Chandu Vaddadi, Enterprise CIO Technology Director

British Telecom, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mobile: +91-963.252.9626
Email: chandu.vaddadi@gmail.com

Senior leader with strong business acumen coupled with product and engineering background
and over 18 yrs of experience in defining and enabling business and technology strategy,
delivering change and operational resilience, and bringing in organizational efficiencies
through innovation and optimization

As CIO for Enterprise SME & SoHo segment in British Telecom, currently leading
optimization and redesign of the product and technology strategy aligning to the dual
goals of intuitive experience to end user and organizational efficiency. Responsible for
£74m annual budget generating £1.5b EBITDA and leading 650+ people at BT with
progressively similar scale and roles in Citco Canada, Goldman, JP Morgan, and Innoviti

Track record of delivering complex solutions & migrations, setting up and leading dev
centers, heading large engineering teams on mission critical solutions at ultra large
scale, and bringing in strategic changes to organizations aligning to growth and
efficiency

A PhD drop out from Georgia Tech, Atlanta in Parallel & High Performance Computing coupled
with internships at Oak Ridge (ORNL) and Los Alamos (LANL) National Labs and several IEEE
publications - very passionate about solving problems at scale (technology or otherwise)
and building product strategies fully backed by data.

Key achievements
1. IT Transformation & savings: Successfully executed very large IT transformation
programs with a 3yr ROI and £50m YoY return through technology upgrade and legacy
demise. Redesigned org around SRE, Security, Transformation, and Innovation
2. Innovation & new product lines: Initiated product lines around Document Management
(using NLP & ​Knowledge​ ​
Graph​ for storage and search), Detecting negative media
coverage for High Networth Individuals using NLP, and created 3 new programs
(around Sales-SalesLab, Data-Insights, and User Retention-WIP)
3. Productivity enhancement & savings: Established the hiring strategy and practices
to attract and hire the best there by reducing the costs to almost half and
doubling the productivity in 2 years, resulting in huge savings
4. Security: Cut the security risks (vulnerabilities & license breaches) to near zero
by implementing company wide privilege policy and automation. A large protection
around reputation risk and legal damages

Patents filed (but discontinued due to organizational changes)

1. Vaddadi Chandu, Gaurav Mehrotra, “System and method to trickle through binaries
and related data to remote terminals via payload”, Appl #: 201941008334, Filed:
04-Mar-2019
2. Vaddadi Chandu, Gaurav Mehrotra, “Enhancing reliability of transmission through
P2P network within unreliable networks in payment processing domain”, Appl #:
201941009480, Filed: 12-Mar-2019
3. Vaddadi Chandu, Gaurav Mehrotra, “System and method for tackling double debit
problem within payment processing”, Appl #: 201941009492, Filed: 12-Mar-2019
4. Vaddadi Chandu, Rajeev Agrawal, “A method of connecting terminal device to a
target system, and a device thereof”, Appl #: 201941026904, Filed: 04-Jul-2019

Technology skills
App servers (WLS/WS/and the like), Cloud technologies (AWS Docker, K8s), Big Data (Spark,
Elastic, Hadoop, Flume, Kafka), DevOps (all tools for quality/deployment), Databases
(SQL/NoSQL - Mongo, Cassandra, OpenTSDB, Titan/Neo4J Graph DBs), J2EE, Messaging, ML
(Sentiment analysis, Summary, Classification), Security Protocols (SAML, Oauth 2.0),
Mobile (Android & iOS development), Salesforce - Vlocity, CPQ, B2C, and B2B
Education
1. Drop Out from PhD program in Computer Science, 2005, 3.8/4.0 GPA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
2. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, 2002, 3.3/4.0 GPA
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
3. Bachelor of Engg in Electrical Engineering, 1999, 77.96% (Distinction)
SGSITS (autonomous institute estd. 1952), Indore, India

Experience (Excluding internships and academia)

British Telecom, Bengaluru — Enterprise CIO Technology Director for SME/SoHo
September 2019 - Present
Managing the Small & Medium Enterprise and Small Office Home Office areas for BT, covering
a scale of 650+ people and £74m annual budget. Running the IT Transformation, redesigning
of the org, innovation and initiation of new product lines, and ensuring security and
automation. Taking very challenging decisions to ensure organization is optimally run and
tightened.

Innoviti Payments Solutions Ltd., Bengaluru — Vice President-Technology

January 2019 - September 2019
Managed the Corporate technology (450+ people and POS sales of over ₹200 crores/day)
including operations, solving key problems impacting business, coming up with new
initiatives, and quickly turning around ideas into POC for business demo. Brought about
dev-modernization. Laid the foundation for the next generation - highly scalable, flexible
and forward-looking POS architecture.

JP Morgan & Chase, Bengaluru — Executive Director

October 2017 - January 2019
Head of Account Management & KYC businesses within Wealth Management setting technology
strategies and driving dev-modernization. Responsible for technology platforms for
multiple lines of business catering to APAC and EMEA. Redefined the applications for cloud
onboarding for high availability and low latency. Conceived and POC-ed ideas for (a)
chatbot using NLP and (b) detecting negative media coverage for HNI through web scraping
and applying sentiment analysis on data received from web scraping

Goldman Sachs, Bengaluru — Vice President

June 2012 - October 2017
Headed various programs in different divisions within GS (GSAM, Tech Infra, and IBD) in
addition to Research India program resulting in the launch of a data management
application providing insights to fund managers and investors alike. Architected and built
solutions for document processing ​and​ ​curating​ knowledge​ ​graph​ ​for​ ​identifying​ ​salient​
​features,​ ​entities,​ ​ sentiment,​ ​summary,​ ​and​ ​suggestive​ ​search​ ​for use​ ​by​ ​portfolio​
​managers/bankers​ ​for​​ making​​investment​​decisions.​​Other​initiatives​​include​d ​(a) designing​
​and​ ​architecting​ ​scalable​ high frequency monitoring platform for use across the firm,​​(b)
digital transformation of processes and redesign of ​legacy​ ​applications​

Ness Technologies, Bengaluru — Sr. Manager - Development

May 2011 - May 2012
Headed the architecture and ​ development​ ​at​ ​LPS​ ​software​ ​lab​ ​(40+​ ​members​ ​including​
​Bengaluru​ ​and​ ​in Munich,​ ​ Germany)​ ​for​ ​Payback​ ​Global​ ​application.​ ​Employing​ ​SCRUM​ ​model​
​for​ ​driving​ ​agile development​ ​ provided​ ​overall​ ​direction​ ​to​ ​the​ ​planning​ ​and​ ​development​
​of​ ​the​ ​ application.​ ​ Introduced new​ ​strategies​ ​and​ ​processes​ ​for​ ​mitigating​ ​risk​ ​and​
​optimizing​ ​delivery,​ ​ and​ ​
established​ ​the​ ​architecture for​ ​the​ ​entire​ ​application​ ​with​
​other​ ​members​ ​in​ ​the​ ​
Architecture​ ​
Review​ ​Board

Citco (Canada) Inc, Halifax, Canada — Manager - Development Center

Sep 2008 - May 2011
Managed​​ Aexeo​​IT​​program​​
in​​Halifax​heading the development center and leading 5 verticals
including Aexeo IT program management. Co-architected and built ​a high​​throughput,​​highly​
​scalable​ ​globally​ ​dispersed,​ ​ multi-OS,​ ​multi-client​ ​financial​ ​services​ ​application -
​AExeo, which​ ​provides​ ​ a​ ​
one-stop-shop​ ​for​ ​Hedge​ ​Fund​ ​Administration,​ ​P&L,​ ​
Securities​
​Analysis,​ ​Order Management,​ ​
and​ ​
Reconciliation​.​

Mediacom Inc, Goshen, USA — Sr. Technology Consultant @ BearingPoint Inc

Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
Worked on its Maestro product using SOA based architecture - a provisioning tool that
offers reliable order handling through fallout management, provisioning, activation, and
business activity monitoring
 Wells Fargo, Des Moines, USA — Systems Analyst @ AllSoft Solutions
Nov 2007 - Mar 2008
Lead developer involved in developing the middle tier for Consumer Credit Services &
Technology​ ​Solutions’​ ​
applications​ ​-​ ​SOA​ ​based​ ​solution​ ​with​ ​J2EE​ ​components

Wellpoint Insurance, Indianapolis, USA — Systems Analyst @ FirstTek Technologies

Oct 2006 - Oct 2007
Part of E2E team in the following projects: End to End, Member Portal (Project Blue
Exchange), and Nationale Business. Contributed at different levels – individual
contributor, team lead and assisting​ with ​the​ ​architecture, development

Centeye Inc, Washington, DC, USA — Electrical Engineer II

May 2002 - Nov 2003
Was involved in designing the architecture for the back-end processor and cross platform
testing in J2EE for the micro sensors for use in unmanned air vehicles. In addition to
that, also developed software for​ ​the​ ​yaw​​and​​saccade​​harnesses​​and​​thereby​​design​​stable​
​micro​ ​air​ ​vehicle

Tata Infotech Ltd., Mumbai, India — Associate Systems Developer

Aug 1999 - Jun 2000
Developed modules in Java for the E-Care application, which enables in effectively
tracking customer profile changes, customer inquiries and automatic alerts, at the same
time maintaining knowledge​ ​
base​ ​
of​ ​all​ ​problems​ ​for​ ​future​ ​reference​

Publications & Book Chapters

1. V. Chandu, “​LCM: A new approach to parse XML documents through loose coupling between XML
document design and the corresponding application code”, IEEE International Conference on
Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCS2 08), December 5-14, 2008. Published
in ​
Advanced Techniques in Computing and Software Engineering, Springer Netherlands​ , Chapter
62, pp 361-366, 2010

2. V. Chandu, K.Singh,“​A Model for Prevention of Software Piracy through Secure Distribution​”,
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCS2
07), December 3-12, 2007. Published in​ Advances in Computer and Information Sciences and
Engineering, Springer​​ ​Netherlands,​ ​
Chapter​​
45,​
​​pp​ ​
251-255,​ ​
2008

3. V. Chandu, K. Singh, “​A Model for Multiplayer Interactive Games in Cellular Wireless
Environment​ ”, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software
Engineering (SCS2 07), December 3-12, 2007. Published in ​
Innovative Techniques in Instruction
Technology, E-learning, E-assessment, and ​ Education, Springer​ ​
Netherlands​
,​ ​
Chapter​ ​
6,​ pp​
​241-248,​ ​
2008

4. V. Chandu, K. Singh, “​Sensitivity analysis of parallel programs to local and non-local

interference​ ”, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software
Engineering (SCS2 06), December 4-14, 2006. Published in ​ Innovations and Advanced Techniques
in Computer and Information Sciences ​ and​ ​
Engineering, Springer​ ​
Netherlands​
,​ ​
Chapter​ ​
84,​
​ pp​
​475-481,​ ​
2007

5. V. Chandu, K. Singh, “​Performance evaluation of Xen-based virtual environment for High

Performance​ Computing Systems​”, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences
and Software ​ Engineering (SCS2 06), December 4-14, 2006. Published in ​
Innovations and Advanced
Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and ​ Engineering, Springer Netherlands​
, Chapter
83,​ pp​ ​
469-474,​ ​2007

6. D.A. Bader, V. Chandu, M. Yan, “​ ExactMP: An Efficient Parallel Solver for Phylogenetic Tree
Reconstruction using Maximum Parsimony​”, The 35th International Conference on Parallel
Processing (ICPP​ ​2006),​ ​Columbus,​ ​
Ohio,​ ​
USA,​​
August​ ​
14-18,​ ​
2006

7. Matthew Sottile, V. Chandu, D.A. Bader, “​ Performance analysis of parallel programs via
message-passing graph traversal​ ”, IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing
Symposium, 2006,​ ​Rhodes​​ ​Island,​ ​
Greece