Manish Parashar

About Manish Parashar

Transforming Financial Services Through Strategic Technology LeadershipExecutive Director with 20+ years driving multi-billion dollar digital transformations across global financial services. Currently leading 300+ engineering professionals at DBS Tech India, delivering breakthrough innovations that serve 3+ million customers with consistently high satisfaction (4.7-4.9 app store ratings).BUSINESS IMPACT DELIVERED:My teams have driven measurable transformation outcomes:• 45% improvement in customer satisfaction scores through enterprise-wide digital initiatives• 50% improvement in transaction processing speed while reducing infrastructure costs by 30%• Zero-downtime migrations serving 2.7M customers during critical platform transformations• 40% reduction in post-deployment issues through robust CI/CD implementation• Cumulative cost optimization through strategic cloud migration and platform modernizationSIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENTS:Open Banking Platform: Architected award-winning API ecosystem with 270+ endpoints, enabling rapid fintech partnerships and positioning DBS as regional leader in open banking innovation.PayLah Digital Wallet: Led complete transformation serving 3M+ users, establishing 200+ merchant partnerships and achieving 4.7-4.9 ratings through microservices architecture delivering 99.9% uptime.Enterprise Modernization: Orchestrated large-scale legacy system modernization across multiple countries, reducing deployment cycles from 90 days to bi-monthly releases while maintaining zero business disruption.LEADERSHIP APPROACH:I believe technology transformation succeeds through people, not just platforms. I\'ve built high-performing engineering cultures across multiple geographies, combining technical excellence with operational discipline. TOGAF-certified with executive education from MIT Sloan and UC Berkeley, I bring both strategic vision and execution rigor to complex digital transformations.TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:Cloud-native architecture | Microservices design | API-first development | Zero-trust security | DevSecOps | Large-scale team leadershipRECOGNITION:• Multiple Technical Excellence & Operational Excellence Awards• GEM Award (Going Extra Mile)- Sopra Steria UK• Industry speaker on digital transformation and API strategy

Experience

1. Executive Director

   星展银行

   Mar 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Leading strategic technology initiatives for DBS\'s digital banking portfolio across Southeast Asia, managing $15M+ annual technology budget and 300+ engineering professionals.Business Context: Driving DBS\'s position as APAC\'s leading digital bank through platform innovation serving 2.3M+ digibank customers.Key Achievements:Operational Excellence:• Reduced post-deployment defects by 40% through enhanced CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks• Improved mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 35% through proactive monitoring and incident management• Achieved 99.90% platform availability across 15+ microservices ecosystemsDevelopment Productivity:• Enhanced team velocity by 30% through DevOps transformation and agile coaching programs• Reduced time-to-market for new features from 12 weeks to 6 weeks through streamlined delivery processes• Implemented platform engineering practices reducing duplicate development efforts by 25%Customer Experience:• Maintained mobile app ratings at 4.5-4.7 through continuous improvement and customer feedback integration• Delivered 6+ major/6 Minor App releases with zero customer-impacting incidentsTechnology Stack: PCF, Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, React Native, API Gateway, Kafka, MariaDB#DigitalTransformation #TechnologyLeadership #BankingInnovation #PlatformEngineering

Education

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

  2000 — 2004

• Saint Pauls Senior Secondary School Kota,Rajasthan,India

  Physics Chemistry Mathematics

  1986 — 1998

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Executive Program

  2022 — 2022

Skills

• Hp Quality Center
• Lean Tools
• Rexx
• Job Control Language (Jcl)
• Digital Transformation
• Mainframe
• Software Design
• Vsam
• Mainframe Architecture
• Togaf
• Six Sigma
• Oracle
• Legacy Modernization
• Business Analysis
• Requirements Analysis
• Assembly Language
• Business Requirements
• Software Development
• Jcl
• Sql
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Sql Db2
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Technical Architecture
• Banking
• Sdlc
• Pre-Sales Technical Consulting
• Db2
• Cobol
• Testing
• Cics
• Ispf
• Ibm Db2