Downtime during BPM migration
Led a live mission-critical BPM platform migration while maintaining operational continuity.
Dubai, UAE | Banking | AI | Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise technology leader turning complex banking change into measurable outcomes.
I lead cross-functional teams across mission-critical platforms, AI adoption, BPM, IAM, reconciliation, observability, and digital transformation. My work sits where executive strategy, enterprise architecture, and hands-on delivery meet.
15+ yrs technology leadership
20-30 team ecosystem
5-10 critical banking apps
GCC banking delivery
What I Bring
Built for the boardroom and the codebase.
My career spans UAE, India, and Saudi Arabia across banking, insurance, energy, retail, finance, and aviation. I translate demanding business priorities into enterprise platforms that survive real production pressure.
Today, I lead enterprise application delivery at Commercial Bank of Dubai while actively pushing Agentic AI adoption, modern identity, workflow automation, and operational intelligence across banking systems.
Faster workflow processing
Improved workflow performance across business units after platform modernization.
External API cost reduction
Engineered a proprietary caching framework that reduced redundant financial API calls.
Applications in IAM transformation
Leading unified identity onboarding and automated Joiner-Mover-Leaver operations.
Leadership Signature
I combine strategic ownership, enterprise architecture, and delivery discipline.
I regularly engage with senior stakeholders and EXCO-level audiences, aligning technology roadmaps with organizational priorities and translating programme progress into decision-ready insight.
Agentic AI adoption
Selected as an internal AI champion at CBD, won Best Presentation Award for a working prototype, and built an AI-powered operational platform for workflow monitoring and decision insights.
Enterprise application ownership
Own delivery across a portfolio of mission-critical banking applications, balancing demand, capacity, vendor execution, SLA governance, and architecture alignment.
People and engineering culture
Mentor engineers, run knowledge-sharing sessions, and build teams that can move from requirements to resilient production outcomes with confidence.
Career Journey
Experience across enterprise banking, product architecture, and GCC delivery.
Each role added a deeper layer: hands-on engineering, architecture governance, product ownership, client leadership, and now enterprise-scale transformation in UAE banking.
Nov 2022 - Present
Group Leader, Enterprise Applications
Commercial Bank of Dubai | Dubai, UAE
Leading a cross-functional unit of engineers, vendors, and analysts across key banking applications. Accountable for workflow platforms, reconciliation, IAM, statement engines, observability, executive reporting, and emerging AI operations.
- Bank-wide BPM migration with zero downtime and faster processing.
- Enterprise reconciliation platform for ledger integrity and proactive exception alerts.
- Unified IAM transformation across 13 applications with automated JML processes.
- Custom AppDynamics monitoring plugin and Power BI dashboards for leadership visibility.
Mar 2019 - Oct 2022
Principal Architect
OpenText Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | Hyderabad, India
Served as architecture authority across client engagements, applying TOGAF principles and leading delivery across finance, retail, and aviation customers.
- Envisioned and delivered Flipper, a vendor invoice management product.
- Owned OpenText-SAP integration design and production delivery.
- Led North American finance platform implementation from estimation to post-go-live support.
Apr 2010 - Mar 2019
Architect & Team Lead
Darkhorse Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | Hyderabad, India
Progressed from Junior Developer to Architect & Team Lead, delivering BPM-driven banking and insurance solutions with sustained onsite engagement in Saudi Arabia, Cairo, and Paris.
- Designed reusable ESB/BPM architecture adopted across 6 offshore banking projects.
- Led 12 banking projects over 18 months as client-facing delivery owner.
- Built a caching framework that reduced external API calls by more than 50%.
Products And Platforms
Proof that I can think like a strategist and build like an engineer.
Beyond programme leadership, I have independently conceived and delivered software products from scratch, carrying them from idea to architecture, implementation, and production adoption.
Flipper - Vendor Invoice Management
A greenfield invoice management product integrating OpenText modules with SAP. I owned architecture, product direction, integration design, and delivery accountability while leading a team of five.
Spring Boot
Angular
OpenText
SAP
Service Registry Framework
A complete Service Registry product built from scratch and modernized to Scrum with a Spring and Angular stack, improving maintainability and delivery velocity.
Spring
Angular
Scrum
Enterprise Services
AI-Powered Operational Platform
CBD's first internal AI-powered operational platform for automated workflow monitoring, real-time decision insights, and reduced manual tracking across enterprise systems.
Agentic AI
LLM Integration
Workflow Intelligence
Banking Ops
Capability Map
The depth behind the leadership story.
My strongest value is the range: strategy, architecture, people leadership, product thinking, and deep engineering fluency across enterprise platforms.
Leadership
Team leadership, mentoring, cross-functional management, multi-vendor execution.
Strategy & Governance
Technology roadmaps, stakeholder management, C-level engagement, IT governance, compliance.
Architecture
TOGAF 9, microservices, event-driven design, API gateways, DDD, ESB, BPM.
AI & Emerging Tech
Agentic AI, Generative AI, prompt engineering, LLM integration, operational intelligence.
Banking Platforms
IAM, DCR, statement engines, core banking integration, SAP integration.
Technology Stack
Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Angular, React, Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Power BI.
Credentials
Recognized for architecture, AI, and delivery excellence.
TOGAF 9
The Open Group, 2019
AppWorks Platform Developer 21.2
OpenText, 2022
Best Presentation Award
CBD Digital Accelerator Programme, Dubai.
Taqdeer Award
CBD recognition for service delivery excellence.
Innovation Award
OpenText recognition for product innovation.
B.E. Information Technology
Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Available in Dubai, UAE