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GIRIJA Pishe

North Arlington,NJ

Summary

Accomplished Business Data SME with expertise in Data Management, Governance. Seasoned IT professional with 23 + years of Project /program management and delivery expertise. Proficient in developing solution designs for technical projects, ensuring successful delivery. Project Management Professional (PMP) with strong communication, leadership and organizational skills; Expertise in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies for efficient project management. Financial Service Industry. Expertise in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Knowledge of Collateral, OTC, and Exchange traded, derivative, Reference data, and Credit /RWA rating processes.

Innovative Technical Program Manager with solid background in data management strategy and implementation. Successfully led cross-functional teams to optimize data workflows and improve data accuracy. Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale data projects and foster collaborative environments.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Data Management Lead

JPMC
09.2024 - 11.2024
  • Lead projects in the Internal Audit (IA) Chief Data Office and effectively managed components of the Data Program to continuously deliver business results and provide ongoing value to our stakeholders
  • Facilitated the delivery of the Data Strategy roadmap to accelerate the Future of Audit journey
  • Provided oversight over Data Management processes while continuously seeking opportunities to enhance the operating model to improve data quality and drive opportunity, innovation and business value throughout the department
  • Managing the structure and integrity of internal data including throughout the IA lifecycle / system to ensure availability and consumption in an integrated and holistic manner in compliance with IA and firmwide policies & standards as well as applicable regulations
  • Driving strategic initiatives related to data warehousing and data lake implementation including data ingestion, transformation, and consumption methods
  • Utilizing business intelligence tools including text analysis, data mining techniques, and statistical analysis to design / enhance analytical models and develop dashboards
  • Identifying use cases and developing requirements for solutions leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to advance the Data Strategy and optimize Data Management
  • Establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with key partners and business leaders to define clear business requirements and processes and collaborating on technical solutions to address data-related problems or needs

Senior Data Management Lead/Product Owner

Wells Fargo
03.2024 - 09.2024
  • Manage and develop teams of individual contributors and managers in roles with moderate complexity focused on defining data quality requirements and delivering on data integrity initiatives to streamline data governance processes, resulting in a 20% increase in operational efficiency and a 15% reduction in costs
  • Manage the research, insights, and data quality strategies for a functional area with impact across the business for Loan IQ processing
  • Ensure the design and implementation of initiatives to achieve goals within assigned line of business or businesses
  • Determine appropriate strategy and actions of team regarding the development of audits and controls structured around business processes, data quality target state, standards for metadata content and documentation
  • Develop and maintain a roadmap for line of business data quality target state and loads for Loan IQ transformations
  • Coordinated a company-wide data governance initiative, standardizing data policies and procedures, which improved data consistency by 30% across departments
  • Assisted in the deployment of a metadata management system, enhancing data lineage tracking and reducing data redundancy by 20%
  • Orchestrated the integration of advanced data cataloging technologies, boosting data discoverability by 60% and supporting strategic decision-making
  • Collaborated with IT and business units to establish data quality metrics, leading to a 25% increase in data reliability and user trust
  • Championed the adoption of AI-driven data quality tools, enhancing data validation processes and achieving a 50% reduction in data processing errors
  • Interpret and develop policies and procedures ensuring adherence to a data integrity governance framework
  • Serve as liaison to leadership to ensure data integrity strategy is aligned with business strategy
  • Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives
  • Involved in Data remediation process of identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies in data
  • Responsible for leading implementation and monitoring execution of data quality controls, overseeing investigation and remediation of detected breaks and driving adoption of the Firm’s Data Governance Policy principles

Senior Data Project Manager/Data owner

Bank of America
11.2023 - 01.2024
  • Design and Drive Enterprise Risk data provisioning amongst Global Control Functions
  • Maintain Reference Data elements in ERD (enterprise risk hierarchy and serves as key for GCOR Apps)
  • Designed bank’s risk data aggregation capabilities to include all material risk exposures
  • Devised procedures for mitigating information risks as part of information risk management
  • Document critical GIS information and define GIS classification guidelines
  • Hands on Data Analysis using Toad for SQL analysis of critical data elements / assets classes data
  • SME in designing /profiling and key delivery solutions
  • Assess system performance and make recommendations for software, hardware, and data storage improvements
  • Manage all incoming data files and Continually develop data management strategies
  • Oversee the migration of data from legacy systems to new solutions
  • Monitor the system performance by performing regular tests, troubleshooting, and integrating new features

Data Product Owner /Technical Program Manager

Citi
08.2021 - 05.2023
  • Strong experience working on Cash securities, ETDs, and OTC products and understanding of Trade Life cycle
  • Experience in data-focused initiatives across Pre-Trade/Post-Trade activities such as RFQ, Orders/Executions, Trades, MTM, Positions
  • Assist the Fund Accounting team responsible for broad spectrum of Financial Accounting part of ICG Risk Management
  • Assisted with data governance policies and implemented the same by working with data owners and data stewards
  • Assisted with Risk Data analysis with aggregation and up-to-date risk evaluation for accuracy and integrity, completeness and adaptability
  • Serve as primary point of escalation for internal/external state of queries, and manage process and data quality standards
  • Create, develop maintain business relationships, lead and evaluate new technology process enhancements with respect to Infrastructure and Delivery management
  • Working knowledge of SQL and experience working with Oracle Relational databases
  • Used collibra and Excel to document Data Governance flows, metadata, data quality and data lineage
  • Oversee daily and periodic NAV for fund dissemination and associated client regulatory reporting covering aspects of fund valuation /portfolio expense and regulatory formats
  • Provided daily production support for data loading activities from various source suppliers data warehouse into target DB using Informatica
  • Manage the SMART Stream TLM product Migration for Break Reconciliation Reporting
  • Lead and successfully completed $1 Million Agile delivery to onboard BlackRock Clients, implemented Agile framework
  • Served as Jira Admin by setting up workflows, Configuring fields, screens, permissions
  • Created Reports and Dashboard in Jira to track hours and project status to report to the Finance team
  • Documented and help establish SDLC process in Confluence
  • Proficient in Citi's Project Tracking System (PTS) for project status updates, risk management, and reporting
  • Generated comprehensive project reports using PTS data to provide visibility into project performance and key metrics to senior management
  • Ensure consistent implementation of PMO standards, reporting and closure processes in compliance with Citi’s PMO policies and standards and CAO transformation guidance
  • Resolve complex problems, perform data analysis and risk assessments, identify impacts/gaps and demonstrate good analytical skills in order to validate and prioritize dynamic risks and issues
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, applying sound ethical judgment regarding conduct and business practices, and escalating control issues with transparency
  • Experience utilizing PTS to monitor project milestones, budget adherence, and resource allocation
  • Facilitated communication and collaboration with project stakeholders and multiple business and Technology teams to define and deliver complex features
  • Worked with collibra to automate data governance artifacts, Data governance assets and work flows
  • Oversaw and drive execution of parallel projects, managed project plan, identified and mitigated risks at multiple levels when necessary
  • Leverage Jira and confluence to create real time dashboard / progress reports
  • Successfully delivered BI-Analytical Dashboard (Tableau) for self-service reporting and visualizations

Data Governance PM/Lead (Contract)

Wells Fargo
04.2021 - 07.2021
  • Manage and direct Data Governance team that provides critical data governance related initiatives
  • Responsible for designing platforms spanning digital channels used in Fraud Detection in Java/Pyspark/Kafka Event Based messaging and HDFS Storage
  • Oversee design and direct Infrastructure acquisitions for all areas of Risk & Finance Analytics
  • Designed matching strategies, methodologies and techniques based upon these standards and practises that are currently used for all Data governance initiatives
  • Implemented exception handling mappings by using Data quality, data validation by using informatica
  • Partnered with leading consulting firms to leverage implementation teams in delivering solutions
  • Captured complete and accurate business and technical metadata, uploading it to collibra
  • Modernization optimization program for HR Information Systems
  • (Azure Pack)

VP Program Manager (FTE)

Bank of New York Mellon
10.2016 - 04.2021
  • Architect and lead the development of GL-RECONCILATION of Risk data (CTDM-DAF (data architecture framework)) and Data aggregation processes for assessment and quick decision-making
  • Lead the Architecture of Data distribution/BI/Data analysis/Data Ingestion from Oracle System to Big Data HDFS platform/DBaaS, intend to provide Data Management solutions on Basel III/Credit Risk/SCCL/FRTB programs
  • Develop Data Acquisition/loading Strategy for Reference data into HDFS (SQOOP Framework)
  • Manage the Onboarding of Enterprise data into Parquet Flat files (via Link UI JSON script) to be loaded into DBaaS Environment for Business Reporting
  • Design NSF Layout for Spark Streaming/Kafka message posting
  • Lead the orchestration of the Dev-ops Initiative to Automate and build CI/CD process in Jenkins, to support Code Retrieval/Compile Application Perform Push pull with GITHUB/GITLAB Repo
  • Implement technology solutions for Data modelling/NoSQL query writes in Hadoop
  • Keep in mind architectural attributes for scalability/security/reliability etc
  • Oversee and lead the Restful API/MSS API Pilot for BNYM in-house Badging Automation program
  • Use Hadoop/Spark SQL/Pandas/Python/Kafka

Data Architecture Lead (FTE)

Credit Suisse
11.2011 - 10.2016
  • Installed new JDK KIT 64 bits
  • Coordinated and tracked with team for SOAP Service Interfaces, ETL job changes
  • Tested, conducted reviews, analysed, and evaluated technical environment for the purpose of determining specific requirements for implementations and custom enhancements
  • Installed and performed technical configuration for client enterprise both nonproduction and production environments
  • Assisted with the evaluation and testing of new systems or enhancements before deployment to the client to ensure compliance with functional specifications
  • Triaged and helped troubleshooting complex Client Enterprise software, configuration, and environmental issues
  • As necessary, recommended changes to functional processing and reporting that would improve the client’s efficiency and service

Education

Pre University -

Mount Carmel College

MS - Management Information System (MIS), BI & Analytics

Stevens Institute of Technology
01.2017

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Computer science/Information Technology

Dr AIT
01.2000

Skills

  • Program Management
  • Solution design
  • Process and business architecture
  • SDLC methodologies
  • Agile
  • JIRA
  • Data Architecture
  • Data Governance
  • Data Quality
  • Data Remediation
  • Data Modelling
  • Oracle Exadata
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Spark
  • Kafka
  • Microservices
  • Smart Stream TLM
  • Infrastructure
  • Cloud Migrations
  • Application Development
  • HDFS
  • Linux Environments
  • Tableau Desktop
  • Data visualizations
  • Python
  • Big Data Platforms
  • Snowflake
  • Dev Ops Integrations

Certification

  • OCP
  • AWS cloud practitioner
  • PMP
  • SCM

Domainexpertise

  • Financial services
  • Capital Markets
  • Trading FO/BO
  • Liquidity Risk
  • CBL
  • Credit Risk
  • Market Risk
  • BASEL 3
  • Audit & Compliance Framework
  • Internal Audit

Timeline

Senior Data Management Lead

JPMC
09.2024 - 11.2024

Senior Data Management Lead/Product Owner

Wells Fargo
03.2024 - 09.2024

Senior Data Project Manager/Data owner

Bank of America
11.2023 - 01.2024

Data Product Owner /Technical Program Manager

Citi
08.2021 - 05.2023

Data Governance PM/Lead (Contract)

Wells Fargo
04.2021 - 07.2021

VP Program Manager (FTE)

Bank of New York Mellon
10.2016 - 04.2021

Data Architecture Lead (FTE)

Credit Suisse
11.2011 - 10.2016

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Computer science/Information Technology

Dr AIT

Pre University -

Mount Carmel College

MS - Management Information System (MIS), BI & Analytics

Stevens Institute of Technology

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