Praveen NAIR

Engaged in PMO governance and GRC practice using RAID logs, status reporting, and stakeholder communication within simulated project scenarios. Built compliance and risk assessment templates aligned to ISO/NIST/SOC2 principles and performed cybersecurity risk assessments using Kali Linux and Metasploit.

Led a €3M technology transformation across five projects (cloud payment-engine migration, regulatory reporting automation, and Microsoft Teams rollout), restoring schedule adherence after early delays. Improved delivery outcomes via +20% team velocity, +30% release frequency, and -25% defects through Agile ceremonies and DevOps CI/CD pipelines, while strengthening program governance and secure fil

Led a €2M wealth-management digital automation program (KYC and payment workflows), reducing manual effort by 40% and accelerating client onboarding by 30%. Improved program risk controls and delivery predictability by reducing overruns by 18%, while implementing GDPR-aligned PII anonymization and masking and security-by-design checks across development and testing.

Managed strategic digital programs focused on EU data platforms and operational optimization, delivering a data-driven business insights platform within 4 months. Coordinated business and technology stakeholders on requirements/design and handled budgets, risk mitigation, and milestone governance.

Led a sales finance digital transformation portfolio (4M JPY), delivering cloud-native web/mobile capabilities using microservices, REST APIs, and micro frontends on AWS. Ensured 99.9% uptime via DevOps CI/CD and automated test strategies, and drove growth outcomes including +18% sales volume and +10% digital traffic.

Supported payment application rollouts by contributing to payment transaction mapping interface documentation and participating in technical design, testing, go-live support, and rollout documentation.

Oversaw ERP and telecom network design work for a 110-employee team, increasing productivity by 10% through automation that reduced staffing needs. Led process re-engineering to consolidate end-to-end service processes, cutting process times by 40% by restructuring design approvals across four departments.

Supported multi-country payment transaction rollouts by facilitating requirement workshops and producing interface design documentation for payment type mappings. Contributed to technical design, development, testing, go-live support, and rollout documentation across EU, LATAM, and Asia-Pacific regions.

Conducted requirement elicitation and contributed to solution design, producing detailed design documentation for baseline scope items. Built and performed unit testing for mainframe backend components according to technical design and requirements.

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University from 1998 to 2002.