Lalit Kumar

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ABOUT LALIT KUMAR

Seasoned technology executive with 17+ years of track record delivering resilient cloud, infrastructure and operational transformations for regulated financial services. I combine strategic vision, hands‑on cloud and database architecture expertise, and proven delivery discipline to drive secure, cost‑efficient platforms that reduce risk, accelerate time to market, and protect customer trust across organisations such as Barclaycard, HSBC, Discover and TransUnion.• Strategic leadership and governance — set technology direction, define target operating models, and lead executive and board conversations on cloud strategy, resilience and regulatory compliance.• Risk, security and regulatory assurance — architect and operationalise solutions that meet stringent security, compliance and audit requirements while enabling business agility.• Delivery at scale — led large multi‑vendor programmes and cross‑functional teams to deliver complex cloud migrations, DR and service resilience initiatives on time and within budget.• Commercial and cost optimisation — established cloud cost controls, optimisation frameworks and vendor contracting approaches that reduced runcosts and improved capital efficiency.• Operational performance and resilience — drove measurable improvements in availability, MTTR and incident reduction through automation, observability and robust incident management.• Talent and culture — built and mentored engineering and SRE teams, established DevOps practices and created a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.Selected outcomes: delivered enterprise cloud and resilience programmes that materially reduced downtime and recovery times, implemented IaC and automation to shorten delivery cycles, and introduced monitoring and release practices that increased deployment frequency while lowering incident rates.Open to board, advisory or executive CTO/CIO roles where I can contribute strategic technology leadership, risk oversight and operational assurance to drive secure growth in regulated environments.