Girija Shankar Behera

About Girija Shankar Behera

Technology leader with 20+ years of experience building enterprise platforms across finance, investment banking, insurance, and data science. At UBS, I lead the India IPV function, driving advanced data analytics and risk technology initiatives. With a Data Science degree from ISB and a Master’s in Quantitative Finance from IIT Kanpur, I bring strong analytical depth along with expertise in data engineering, Azure cloud, Microsoft stack, and modern architecture. Passionate about data, AI, fintech, and next-generation technology innovation.

Experience

1. Director, India Lead, Enterprise Ai Suite - Group CTO

   UBS

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Enterprise AI Enablement Lead driving organization-wide AI adoption by aligning strategy, platforms, and teams—specializing in scaling AI with strong data foundations, MLOps, governance, and cross-functional enablement.

Education

• Veer Surendra Sai University Of Technology ( Formerly UCE ), Burla

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecomm Engg

  1998 — 2002

• Indian School of Business

  Advanced Management Program in Business Analytics

  2017 — 2018

• Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Orissa

  Higher Secondary Education

  1995 — 1997

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Master's degree, Quantitative Finance and Risk Management

Skills

• Wcf
• Windows Communication Foundation (Wcf)
• Pl/Sql
• Silverlight
• Wpf
• Agile Project Management
• Xml
• Rest
• Ado.net
• Vsto
• Unity
• Sybase
• Prism
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Hibernate
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Unix
• Winforms
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Asp.net Mvc
• Java
• Test Driven Development
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Sdlc
• Xslt
• Solution Architecture
• Jsp
• Agile Methodologies
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Linq
• Design Patterns
• Spring Framework
• Windows Presentation Foundation (Wpf)
• Unified Modeling Language (Uml)
• Entity Framework