GIRISH KUMAR
Ajax,ON
Summary
Change Manager and Technology Services Leader with over 15 years of expertise in digital and operational transformations. Proven track record in driving strategic initiatives and leading cross-functional teams to align change programs with enterprise objectives. Recognized for stakeholder influence, enabling CI/CD delivery, and effective risk mitigation in global financial settings.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President – Technology Services
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Toronto, ON
01.2025 - Current
- Lead enterprise change governance and production oversight.
- Align change and release strategy with global leadership priorities.
- Improve reliability via automation and proactive monitoring.
Vice President Consultant – Systems Engineering
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Toronto, ON
04.2022 - 01.2025
- Managed CI/CD deployment pipelines and Liquibase integration.
Senior Consultant – Financial Institutions
CGI
Toronto, ON
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Delivered change/release services for 6+ Canadian banks.
- Streamlined SLAs, UAT readiness, and issue triage protocols.
Change & Release Coordinator / DevOps PM
Bank of America
Chennai
01.2015 - 10.2021
- Directed ‘Bank in a Box’ release across 50+ applications.
- Led GPP platform release cycles; acted as tech SPOC.
- Migrated legacy infra to internal cloud (AppHost).
Education
B.Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation
Anna University
01.2009
Skills
- Change Management (ITIL RCV, Foundation)
- Release & Deployment Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic planning
- Portfolio optimization
- Operational Transformation
- Production oversight
- Vendor management
- Business continuity planning
- Tools: Jira, Confluence, Autosys
- DevOps: Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Liquibase
- Middleware: WebSphere, JBoss, Apache
- CI/CD – Jenkins, Git, Ansible
Certification
- ITIL Intermediate – RCV (2020)
- ITIL Foundation (2018)
- DevOps Foundation (2021)
Timeline
Vice President – Technology Services
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
01.2025 - Current
Vice President Consultant – Systems Engineering
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
04.2022 - 01.2025
Senior Consultant – Financial Institutions
CGI
01.2022 - 04.2022
Change & Release Coordinator / DevOps PM
Bank of America
01.2015 - 10.2021
B.Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation
Anna University
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