pandi lera

systems director

About

About Well accomplished technologist in the Capital Markets industry, responsible for global technology operations catering to Derivatives Trading, Hedging, Securities Lending and Collateral Management. Capable of building strategic roadmaps to align IT and business goals, tracking delivery and communicating with stakeholders at all management levels. Successful track record of building, motivating and managing high performing teams dispersed globally. Expertise: * Capital Markets - OTC and Listed Derivatives, Fixed Income Securities, Equities * Strategic Technology Planning, Program & Project Management * Technology Service Management, Optimization and Transformation * Financial Analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting * Business Process Integration and Automation * Vendor Relationship Management and Contract Negotiations * Technology Innovation and Business Case Development * Software Development Life Cycle * Onshore-Offshore Staff Augmentation or Managed Services models

Country

united states

City

quincy

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

release management, sdlc, requirements gathering, management, requirements analysis, software configuration management, it service management, it strategy, project management, vendor management, technology solutions, release engineering, it operations management, software implementation, software deployment, managerial finance, it operations, derivatives, managed services, technology enabled business transformation, process optimization, third party vendor management, strategic planning

Experience

implementation manager

manulife

2012-5 - 2014-3 · 1 yr 11 mos

* Coordinate and lead pre-implementation, implementation and post-implementation tasks * Interact with offshore development teams in order to provide application support and ensure system availability free of issues/defects * Act as the problem and change manager and provide status updates to the change control group

release engineering and tool support specialist

manulife

2008-8 - 2012-5 · 3 yrs 10 mos

* Design and implement SCM policies in code branching, labeling and release management * Manage and continuously improve the automated deployment process implemented through IBM Buildforge * Manage work intake and distribute appropriately to the offshore team located in Manila * Perform annual cost analysis based on yearly chargebacks for licenses/infrastructure usage and present to management

systems director

manulife

2014-3 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

* Manage multiple globally dispersed teams providing 24/7 IT operations and application support for the Alternative Investments Portfolio which includes: Global Derivatives Services, Global Variable Annuities Hedging, Real Estate Operations and Accounting, and Manulife Private Markets * Attract, train and retain strong candidates in order to build strong and efficient teams * Partner and collaborate with business stakeholders in order to understand and align business needs with the overall technology strategy * Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal cross functional teams as well as external vendors * Manage various vendors in multiple supporting models including Managed Services as well as Co-Managed in order to streamline IS operations while realizing cost savings * Oversee access controls within the portfolio to ensure proper processes and procedures are followed for all SOX compliant applications