Serial entrepreneur in blockchain/transaction/retail banking/payments as founder/CTO, 2 successful exits to Sungard and ACI. Mobile payments/financial inclusion evangelist. Global MD Citi Digital Strategy, global head of product management Obopay - India (Nokia Money), Africa (Yu Cash Kenya), Uganda (Warid Pesa), Senegal (Yoban Tel in partnership with SocGen), USA (MasterCard MoneySend). Raised over $100MM in funding across two startups. First CIO Yes Bank. First Global CIO mPhasis. Pioneer in digital/electronic banking - implementations RBC, ABN, OCBC, DBS, K-Bank. Unique domain skills across transaction banking and retail banking. From 2011 - to current; driving global digital strategy at Citi, at an executive leadership level. Hands on: Read more
Serial entrepreneur in blockchain/transaction/retail banking/payments as founder/CTO, 2 successful exits to Sungard and ACI. Mobile payments/financial inclusion evangelist. Global MD Citi Digital Strategy, global head of product management Obopay - India (Nokia Money), Africa (Yu Cash Kenya), Uganda (Warid Pesa), Senegal (Yoban Tel in partnership with SocGen), USA (MasterCard MoneySend). Raised over $100MM in funding across two startups. First CIO Yes Bank. First Global CIO mPhasis. Pioneer in digital/electronic banking - implementations RBC, ABN, OCBC, DBS, K-Bank. Unique domain skills across transaction banking and retail banking. From 2011 - to current; driving global digital strategy at Citi, at an executive leadership level. Hands on: Digital Strategist; Business Architect & Global Product Design, with deep domain expertise in digital disruption across consumer & corporate banking, mobile & digital payments, data analytics and dynamic offers, digital identity, API strategy & architecture, open banking strategy, banking value added services, driving innovation through labs and hackathons, Strategic design of Citi’s next gen Digital platform product & architecture (API, microservices & cloud) ; working globally to transform the Banking paradigm. Hands on leadership of Agile transformation and working teams. Working on a Consumer digital engagement framework to leverage big-data insights to drive next best action, next best offer and dynamic personalization. Strategic direction to next gen solution architecture for real-time big-data analytics. Worked on digital projects for Transaction Banking such as disruption in supply-chain payments and finance and using API for corporate to bank connectivity. Deep research experience by creating an in-house research team to drive insight into digital money value across global markets. Digital Industry Advisory on digital transformation of industries. Future of corporate treasury. Blockchain in Supply Chain Finance.
