Ramnath Sharma

Executive Director, Head Payments, Real Time Data Services, Open Banking APIs @ UOB

About

Ramnath Sharma is a senior banking technology leader with track record of leading transformative, large-scale programme delivery at local and regional levels. Through deep expertise in payment technologies, real-time data streaming and analytics as well as open banking APIs, he has played a pivotal role in helping UOB develop the technological “muscle” in response to an emerging ecosystem of ultra-lean digital/neo-banks. His career highlights include the delivery of industry-leading payment platforms, as well as solutioning of commercially successful products that unlock new levels of customer engagement and operational efficiency. Ramnath has led sizeable technical teams of architects, development managers and developers in large-scale projects across both wholesale and retail banking segments.

Country

Singapore

City

Singapore

Industry

Banking

Skill

Social Influence, Architecture, Presentations, Workload Prioritization, Technical Architecture, Risk Assessment, Resource Management, Regulatory Requirements, Program Coordination, Interpersonal Skills, Communication, Banking Operations, Stakeholder Relations, New Business Development, Service Delivery Management, Digital Strategy, Mobile Applications, Strategic Planning, Agile Application Development, Payment Systems

Experience

Executive Director, Head Payments, Real Time Data Services, Open Banking APIs

UOB

2020-6 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

Singapore

Spearhead transformation of UOB’s Payments platform which includes launching of new cross-border payment solution for wholesale and corporate customers, and implementation of local Request-to-Pay (RTP) payment scheme. Additionally set up real-time data capabilities (Kafka platform) to harness transactional and behavioral data for a broad range of disruptive use cases.

Senior Vice President

UOB

2014-3 - 2019-3 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Singapore

Played critical role in growing UOB’s mobile banking technology in ASEAN region: Drove successful launches of responsive online banking UI in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Guided development of award-winning mobile app Mighty (now “TMRW”).' Directed retail banking solutioning efforts resulting in a series of 10+ successful prototypes for wealth, business banking and real-time data services

Senior Managing Consultant

IBM

2010-6 - 2014-3 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Singapore

Highlights include implementation of improvements and extensions for global bank which led to 30% efficiency gains and USD5M on-going cost savings.

Project Director/Consulting Manager

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

2002-9 - 2010-12 · 8 yrs 4 mos

Singapore

Directed successful transformation project for large internet banking project in Singapore with 60 on-site team members, subsequently deployed region-wide.

Manager

Capgemini

2000-3 - 2002-8 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Singapore

Providing consulting services to clients in Telecommunications, Media and Network industry. Specialized in providing CRM consulting to enterprise customers.