This document contains a resume for Sridharan T.P. It summarizes his professional experience and qualifications. He has over 18 years of experience in the IT and financial sectors in India and the Middle East. Currently he works as the Partner and Chief Executive Officer of 3S Systems DWC-LLC in Dubai, UAE. Previously he worked at Samba Financial Group in Saudi Arabia for 18 years in various IT leadership roles managing projects, operations, and business relationships. He has extensive experience implementing technology solutions to increase efficiency and reduce costs for banking processes like consumer onboarding, payments, fraud detection, and compliance.

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Sridharan T.P. | Mobile: + (971) 55 419 1173| Email: tpsridharan18@gmail.com
Sridharan T.P.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mobile: + (971) 55 419 1173
Email: tpsridharan18@gmail.com
IT & Business Process Principal Consultant and Senior IT Applications Management Professional
Innovative Head of IT Development and Support Unit with a proven record of strategic IT leadership in the financial sector.
Successfully designs and implements creative applications of leading edge technology to increase efficiency and drive business
growth. Sees the “big picture” and aligns organisational structure with technological innovation and business processes to achieve
business results. Adroitly develops talents and enhances employee engagement. Approachable, with a naturally open minded and
involving style which facilitates cultural change, inspires loyalty and engages business partners, customers and colleagues alike.
Culturally sensitive with experience of working in India and the Middle East. Seeking a role as IT Director/Business-IT Relationship
Head/T Applications Development Head/IT Applications Support Head, preferably in the financial sector.
CORE COMPETENCIES
▪ Program Management ▪ Business-IT Relationship Management ▪ Product Portfolio Management ▪ Process Development and
Reengineering ▪ Cost Reduction/Process Improvement ▪ Consumer Banking Solutions ▪ Operations Risk Solutions
▪ AML and Compliance Solutions ▪ Strategic management Leadership ▪ Communication ▪ IT & Business Process Consulting
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 Alignment of IT Strategy to Business Requirements – Skilled in developing strategic objectives in alignment with business
needs and delivering challenging projects on time through clear planning and direction. While with Samba Financial Group,
designed a successful strategy and implemented necessary procedures for their multi-country operations.
 Project Management: In Samba Financial group managed around 10 complex projects a year. Recent projects include
implementing Anti-Fraud Solution, Retail Credit Origination System, Samba Card Management System, Samba Dubai EMV Roll
out, Multi country roll out of Consumer portfolio
 Process Development and Reengineering for Consumer Banking: Strategized, zeroed customer wait time for beneficiary
approval and implemented policies and procedures to enable straight through operations of Inter Bank SARIE Payment
transactions for Consumer Banking Customers. 2 days’ wait was made in 5 minutes with reduction of 1 FTE in Operations.
Brought down Consumer Banking Customers On boarding, Account Opening, instant ATM Card Issuance and instant PIN
Assignment total cycle time per Customer from 2-3 days 2 visits to 20 minutes with just a need for one time visit only to the
Branch by the Customer. Reduced operational costs and FTEs through devising STP transactions for channels and Branches.
 Cost Reduction/Process Improvement for Op Risk and Risk Management: Devised in-house 30+ Anti-Fraud scenarios on vendor
solution and automated the Fraud Control process enabling cost reduction on 4 FTEs. Involved in continuous automation efforts
to reduce operational overheads and associated costs. Reduced manual checking of suspicious transactions processing from
80% to 20% through introduction of automated near real time Fraud Alerts.
 AML and Compliance: Devised in house 40+ AML Scenarios. Pioneered SAS AML Migration without loss of Alerts history thus
eliminating the exposure of the Bank before regulatory authorities. Reengineered SAS AML multi country schema and
associated implementation to have independent country level different time zone alert generation. This ensured 100% system
availability for respective countries since dependency on longer single run, availability of the system for other countries due to
one country’s failure were eliminated. Involved in bringing down Sanction screening false positives from 12% to 8% enabling
cost saving on 1.5 FTE.
 Requirements Management: Implemented various measures to significantly improve Requirement Management governance
procedures and business documentation to ease the Business-IT Relationship and to ensure 100% coverage of requirement
delivery apart from introducing the process for initiation until closure of the requirements. This enabled clear traceability and
introduced 100% transparency among all the stakeholders while easing out project prioritization.

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 Business IT Relationship Management: Effectively contributed to implementation of centralised Products and Project Portfolio
and Relationship Management among various Business units and IT. Played an instrumental role in containing and ensuring the
all country Business segments of Consumer Banking, Priority Banking, Operations, Consumer Assets, AML and Compliance are
ensured of their timely delivery as per set priority.
 Leadership Style: Visionary leader empowering people and eliciting outstanding performances. Manages by example through
fostering excellence, fuelling growth and motivating teams to achieve a common goal. Successfully develops people’s
capabilities through structured training and coaching.
 Communication: Consistent, clear and inclusive communication style. Efficiently influences internal and external stakeholders
by considering other viewpoints and drivers when deciding most appropriate communication method and content.
CAREER HISTORY
3S Systems DWC-LLC, Dubai, UAE Sep 2014 – Present
Joined hands with two ex-Samba staff to launch 3S Systems in Sep 2014, as Partner and Chief Executive Officer. Additionally,
responsible for Projects, Operations and Finance vertical of the business, operating out of Dubai, UAE.
Achievements across the career span
 Effectively setup the governance and structure for Projects Management, Operations and Finance to establish the company’s
foot-print in the Middle East.
 Successfully built and rolled out the strategy for company’s operations in the Middle East.
 Successfully conducted the Business Development and helped company convert and execute the projects worth USD 200K to-
date.
Samba Financial Group, Riyadh, KSA Feb 1996 – Sep 2014
Joined as Team Leader – Consumer Systems Division, promoted to be Project Manager / Senior Project Manager of Consumer
Systems Unit – and subsequently to head IT Customer Relationship Unit and additionally awarded the responsibility of IT Financial
Crimes and Intelligence, AML Systems Portfolio. Instrumental in managing large complex Projects and roll out for Multi-Country
Operations covering 5 Countries.
Asst. GM and Head – IT Financial Crimes Intelligence, AML Systems Portfolio Jan 2009 – Sep 2014
Asst. GM and Head – IT Customer Relationship Products Unit Jun 2008 – Sep 2014
Senior Manager – IT Consumer and Core System Unit Projects Jul 2005 – Jun 2008
Project Manager – IT Core Banking and Payment Systems Unit Oct 2000 – Jul 2005
Team Lead and Consultant – IT Consumer Systems Unit Feb 1996 – Oct 2000
Achievements across the career span
 Effectively developed, implemented and supported more than 125+ intermediate and minor Projects for the Consumer Banking,
Payments Unit, Compliance Unit, AML and Anti-Fraud Units.
 Efficiently completed Development Units Audit Reviews with the bank’s internal and external audit entities.
 Holds the merit of conceptualising and designing the Requirement Management and Product Portfolio Enhancements Tracking
System and played a vital role in improving the Help Desk system to help traceability and prioritization
 Led continuous identification and automation and optimization efforts on End Of Day programs to reduce the program run time
and allied processes thus reducing the associated operation overheads and costs
 Instrumental in reducing Consumer Banking Customers on boarding and ATM Card issuance/activation process from 2-3 days 2
visits to the Branch to 20 minutes and single visit per Customer.
 Managed successful migration of Debit cards EMV migration and front office issuance enablement across the Country without
any downtime.
 As AGM and Head- Financial Crime and Intelligence Product Portfolio, implemented 30+ newer Anti-Fraud scenarios covering
ATM Card Issuer & Acquirer liability, Credit Card Acquirer liability, Operations Risk, Payments Division and Control Division of the
Bank. Reduction of FTEs from 14 to 6 were achieved.

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 As AGM and Head – AML and Compliance Systems Unit – devised and implemented over 40 new AML Scenarios for Saudi Arabia
which were further tweaked for other countries based on their business practice. Developed and delivered 31 new Scenarios
for Samba London to save the Corporate image on AML front with London FSA
 Pivotal in leading teams in implementing best practices in Development and Support management for the following:
o Requirements Management
o Inter Unit Coordination and Prioritization Management
o Integrated Release, Deployment co-ordination and Support Enhancements
Key Program Management across the career span at Samba Financial Group:
 Samba Card Management System – Cortex solution implementation (Nov’12-Sep’14; 15 members)
 Retail Credit Origination System - Appian BPM (Sep’13-Sep’14; Project Value: $1.8m, 32 members)
 Samba Dubai EMV Cards rollout (Jul 2012-Feb 2013; 15 members)
 SAS AML Migration to Ver 4.2 (Dec 2011-Sep 2012; Project Value: $1m, 20 members)
 Enterprise Fraud Management System Ph.1 & Ph.2 (Apr 2009- May 2011; $2.73m, 25 members)
 Consumer Portal System with EMV Support for KSA (Mar 2007- Dec 2010; $1.8m, 16 members)
 Signature Verification System Migration and Roll Out (Apr 2009 to Jan 2011; $ 0.82m, 12 members)
 360o Single Customer View Implementation (Feb 2009 to Jun 2010; $2.8 m, 20 members)
 Consumer Portal System for extended markets & Data migration (DXB & PAK) ($0.8m, 10 members)
 SAMA Rules Feb 2007 – Implementation of Central Bank Regulations – KYC (Corporate Regulatory)
 SAS AML Migration & CTP Customization implementation (Apr 2004-Dec 2006; $8.1m, 28 members)
 Samba Online Straight Through Processing Services for www.sambaonline.com (Feb 2001- Jun 2001; $0.8m, 9 members)
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Trichy, India Jun 1988 – Dec 1996
Joined as a Junior EDP Manager. Handled Corporate EDP Centre management of men and materials apart from delivering Daily
Collection Audit and Ticketing System for City Buses and Offline Inter City Passenger Ticket Auditing System, Corporate Profitability,
Traffic Management, Payroll Management and Ancillary Units Management systems.
Achievements across the career span
 Achieved 60% reduction of FTEs in Corporate Collection Audit Division
 Achieved 30% reduction of FTEs in Legal Division
 Achieved 20% reduction of FTEs in HR & Payroll Division
 Helped Branch Depots achieve 20% reduction of FTEs through process automation
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
National Institute of Technology (ex REC),
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
Aug 1988 – Jun 1991
M.B.A. ( Business Administration)
National Institute of Technology (ex REC),
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
Aug 1983 – May 1987
B.E. (Computer Science)
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 18th
July, 1966 Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married Driver’s Licence: UAE Driver’s Licence
References available on request