Naganand Jagadeesh

About Naganand Jagadeesh

We often don\'t know what we need to solve problems when we experience them. The same is true for our ThoughtFocus business customers and partners. When they have a business challenge they aren\'t sure how to solve, they turn to us to find the processes and technology to create successful solutions. I became an engineer because I\'m drawn to technical problem-solving and the intensity of the challenges technology can unravel. At ThoughtFocus, we serve as advisors and consultants, and develop complete business solutions to fuel growth for our clients. Our specialties include: • Acquirer and Issuer Processing Solutions • Payments Solution Architectures • EMV Certification Engineering Strategies • Mobile Payment Solutions • Loyalty Program Solutions • Digital Payments • Software/Platform as a Service Strategies • Scaffolding Solutions for Payment Platforms • E-commerce Alternative Payment Solutions • Compliance, Security, Tokenization Solutions • DevOps and Continuous Delivery • Payment Industry Business Relations • Strategic Planning, Relationship Management, and Customer Engagement • Globally Distributed Delivery Optimization Strategies • Corporate Growth Strategy • Account and Staff Development • Executive Leadership

Experience

1. Senior Vice President

   ThoughtFocus

   May 2021 — Present

   I oversee strategic growth for our Payments and Loyalty Solutions business vertical. My team also develops new lines of businesses with EMV Engineering, QA and Automation services, DevOps services, and solutions based on existing frameworks. Engagement methods range from traditional augmentation and licensed turnkey solutions to platform-as-a-service and hybrid captive models. I\'m responsible for scoping, managing, and delivering payment solutions to a variety of international clients — work that establishes ThoughtFocus as a trusted advisor to our customers. I\'m a proactive leader focused on strong business relationships, and I manage globally distributed clients and distributed delivery teams, and create strategic road maps for the business segment. As a PCI DSS Level 1 service provider for offshore development and hosted payment solution platforms, ThoughtFocus is well-positioned to provide domain-specific enterprise-scale technology development for a wide variety of payment service providers and merchants.

Education

• The George Washington University

  Master’s Certificate in Project Management,, Project Management

  2005 — 2006

• University of Mysore

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication Engineering

  1990 — 1994

• National Institute of Information Technology

  Honors diploma in Systems Management , Systems Management

  1990 — 1992