Ved Radhakrishnan, PhD, MBA

Dallas, TX | vr3784@gmail.com | 314-809-0808 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedradhakrishnan

Professional Summary

PhD in Business Administration specializing in forensic accounting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance, over 20+ years of Industrial experience, having worked acrossmultiple geographies leading business process reengineering and transformation efforts through data driven insights, leading millions of dollars savings during time frame.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Business Administration [GPA: 3.86] Trident University, USA

MBA University of Texas-Permian Basin, TX, USA

Bachelor of EngineeringMadurai Kamaraj University, India

Doctoral Research Experience

Dissertation: Role of Forensic Accounting in Detecting Flawed Control Measures Causing

Regulatory Penalties

Domain Expertise

Finance – 11 years [ A.G. Edwards (Wells Fargo), Bank of America & Citigroup]

Manufacturing – 3 years [Texas Instruments, Reliance Petroleum-India & Bechtel-London]

Telecom - 13 years [SBC & AT&T]

Core Expertise

Professional Overview

Sr VP - Technology Program Management, Citigroup, TX May 2018 – till date

Regulatory Compliance:
Managing the Technology Book of Work related to OCC-Consent Orders across all Citi group’s sectors, Program groups & Transformation executive reporting.
Leading strategy, planning & governance for Consent Order Transformation Office ensuring Regulatory Business Critical Milestones (RBCMs) are following remediation to OCC/FRB findings & adhering to timeline.
Data Collection and Analysis, Strategic Data Utilization, Leadership and Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement.
Spearheaded a Proof of Concept (POC) for Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) Wealth Daily Reporting, delivering critical daily revenue, balance, and deposits insights to senior business leaders across various products and LOBs.
Risk Assessment & Adherence to Policy/Procedures:
Risk Identification, Measurement, Mitigation & Monitoring.
Challenged the status quo of existing procedures and Finance-Book of Work and brought in changes along with team that eliminated discrepancy in Sr Leadership reporting and escalations.
Proactive communication with Senior Management of any concern and/or emerging risks/issues.
Vendor Management:
Handled programs related to automation solutions for private and Hybrid cloud platforms which include ‘Big Data as a Service’, Oracle as a Service’ and ‘Data as a Service’ through partners in an onsite-offshore model.
Technology Leadership:
Data Analytics Group Manager: Contributed to the development of Data Governance with a framework using tools for the planning and oversight in partnership with Finance, Chief Data Office, and IA (Internal Auditors). Managed multiple programs related to findings from IA, OCC, IMR(Issues Management Resolution) and others, and executed/closed several CAPs(Corrective Action Plan).
Build Vs. Buy: Prepared proposals with various proof-of-concept exercises for meta-data management, Lineage and Machine learning thru vendor tools like Waterline data, Globalid, Collibra, and contributed to Architectural analysis
Oversaw Data compliance across Global Technology applications includes Release/Change Management, risk identification & mitigation and RAG reporting.
Directed 20 cross-functional squads, overseeing a $20M annual Investment domain portfolio within Wealth Management and effectively managing diverse business and functional stakeholders.
Fostered a positive and engaged team environment by orchestrating internal team-building activities and Voice of Employee (VOE) programs.

PMO, INFOSYS Ltd, Plano, TX Aug 2015 – May 2018

Independently managed multiple Programs/Projects both on-shore and off-shore for clients Texas Instruments and Bank of America, Plano TX. I led and was instrumental in successful execution of in-shoring initiative for the client, Bank of America and Program Managed technology projects with a team of 100+ professionals for Shared Operation Technology Suite (STS).
Managed large on/offshore teams management, provided leadership and handled negotiation.

Senior Consultant, Continental Technologies, Houston, TX Apr 2015 – Aug 2015

Managed an onsite-offshore team of Developers with multiple projects.
Partnered with the business to gather user requirements, estimation, and implementations.

Sr. Specialist, AT&T (SBC Services), Dallas, TX & St. Louis, MO Apr 2002 – Apr 2015

Progressed from Developer to Architect and led multiple merger projects and collaborated with external vendors like Infosys, Amdocs, Tech Mahindra, IBM and Accenture.
As part of the Corporate Financial Group, I interacted with C-Level officers related to Financial Budgeting/Forecasting using Hyperion and Essbase.

Software Consultant, A.G. Edwards (Wells Fargo), St. Louis, MO Oct 2000 – Mar 2002

Started as a consultant responsible for ’AGE Connect’, a multi-layered online-Stock trading and investment application.
Associated with the Critical Issues Team and handled escalations and optimization under W3C guidelines.

Software Consultant, My Potential INC, Venice, CA Aug 2000 – Oct 2000

Designed, developed, and maintained a web-based application for online Shopping for spiritual concepts such as meditation programs, speeches using client server technologies.

Accomplishments

Coach/Mentor – Citi’s Career Accelerator Program Citigroup, TX

Voice of Employee [VOE] Champion – Citi’s Transformation Office (TX Chapter) Citigroup, TX

Most Spirited Team Award Infosys Ltd, Plano, TX

CIO Award – 2009AT&T Services, Dallas, TX

Valued Member -2005 AT&T (SBC Services Inc.), St. Louis, MO

Competent Communicator/Leader Toastmasters International

Volunteer-CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) City of Plano, TX

Treasurer -2015 to 2018 – Scouts of America

Certifications

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Project Management Professional (PMP®), Certified Scrum Master (CSM®), Certified Product Owner / Product Manager / SAFe / Agile Coach (Scaled Agile), Six Sigma Black Belt (AIGPE), others @ https://VedCertifications.blogspot.com