Sobha Raman, Certified SAFe 5 Agilist,Certified SPO

Sobha Raman is a Certified SAFe 5 Agilist and Certified SPO with diverse work experience in various industries. Currently, Sobha is the Vice President of Product Management at Raistone, a fintech company focused on delivering working capital solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. In this role, Sobha is responsible for driving product strategy and ensuring businesses have access to financing quickly and easily.

Prior to joining Raistone, Sobha worked as a Senior Product Manager at Mr. Cooper, a consumer brand for mortgage servicing and originations. Here, Sobha was involved in managing the product lifecycle and played a crucial role in the mortgage operations.

Sobha also served as a Senior Product Manager at Santander Bank, N.A., where the main focus was on enhancing the reconciliation of general ledger versus operational ledger. Sobha collaboratively worked with stakeholders to develop and deploy a new capability in the application that allowed users to access on-demand reconciliation reports. Additionally, Sobha demonstrated the product solution to project sponsors and managed end-to-end product development.

Earlier in Sobha's career, at Morgan Stanley, Sobha held roles as a Senior Business Analyst and Business Analyst. As a Senior Business Analyst, Sobha played a key role in the Universal Trade Capture Project, which aimed to modernize trade capture and reconciliation processes. As a Business Analyst, Sobha worked on the Conversion Project, which involved integrating platforms and databases from Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney.

Sobha's career began as a Technical Analyst at Safeco Insurance, where Sobha was involved in building business critical applications for a major insurance client. Sobha quickly progressed to become a Module Lead, leading a small team of developers and working closely with functional architects to gather and interpret user requirements.

Overall, Sobha Raman's work experience showcases their expertise in product management, project management, and business analysis in the finance and insurance industries.

Sobha Raman holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Engineering, which they obtained from Kerala University in Thiruvananthapuram, India, from 2003 to 2007. In terms of additional certifications, they are a Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist, certified by Scaled Agile, Inc., which they obtained in December 2021. Sobha is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), certified by Scrum Alliance, which they obtained in June 2018. There are no specific details provided about the Certification in "Global wealth management" from Tata Consultancy Services, or the NCFM Certifications in Financial Markets, Mutual Funds, and Equity Derivatives from NCFM Share Market Training Institute. Lastly, there is mention of an IBM certification in IBM DB2 7.1, but no further information is provided about the institution or the date of obtaining this certification.