Senior IT Leader - Enterprise Applications & Modernization

Bangalore • +91-808******* • *****.**************@*****.*** • Harshavardhana Rangashamaiah Madabal LinkedIn

Senior IT Manager/Director of IT (Target) Engineering & Applications Leadership

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ENGINEERING STRATEGY TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP GCC APP Ownership & DELIVERY

Technology Leader with 20+ years of experience owning engineering strategy, enterprise application portfolios, and modernization programs across Corporate Finance, Compliance, AML, and Digital Banking. Lead end to end IT ownership for 10+ enterprise applications, directing global engineering teams of 30+ and governing €2M+ annual budgets. Define and execute technology roadmaps, cloud and modernization strategies (Gen2 Cloud, SaaS, microservices, DevOps), and architectural alignment to strengthen platform resilience and scalability. Partner with CIO, Architecture, and Business Leadership across geographies to elevate engineering maturity, drive AI enabled productivity, and deliver high impact transformation outcomes. Proven track record in enterprise platform optimization, and application lifecycle governance,and ensuring resilient, compliant, secure, and scalable IT ecosystems.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Enterprise Applications Leadership –Corporate Finance, Compliance, AML, Personal/Digital Banking, Management Accounting

Technology Strategy & Roadmaps – Application Modernization, Cloud (Gen2, SaaS, Azure), Dockers/Kubernetes

Database- MSBI Suite(SQL, SSIS), PostgreSQL

FrontEnd – React

BackEnd - Java

Cloud – Internal Cloud, AWS Foundations, Docker

Global Delivery & GCC Leadership – Multi-location teams, vendor & stakeholder management

Agile & DevOps Practices – CI/CD (GitHub, JFrog), Automation, SDLC Governance

Budget & P&L Management – €2M+ lifecycle ownership, cost optimization, KPI dashboards

Transformation & Innovation – Legacy Decommissioning, AI-driven productivity initiatives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global Domain Manager Chapter Manager – IT (Engineering & Applications Leader) Societe Generale GSC Bengaluru Sep 2020 – Present

TECH: MSBI, NestJS, ReactJS, Spring Boot, Java, Big Data, Elastic Search, MCP

Owned and modernized a portfolio of 10+ enterprise applications across Corporate Finance, Compliance, AML, and Data, enabling regulatory compliance and strategic business outcomes across India and Europe.

Lead Global Full Stack Chapter with over 30+ Developers, Consultants across India and France. Lead Engineering Governance with the Domain Leads across AML & Data Value Chain & 6 Feature Teams in Scaled Agile mode.

Migrated mission-critical applications to Gen2 cloud, improving system resilience and delivering 20% cost savings annually.

Drove adoption of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, JFrog), boosting deployment frequency by 40% and embedding release governance.

Decommissioned 3 legacy applications, streamlining finance reporting and unlocking €500K+ recurring annual savings.

Manage €2M+ lifecycle budget and introduced KPI-driven dashboards, improving transparency for global stakeholders.

Championed AI-driven engineering (GitHub Copilot), resulting in a 20% quarter-over-quarter uplift in developer productivity.

Led platform governance with business and architecture partners to align modernization priorities and compliance needs.

Direct engineering roadmaps, Engineering and Capex planning, and release strategy across 6 feature teams

Technology Ownership for Compliance Oversighters Transformation Program

Engineering & Applications Manager – UK Mobile Banking

Personal & Digital Banking IT (Official Title: Project Manager)

Danske Bank GSC Bengaluru Mar 2018 – Jul 2020

TECH: MSBI, .Net, ReactJS

Directed the UK mobile banking platform roadmap, ensuring compliance with Open Banking regulations and seamless third-party integrations.

Defined and influenced the Account Aggregation roadmap, winning stakeholder buy-in and leading engineering sprints across ReactJS, .NET, and MSBI.

Improved time-to-market by 13% YoY through optimized release planning and cadence restructuring

Partnered with architecture and QA teams to deliver secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant digital platforms.

Early Roles – Project Manager, Senior Analyst, Systems Analyst, Sr.Software Engineer

Fidelity Investments, Wipro, ANZ Bank GSC, Bank of America GSC, Satyam Computer Services Bengaluru, Hyderabad, USA-Bentonville (AR), Schenectady (NY) Nov-2003 to Feb-2018

TECH: MSBI, Mainframe

Lead Project Management Office roles in Product as well as Service Organizations

Lead transitioning of Wealth Management & Commercial Banking ETL role to Bangalore and transition work to Chengdu

Delivered enterprise solutions and contributed to Application Development and Support on Mainframe Applications

Lead hybrid teams at Client Location to Lead Application Support & Maintenance, Decommissioning of Legacy Application

EDUCATION

EPGP/MBA (Full-Time), Indian Institute of Management – Indore 2013 – 2014

International Immersion: Business Analytics, University of Texas, Austin Jan-2014

Bachelors of Engineering – Telecommunication Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bengaluru 1999 – 2003

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP (Project Management Professional)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

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