Jalin Karia

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JALIN KARIA

Digital Transformation Leader with success transforming business capabilities and processes, IT systems and tools across enterprises. My specialty is forming trusted relationships with executives, and internal technology and business stakeholders. I build and motivate teams to upgrade, consolidate, modernize, and expand technology systems transforming tech operating models. Successes at KOHLER CO, ANTARES CAPITAL, 1RIVET, and COGNIZANT include: TEAM LEADERSHIP (Kohler): Responsible for forming a new 20-person onshore and offshore, internal and consulting team. Improved KPIs 75% in 6 months; on track to deliver SLAs at 95% by end Q2 2024. DIVESTITURE TARGET OPERATING MODEL & 5-YEAR TECH BUDGET (Antares): To support divestiture from GE Capital, conducted current state tech Business Impact Analysis and created target operating model. Managed budget process to develop 5-year projections for enterprise applications technology. ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA), AI & Machine Learning (ML)(Antares): Implemented RPA, AI, and ML across organization enabling capacity increase delivering immediate annual headcount and operational savings of $1M annually. BACK OFFICE SUB-LEDGER SYSTEM (Antares): Identified needs, mapped data, defined system configuration, UAT, and user training. Achieved sub-ledger system conversion saving $2M+ annually in 14 months. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS (Antares): Delivered enterprise application initiatives for CRM, Portfolio Mgmt, Middle/Back Office operations, Finance, Treasury, Asset Mgmt, HR, and Enterprise Risk Mgmt. functions. DELIVERY for M&A & DIVESTITURE STRATEGIES (1Rivet): Drove systems implementation to support Financial Services clients resulting from Merger & Acquisition (M&A) and Divestiture growth strategies. APP DEFECTS REDUCTION (Cognizant): Co-managed defect program for 150+ applications. Drove 50% reduction in avg. defect turnaround time.