Parag Y Arjunwadkar

Biography

An Entrepreneur who likes shaping up entities from concept to business value, with 20+ years of experience in Business & Technology consulting and setting up Profit centers & COEs. As part of my job responsibilities I help customers (Digital leaders) identify areas of digital Transformation and strategise to implement them as one / multiple programs. Won the MahaIntraprenuer 2014 Award from Symbiosis.

Marquee Digital Transformation initiatives anchored from thought leadership to delivery & maintenance

¬ Financial planning and benefit illustration system for a French Insurance Organization – The responsive & hybrid system built using JQuery was available on android and iOS tablets as well as desktop with and end to end integration using SOA webservices layer.

¬ All Channel Experience for a large NA Insurance organization, available on phones, tablets, desktop and Facebook (social media) offering a complete Quote to Sell using angular and salesforce.com.

¬ Customer value analytics for a large Netherlands based Bank using Analytics & Next based action from Pega with social integration, to provide the best card / loan offer through a net / mobile banking portal, built using Backbase.

¬ Marketplace Transformation for a Large UK Bank based comprising of Lifestyle Banking and Loyalty transformation with a compelling User Experience built using native technology for Mobile (iOS, Android, Blackberry & windows) and responsive application using Jquery & later angular to support desktop and other devices.

¬ Customer Experience Transformation for a Large Sweden Bank comprising of redefining user journeys and a complete end to end transformation including API through Axway API Gateway, origination using Pega, account management using salesforce and integrating into core banking and cards systems using APIs.

¬ Advisor desktop and customer wealth dashboard transformation for a large global capital markets firm based out of NA built using Sencha and now getting upgraded using angular.2.0.

¬ Next gen transformations for multiple large Global Banks with collaboration of fintechs like Kofax, Nuance, senseforth and fluidAI for e-sign, Speech to text, chatbots and Virtual Branch experience.

¬ Origination & Onboarding transformation for large Indian bank using Aadhar and CIBIL for approving Loan in 2 min.

¬ Strategy and consulting for a large Australian bank for complete transformation with product vendor selections for the following layers – channels, identify management, contact center, banking and cards system, CRM system for 360-degree view and BPM for fraud, lending and Origination.



Key Achievements

♣ Instrumental in Digital enablement for the Top 5 UK Banks, Top 2 US banks & Top 2 Life Insurance companies in US.

♣ Setting up 25+ million euros, 800+ persons, 70+ customers and growing at 20% CAGR, Digital channels practice (startup) at Capgemini Financial Services in 4 years. This includes establishing a 300+ persons Backbase & 100+ Persons Kony Center of excellence.

♣ Conceptualized and implemented new offerings / lines of business like Mobile App Factory, Innovation as a service (Digital Nursery), Digital Accelerated delivery center, UX Studios & Gamify customer experience (GCX).

♣ Thought leadership for building IP / Re-usable solutions like Need Analysis & Benefit Illustration Platform, Social banking, Marketplace linked Loyalty Management & Vertical Solutions – FNOL, Retail Banking, Wealth dashboard.

♣ Fostered Innovation by collaborating with Fintech solution companies and building a 10,000 Sqft digital Innovation lab for rapid prototyping and concept proofing & developing Innovative concepts like – Chatbots, gamification, Social insights, next generation UX etc.

♣ Incubated Mobile COE and Migration COE at Syntel (www.synteinc.com) with developed an IP for multi-channel platform (SMARTMove).

♣ Established 14 million USD P&G account for Patni & developed and architected a complete OSS / BSS solution for Vodafone India.

♣ Developed the first used cars portal (www.automartindia.com), steel and agri exchange portals (www.krishivihar.com & www.mahindrmandi.com) at Mahindra Consulting

♣ Institutionalized multiple people programs like – Wear your attitude, Innovation over coffee, DCXCrunch  - latest trends and achievements, Discussion Forums and DCX newsletter

♣ Designed and Architected auction engine for multiple B2C Portals (CHIP Award)

♣ Deep Domain Experience while working for multiple customer like P&G (FMCG), M&M (Manufacturing), Fujitsu (Electronics), HSBC (Banking) & AXA (Insurance).


Professional Experience – Summary

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd
Head – Digital Touchpoints, Channels / Mobile practice (FSGBU)
As head of digital channels practice, I have developed and delivered digital strategy and road-map for multiple customers comprising of Digital factory, Innovation factory, Mobile Office, Enablement & Transformation roadmap, and UX Studios.

Highlights
¬ Developed feature based development Model for multiple customers
¬ Setup COEs and reference framework for Kony, Backbase, Angular 2.0 and React.js
¬ Implemented Retail and Corporate Banking Portal for 15+ Banking Customers
¬ Develop Lean UX Methodology for Customer Experience
¬ Created a Co-Innovation Setup with Fintech Companies
¬ Built Products / Frameworks for Financial Planning, Origination, Wealth dashboard, FNOL and Guidewire on the Go supported by technology innovations like Bots, PSD2, Blockchain and Speech to Text


Syntel India Limited
Head – Mobile Practice and Migration COE
Syntel is an $800 Million Organization providing IT services to customers across all industry domains. At Syntel developed Mobile and Migration COE from scratch including identifying the trends, technologies and IP solutions. Built a Mobile competency with team of 50+ Mobile technology SMEs in less than 2 years and influenced revenues worth 50 million USD in migration / transformation Projects

Highlights
¬ Conceptualized and implemented one of the key BRE (Business rule engineering) solutions for transformation / migration from Lotus Noted to Migration. The program resulted into building a 20+Million USD program for the bank using the BRE Products.
¬ Developed and implemented a cross-channel multi-platform native solution and IP for a large NA Insurance customer to transform their existing customer facing claims solution from desktop to a multi-channel solution. This was a 3+ Million USD program for the customer
¬ Designed and developed multiple enterprise mobile applications for healthcare, automotive and financial customers. Including a complete corporate wealth management solution.

Patni Computer Systems Limited [IGATE global solutions Limited]           
Delivery Owner - Procter & Gamble and Vodafone Accounts
In Patni’s Manufacturing and Telecom Vertical played various roles namely Project / Program Management, Delivery management & Enterprise Architect.

Highlights
¬ Developed the Procter and Gamble account from 100 K account to a 16 Million USD account in 6 years, by delivering through product innovations and excellent client relationships.
¬ Conceptualized, sold and implemented a complete BSS Transformation program for Vodafone from multiple client server application to a complete BPM, CRM and state-of the art architecture including Plan and Form builders
¬ Architected a complete CRM / configuration solution for a Niche CRM player in real estate industry – Yardi Systems.

Mahindra Consulting Ltd [Bristlecone]         
Project & Program Management
Bristlecone / MCL is the IT subsidiary of $16.5 Billion Mahindra group specializing in Supply Chain management IT solutions. Established key processes and methodology in the organization and established the Java and UX Practice in Mahindra Consulting.

Highlights
¬ Led and managed from concept to implementation the vendor and Dealer Supply change Portal
¬ Built the first Agri-Exchange that would connect the farmers and corporates
¬ www.automartindia.com – The used cars portal that was developed and deployed within a Week’s time and received the CHIP Award in 1999 for the best Transaction site. I was Project manager & business analyst for the Project
¬ www.steelmartindia.com – A steel exchange portal that was certified by “GARTNER” at “Business model level 3” & was rated highest for robustness & efficient process mapping. I was Project manager & business analyst for the Project


Selectica Configurators [Design & Architect]                      
Nishko Instruments Pvt ltd [Jr Engineer]
Microcubs Pvt Ltd [R&D Engineer]     
All of these were niche product companies with products in artificial Intelligence and Instrumentation. In the developer role, developed multiple low level and Core Java Swing based programs / modules in the overall products from these organization. The activities included Microcontroller Programming and C/C++ based programming.

Awards & Accolades
• MahaIntraprenuer 2014 Award from Symbiosis
• SMART Award – Syntel Inc Limited – 2011
• Excellent Performance Award [2002-2003] - Patni Computer Systems Ltd
• Best Project Manager Award  - 2008, Best Team Awards – Patni (2003-2009), Letter Of Appreciation 2003
• Shortlisted in the top 100 Whitepaper on Earned Value management and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Education
• Master of Business Administration (International Business) - 2006, ICFAI University
• Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecomm) – 1995, Pune University
• Diploma in Advanced Computing – 1997, CDAC, Pune
• TOGAF 9.1 (2013) and PMP certified (2005, 2008, 2011, 2013)

Education

Master of Business Administration (International Business) -
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecomm) – 1995, Pun
Diploma in Advanced Computing – 1997, CDAC, Pune
TOGAF 9.1 (2013) and PMP certified (2005, 2008, 2011, 2013)

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Digital Transformation, Technology Architect, Program management, Solution Architect

Personal Interests

Reading, Playing football

Books