Ritesh Sharma

+91 9833 70 7489 | riteshvsharma@gmail.com

Distinguished Professional with over 18 years’ experience in implementation, development, and design of technology products & services in Banking & Financial Services domain
Experience in IT program & project management and software delivery in both offshore/onshore models
In-depth understanding of analyzing the existing business processes, conceiving, and delivering elegant and cost-effective solutions
Strong interpersonal communication and relation skills, ability to interact effectively at all organization levels
Ability to set and reset priorities based on knowledge of business, technology roadmaps and key strategies
Dexterity in leading and mentoring cross-functional and technology teams in a multi-facility environment to maximize the productivity
Domain expertise entails the verticals like corporate, business, retail and wholesale banking

Career Highlights

Led digital transformation of Retail and Wholesale Banking businesses for banks across geographies
Designed and launched best in class 100% digital corporate onboarding solution in Middle east
Developed and fostered execution of product roadmaps for digital banks
Experience in creating, leading, and mentoring organic and self-sustaining technology teams
Proven experience in managing IT portfolios worth USD 20 M and above
Pivotal in performance tuning and improving operational efficiency of IT systems by more than 70%
Devised a delivery review framework for kick-starting programs with the right basics and lead to in-time delivery, reduced or no rework for sustainable and stable production environments

Key Result Areas

Working with technology teams on solution design
Preparing logical and physical solution architecture
Assisting customers with IT infrastructure design and recommend appropriate technology solutions
Program delivery and project management including budgeting, resourcing and onsite executions
Conducting product demonstrations, functional, technical training and workshops
Working with sales teams throughout sales cycle including solution review, sizing and contract negotiations
Guiding and mentoring technology teams for enhancing their skills and serving the organizational purpose

Experience

Vice President

AU Small Finance Bank Limited

India

Lead Digital Transformation of Corporate, Business & Wholesale Banking
Product & Technology Roadmap Design and Implementation
Monitor overall solution lifecycle from concept to production rollout
Develop and Groom Organic teams for the technology projects

Sep 2021

Senior Delivery Manager

i-exceed Technology Solutions

United Arab Emirates

IT infrastructure design and solutioning for customers
Design and device organizational technology roadmap
Solution and technology profiling and recommendation based on customer requirements
Monitor overall solution lifecycle from concept to production rollout and post-live support thereafter

Jun 2020

Head of Technology

FASYL Technology Group

South Africa

IT infrastructure design and solutioning for customers
Lead and mentor team of consultants for various projects
Conduct comparative analysis of various solutions and products for customer requirements
Work with leadership to access and deploy organisational technology raodmap
Lead in house software development projects

Mar 2019

Co-Founder

threesixnine technologies Private Limited

India

Design and implement product roadmaps for the orgnaisation
Create Physical and logical architecture for the product
Work with technical team for design and development
Monitor and maintain the production environments running on AWS
Conduct product demonstrations and workshops with customers
😁 And other petty jobs to keep the office running

Oct 2017

Senior Principal Consultant

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited

India, Taiwan, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Lesotho, Egypt

Leading key digital transformation projects
Manage key account relationships for the customers in Southern Africa region
Conduct product walkthroughs and workshops for Customers
Monitor overall solution lifecycle from concept to production rollout and post-live support thereafter
Manage onsite and offshore teams

Sep 2007