Paramsrikant katariya

With 11 years as a Head of Digital Transformation and Data, I am a highly accountable and ambitious leader, driven by a pragmatic and logical pursuit of mastery. I excel at autonomously designing and implementing robust data strategies and digital solutions that deliver tangible, transformative impact.

Experience

Head of DigitalTransformation and Data

JM Financial Asset Management Ltd · Apr 2025 – Present

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SVP & Head - Digital Transformation & Data

JM Financial Asset Management Ltd. · May 2022 – Present

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• Sole technology leader for a prominent SEBI-regulated AMC reporting directly to MD/CEO, with board-level accountability for technology strategy, investment, and risk.
• Built and led a cross-functional technology organization across platform engineering, data science, AI, mobile, compliance tech, and infrastructure.
• Full ownership of technology P&L (~4cr), all vendor contracts, and the multi-year architecture roadmap.
• Set the multi-year technology roadmap governing all platform, data, and AI investment.
• Made build/buy/partner decisions across the full stack established architecture principles, vendor selection criteria, and technology governance frameworks that remain the operating standard for the organization.
• Architected the enterprise data platform unifying disparate AMC data sources into a real-time intelligence backbone.
• Delivered AI-driven investment recommendation engine (B2C & B2B), RAG-based regulatory intelligence capability, and automated MIS reducing operational overhead by 40% and establishing the firm's AI-first foundation.
• Designed and governed a 25+ dashboard BI platform (Power BI) serving MD/CEO, CBO, CFO, Risk, Product, and Sales covering AUM analytics, competitor portfolio positioning, SIP book health, distributor activation, P&L/TER/margin intelligence, and daily corpus tracking.
• Achieved 70% CXO reliance for strategic decisions.
• Owned the full investor and distributor technology estate B2C investor journeys, B2B distributor platforms, NFO launch infrastructure, and multi-channel engagement automation (WhatsApp, RCS, email, SMS).
• Platforms serve lakhs of investors; digital NFO launches directly contributed to record AUM participation milestones.
• Designed enterprise compliance automation covering SEBI MCR filings, market abuse monitoring, AMFI reporting, KYC workflows, proxy voting tracking, and audit trail infrastructure reducing manual compliance effort by 30%.
• Led organization-wide implementation of DPDP, CSCRF, SEBI Cloud Circular, SBOM/CBOM, and AI Governance frameworks.
• Conceived and led a 100+ initiative automation programme across Sales, Fund Management, Operations, Banking, and Compliance eliminating 500+ person-hours of monthly manual effort.
• A CEO-level mandate executed through technology: it permanently changed the firm's operating cost structure and human capital allocation.
• Built and scaled the cross-functional technology organization engineering, data science, mobile, security, and infrastructure.
• Owned full technology P&L, all vendor contracts and negotiations, and annual technology investment planning ensuring every rupee of technology spend mapped to a measurable business outcome.

VP-Head of Tech Initiatives

JM Financial Asset Management Ltd · May 2022 – May 2025

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• Developing and implementing the company's overall technology strategy and roadmap, aligning it with the business objectives and ensuring that it is in line with industry trends and best practices.
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• Evaluating and selecting the right technology solutions to support the company's operations and drive innovation, including hardware, software, networks, and infrastructure.
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• Overseeing the development, testing, and deployment of all technology projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet business requirements.
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• Managing and leading the technology team, ensuring that they are aligned with the company's goals and that they have the resources and skills needed to deliver high-quality technology solutions.
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• Ensuring that all technology initiatives comply with relevant regulatory and security requirements, such as data privacy laws, cyber-security protocols, and disaster recovery plans.
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• Developing and maintaining relationships with key technology vendors and partners, negotiating contracts and agreements, and ensuring that the company gets the best value for its technology investments.
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• Driving innovation and digital transformation across the organization, leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning to deliver new business models, products, and services.
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• Collaborating with other executives and stakeholders across the company to ensure that technology is effectively integrated into all aspects of the business, and that it supports the company's overall mission and vision.

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Technology Architecture Lead

SBI Mutual Fund · Nov 2019 – May 2022

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• Owned end-to-end platform architecture and engineering delivery for India's largest mutual fund designing, building, and scaling a full suite of B2C and B2B digital platforms across five concurrent product lines.
• Led 32 engineers across platform engineering, mobile, and infrastructure delivering the technology that powered 14,000+ Cr in NFO subscriptions and India's highest digital MF sales during COVID-19.
• Architected the consolidation of three independent B2B distributor and bank portals into a single, unified digital ecosystem.
• Designed the microservices architecture (Ocelot API Gateway, .NET Core microservices, Angular 10 frontend), data unification layer, and inter-service communication topology that served PAN India SBI bank branches, third-party distributors, and institutional partners.
• Made all foundational decisions on API design, security model, and scalability framework governing the platform's long-term adoption at national scale.
• Led 12 engineers across this programme.
• Led architecture and delivery of the award-winning InvesTap cross-platform mobile app (PhoneGap Cordova, iOS/Android) enabling retail and HNI investors to purchase Direct and Regular mutual fund schemes end-to-end from a single mobile interface.
• Delivered full investment lifecycle capability with robust performance, security, and compliance standards.
• Initiated and led the conversion roadmap from hybrid Cordova to native iOS/Android to deliver production-grade UX and performance at scale.
• Platform won the industry Best Technical Team Award.
• Architected and delivered the Mitra Portal and mobile application (React JS, Web API, PhoneGap Cordova) for SBI bank branches across India enabling relationship managers and branch staff to transact, onboard, and service mutual fund investors.
• Delivered 1200+ KYC completions per day at steady state, validating the architecture's reliability and throughput under national branch load.
• Led migration roadmap from hybrid to React Native for improved branch staff UX.
• Owned architecture and delivery of the Partner Portal and mobile app (.NET MVC, Web API, PhoneGap Cordova) for third-party mutual fund distributors integrating WhatsApp communication, portfolio Insight analytics, and full transaction capability in a single distributor-facing platform.
• Designed the data layer to surface actionable distributor business intelligence, directly supporting RM-led AUM growth.
• Designed and delivered a Group Investment platform (.NET MVC, Web API, SQL) enabling multiple banks and corporates to facilitate employee mutual fund investments in SBIMF schemes extending institutional distribution reach through a purpose-built, multi-tenant corporate investment channel with institution-level segregation and reporting.
• Architected the high-availability, high-throughput digital infrastructure that enabled record-breaking NFO subscriptions of 14,000+ Cr among the largest digital NFO mobilizations in Indian mutual fund history.
• Maintained full platform availability and drove India's highest mutual fund digital sales during the COVID-19 lockdown demonstrating architecture resilience and crisis-readiness across all five platform lines simultaneously.
• Defined and executed cloud migration strategy and DevOps practices across all platforms enabling 5x scalability and reducing time-to-market materially.
• Delivered 100% load testing, security testing, and automation testing coverage across all assets.
• Initiated the technology modernization roadmap: hybrid-to-native conversion for B2C (iOS/Android), React Native for B2B mobile, and Angular 10 + API Gateway microservices for all portals.
• Best Technical Team Award Best Employee of the Quarter for platform delivery excellence, digital sales contribution during lockdown, and leading India's mutual fund industry to its #1 AUM position through digital channel growth.

Tech Architect

SBI MUTUAL FUND · Nov 2019 – May 2022

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Technology Project Lead

Angel One Ltd. · Apr 2018 – Nov 2019

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• Led platform architecture for mutual fund and high-volume trading systems at one of India's largest retail broking firms owned technical design across the full stack.
• Owned architecture across mutual fund and trading platforms (B2C & B2B) including caching strategy (Redis), API design, data models, and infrastructure scalability.
• Delivered measurable improvement in system performance and reliability under high-volume trading conditions.
• Architected and delivered an enterprise real-time analytics dashboard adopted by senior leadership for daily operational decision-making an early proof of the data-led management philosophy scaled subsequently at SBI MF and JM Financial.
• Designed automated legal and audit systems for high-volume trade data processing improving accuracy, auditability, and regulatory turnaround time at broking scale.
• Delivered 100% KPI achievement while reducing infrastructure costs through architecture optimization demonstrating the discipline to align technology investment with business outcomes.

Senior Project Manager IT

Angel Broking · Apr 2018 – Nov 2019

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Technical Team Lead

Algorithms Software Pvt. Ltd. · Jan 2011 – Apr 2018

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• Led technical team in software development projects.

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Technical Team Lead

Algorithm Softwares Pvt. Ltd. · Jan 2011 – Mar 2018

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• Technical Project Management

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Lead Software Engineer

Uconomix · Jun 2009 – Jan 2011

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Lead Software Engineer

Uconomix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. · Jun 2009 – Jan 2011

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• Functioned as a Lead Software Engineer.