Vijay Kohli
Wilmington,DE
Summary
An accomplished FinTech Application Development Senior Manager and HPE Nonstop Tandem Lead Software Engineer with 25+ years’ experience in analysis, design, and development, with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including requirements definition, prototyping, proof of concept, design, interface implementation, testing and maintenance of Card Authorization. Ability to work in both Agile and Waterfall design methodologies. Conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Director Software Development & Testing
FISERV (BYPASS NETWORK)
11.2024 - Current
- Lead software development and testing operations for Fiserv's BYPASS NETWORK, a critical merchant processing and card services platform. Oversee risk management, audits, compliance, and control across development and production environments. Guide geographically diverse teams with varying levels of expertise, providing clear coaching and performance feedback to foster professional growth. Drive cross functional collaboration with senior stakeholders to resolve complex technical and operational issues, implement scalable solutions, and maintain a high-performing, cohesive engineering organization. Partner with network compliance and operations teams to deliver compliant, reliable releases while reducing production defects and cycle times.
Senior Manager
PULSE NETWORK
04.2020 - 11.2024
- Lead Information Technology operations for PULSE NETWORK, a multibillion card transaction processing company, providing financial services to domestic and international markets. Oversee System development, Quality Assurance, Documentation, Production support and Product development. Bringing the organization to manage latest technologies using EMV & Tokenization (Apple-Pay, Samsung-Pay). Supervise efforts of development and QA groups for Payment Transactions, Card Management, Back-end Processing and Production Support. Establishing, validating, and managing SLAs. Participate in disaster recovery and management of production system recovery-time-objective (RTO). Constantly worked towards identification and improvement in production environment. Manage relationships with senior management and business stakeholders.
Tech Delivery Manager / Architect
ACCENTURE LLC.
Wilmington, Delaware
07.2008 - 04.2020
- Managed development and maintenance within the Switch and Card Authorization group for the Star POS and ATM network. Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing network tokenization including provisioning, activating, and deactivating the payment tokens for Visa and MC as token service providers. Responsible for day-to-day management of the Star Network’s debit platform which processes over 60 million daily transactions.
Senior Developer / Lead Architect
FIRST DATA CORP
Wilmington, Delaware
03.1996 - 07.2008
- Managed and worked in all aspects of application system development for debit and credit card processing at First Data’s STAR network. First Data STAR network has large banks as its clients, serving 1.9 million ATM and retail locations and 1,900 card issuers and their customers. Responsible for issue management and release management of new and existing projects. Manage multiple large enterprise technology projects running simultaneously at times.
Consultant
CIBC
TORONTO
03.1995 - 01.1996
- In 1994 CIBC started Tele-banking project. I was employed to analyze, design and code the bill payments system. This was part of BASE24 (XPNET version 5.0). The database used was Nonstop SQL with new DDLs. Developed RSC (Remote server control) to provide online information to the PC based IVR/IRU (Voice response unit) to make bill payments to vendors.
Senior Programmer analyst, Database administrator
POSTGIRO BANK
Oslo, Norway
09.1992 - 02.1995
- Worked with a team to develop on-line File transfer system for bank’s large customers. Maintained Nonstop SQL database on Tandem platform.
Programmer Analyst
Post Savings Bank
Oslo, Norway
06.1987 - 08.1992
- Developed a series of programs supporting the ‘Tele banking’ system. Responsible for maintenance of the Customer Record System, which generates monthly bills for bank’s customers. Developed and maintained communications program for communication between Tandem and Bull. Worked with database administrator during “restructuring/reorganizing” IDSII database on Honeywell platform.
Education
Bachelor’s Degrees - Commerce (B. COM)
University of Delhi
IndiaDiploma - system Analysis and Programming
Post Computer College
Oslo, NorwayDiploma - Business Economics
College of Oslo Handelsgym
Oslo, NorwaySkills
- HP Non-stop systems expertise
- Programming languages: TAL, PTAL, TACL, COBOL85, C, C, Java, Python
- Project management tools proficiency
- HP Non-stop expertise
- TCP/IP and SNAX/HLS protocols
Timeline
Director Software Development & Testing
FISERV (BYPASS NETWORK)
11.2024 - Current
Senior Manager
PULSE NETWORK
04.2020 - 11.2024
Tech Delivery Manager / Architect
ACCENTURE LLC.
07.2008 - 04.2020
Senior Developer / Lead Architect
FIRST DATA CORP
03.1996 - 07.2008
Consultant
CIBC
03.1995 - 01.1996
Senior Programmer analyst, Database administrator
POSTGIRO BANK
09.1992 - 02.1995
Programmer Analyst
Post Savings Bank
06.1987 - 08.1992
Diploma - system Analysis and Programming
Post Computer College
Diploma - Business Economics
College of Oslo Handelsgym
Bachelor’s Degrees - Commerce (B. COM)
University of Delhi
QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS
- Hands-on practical experience in delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Hands-on TANDEM/NonStop X Systems development; Using Tools and Languages TAL, TACL, Tandem COBOL, SCOBOL, C, C++, ENSCRIBE, ENFORM, SQL MP / MX, TANDEM pathway, FUP, BATCHCOM, SQLCI, Host security module, tokenization, and encryption.
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Ability to lead both onshore and offshore application development teams.
- Solid communication and management skills and demonstrated proficiency in managing developers, leading and mentoring individuals to maximize levels of productivity while forming cohesive team environments.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams in global locations to build software architectures that resolve complex business problems.
- Possess expertise in ATM/POS/Internet/Mobile transaction processing, including data communication handling, device driving, transaction routing, card authorization and gateway message formats.
- Possess expertise in EMV and Tokenization (Apple Pay/Samsung Pay/Android Pay).