Naresh Kumar
About
Naresh Kumar is from United Arab Emirates. Naresh is currently Senior Vice President - Head of IT at Sharjah Islamic Bank, located in UAE. In Naresh's previous role as a Senior Vice President - Head of PMO and Technology at Sharjah Islamic Bank, Naresh worked in until Aug 2022. Prior to joining Sharjah Islamic Bank, Naresh was a Acting Head of IT at Sharjah Islamic Bank and held the position of Acting Head of IT at UAE. Prior to that, Naresh was a Vice President - Head of PMO and Technology at Sharjah Islamic Bank, based in Sharjah, UAE from Apr 2014 to Jun 2022. Naresh started working as Head - IT Projects and System Development at Bank Dhofar in Muscat, Oman in Apr 2011. From Jul 2007 to Mar 2011, Naresh was Head of IT - Systems and Channels at BankDhofar, based in Muscat Oman. Prior to that, Naresh was a Chief Manager at ICICI Bank, based in Mumbai Area, India from Mar 2001 to Sep 2005. Naresh started working as Manager at Canara Bank in Sep 1991.
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Naresh Kumar's current jobs
Senior Vice President - Head of Information technology, responsible for all aspects of IT across the enterprise
Naresh Kumar's past jobs
Responsible for Enterprise Application Architecture, Program Management and directing development and delivery of new projects, systems and technology. Responsible to keep IT Strategy implementation on the track and bring innovative solutions to enhance bank’s business and enhance customer experience. • Overlooking three departments - PMO, System Engineering & Architecture and Core banking (T24) Centre of excellence • Delivery of new projects, systems and technology • Managing Core Banking (currently T24) solution of the bank • Acquisition, enhancement or upgradation and maintenance of Card Management and Switching systems for Credit, Debit and Prepaid cards’ business of the Bank • Managing Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) - Middleware of the Bank • In house and outsourced System Development • Aligning IT strategies to business objectives of the bank • Managing Enterprise Application Architecture • Business relationship management, ensuring IT-Business alignment and delivery of technology solutions for business areas • Technological inputs to business strategy, assessing how technology can drive business objectives • Researching new technologies and acquisition of new systems & development / modification of existing applications • Collection of business requirements and drafting of requests for proposals (RFP) for acquiring various solutions • Solution research, Vendor landscape study, Vendor identification / evaluation / negotiation, Contracting, Scope articulation, Vendor on-boarding, Vendor project management and execution • Ensuring user acceptance testing before roll-out • Developing annual budgets and plans for the department • Maintain operational readiness of Disaster Recovery plan and processes for Core Banking, ATM switch, Credit, Debit and Prepaid card systems for maintaining system uptime • Vendor Management, Stakeholder management and Senior management communication
Manage SW Development, IT Projects and strategic initiatives of the Bank being responsible for planning and directing delivery of new projects, systems and technology for the current and future needs of the bank by effective coordination with Business divisions. Identify emerging opportunities, recommend and implement technological processes for improving operational efficiency and service quality through automation.
Ensuring production business systems provide continuous, efficient and accurate support for Bank’s operations. Ensure availability of self-service channels to the customers of the Bank on 24x7 basis. Overall responsibility for Implementation, Support, Administration and availability of Core Banking, ATMs, E-Banking, Treasury, CRM, Middleware, SMS Banking, Cash Deposits Systems, AML, ALM, Business Objects, HRMS, Corporate Payroll, SWIFT, RTGS, ACH, Brokerage system, Moody’s system and other application systems, channels and mission critical servers used by the Bank. Manage Data Centre of the bank.
Responsible for the core banking application software (Finacle from Infosys Technologies Ltd) for the largest private Bank. Preparing & executing plans for software testing and evaluation and supervising implementation, upgrades, migrations & operational continuity. Meeting aspirations of the business teams in the Bank and ensuring timely, cost effective and qualitative delivery of all projects. Handling business process improvements and implementing new features of the software.
Responsible for entire IT projects, infrastructure set-up, hardware, operations, upkeep etc. for the region, ensuring integration, testing and upgrade of various banking applications across some 60 Branches. Regional Program manager for roll out of branch banking systems. Responsible for identifying target Branches for computerization and selecting key personnel for manning the projects