Niressa Budhram Kistan

Niressa Budhram Kistan has a diverse work experience spanning over 15 years. Niressa is currently the Head of Technology - Trading at Iress, where they inspire and leads the technology team, ensuring excellence and innovation. Prior to this role, they served as an Engineering Team Lead at Iress, managing software development teams.

Before joining Iress, Niressa worked at ABSA Capital, where they held various roles such as Scrum Master, Incident and Problem Manager, and Application Management in Electronic Trading and Pricing and Risk. Niressa worked on multiple projects within Corporate Investment Banking, enabling corporate clients' payments to mobile wallets and implementing Authenticated Collections.

Additionally, they have experience at Royal Bank of Canada Dexia and LLOYDS TSB, where they worked as a 2ND Line Support Analyst focusing on support and administration tasks. Niressa also worked at BNP PARIBAS INVESTMENT BANK as a Trade Floor Support 1ST /2ND Line Support, providing support and troubleshooting.

Niressa's work experience reflects their expertise in technology leadership, team management, project management, and application support. Niressa has a strong background in the banking and financial domain and is known for their collaboration, performance management, and extensive technical skills.

Niressa Budhram Kistan attended Ridge Park College from 1996 to 1998, but did not obtain a degree or specify a field of study. Niressa then attended ITT from 1999 to 2000, where they obtained an MCSE degree in IT. In terms of certifications, they obtained the ICAGILE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL - AGILE COACHING certification from ICAgile in 2019. Niressa also obtained certifications including Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in 2018, Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance in 2016, and ITIL Foundation from ITIL. Additionally, they hold the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification from Microsoft and the Prince2 Foundation certification from APMG.