Waseem Kazi
Summary
Creative and results-driven, dynamic technology leader with extensive experience at Standard Chartered Bank, excelling in project management and strategic planning. Skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, and implementing solutions, and partnering with business leaders. Proven track record in regulatory compliance and risk assessment, fostering strong stakeholder relationships. Adept at driving system upgrades and enhancing operational efficiency, while cultivating a motivated team environment.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Country Technology Manager
Standard Chartered Bank
Bahrain
09.2008 - Current
- Manage projects by closely coordinating with business users, development teams and regulators
- Provide technical support to define transaction flows, interfaces, UI/UX behavior, exception handling, and business logic.
- Provide feedback to senior management on overall technology performance, key risks, budget, and strategic, as well as key discretionary projects.
- Build a strong relationship with regulators, peers and key business stakeholders.
- Analyze systems and assets to initiate, coordinate, and enforce technologystrategic solutions, system upgrades, policies, and procedures.
- Coordinate with key business stakeholders to drive and implement strategic solutions, and help build Business Requirement Documents.
- Create an environment where staff are encouraged, self-motivated, and aggressive, and live core values at work and in daily life. To ensure that staff with the utmost professional attitude tackle challenges and are team players.
- Manage a team of eight resources that provide applications and infrastructure support.
Technology Support Manager
Standard Chartered Bank
Karachi
04.2001 - 08.2008
- Managing a team of support managers responsible for infrastructure support, applications support, banking channels (ATM/IVR) support, network support, and data center operations.
- Project, change, incident, and operational MIS reports.
- Vendor Management.
- Coordinate closely with key stakeholders such as Banking Operations, Property, and Business to implement strategic system upgrades, DR/BCP tests, system implementations, etc.
Senior Assistant Manager
ANZ Bank
Karachi
04.1993 - 03.2001
- Primary support for the Core Banking System, SWIFT operations, Reconciliation Systems, Payroll System, Data Centre Operations, and Infrastructure.
- Coordinate and facilitate System Delivery Teams for System Interface Testing (SIT) for banking applications and channels.
- Coordinate and facilitate end users for User Acceptance (UAT) and User Verification Testing (UVT).
- Planning, supervision, documentation, and implementation of networks, hardware, and business applications throughout branches.
- Benchmark testing of business applications on various hardware and operating systems platforms.
Field Support Engineer
ABM Data Systems
Karachi
01.1991 - 03.1993
- Trouble shoot and provide Support to clients with networking, PC Hardware and Software
Scientific Officer
PINSTECH
Nilore
03.1989 - 12.1990
- Research assistant for Senior Scientific officers.
Education
Master of Science - Physics With Major in Electronics
University of Karachi
Karachi, Pakistan06-1989
Skills
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk management
- Vendor management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data center operations
- IT service management
Timeline
Country Technology Manager
Standard Chartered Bank
09.2008 - Current
Technology Support Manager
Standard Chartered Bank
04.2001 - 08.2008
Senior Assistant Manager
ANZ Bank
04.1993 - 03.2001
Field Support Engineer
ABM Data Systems
01.1991 - 03.1993
Scientific Officer
PINSTECH
03.1989 - 12.1990
Master of Science - Physics With Major in Electronics
University of Karachi
Accomplishments
- Member of the project working group created by the Central Bank of Bahrain to implement national-level projects such as the Bahrain Cheque Truncation System (BCTS), the Bahrain Electronic Funds Transfer System (BHEFTS), eKYC (Know Your Customer), eCheque, and WPS (Wage Protection System)
- Received a recognition award for the successful implementation of the BHEFTS Project
Achievements and Projects
Implement Following regulatory projects
* Bahrain Cheque Truncation System (BCTS)
* Bahrain Electronic Funds Transfer System ((BHEFTS)
* eKYC (Know Your Customer) in collaboration with LMRA
* eCheque, WPS (Wage Protection System) implemented
Played vital roles in successful integration of systems and infrastructure after SCB acquisitions of ANZ Pakistan in 1998 and Union Bank in 2006
Received awards from SCB Regional Technology Manager on successful completion of SCB-ANZ Integration Project
Received awards from SCB Regional Technology Manager on successful completion of SCB-Union Bank Integration Project
Technical Skills
- Front-end web development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
- Languages: C#, Python
- Frameworks: .NET Core Django
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