Ravisankar Mettugundu Sundararaj

Chief Product Officer @Loyalty Now Global Pte. Ltd.

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Executive Summary: Currently the Chief Product & Innovation Officer in Loyalty Now Group, Visionary IT leader with 30 years of experience in driving technological innovation and strategic growth in software R&D, IT services, and enterprise solutions architecture. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams, managing multi-million-dollar budgets (>9mil), and executing digital transformations in banking, payments, and big loyalty programs. Skilled in Agile/DevSecOps, cloud technologies, and end-to-end project/product management. Known for strong stakeholder collaboration and delivering high-quality software solutions. ________________________________________ Core Competencies: • IT Product Strategy/Innovation, TAM analysis, Product Roadmap Management • Software R&D and Enterprise Solution Architecture • Executive Strategic Mission/Vision & Values Planning & Technology leadership • Project & Program Management • Agile Transformation/Change Management, Quality, Security Assurance (ISO27001/PCI) • Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaborations • Cloud Computing & IT Support & Managed Operated Services Management • Financial Budgeting & P&L Management for the entire Strategic Business Unit. ________________________________________ Education: • Bachelor’s in Engineering (Electronics & Communication), Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1991- Jun 95 • Global CTO Specialization, National University of Singapore (NUS), Jun 2023 - Apr 2024 • Certifications: Agile, IT Project Mgmt (PMPBOK), ISO QMS Lead/CMMI SCAMPI Auditor ________________________________________ Professional Experience: Loyalty Now Pty. Ltd. (Aug 2023 – Present) • Chief Product & Innovation Officer (In Executive Leadership Team, reporting to CEO) o Aligned product strategies with organizational goals, missions, visions & values. o Led product vision development and revenue growth strategies & customer retention through data-driven insights. o Spearheading innovative loyalty product roadmaps and customer-centric p

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Work Background

Loyalty NowChief Product & Innovation Officer

Aug. 2023Singapore✅Joined Loyalty Now, a leading player in loyalty & customer engagement solutions, company specialized in Card Linked Offers #CLO, Aggregators Payments Linked Offers #APLO, as its Chief Product & Innovation Officer in its senior executive leadership team ELT. ✅Loyalty Now a scaleup company that is specialized Card-Linked Offers (CLO), Aggregator Payment Linked Offers (APLO) Space, they are a platform of choice in Australia, APAC Delivering unmatched services and expanding globally now. ✅Highly Secure PCI DSS Level 1 certified, robust & infinitely scalable the Loyalty Now SaaS platforms can be deployed globally seamlessly in weeks' time. Esteem Clienteles includes AmEx, Qantas, Telstra, Bupa, Union shopper Plus and a growing number of program operators EFTPOS in Australia, Singapore & Hong Kong. ✅Seamless CLO/APLO experience Customers checkout as usual, whether it’s online or in-store. Smart messages are triggered in real-time informing them of points, cashback earnt, relevant special offers pushed. ✅All with zero effort, absolutely zero friction, pure happiness in play! Our Programs have a proven history of being revenue-generating for all clients. Delighting client's membership while simultaneously increasing their merchant partner's sales. Thanks a lot for kindly following Loyalty Now Page!

CollinsonDirector, Head Software R&D, IT Services

Mar. 2015 - Jul. 2023SingaporeSince 2015 taken over Support & Managed Operated Services Addon functions. ✅As a Director & Head lead Our FS&R Global Software R&D Team delivering Projects, Products, PoCs within time cost budget with Good Quality via our Agile SCRUM Teams & Resource Labs. ✅Also been Responsible for delivering FS&R Global IT Services Production Application Support, Managed Operated Services Team within agreed OLAs/SLAs with Good QoS. ✅As a Director take Care of Team’s & FSR IT Budget & Strategies. Well versed in Cloud Computing AWS/Azure/Oracle Cloud for our various computing needs over & above our VM Ware ESX setups.. ✅As part of Senior Leadership Team, Work Closely With GM/Business Owner, Product Owner+ PS Team Heads & all Lab Managers do weekly optimal Production Resource Planning FSR to ensure all in our team here have maximum planned billable works for 3-4 months in advance. ✅As Director ASPAC/Auth signatory for APAC I take care of supplier/vendor/Customer agreements. ✅Part of proposal committee, actively contribute in Presales/Sales RFQ/RFIs. Help in leading R&D demo. ✅With rich domain/Tech knowledge in Loyalty help in Complex Solution/Business Analysis & Problem Solving for FSR Core Team that I lead the product transformation from SDC along with product owner. ✅As main lead of our Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) improve Software Processes S/W Development Life Cycle (SDLC) both Agile/RUP/Waterfall models & Strive for its Continuous Improvements. ✅Leading & Being part of a successful Digital transformation Journey of Agile/DevSecOPS & Microservices Rest APIs for our Product.

CollinsonDirector, Head R&D, IT Services

Jan. 2014 - Feb. 2015SingaporeIn Jan 2014 was given additional responsibility of Singapore Company Director with authorized signatory for our ASPAC operations over and above Head Software/IT role I was managing.

Collinson (Formerly Welcome Real Time)Global Head Software Development & Research

Jan. 2013 - Jan. 2014✅Director for Software Development Centres in Singapore and Manila for managing projects, products Development and Research & also in-charge of our global IT Systems in Welcome. ✅Contribute in business decisions as part of top management, help in growing one Corporate culture & Core Values. ✅Effective regular communications with team (FS&R IT Core group) also meetings with Labs, finalize best solution design choices. ✅Ensure Effective Enterprise Knowledge Management/Tech training companywide.

WELCOME REAL TIMEEnterprise Architect

May. 2009 - Dec. 2012Singapore✅Lead as Enterprise Architect and delivered successfully over 10000MDs in technical Solution Development/integrations/Project Management/Enterprise Architecture (EA)/Knowledge Management (KM) areas in big projects like Visanet Cielo, Alphabank, AIMIA and various XLS product lines. ✅Executed Large size project 5K MDs for Cielo, AIMIA/CBA benchmarked in WRT as best Model Projects. Involves complex technical program management of multiple code drops/stages/phases.. ✅Involves Daily Standups/Checkpoints coordinating with various streams/outsourcing teams.. Proactive Risk Management & Mitigation Planning.. ✅Helped in product predictive analytics capabilities, smart messaging notifications for OmniConnect.

WELCOME REAL TIMESenior Solutions Architect

Jul. 2003 - Apr. 2009Singapore✅Ravisankar joined Welcome in 2003 as Senior Solution Architect; he has lead and delivered successfully in technical Solution Development/integrations/Project Program Management in lots of big size software projects (>5K MDs) and products. ✅Being handson always work closer with team to leading implementing identified solution/ evangelizing them on the process as a team.. ✅Part of design authority done quite a few Build or Buy Analysis. ✅Process mature in Agile/CMMI/ISO/CC-EAL4+/PCI Security. Facilitated Process improvements in all my companies. Part of PCMM3/CMM5 pre assessment in Mastek. Certified ISO9001 Internal QMS Lead Auditor. Lead Product PA DSS audit few times from front.. ✅Was part of CMMI-3 Appraisal/renewals as a SEPG Team Member (Part of 2 SCAMPI A Audits) & hence be CMMI Lead Appraiser. ✅Evolved best practices metrics/models for successfully executing large sized projects (like Visa/Cielo).

iSmart International Ltd, IndiaManager Solutions Support

Jan. 2001 - Jul. 2003Mumbai Area, India✅Manager of projects, products in smart card, POS, host end to end solution delivery, EMV and its consultancies. Major project involved loyalty, VSDC on MULTOS for Credit Mutuel, CBT for MasterCard, Sodexho, Indian Oil Corporation IOCL contactless Loyalty, JCB JSMART EMV applications in Java and MULTOS Smart Cards.. ✅VSDC in MULTOS: Product for Credit Mutuel; as Director handled team of 10; project size 4MY •Environment: ICC SIM CT6.0 Visa Test Bed, Clear Case/Quest, SmartDeck, IngenicoM62 EMV Kernel (for Test), Infineon Cards SLE66CX160S/320P with MULTOS v4 in 1Q Mask •Description: VSDC product got CC/EAL4+ cert via Thales & VISA VIS1.4 cert via Axalto ✅M/Chip 4 & JSMART2 in MULTOS: Similar Products as above & JSMART delivered to JCB (2MY) ✅LOYALTY: Product; as Technical PM, handled team of 8; project size 8MY •Dione/Ingenico POS with Java Loyalty Host Application •MultiMerchant Loyalty in Smart card; POS Param init Awards/Redemption, EOD ✅VCEPS in MULTOS: Product; as Technical PM, handled team of 6; project size 4MY •Ingdev, MULTOS, Ingenico M62, eCash Host in VB, Oracle; CardBase CEPS •CEPS/VCEPS eCash Card & POS applications. ✅SODEXHO PASS: Dione terminals for Sodexho canteens in Mumbai for Lunch Pass redemptions ✅Credit/Debit PayApp for EFT-POS: Client HDFC; as Technical PM, handled team of 6; size 5MY •Exta - C, ACI BASE24 AuthHost, SPDH, NCC Concentrator, Dione Excelsior POS (ISO 8583) ✅ Mandi e-Agriculture: Smart auction. ✅Petro-Wallet: Client IOCL (Indian Oil Corp); as Tech Manager, handled team of 20; size 16MY •MS SQL, VB, CRW7, IBM, Inside ContactlessReader •E2E solution for Gas Stations & its Regional, HO for its Sales/eCash/Loyalty.. ✅Given recommendations for Multi-Application Smart-Card Apps & POS to Ministry of IT, India as part of Consultancy. Was part of Bank Of Punjab EMV Payments consultancy. ✅Delivered speech in Bankers CEO/CIO Smart Card/e-iSA Security Forums in India on Smart Card/EMV/Payments/Security.

MastekSoftware Programmer Analyst

Jan. 1996 - Dec. 2000Mumbai Area, India✅As Software Analyst worked in Mastek as part of core product development team in ERP Goldmine specializing in Supply Chain Management and delivered SCM customization projects to many MNC clientele including Bausch & Lomb, Britannia, Wyeth, Lynx Financial. As Software Analyst & Lead worked in Mastek as part of core product development team in ERP Goldmine specializing in Supply Chain Management and delivered SCM customizations projects. ✅ Deployed Goldmine in Big MNC clients Bausch & Lomb, Wyeth, Danone, Videocon ✅ GOLDMINE: Its SCM Product as Analyst/Lead, was part of team of 15; with Project size 20MY •Environment: ASP, Oracle, VC++ components, before in OPEN ROAD, Ingress, Unix •Descriptions: Full fledge ERP for Supply Chain Management (SCM) ✅ LYNX: Client LYNX Australia/UK as a Tech Lead, was part of team of 20; with Project size 30MY •Environment: Oracle Stored packages/Forms/D2K in Offshore Dev Centre in Mumbai •Descriptions: Retail Banking & Mortgage/leasing software customizations on core summit product.

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