Neeraj Kanchan – PMP, SAFe *.* POPM
Cell: +91-840-***-**** / Email: ad5ue6@r.postjobfree.com / https://in.linkedin.com/in/neerajkanchan
Neeraj has 20+ years of experience in IT industry working across different tech stack (Spring Boot / REST / Python (NumPy / Pandas / SciPy) / Django / Microservices / SQL / MongoDB / AWS (EC2/S3/SQS)/BPMN(Flowable). He is hands on leader and a great mentor. He is well versed in Project / Program / Delivery / Stakeholder /Vendor Management. He is experienced in SaaS vendor application management, developing Open API / REST and supporting different trading platforms. His domain expertise span across Capital Market & Investment Banking with rich exposure in different Derivative asset classes. He has been managing vendor SaaS applications within HR Technology space.
Industry Sector
Core Competency
Credit Derivatives
Over 20+ years of experience working with prestigious financial institutions as well as
Interest Rate Derivatives
product company in Capital Market with strong focus on:
FX Derivatives
20+ years of strong experience in building Java/JEE/REST API based solutions
HR
Developing application using SpringBoot/Flowable/Angular.
Technical Expertise
Expertise developing pricing engines (REST API) in Python / Django
Java/JEE
Experience in CI/CD (Jenkins scripting/maven build) / Confluence/Jira.
REST/Spring/Micro Service
Design and review technical documentations and plan for new engagements.
Angular 10.x
Provide leadership, guidance and mentorship development teams
AWS/SQS/Quick Sight
Cross culture experience and International exposure – US / UK / India
BPMN/Flowable
Change management – managing, measuring, and tracking changes
Python 3.x / DJango
Leading high-performance team and managing deliverables.
SQL/NoSQL
Excellent experience in managing projects across globally distributed teams.
Kafka
Have experience working closely with senior management, participating
Git / SVN / Eclipse
and providing updates in steering committee meeting.
Oracle/Sybase/MongoDB
Involved in HR processes like screening, hiring, grooming, facilitating, allocating,
Process Expertise
releasing resources from projects, conducting appraisal etc.
SAFe 6.0 Agile & Scrum
Strong management and leadership skills, great mentor
Delivery Management
Process excellence, problem solving and interpersonal skills
Program Management
Planning, staffing, and delivering end to end projects
Project Management
Knowledge in key Regulatory Areas like Dodd-Frank, Volcker Rule, Basel III,
Stakeholder management
Market Risk Systems & financial trading platform like Murex / Summit / Calypso.
Hiring/Leadership
Education & Certification
Solution Architecture
B.E. Computer Science Rajasthan University – 1997
CI / CD (Jankins)
Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)– 2024 – Till date
Change Management
Project Management Professional (PMP) – 2005 – Till date
Disaster Recovery
Certified Scrum Master (SCM) – 2011 – Till date
Product / Trading
Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) – 2000
Framework Experience
Career Path
Murex – MX.3.1.38
Citigroup – Jan 2023 – Till Date
Calypso – V7/V12
Finzly India (R&D) Pvt Ltd. - May 2019 till Dec 2022
Summit – V6/V7
BNY Mellon - June 2011 till March 2019
Regulatory
Wells Fargo - April 2005 till June 2011
Dodd – Frank
Citigroup - Oct 2004 till April 2005
Volker Rule
Oracle Financials (formerly iFlex Solutions) - India - Feb 2000 till Oct 2004
Basel II & III
Info Ace – Jun 1997 till Feb 2000
CCAR
Career Highlights
EMIR
Role: VP / HR Tech SaaS Application Manager
Domain: HR Tech
Highlights: Built high performing team in Pune from scratch. Working as application manager managing multiple Payroll SaaS vendor applications. Owning application and complete annual/semi-annual application reviews to be in compliance with company policies and regulations. Getting vendor application vulnerability test/ penetration test completed for compliance. Closely working with various stakeholders within company as well as externally with application vendor as well as vulnerability testing vendors. Manage FSTP for file transfers between company and vendor.
Role: Associate Director – Finzly India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd.- Pune, India
Domain: Capital Market / FX Option
Technologies: Java 8, Spring Boot, REST, Python 3, Django, AWS (S3/EC2), BPMN
Highlights: Playing various roles like architect, BA, as well as developer. Managing project pipelines and timely deliveries. Helping team overcome road blocks in project deliveries. Working in Agile/Scrum environment for Capital Market and Customer apps.
Built Interest Rate Swap (IRS) – Developed IRS (Vanilla) product in Spring Boot/Python/Django REST/BPMN (Flowable) technology stack
Built FX Option – Developed FX Option (Vanilla) product using SpringBoot/Python/django REST/BPMN
Developed Trade Workflow using Flowable BPMN.
Working closely with CTO based in Charlotte, USA to maintain healthy product pipeline for teams and managing them.
Conducting daily stand-ups, resolving roadblocks, Managing Epic/Stories as well as Jira/Confluence dashboards.
Built custom trade reports in AWS QuickSight.
Role: VP/Senior Specialist - Program and Projects - BNY Mellon Technologies – Pune, India
Domain: Market Risk /Bloomberg/Reuters / Treasury (Capital Market) / Interest & FX Rate
Delivery Model: Distributed Agile
Highlights: Played multiple roles as Program Manager as well as Delivery lead / Escalation point for Market
Leading efforts from India within Market Data / Reference Data.
Work with global stake holders to set realistic expectations and to effectively manage project deliveries for Murex
Risk as well as market data need for other LOB needs.
Work and manage globally distributed team of about 50+ members from various level from PM/TL/BA.
Involved in conducting POC for cost saving projects as well as vendor management.
Working as single point of contact for Market Data / Reference Data.
Manage stakeholder expectations as well as timely project deliveries.
Role: VP / Project Lead / Business lead – BNY Mellon – Pittsburg USA
Domain: Interest Rate Derivatives (Currently Swap / Vanila Swap / FRA / Bonds)
Deliver Model: Distributed Agile
Highlights: Worked as Project Leader / Sr. Business Analyst getting projects delivered around Summit System
Worked with business leaders to understand their needs and potential opportunities for automation.
Document business requirements for technical team.
Monitored/planned releases from delegation till UAT/signoffs.
Worked within distributed team env across Pittsburg / New York City / Pune / Chennai
Role: VP / Team lead – Wells Fargo – Charlotte USA
Domain: Credit Derivatives (Structured Product Space)
Delivery Mode: Iterative/Agile
Highlights: Worked on Calypso projects within WellsFargo. Grew from AVP to VP level customizing new products around
Calypso product.
Projects worked/managed in Wells Fargo/Wachovia:
New Product Development including CDS Index and LCDS
Developer custom pricer measures for Credit Default Swap (CDS) within Calypso.
Corporate Bond import from an in-house system (known as Trading System) to Calypso.
Mark-It Partners Import service interfacing with Calypso.
Automation of settlements (shortfalls and write-downs) processing based of Wachovia trades using Mark-It Partners
Role: Team lead –Smith Barney – Citigroup – New York City USA
Domain: Credit Derivatives (CDS/Bonds)
Delivery Model: Water Fall
Highlights: This project was a major migration involving migrating all CDS deals from legacy system to Calypso. Worked as
individual contributor in the migration as a sole Calypso developer to migrate deals from legacy system to Calypso. During this
project, worked on Unix Shell / Perl / Core Java singlehandedly.
Role: Consultant - Oracle Financial – Mumbai India
Domain: Cross Border Payment for Citibank
Deliver Mode: Waterfall
Highlights: Worked as individual contributor in a midsized team on Java/ESB/Web logic technology stack.
Role: Consultant - Oracle Financial – Mumbai India
Domain: Insurance Portal for Citibank
Deliver Mode: Waterfall
Highlights: Worked as individual contributor in a midsized team on Java/ESB/Servlets/JSP/Web logic technology stack.
Role: Programmer –InfoAce - India
Domain: Manufacturing Resource Planning System
Deliver Mode: Waterfall