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Atul has more than 14 years of experience, including four years in the Banking and Capital Markets practice of Consulting Services at Infosys. He provides consulting services to Investment/Asset management customers, including the alternative investments/hedge fund segment. His blogs will focus on front office trading functions for both ‘buy’ and ’sell’ side firms, reference data related to customer and securities management, and the latest developments in the Financial Services industry.

Balaji is an associate vice president for the New York-based operations of Infosys’ global Banking and Capital Markets practice. He is responsible for building and governing strategic client relationships as well as ensuring client satisfaction. Balaji has more than 17 years of experience in the consulting and professional services industry, of which he has spent the past 8 years with Infosys across various client-facing and market development roles, based in the US. As part of his current role, he is also responsible for driving thought leadership and new go-to-market strategies in the Banking and Capital Markets practice. His areas of interest include regulatory compliance, customer data integration, payments and risk management. His posts tend to focus on Financial Services industry trends across the aforementioned areas of interest, particularly in the face of emerging business models and more recently, the credit crisis.

Gururaj, manages a division of multiple banking customers to ensure customer satisfaction through high-quality delivery of projects. He has managed and developed talent pool for Infosys, and has pioneered delivery excellence and thought leadership initiatives.

Gururaj has more than 15 years of experience and has served in several portfolios such as project management, portfolio/program management, transition management, presales, merger and integration and delivery management. He has worked closely with several global customers based in Europe, Singapore, Korea and Australia.

Gururaj will blog on IT delivery, global sourcing, talent and leadership development, and trends in banking and technology.

Jamuna is a vice president and the delivery head of the Banking and Capital Markets Group at Infosys. Jamuna has over 22 years of experience in the industry. In her 7 years at Infosys, she has been responsible for implementing organizational change initiatives and has several industry certifications including ISO 900, CMM Assessor, Certified Software Quality Analyst and Certified Information Systems Auditor. Her areas of interest include innovation in service delivery, business intelligence and business/IT alignment. Jamuna is currently based in Bangalore.

Jeremy helps private equity firms maximize their investments by driving significant operational savings or new business models. He has more than 14 years of IT experience. He has led sales initiatives for digital TV and mobile content services in addition to marketing thought leadership activities.

Jeremy will blog on private equity trends and engagement with professional services firms.

Mahesh is a member of the senior client management team in the Banking and Capital Markets business unit; and a member of the Management Council at Infosys. He is responsible for managing senior client relationships across multiple strategic accounts.

With over 13 years of experience, Mahesh’s expertise spans the Financial Services domain, specifically strategic sourcing, business process management, risk management and financial operations. Mahesh has led the Solutions Consulting Group in the Banking and Capital Markets business unit, where he managed strategic consulting projects for Infosys’ clients.

Mahesh’s areas of interest include Retail Banking, Retail Brokerage and Global Sourcing.

Mohit is the global head of sales for the Banking and Capital Markets Group at Infosys. Mohit has 13 years of experience across corporate banking and consulting, with 8 years at Infosys. Prior to his current role, Mohit was responsible for setting up the operations of Infosys Technologies S. de R.L. de C.V, a subsidiary of Infosys in Monterrey, Mexico. His interests include corporate and personal technology. Mohit is currently based in New York.

Mritunjay heads the Strategic Sourcing in the Banking and Capital Markets practice at Infosys. He has more than 16 years of experience and won the first successful large deal in this space for Infosys. Mrintunjay was responsible for global transition across three continents. He has worked in the roles of client-facing and delivery management before moving to lead sourcing for a Financial Services customer. His blogs will focus on sourcing, large and complex programs, mortgage and new business models.

Neeraj has more than14 years of experience as a banker, financial advisor and IT solution provider in the financial sector. As a banker, his focus areas include shipping and infrastructure financing. He has served as an advisor to the Government of India (GOI) on infrastructure sector privatization.

At Infosys, Neeraj assists senior banking and IT executives in the areas of structured products, equities market, payments, cash management, 401 (K) plan, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and wealth management. His responsibilities include managing senior client relationships in strategic accounts and ensuring client satisfaction.

Neeraj will blog on business-IT alignment, strategic sourcing and the financial market structure.

Pankaj manages Infosys’ relationships with key global banks and anchors the company’s Investment Banking practice in Europe. With over 13 years of experience, over the past five years, he has led the growth of the largest banking account for Infosys in Europe. He has previously also anchored large consulting engagements for Fortune 100 clients.

Actively involved in supporting clients through the current economic downturn turmoil in the European market, Pankaj will blog on banking for all seasons.

Srinivas heads the technology and architecture group at Infosys, Bangalore. He is responsible for bringing new technology into applications. He has more than 15 years of IT experience. His areas of interest include object-oriented, distributed technologies and Internet technologies. He has been associated with short cycle projects as a manager and architect.

Srinivas has been working on ‘Agile’ methods for more than six years including consulting, coaching and mentoring. He is exploring the possibility of CMMI and ‘Agile’ compatibility, and propagating ‘Agile’ within the organization.

He will blog on object oriented, high performance computing, ‘Agile’, automation, enterprise architecture and technology.

Srinivas heads the technology focus group of Infosys’ Banking and Capital Markets practice. With over 19 years of experience, he drives technology solutions for business challenges of Fortune 100 companies. Srinivas mentors a large group of enterprise architects, drives thought leadership in technology and initiates go-to-market approaches.

His areas of interest include large-scale enterprise integration, Web 2.0 and virtualization. His blog posts focus on technologies relevant to the financial services industry across his areas of interest, specifically in emerging business models.

Sudhir works with cards industry leaders across North America, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia and Pacific (APAC). He has more than 15 years of IT experience. He will blog on payments and cards.