Rajesh Shankaran

About Rajesh Shankaran

KEY SKILLS• Work with bank senior management to define program charter, objectives and governance models for monitoring and risk assessment• Enter new markets through a strategic combination of offering mix, onsite recruitment, legal clearance and partner ecosystem• Create agile, independent, and self-governing delivery structures that can derive economic value through repetition, scale and automation• Consistently drive growth (35% CAGR over four years) through continuous engagement, cross-sell and embedded thought leadership in large accounts • Manage large teams (over technical and functional resources) with focus on scale through learning, cross-skilling, partner ecosystem and client self-service• Commercial and Contractual awareness – driven by a cost reduction and margin focus ensuring all engagements are commercially viableCurrent - Regional Delivery Head – AmericasFinacle – Jan 2018 to PresentManage a regional portfolio of banks in NA, Caribbean and LATAM apart from specific strategic accounts globally. My key responsibilities are to deliver transformations programs in advanced markets for Finacle. Most recent deals have been in the digital modernization space with shorter delivery timeframes, extensive UX impact and focus on regulatory compliance and SAAS • Achieved revenue CAGR of 45% in the last three years• Seven new logos and three new countries• Setup LATAM COE as the LATAM delivery and engagement hub• First SAAS Credit Union implementation in Canada• Built regional reference model bank across originations, channels and processing.Achievements -1. Deliver programs for some of the largest banks in North America including Goldman Sachs, Discover Financial Services, Eastern Bank, BNP Paribas (Bank of the West) and Silicon Valley Bank. Lead large pursuits through market knowledge, delivery track record and domain expertise2. Enter new markets with large wins in Bermuda, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia and Mexico for largescale core and digital transformation programs 3. Overcome pandemic driven travel restrictions and stringent visa regulations with a mix of onsite hire and upskilling, nearshoring, cloud instances and seamless release management4. Drive team awareness of customer expectations, customer responsibilities and contractual obligations to consciously discharge committed deliverables

Experience

1. Associate Vice President

   Infosys

   Apr 2021 — Present

Education

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Accounting and Finance

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor in Computer Science

Skills

• Software Project Management
• Pmp
• Program Management
• Consulting
• Outsourcing
• Product Management
• Sdlc
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Solution Architecture
• Requirements Gathering
• Management
• Pre-Sales
• Requirements Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Programme Delivery
• Project Management
• Business Development
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery