing 401K participants to make
investment allocation changes online thereby enhancing User experience and reducing call volume to the phone group
by 65%.
o Developed and implemented an offshore-onsite model of production support and maintained SLAs well below agreed
levels. Strategically moved the work volume to outsourced location in record time and ensured resolution of 75% of the
tickets offshore.
Career Recital
Director Project Manager – VISA – Nov’20 – till date
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Develop strong partnerships with key business stakeholders and provide strategic inputs to drive focus on business goals
Provide strategic alignment & direction to projects within the program to support current & future vision of the
Organization.
Lead complex programs simultaneously by achieving alignment on program scope, release planning, and drive teams
through software engineering experience using Agile
Partner with cross-functional Leads to drive workgroup alignment meetings, address tactical release issues, dependencies,
mitigate risks and metrics reporting
Manage program dependencies across scrum teams, functions, business units and stakeholders
Manage backlog to release transformation @ intersection of Product, Technology, and cross-functional teams
Enable Product launches and often managing to several client integrations simultaneously
Drive Scrum of Scrums and manage to individual priority and release demands against scrum capacity
Management of large geographically distributed project teams in a matrix structure and effective monitoring of software
deliverables under cost, quality and schedule constraints.
Previous Engagements
Nov’04 to Jul’06
ICICI Bank Ltd
Senior Officer
Sep’01 to Oct’04
Consult US
Consultant
Oct’06 to Nov’07
iGATE Global Solutions
Associate Consultant
Jul’06 to Oct’06
Infosys Technologies
Module Leader
Jul’08 to Aug’13
ITC Infotech Ltd
Project Manager
Nov’07 to Jul’08
Optimum Solutions
Lead Business Analyst
Oct’17 to Nov’20
Shell India
Project Manager
Aug’13 to Sep’17
Fidelity Investments
Project Manager
