Venkat K.

About Venkat K.

Experienced leader in strategizing and transforming prevailing to neoteric technologies. Product strategist, digital transformation with road map and execution. Senior level Program leader and a Creative thinker - Proven record in strategizing and executing complex high budget Strategic Programs - Strong Business centric mind set to drive optimal Business outcomes - Highly Credible amongst senior executives & business partners – Executive presence to influence and negotiate horizontally and vertically –Leads with Courage and conviction – Communicates effectively – Sounds judgment with excellent decision making skills.• Expert in Financial services – Loyalty Programs, Retail Banking, Customer Strategy, Customer Segmentation, Product Strategy, M&A, Data Analytics and Reporting, Risk and Compliance• Multi-Million Dollar Program Leadership, Senior Strategist, Lead in Critical IT solutions and delivered using TOGAF Framework in compliance with Enterprise Architecture “Permit to Build and Permit to Operate”. • Applications Management, Large scale portfolio and federated management, Subject Matter Expert for Major Mergers in the Bank such as Countrywide conversion, Merrill Lynch transition, MBNA transition, US trust transition, LaSalle conversion efforts; SME in customer Systems space in Bank of America for more than 10 years. SME for the following skills: Bank specific Customer data elements, KYC & OFCA compliance, Account specific data elements, MDM model, Architecture of Bank of America applications in customer space, Bank of America SDLC process and methodologies, Complex implementations and rollout strategy for multi-generational programs, Banking Consumer and Small Business functionalities and processes.• Other interests: Abstract and intuitive thinker, Leadership/Organizational Behaviors and related study, Employee Engagement leader, Mentoring, Networking, Women empowerment associations,Community projects and volunteering events initiator such as YMCA, Second Food Harvest, Habitat for Humanity, Salvation army, Firefighters group and NC DOT Adopt a Highway groups. • Continuous learning - working on ISACA/COBIT certification.

Experience

1. Lead Business Execution Consultant

   Wells Fargo

   Apr 2021 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

Education

• Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyaashram

  Completed 12th grade, Mathematics and Computer Science

  1983 — 1988

• Gulbarga University

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

  1988 — 1992