Santosh Vardam

Background

About Santosh Vardam

A Senior Manager in Cards & Digital Payments with over 20 years of extensive experience in full software development life cycle in Financial, Banking, Retail and Oil & Gas sectors, placing great emphasis on structured, collaborative approach to work & quality commitment. • Digital Payments | Cards - Credit-Debit-Fuel-Store-Loyalty | JSON/XML APIs | API Integration | Cloud Based Payments | Tokenization | Tokenized Mobile Payments | Digital Wallets | Host Card Emulation | Apple Pay | Google Pay | Samsung Pay | Card on File| Ecommerce| Stronger Consumer Authentication (SCA)| Point of Sale (POS|EPOS)| Card Reader (PINPAD/PIN Entry Device/PED)| Pay@Pump | Contactless | NFC | IFSF | ISO 8583| APACS | EMV | Authorization| Postilion |TSYS TS-Prime TS2 | Acquiring-Issuing Systems | Clearing & Settlement | CHAPS | Intl Payments | SWIFT | SEPA DD |Faster Payments • Good people manager, leader, motivator & team player with excellent client engagement & business stakeholder management skills • Well experienced in Project Management (managing multiple projects at a time), Implementation, Consultation, Test Management, Solution Design/Development with focus on service improvement / optimisation • Excellent Client Relationship, Communication, Reporting to leadership teams, dashboard metrics, analytical, problem solving skills • Liaise with third party vendors and global teams (incl. offshore) • Good exposure to both Agile & Waterfall Methodologies • Test Strategy, Traceability Matrix, Business Process flows, Defect Management & Triage, SIT, UAT, NFT (Load/Stress), OAT, Migrations