Experience

Valethi Technologies

• India
• Information Technology & Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Executive Vice President, Business Transformation

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  In this role I am responsible to work with a cross functional stakeholders to implement new strategies, processes, and technologies that will positively impact the business. Role includes providing strategic direction, guidance and identify areas of inefficiency, develop strategies for growth, and drive resources to implement initiatives that will reduce cost and improve profit. Establish performance benchmarks and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement and serve as a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders. Show less



Mastercard

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President | Software Engineering

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2022

  In this role, I liaised with diverse internal & external stakeholders to lead Agile deliveries and complex platform migrations for credit, debit, and prepaid products. As a Subject Matter Expert and strategic resource of the Centers of Excellence (CoEs), I engaged with software development, M&A, and HR teams to drive software design & development, align processes, institute an open-source culture, support talent management initiatives, and encourage knowledge sharing. Holding end-to-end service delivery accountability for several clients while leading matrixed teams, constituted my primary KRAs in this role.Some of my significant accomplishments here have been: ► Proved instrumental in transitioning UAE into a truly cashless society, backed by a robust, secure, and interoperable digital cash payment platform – Klip. ► Tasked to curb significantly high failure rates, optimize resources, and bridge gaps in product lifecycle; streamlined and integrated tools, technology, and processes, based on extensive analysis of product loopholes, user-journey, and coverage. ► Conceptualized, formulated, and implemented Learn, Study, and Grow (LSG) framework to upskill staff, enhance domain expertise, avert Learning & Development (L&D) overheads, and establish a culture of knowledge sharing. Show less

• Director, Pune Jun 2015 – Oct 2016 | Delivery Manager, Pune & St. Louis Oct 2011 – May 2015

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2016

  During this span, I progressed through diverse roles with increasing responsibilities with respect to strategy formulation, business & technical transformations, continuous improvement, process reengineering, team management, and stakeholder engagement. I provided thought leadership and supported the CXO-Suite Executives in achieving several maiden initiatives to grow MasterCard’s leadership position. Development & roll out of automation framework and implementation of ‘Built-in-Quality’ standards across the organization were my primary contributions in these roles, as was developing and implementing Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines.►Developed and instituted a common automation framework across MasterCard; liaised and negotiated with SDETs, cross-functional team managers, and global stakeholders to seek buy-in and ensure seamless implementation.►Improved code quality and reduced failure rate by 50% through ‘Built-in-Quality’ standards; also ensured zero P1/P2 incidents in preproduction and production environments. Achieved reduction in turnaround time (TAT) from 11 to 6 days through regression suite automation.►Formulated a framework to integrate software security and automation assessments with PI cycles; played a critical role in sourcing Platform Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance Certification. ►Defined frameworks to take maturity of teams from quality engineering level to software development excellence; achieved an average of 10% efficiency across PI cycles. Also improved time-to-market and customer communication by aligning Agile release PI cycles with SAFe methodology. Show less

• Senior Consultant

  • May 2007 - Nov 2011


ACI Worldwide
• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee
• Software Engineering Consultant

  • May 2004 - Mar 2007

Magic Software Inc.
• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Database Consultant | QC Engineer

  • Mar 2002 - Apr 2004

Kalamazoo International
• France
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• Software Engineer

  • Sep 2001 - Feb 2002