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Certification
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Gopinath Sadasivam

Gopinath Sadasivam

Digital Payment Solutions & Support Specialist
Kuwait city

Summary

Experienced Product & Solutions Lead handling EFT and Digital Banking Products ! with a passion for delivering outstanding service and over 14.5 Years of experience in payments and Financial Domain


Always looking to learn new skills, take on extra responsibilities, and grow professionally.


Received 2 'Employee of the Year’ awards' for delivering outstanding service. Have worked in busy, pressurized Production environments where high standards are expected.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Assistant Manager (EFT Digital Payments)

Kuwait finance house
10.2013 - Current
  • Handling Several EFT payment solutions, Card Management system, Settlement/Reconciliation system, payment hub's , front end Channel solutions and unified applications in banking
  • Major Implementations , supporting critical production issues related to digital , corporate, Retail banking and daily operational procedures
  • Take lead in Projects relating to Digital Channels enhancements and managing overall program delivery with relevant IT, other internal delivery teams, vendors, or external stakeholders
  • Testing integrated systems ( API usage ) , quality assurance , issue escalation and Management
  • Coordinate with application vendors , service providers and external organizations to ensure both quick resolution of incidents , problems and smooth running of departmental and Regional operations.
  • Coordinate with different business units, i.e. Technology, Product Development, Branches and Operations to enhance service offering on channels and operational procedures
  • Drive day to day functions with strong emphasis on efficient and uninterrupted services across Channels , Ensuring System stabilization and BAU (Business as Usual) 24/7
  • Work closely with other internal Teams, including Risk, Retail & Marketing etc., to ensure a seamless Customer experience in payment area
  • Strong working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Ensure compliance with IT policy standards and audit requirements
  • Provide subject matter expertise for selected solutions
  • Strong analytical skills to review and analyze data/information, process re-engineer and propose solutions

Technical Proficiencies and Achievements

Kuwait Finance House
10.2013 - 06.2016
  • AUB - KFH Banking merger 2024 , Oversee the entire migration process , coordinating tasks and communication across both companies , also acted as the main SME in migrating several digital banking solutions
  • Digital wallet implementation ( Debit and credit card ) in coordination with schemes
  • Card Management system Migration from legacy CMS to CORTEX CMS
  • IST / CORTEX switch and Core banking upgrade of phoenix system ( 2022-2023 )
  • several server upgrades on production , Implementation of weblogic servers ( Linux / Unix ) , Patching for vulnerabilities
  • Legacy Fraud System migration to Fraud Navigator and falcon
  • Card personalization and Data prep tools for card issuance module
  • Played major Role in Various Payment Project evaluation processes and Implementation
  • Manage and participate in Various customizations for Bank (Analysis, design, development, testing and deployments)
  • NCR Advanced APTRA NDC, View 360 - EJ Tool, Incident Management Tool, and KIOSK instant card printing
  • CORONA Enterprise settlement/Recon implementation
  • Help business develop logic for entire Reconciliation system of KFH ATM's
  • NCR NDC upgrade to Advanced NDC ( Year 2021 - 2022 - 2023 )
  • Created Real time monitoring platform for Transaction processing
  • Achieved 100 % system availability of core and switch systems and payment hubs
  • Helping business and legal teams get BO reports based on inbuilt queries and views, that reduced time required settle dispute
  • Helped in creating SSO front digital claim system
  • Improving system accuracy, reducing cycle time for Customer claims
  • Achieved many fault tolerance projects on switch systems and core Banking.

BASE24 & Connex Switch Developer.

Financial software & systems
03.2010 - 10.2013
  • switch developer, involved in effectively client's requirements and created a series of unit tests to ensure that projects passed all quality benchmarks
  • Worked with team of expert coders to write maintainable code and maintain existing software to improve performance and fix bugs
  • Performed testing and troubleshooting of systems as required by Software Development supervisor
  • Obtained, studied, and manipulated data to analyze systems' full capabilities.

Education

Engineering - Information Technology -

Anna University

Skills

Linux

Certification

Thales HSM administrator, Thales, 02/2019, 03/2019

Interests

Active Google developer group and cloud solution member

Innovation in payments

Fintech and e-commerce

Affiliations

  • Professional connection with industry experts and corporate partnerships

Timeline

Assistant Manager (EFT Digital Payments)

Kuwait finance house
10.2013 - Current

Technical Proficiencies and Achievements

Kuwait Finance House
10.2013 - 06.2016

BASE24 & Connex Switch Developer.

Financial software & systems
03.2010 - 10.2013
Thales HSM administrator, Thales, 02/2019, 03/2019
ITIL 4 Change management process, Learning Tree, 07/2019, 08/2020
AWS solution architect, Associate, Amazon, 01/2020, 03/2020
Certified WebLogic professional (Unix Environment) Consolidate DR drill RECOVERY

Engineering - Information Technology -

Anna University
Gopinath SadasivamDigital Payment Solutions & Support Specialist