Mandip Poonia

Director - Product Owner, Product Manager Manager, Chapter Lead, Cloud Champion for Agency Trading @UBS

Managed a team of application aligned data engineers globally to design develop, create and maintain the Cash Equities database platform. The platform includes a suite of mission critical applications spanning the full spectrum of electronic trading activity from static and reference data services through pre-trade, execution, reporting, and post trade analysis. Responsible for strategy, design & modernising the data platform and future roadmap. Successfully and swiftly employed resources to ensure business continuity during times of high attrition. As Cloud Champion I drove the acceleration, adoption & migration of apps to the cloud for Agency Trading. Planned and retired on prem database infrastructure globally to cloud hosted environment. Helped crew leads understand benefits, challenges & implications of adopting cloud & helping teams move to the cloud. Successfully prepared Cloud Technical Design Authority and Cloud Design & Deployment reviews for application teams. Incorporated Cloud economics cost reduction strategies, benefits, estimations, optimisations and resizing. Offered technical guidance on cloud and assisted applications with cloud on boarding. Building relationships and collaborations across the architecture community. Software Component Manager with full Software Development Lifestyle (SDLC).