In an interview with TechGraph, Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO of BCT Digital discusses the transformative potential of emerging technologies in the financial sector, driving operational efficiency and unleashing a wave of innovation, and more.
Interview: Jaya Vaidhyanathan On BCT Digital’s Trailblazing Role In Fintech & FIs Sector
Shankar Ravichandran
Presales & Solutioning Consultant
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
With banking experience and tech qualification/experience, Fintech became the place to be for me personally. Incidentally Fintech also happens to be the most happening place globally today, which puts me in a sweet spot where my interests, my competence and global business relevance converge. I am happy in playing my role in scaling up a quality business which has passed the scrutiny of one of the world’s toughest regulators, the RBI.
Who are you outside of work
I live with my wife and kids in Chennai. My wife is a Fintech professional who motivated me to join the Fintech bandwagon when I was a banker years ago and my two daughters keep me as busy at home as I am in office (maybe more).
Swaminathan K. S
Product Lead
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Swami has a deep passion towards the field of risk management and has worked with leading commercial banks, fortune 500 energy, manufacturing, and e-commerce clients. His objective is to help generate business value to the organizations through holistic and integrated governance, risk management and compliance.
Who are you outside of work Outside of work, Swami spends time in reading and likes to travel and explore new locations.
Kasthuri Rangan Bhaskar
Vice President, Products
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Kasthuri Rangan Bhaskar is a B2B Fintech Product leader with proven track record of orchestrating banking and fintech products from zero to one. He is one of the co-founding members of a very successful Fintech products team at BCT Digital. He has also built from scratch & scaled-up cross functional teams to success.
Kasthuri Rangan has 18+ years of diverse techno-functional exposure spread across roles in commercial banking, lending, digital transformation, risk management, technology & B2B product leadership. He holds an MBA from IIM Indore and a Chartered Accountancy degree.
Who are you outside of work
yoga enthusiast, goes on long treks and loves reading.
Santosh BM
Senior Project Manager
Motivating factors
My present field of work motivates me. Learning new things, working as part of a highly driven team, and coming up with creative ideas to improve, improvise or innovate – are all motivating factors. I’m enthusiastic about turning around a difficult project and seeing it to successful completion. I also celebrate a healthy work culture and thrive in a competitive environment.
Outside of work
I enjoy traveling, playing outdoor games, like badminton and cricket, running, and a bit of cooking.
Atul Gupta
Vice President, Product Engineering
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
- Passion to connect with people using technology
- Uplifting tech usage across industry
- Power to exponentially resolve problems using right connect with science
- Satisfaction to spread right use of technology
- Connect with Industry Veterans & Leaders – explore & build new products to economy
Who are you outside of work
My hobbies include playing cricket & doing yoga & networking with people. I also enjoy CSR activities in which we give back to society at large
Ashish Jajodia, CFA
Senior Product Manager
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
With an overall 13 years of experience in Fintech Industry spanning across various Risk Management product suite, I have seen people working tirelessly in the traditional banking system which involved a lot of time and manual efforts. To ease out the time taking activities for banks and be future ready, I want the industry at large to be able to use digital solutions & tech innovations in all the banking
processes.
Who are you outside of work
I love traveling and explore new things in life. I am passionate about Asset Management and likes to be an investment advisor for family & friends.
Roshnie Venkataraman
GM & Head of Marketing, BCT Digital
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Marketing chooses me and there has been no turning back.
Who are you outside of work
I am committed to a Non-Profit and have done a variety of roles in the last 20 years. I am also an academic in Astrology and Astronomy.
Robert J. May
Vice President Sales, Americas
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Rob’s career has spanned over 25 years in both the banking sector and Fintech sales. Early on he had roles in operations, credit risk management and currency sales and trading at a top Tier 1 financial services organization. He later transitioned into the Fintech sector working at several leading providers across treasury, risk and capital markets in a sales and business development capacity. As VP Sales for the Americas at BCT Digital Rob will help drive new business in Americas for the award- winning rt360 risk and compliance platform.
Who are you outside of work
Outside of work Rob enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, especially on family vacations and traveling. He is also an avid sports fan supporting the local NY area teams as well as being physically active exercising and playing golf.
Chandrakumar Natarajan
General Manager – Sales
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
My work gives immense opportunities to add significant value to customer businesses by embracing innovative technologies, empowering talented people. I thoroughly enjoy collaborating passionate people with great team work to deliver customer delight.
Who are you outside of work
Traveling, experiencing new cultures, people and lot more readings. Volunteering start-ups to scale-up their business. Bit of fitness to maintain the core strength of body plus mind.
Hariom Tyagi
Sales Head, Middle-East & Africa
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
With 15+ years in FinTech and RegTech industry, I have been always interested in financial technology and the way it has transformed traditional banking globally. I enjoy offering innovative and next generation solutions solving peculiar and contemporary problems of financial institutions. My work provides opportunities to learn new technologies and become part of customer’s transformation journey.
Who are you outside of work
Outside work I enjoy reading, listening to music and playing badminton. I like learning new things
and exploring new places. I love cooking on weekends and spending time with my family.
Raghavan Anand Balaji
Head of Delivery
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
My passion with Banking and Fintech is more than 2 decades old where I was handling large scale Imaging programs and multi-vendor infrastructure for Standard chartered and Deutsche Bank in Singapore subsequently had stint with IT services organization selling and
managing Banking solutions across Digital space with lot of emphasis on “ Make in India “ concept with primary objective of Banking solution reaching the masses and this was motivation factor to further enhance my skills around Fintech with an endeavour to manage large scale digital delivery lead banking programs.
Who are you outside of work.
Fun loving person , Avid stock market watcher and investor and enjoys parenting watching OTT channels , sports etc.
Karthikeyan Sreerengan
Delivery Manager
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Associated with Fintech for more than a decade and rich experience in handling Private and PSU Banks in both Product development, Implementation and Delivery. Highly customer centric and aligned with organization goals with will to do attitude , perfection , attention to detail in achieving the expected end results without compromising on the quality and process. Always seek ways to contribute that provide me with a sense of ownership both in my own work and my overall work environment.
Who are you outside of work
Spend quality time with family and friends, listen to music, watch movies and Cricket.
Prashanth Belugali N
Principal Product Manager
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
Build new things. Technology, data, and models are bringing the businesses closer to the end users. In rt360 team we are providing the tools and the bespoke solutions to changing ecosystem by innovation and collaboration.
Who are you outside of work
I have interest in Investment, agriculture, and sports. I love to spend time with my family and friendsand traveling to my hometown.
Rajagopalan Nair
Advisor
What motivating factors led you to the current field for work
I have 25 years of experience across the banking domain, and 15 years in technology, IT operations, and projects. Prior to joining BCT Digital, I served as the Chief Technology Officer for Federal Bank.
Who are you outside of work
During my tenure with Federal Bank, I headed a host of transformation initiatives, including the development and implementation of Total Branch Automation (TBA) software, core banking (Finacle) in 800+ branches, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, CRM, MIS, B24 switch and ATM networks. I also spearheaded the issuance and acquisition of debit cards, integration with interchanges of Mastercard, Visa, and NFS, as well as several initiatives related to mobile and internet banking, e-commerce, automated bill pay, BCP, data center and DR set-ups. I also led projects related to the integration of a 150-seat call center with IVR capabilities, loan origination systems and scorecards, ERM, BASEL compliance, KYC, MDM, and so on.