Chris Thangaraj

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ABOUT CHRIS THANGARAJ

Senior product management leader with 20+ years of experience driving end-to-end vision, strategy, and execution of complex product initiatives in banking, commercial real estate and consumer finance. You can tell a lot about people by which section of a newspaper they pick up first. Extroverts tend to pick up the sports or entertainment section. C Suite may grab the front page for the headlines. Planners will peruse the weather. Problem solvers will hone in on the crosswords and the Sodoku puzzle. That’s me. A natural born problem solver. Throughout my career, I’ve excelled and led by identifying problems, examining their effects to the client’s business and dwelling in the problem space before moving to solution space. The result is a multi dimensional solution designed to last…until the next problem. Being a product manager is a natural fit for me. After all, what are products? They are the practical answers to unresolved problems and unmet services. Sometimes they are answers to questions that haven’t even been asked…yet.Works from customer focused obsession. Brand advocate. Challenges the status quo while delivering innovation, efficiencies, value to scale centered on the end-to-end customer experience. Balances strategy and tactics supported by research, actionable data, and insightful analysis. Change agent who translates high-level requirements to detail-level solutions with business acumen and process optimization. Known for inspiring continuous improvement and problem solving with a solution seeking orientation. Recognized for transformational leadership, team building, strategic relationship building, and stakeholder collaboration. Brings C-level communication experience and with a demonstrated history of being an enterprise influencer. Passionate about ownership and accountability with results emphasis and a bias toward action. Comfortable in fast-paced and ambiguous environments. Relentless curiosity, always learning.Core Competencies:• Value creation/technology & business process solutions• Sustainable customer experience and UX/UI innovation • Quantitative and qualitative research and analysis• Data engineering, architecture, management, integration, transformation, and warehousing• Six Sigma, agile, lean• End-to-end simultaneous product leadership• Intuitive digital products/technology transformation• Commercial banking professional • Cross-functional collaboration/consensus building • Elite, diverse, inclusive team building and mentoring • Organizational change management