RISHI VYAS
Summary
20 + Years of professional IT experience with 10+ years in Leadership roles. Extensive Technical experience as Technical Program Manager for Banking Domain for Leading Financial Banks in UK (HSBC and Barclays) and North America (Scotiabank, TD and CIBC).
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Program Manager/ Director – Delivery
Scotiabank
01.2020 - Current
- Delivery of Scotiabank Mobile App Feature that range from minor updates to multimillion new feature: Scotia Select Pay, Scotia AutoPay, Scotia Credit Card Lock /Unlock, Mobile App for token based 2FA authentication using Auth0 (Okta), Mobile App for VPN tokens (bank internal), Azure to GCP migration working with vendor Pwc
- Developed and executed product roadmaps, managed product launches, and devised go-to-market strategies for various mobile app features
- Managed the rollout of mobile apps on Google and Apple App Stores, ensuring smooth deployment and user experience
- Led the development and integration of web microapps using React JS and Node JS
- Oversaw Azure/GCP cloud implementation and migration projects to enhance scalability and reliability
- Spearheaded the implementation of microservices and webservices architecture to improve application modularity and flexibility
- Leveraged Atlassian Suite tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket for project management and collaboration
- Planned and implemented cloud infrastructure to support the development and deployment of mobile and web applications
- Implemented engineering practices such as DevOps, including test automation and CI/CD pipeline integration using Jenkins and GitHub
- Conducted user-story mapping exercises using tools like Trello, Stories on Board, MIRO, and Mural to enhance user experience and product development.
Principal Consultant/Agile Delivery lead
CIBC
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Contributed to CIBC Digital's Micro-services team, fostering improved team coordination and collaboration through the implementation of Kanban and Agile methodologies, alongside continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
- Collaborated with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and leveraging microservices architecture
- Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple concurrent projects, employing DevOps practices, such as automated testing and deployment, to streamline workflows and enhance delivery speed
- Demonstrated leadership by training and mentoring team members on the best practices and most effective utilization of Scrum processes, alongside tools such as JIRA and Confluence, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced production times.
Senior Scrum Master
Scotiabank
12.2013 - 04.2019
- As part of development and support organizational changes, I spearheaded the setup of an application support team, leveraging agile tools such as Confluence, JIRA, and ServiceNow to streamline and consolidate support activities
- This involved tracking, monitoring, and reporting statistics for over 22 applications, ensuring seamless operations
- Noteworthy achievements included the establishment of an offshore team to provide 24/7 support, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing response times
- Additionally, I seamlessly transitioned into filling key roles in Customer Systems Management projects due to team retirements
- This provided me with invaluable opportunities for growth and learning in a new domain, which I enthusiastically embraced.
Project Manager
Symcor
05.2012 - 12.2013
- The Work-Flow Automation (WFA) project is to process/migrate a large amount of print files using document post-composition tool (Sefas) into electronic and printable documents for the Canadian financial industry (e.g., Credit Card Statements, Debit Card Statements and Letters etc)
- The scope of the project also includes reducing day-to-day operations costs by leveraging automation features of the workflow tools as well as executing on operational platform consolidation opportunities
- WFA also included the change of 3of9 barcodes to smaller and more efficient 2D along with faster re- print and more visually compelling data.
Technical Architect
Barclays UK
08.2011 - 05.2012
- Designing Solutions for Document Archival and Retrieval using IBM CMOD as technology.
Team Lead/Project Lead
HSBC
07.2005 - 07.2011
- Managed 25 + members team directly reporting to me
- Accountable for requirement analysis, impact analysis, functional and technical design, development, documentation, SIT/UAT support, implementation, maintenance, and production support.
Senior Software Engineer
Syntel
07.2004 - 07.2005
- Held the Responsibility of being a Team member Of the Development Team which mainly consist of making modifications in the mainframe program, testing and Handling Production support.
Skills
- Agile development methodologies and Framework - SCRUM, Lean and Kanban Software Development, eXtreme Programming (XP), SAFe
- Product Roadmap / Product Management / Product Launch
- Go-To Market Strategies / Pilot Launch Strategies
- Mobile App Development (Android and iOS)
- Google and Apple App Store Management and App Rollout
- Web Microapp Development and Integration ( React JS / Node JS)
- AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud implementation/migration
- NodeJS /Java / ReactJS /API
- Microservices / Webservices
- Atlassian Suite/Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket
- Cloud Infrastructure Planning and Implementation
- Engineering Practices - DevOps: Test Automation, CI/CD Pipeline Integration using Jenkins, GitHub
- User-Story Mapping: using Trello, Stories on Board, MIRO, Mural, create user persona for user experience
- HTML5 / CSS /JavaScript/ jQuery/Bootstrap/PHP/ XML /JSON
- Python /Unix
- API Development
- DB Setup
- No SQL DB (Mongo DB)
Primary :
Technical Program Manager/Agile Delivery Manager/Agile Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer (RTE) / Agile Coach / Director – Delivery
Additional :
Digital Banking / Financial Technology (FinTech) / Tech Start-up
Web Development
- Enterprise Data Lake
- ETL Tools (Informatica / Data Stage / Hadoop )
- Customer Management Tools (CI / MDM )
- HP Exstream Dialogue /OpenText Exstream
- EMC / OpenText Xpression (XDesign , XAdmin)
- Custom Statement Formatter (CSF)
- IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD)
- IBM Ondemand Web Enabled Kit (ODWEK)
- Xenos
- IBM APF2PDF
- Sefas Designer
- Sefas Producer
- Bell and Howell's – IQ tool
- Oce Canon's – Prisma tool
- Mainframe ,COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL , CICS, Mainframe Operations
- Mainframe QA / SPUFI / QMS
- HPQC
- HP – Clarity
DMS (Document Management System) / Customer Communication Management (CCM)
Document Composition and Archival tools
Electronic Document Transformation tools
Post Composition tools
Legacy Technologies
Education Certification
- BE, Electronics and Communications - University of Rajasthan
- Scrum Master Certified (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
- Scaled Agile, Inc. - SAFe 5.0 - Certified
- AWS Solution Architect – Associate
Timeline
Technical Program Manager/ Director – Delivery
Scotiabank
01.2020 - Current
Principal Consultant/Agile Delivery lead
CIBC
04.2019 - 01.2020
Senior Scrum Master
Scotiabank
12.2013 - 04.2019
Project Manager
Symcor
05.2012 - 12.2013
Technical Architect
Barclays UK
08.2011 - 05.2012
Team Lead/Project Lead
HSBC
07.2005 - 07.2011
Senior Software Engineer
Syntel
07.2004 - 07.2005
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