Karthik Shankar
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Experience
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Sole Proprietorship
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Independent Consultant
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Apr 2015 - Present
IT Services Delivery Management IT Services Engagement Management Key Account Management Strategies Technology areas: Java J2EE ADM, Wealth Management IT, Product Engineering, ERP Implementations, Portal Implementations Domain areas: Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, Hedge Funds, Publishing domain - portals IT Services Delivery Management IT Services Engagement Management Key Account Management Strategies Technology areas: Java J2EE ADM, Wealth Management IT, Product Engineering, ERP Implementations, Portal Implementations Domain areas: Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, Hedge Funds, Publishing domain - portals
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Managing Partner
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Jan 2014 - Present
Banking and Capital Markets Industry Solutions Business and Outsourcing Consulting Provide advisory centered around improving the short term and long range effectiveness and efficiency of the IT Shop as it pertains to Banking and Capital Markets Industry. Some of our consulting offerings are: IT Governance Consulting, outsourced IT for product development / bespoke application development / captive IT setup in India, product management consulting in Wealth Management and latest market intelligence, IT vendor management consultancy, Specialist Technology Architectural consultants provided on retainer / time share basis.
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NIIT Technologies Limited
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India
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Information Technology & Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Program Head, Banking and Financial Services vertical
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2013 - 2014
End to end responsibility for customer relationships, solution delivery , business growth and profitability for assigned accounts. Successful stint as Delivery Head. Managed Global Wealth Platform Line of Business of more than 500 IT resources. Managed revenues of more than USD 30 million Added new business through my own efforts of 65 ( sixty five) resources within one year as part of a product development effort. Specialties: 1. Turning around key accounts within a vertical in terms of customer relationship strength, account management practices and selling strength, delivery maturity, growth ability, breadth and depth of expertise in technology and domain competency/ practice units, 2. Delivery management of AD, AM and PS projects in Java J2EE technology, take up and execute large customer IT transformational engagements in fixed bid. 3. Program governance across AD, AM, PS, testing, package implementation( CRM, ERP) 4. Key Account Management - taking responsibility for driving growth within designated accounts
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Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Managing Consultant, Buy side, Capital Markets
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2012 - 2013
Wealth Management IT delivery and account growth / business management - Legg Mason Asset Management, Pasadena, CA Wealth Management IT delivery and account growth / business management - Legg Mason Asset Management, Pasadena, CA
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Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Vice President
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2010 - 2012
Winning new business and Program Management @ Citi account, NY, NJ Winning new business and Program Management @ Citi account, NY, NJ
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Tech Mahindra
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Service Delivery Manager
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2002 - 2009
Key roles Head of Presales for the Financial Services Vertical - 2003-04 Successful stint as Presales Head - won several new projects and attributed for key successes at CheckFree Investment Services, NJ, SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, GA, Equifax Credit Reporting agency , Atlanta, GA. Won 16.3 million USD in new business. Engagement Manager for Bespoke Application development and AM engagements, Packaged solutions implementations in ERP and Portal products for publishing and capital markets verticals, 2004-08 Engagement Manager, Citi Global Wealth Management, 2008-09 Managing a delivery team of 150 resources Successful stint - bagged many new projects in High Net Worth and Private Banking/ UHNW Lines of Business.
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Infosys
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior IT Consultant
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1997 - 2001
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Education
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Indian School of Business
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General -
University of Poona
Engineer's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering