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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
GIRISH KUMAR