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PRASAD SUVARNA, IT PROGRAM MANAGER

PRASAD SUVARNA

IT PROGRAM MANAGER·SaudiAwwal Bank

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Computers

Work experience

Total years of experience: 21 years, 10 months

IT PROGRAM MANAGER

May 2019 - Present

SaudiAwwal Bank

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 2019 - Present

Managing various programs under the Digital transformation of customer journeys for bank products such as Account opening, KYC, payments, Document issuance.
Also worked on building integrations with government services through API's.
Worked on multiple upgrade projects.
Worked on system performance improvement for enterprise applications.

Responsibilities:
• Issuing RFP with Procurement team
• Selecting vendor and onboarding a team of 15 resources.
• Vendor and contract management
• Business case preparation
• Program planning and management
• Scrum ceremonies
• Project delivery
• Stakeholder management/ Steering Committee meetings
• Project Risk management

Technologies used/ Cross functional Teams involved:
PEGA, Kong/Datapower, BAW, Angular, SAB Mobile team, SAB internet Banking, Core banking team, CRM team

Company industry:
Banking

PROJECT MANAGER – Digital Journeys

May 2014 - May 2019

Saudi British Bank

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 2014 - May 2019

Was involved in the from scratch development of the online digital journeys for SAB Retail banking such as:
Account Opening Digitaljourney, KYC, PAyment, Document issuance, appointment booking:
This involved building the online digital journey experience for the customers to request opening a bank account or update their KYC or initiate payment transfers at
SAB.It involved integration using RESTful APIs with the below mentioned 3rd party government services for
authentication and customer personal information validation and eventually creating the account in the core banking
AS400 system also known as HUB.
3rd party services built:
Nafath - Customer authentication and personal details retrieval
Yakeen - Customer personal details retrieval
Saudi Post - Customer address retrieval
Thakkak - Verification of the mobile number with customer ID
Nabaa - Sending notifications to customer mobile numbers saved in National Information center through
Absher service
There is integration with other internal systems such as:
SMS gateway - to send SMS to customers
Enterprise communication platform - sends push notification to customer mobile numbers
HUB - Internal core banking system.

Company industry:
Banking

PRODUCT OWNER

May 2012 - May 2014

Saudi British Bank (SABB),

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 2012 - May 2014

 Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple Web based Workflow systems (500 +)
directed towards strategic business and other organizational objectives of Saudi British Bank.
 Manage a team based in HSBC China, Business Analysis, Cost estimation, and resource management for developing
workflow solutions.
 Proactively manage systems development, implementation, and risk via the use of SDLC.
 Present periodic Dashboard reports on current projects, future opportunities, and client issues
 Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.

Company industry:
Banking

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

January 2007 - April 2012

HSBC Global Technology,Pune,India.

Pune, India

January 2007 - April 2012

 Developing Web solutions for automating major workflows.
 Requirements gathering, Designing, Testing, and deploying codes.
 Training freshers in support related activities, effective coding techniques, processes in the bank and bug fixing
techniques.
 Playing the role of an SCM (Software Configuration Manager) ensuring all the deliverables are on a timely basis
following the HSBC Group processes. This includes usage ofMQC for logging defects and doing release management
by checking for all the process artifacts like the EDR, test scripts, release notes, defect sheets, MOM, and database
template files are maintained in MKS, a software versioning tool.
 Played the role of DPC (Defect Prevention Champion) and conducted regular meetings with the team members
to analyze the root cause of the defects logged in MQC and prepared the DPC Report for causal analysis.
 Conducting seminars on important aspects of technology and new features in it.

Company industry:
Banking

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

January 2005 - November 2007

KPIT Cummins Infosystems,Pune,India

Pune, India

January 2005 - November 2007

 Development of Web applications
 Requirements analysis, peer testing, writing test scripts and bug fixing.
 Worked on Remedy, a third-party tool for logging customer defects and tracking them to closure

Company industry:
Manufacturing

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

August 2004 - January 2005

Kenati Technolgies,Pune,India.

Pune, India

August 2004 - January 2005

VoIP, VPN, IPTV, CPE
.
Key Functions
 Development of Web applications in Java, testing and fixing

Company industry:
Semiconductors

Education

Maharashtra Institute of Technology, University of Pune

May 2004

May 2004

Bachelor's degree, Computers

India

St. Vincent'sJr.college, University of Pune

May 2000

May 2000

High school or equivalent, Science

India

Bishop School

May 1998

May 1998

High school or equivalent, science

India

Skills

AGILE METHODOLOGY
Intermediate
AGILE METHODOLOGY
Intermediate
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Intermediate
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Intermediate
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Intermediate
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Intermediate
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
Intermediate
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
Intermediate
DIGITAL BANKING
Intermediate
DIGITAL BANKING
Intermediate
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Intermediate
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Intermediate
FINANCE
Intermediate
FINANCE
Intermediate
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SCRUM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate
SCRUM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate

Languages

English
Beginner
Hindi
Beginner
Marathi
Beginner
German
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Generative AI Overview for Project Managers (PMI)
Google AI Essentials
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) course certification.
Project management Professional (PMP) course certification.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (ACSM)
'Generative AI Mastermind' certificate course
'AI Business strategy' certification course