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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Anand Subramaniam

Anand Subramaniam

Tamil Nadu

Summary

A data-inspired, techno-functional leader with 20+ years in the financial industry, I bring deep expertise in AI, GenAI, Machine Learning, Big Data, and MDM platforms. Having held pivotal roles such as Chief Solutions Officer, Head of Data & AI, and Chief Business Architect, I’ve driven innovation through 50+ AI-driven product implementations. As a global speaker, thought leader, and coach to 3000+ professionals, I champion talent growth and analytics-led strategies. I mentor startups across ERP, CRM, and Sales Intelligence, while relentlessly pushing boundaries to deliver client success, scale delivery, and foster transformative, revenue-generating data practices.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief Solutions Officer

KANINI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PTE LTD
08.2022 - Current
  • Served as Technology Solutions Advisor to CEO, influencing strategic technology decisions.
  • Conceived and initiated Chief Solutions Office Practice to drive innovation and develop 50 + Minimum Viable Solutions powered by AI , GenAI and Agentic AI.
  • Represented Kanini in Large Technology forums like Inspire CIO Chapter, GIDS Conference etc.
  • Fostered strong relationships with clients by offering unique and high value solutions in Data and AI domain.
  • Delivered several hours of workshop and GenAI training to clients
  • Led conception, architecture, and implementation of technology solutions across Product Engineering, Data Analytics, AI, and Service Now practices.
  • Developed and implemented business and technology strategies tailored for client needs.
  • Fulfilled role of Intrapreneur by creating optimal solutions for HR, Operations, Finance, and Marketing departments.
  • Mentored architects in enhancing delivery capabilities and focusing on integrated solutions.

MENTOR, GEN AI & AI COACH,

GREAT LEARNING
10.2017 - Current
  • Coached over 3000 learners in Data Analytics and AI, achieving an average rating of 4.5/5.
  • Mentored international learners from diverse professional backgrounds in Data Science and AI.
  • Guided learners through programs in Generative AI with Microsoft Tech and AI Leadership.
  • Supported participants in accelerated Data Engineering and postgraduate programs in AI and ML.
  • Facilitated learning in postgraduate diplomas for Computer Science and AI.
  • Provided expertise in Business Intelligence and Business Analytics programs.

Global Head of Data Analytics & AI Practice

KANINI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
05.2021 - 08.2022
  • Established and expanded Data Analytics and AI Practice from five to 130 members, generating revenue of 4.5 million USD.
  • Architected and directed large-scale GenAI programs for financial services clients, focusing on ESG audits and Program Management Excellence.
  • Championed multiple large RFPs during pre-sales, securing flagship client deals.
  • Cultivated strategic partnerships with industry leaders in data analytics, including Databricks and Confluent.
  • Inspired team development into 'Full Stack Data Experts' skilled in delivering comprehensive data solutions.
  • Delivered extensive AI training sessions to internal teams, enhancing overall capabilities.

Principal Architect & Head AI Practice

ASPIRE SYSTEMS
07.2018 - 05.2021

Drove innovation for AI and Big Data practice through strategic ideation and collaboration.

  • Established the AI practice and achieved revenues up to 500k USD
  • Developed deep learning use cases for BFS, including customer onboarding and document verification.
  • Designed automation solutions such as pipeline generators and analytics for customer service tickets.
  • Architected handwriting recognition model utilizing HTR techniques for a PoC at a major bank.
  • Created AI-based recommendation systems tailored for retail businesses to enhance customer engagement.
  • Constructed an AI-driven customer intelligence framework employing machine learning and computer vision.
  • Conducted workshops on data monetization strategies using Big Data platforms for prospective clients.
  • Mentored junior team members in AI skills including supervised learning, deep learning, and NLP.

Pro Bono Advisor Business and Data Strategy

Hyperdata
05.2017 - 06.2018
  • Advised on business and data strategy for NLP-based product development.
  • Conceived and designed Hyperdata business process framework to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Established data and analytics strategy for minimum viable product launch.
  • Developed financial wellness calculation engine to support product offerings.
  • Led business and customer outreach strategy to strengthen market presence.
  • Built training datasets for product evaluation to ensure data-driven decisions.
  • Pitched product for VC funding to secure necessary resources.
  • Managed relationships and maintained accounts, overseeing account opening functions.

Chief Business Architect & Advisor

Wellspring Software Labs Pvt Ltd - Chennai
08.2016 - 05.2017
  • Mentor- Business Architecture (Pro Bono Role), Investor, Chief
    Business Architect
  • Integrated Analytics solutions to the product
  • Instrumental in bringing in Revenues in the range of 50 lakhs to 1 crore INR
  • ERP & CRM Domain Custom Analytics Solutions Expert
  • Headed Business Architecture , Analytics Solutions and Pre-Sales to provide Analytics Solutions to SME and MSME customers
  • Led the company valuation efforts and pitches to venture capital firms

Vice President, India Head, Data Practice

Bank of America
07.2007 - 08.2016
  • Managed India operations for Data Analytics and BI functions, overseeing business worth 12+ million USD.
  • Owned delivery for Application Suite, managing client and account data for approximately 14 million Wealth Management clients.
  • Contributed to global leadership team for flagship initiative, migrating 1.2 million Bank of America Wealth Management clients to Merrill Lynch Platform.
  • Oversaw offshore delivery of multi-million dollar data initiatives, including client-centric Data Hub and Enterprise Account Opening.
  • Designed and established an in-memory NoSQL platform to enhance data availability and retrieval performance.
  • Developed a robust Big Data Practice by initiating pilot projects that added significant value to Global Partner teams.
  • Established Data Quality Analytics Reporting Practice in India to improve data integrity and insights.
  • Built and led Solutions Architecture and Business Analysis teams in India, enhancing analytical capabilities across the organization.

Consultant

Oracle Financial Services Software
02.2004 - 07.2007
  • Led Citibank's nationwide flagship initiative as Technology Onshore Leader and Project Manager in Long Island, New York.
  • Established offshore development team for Citibank Retail Banking, specializing in statements and relationship management.
  • Directed account maintenance and account opening functions with a focus on operational excellence.
  • Served as Senior Architect and Design Specialist for offshore teams within Citibank Private Client Group.
  • Contributed to development of mainframe practice in India, enhancing technical capabilities.
  • Oversaw project management processes to ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • Built strategic partnerships across departments to enhance project delivery effectiveness.
  • Implemented best practices in technology solutions to optimize team performance.

Information Analyst

EDS (Currently Mphasis)
01.2002 - 02.2004
  • Led implementation of Solutions for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for Connecticut.
  • Designed and developed key business solutions and screens for Connecticut HIPAA compliance.
  • Architected and developed 24,000 lines of mainframe code to enforce HIPAA regulations in applications.

Analyst

CSC India
12.2000 - 01.2002
  • Directed maintenance and development of mission-critical applications for Merrill Lynch inventory control systems.
  • Served as technical lead for onsite coordination, ensuring seamless project execution.
  • Oversaw architecture design and implementation of mainframe solutions for inventory management.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance system functionality and reliability.

Software Engineer

IBM Global Services
03.2000 - 12.2000
  • Developed and optimized Mainframe applications for AT & T

Programmer Analyst

Qunitegra Solutions
11.1998 - 02.2000

Developing and maintaining, mainframe applications for clients like great american insurance

Mainframe Developer

Reliance Systems Private Ltd
12.1997 - 12.1998

Developing and maintaining mainframe applications for prudential insurance.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Analytics And Business Intelligence

GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, CHENNAI
05-2015

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR
05-1996

Skills

  • Data Analytics & Data Science
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Low Code AI Tools - Knime Analytics, Azure ML Designer
  • Data Engineering Tools - Python, Spark, Pandas
  • Solutions & Enterprise Data Architecture
  • Big Data Platforms (Synapse, Fabric, Databricks, Apache Iceberg)
  • Data Integration & Data Quality & Governance
  • Technology Delivery Management
  • Data Visualization (Powerbi, Tableau, Knime, Seaborn)
  • Generative AI Techniques
  • Generative AI Product Engineering
  • Generative AI Coaching
  • Pre-Sales
  • Practice and Center of Excellence Setup and Leadership

Accomplishments

  • Built Data Analytics & AI practice at Kanini from a 10 member team to 130 member team achieving revenues upto 4.5 MM USD in 3 years
  • Established Chief Solutions Office at Kanini and Evangelized Solution Focused product engineering and Sales to prospects, clients and internal stakeholders
  • Architected and Built over 50 Minimum viable Data, AI and GenAI solutions across, banking, health care, Sales & Marketing, Recruitment, Code Development, Legacy Modernization.
  • Spoke at Inspire CIO Chapter, representing Kanini on GenAI
  • Set up AI practice with college freshers at Aspire and grew it to half a million USD revenue in 6 months.
  • Spoke in Singapore Financial Expo and IDC Asian financial congress about the impact of AI, RPA in Financial industry
  • Played the role of Technology Architect, StartUp Investor, Advisor and Co founder for 5 startups and evangelized and implemented Mission critical data analytics solutions for clients in the SME and MSME industries.
  • Led the Countrywide Operations of the Wealth Mgmt , Data Analytics Practice for Bank Of America India managing a team peak team of 110 employees and 300 plus vendors
  • Championed Data Quality, Risk Analytics Initiations at Bank Of America India

Certification

  • 2024- 05 - Google-Cloud- Introduction to GenAI
  • 2024- 04 - Vanderbilt University - Generative AI for leaders
  • 2021- 09 - Coursera - Azure Synapse SQL Pool - Implement Polybase.
  • 2021-05 - Data Camp - Intermediate Python .
  • 2021- 05 - Coursera - Sentiment Analysis with Deeplearning.
  • 2020- 11 - Coursera - NER using LSTM .
  • 2018-03 Data Camp - Introduction to R.
  • 2018-04 IOT Certification Axelta .
  • 2017-01 Datacamp Introduction to Python.
  • 2017-02 Python for DataScience and Machine Learning via udemy
  • 2017-04 Machine Learning A-Z via Udemy
  • 2017-06 Complete guide to TensorFlow via udemy
  • 2017-07 Reinforcement Learning via Udemy
  • 2017-08 Artificial Intelligence A-Z via udemy
  • 2017-08 Data Camp - Intermediate R.
  • 2017-09 Deep Learning and NLP A-Z via udemy
  • 2017-11 Introduction to Time Series in R via Udemy
  • 2017-06 Landmark Communication Course - Access to Power.
  • 2017-07 Landmark Advanced Communication Course - The Power to Create.
  • 2016-05 Data Science A-Z via Udemy
  • 2015-09 Bank Of America Global Leadership Development Program.
  • 2015-05 Safety in the Market (Trading on Gann Principles)
  • 2014-05 Business Analyst Program - Bank Of America.
  • 2014-03 Landmark Advanced Forum.
  • 2014-06 Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program.
  • 2013-02 Landmark Forum.


Affiliations

  • Great Learning Trainer, Mentor, Industry Speaker on AI and GenAI

Webinars, Blogs & Mentoring

  • Webinars & Blogs
  • AI for Cyber Attacks
  • Digital & Data Transformation in Banking and Financial Services
  • How is Artificial Intelligence transforming patient experience
  • Single View of a Patient
  • Demo of customer segmentation using RFM Analysis
  • Bank & Chill - Redefine Customer Segmentation with AI
  • Power of Machine Learning in Customer Segmentation for Retailers
  • Customer Intelligence Crash Course with ML & AI for Asia Pacific Banks
  • Redefining Customer Segmentation with AI for Banks
  • How Banks can hack CX with AI powered Recommendation
  • Learn How Dirty Data can Impact Profitability at Banks


  • Conferences and Speeches
  • 2024-01 - Speaker - Inspire CIO - Florida Chapter - "Getting Ready For GenAI Solutions"
  • 2020-09 Speaker - Bank Customer Experience - AI'nt nobody got Time for Me
  • 2018-11 Speaker - Singapore Fintech Forum - 2018- Workshop on AI driven Customer Intelligence
  • 2019-02 Speaker - Asian Financial Congress- IDC - The Journey from Perspective Instincts to Persistent Insights
  • 2019-11 Speaker - Singapore Fintech - Cognitive Automation


 

Additional Information

  • Mentoring
  • Mentoring Start Ups in the ERP, CRM, Lead Intelligence and SEO, Social media analytics domains
  • Coached over 3000 global Professional learners on AI and GenAI



  • Pet Projects
  • Currently Developing a AI based Application to help Individuals Identify, Author, Apply and Accomplish their Life Goals

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Tamil
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

Chief Solutions Officer - KANINI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PTE LTD
08.2022 - Current
Global Head of Data Analytics & AI Practice - KANINI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
05.2021 - 08.2022
Principal Architect & Head AI Practice - ASPIRE SYSTEMS
07.2018 - 05.2021
MENTOR, GEN AI & AI COACH, - GREAT LEARNING
10.2017 - Current
Pro Bono Advisor Business and Data Strategy - Hyperdata
05.2017 - 06.2018
Chief Business Architect & Advisor - Wellspring Software Labs Pvt Ltd - Chennai
08.2016 - 05.2017
Vice President, India Head, Data Practice - Bank of America
07.2007 - 08.2016
Consultant - Oracle Financial Services Software
02.2004 - 07.2007
Information Analyst - EDS (Currently Mphasis)
01.2002 - 02.2004
Analyst - CSC India
12.2000 - 01.2002
Software Engineer - IBM Global Services
03.2000 - 12.2000
Programmer Analyst - Qunitegra Solutions
11.1998 - 02.2000
Mainframe Developer - Reliance Systems Private Ltd
12.1997 - 12.1998
GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - Post Graduate Diploma, Business Analytics And Business Intelligence
SASTRA DEEMED UNIVERSITY - BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
Anand Subramaniam