Karthika Dhanakumar has a diverse work experience in the field of business analysis and testing, mainly in the banking industry. Karthika currently works as a Business Analyst at Volante Technologies since August 2020. Prior to that, they were a Business Consultant at National Development Bank PLC (NDB) through ITSS India Pvt Limited, where they were responsible for the Payment Domain - Temenos Payment Hub. Karthika started this role in December 2019 and left in July 2020.
Before their role at NDB, Karthika worked as a Senior Consultant at Bank of Montreal through Virtusa from April 2019 to November 2019. Karthika also has experience working at Temenos as a Senior Test Engineer from September 2017 to April 2019, where they were involved in various upgrades and enhancements of the T24 product, particularly in SWIFT Payment Banking Group Projects.
Furthermore, Karthika worked as a Senior Test Engineer at Standard Chartered Bank through Capgemini from July 2015 to August 2017. In this role, they contributed to the enhancement and upgrade of Standard Chartered's in-house payment engine dotOPAL. Additionally, they gained experience as a Test Engineer at Barclays Investment Bank through Thinksoft Global Services from February 2013 to July 2015, where they successfully released Global Payplus, a Finastra product, for Barclays US and EU regions. During their time at Barclays, they had the opportunity to use Barclays interfaces and gain hands-on experience.
Overall, Karthika Dhanakumar's work experience demonstrates their expertise in business analysis, testing, and implementation of banking payment solutions.
Karthika Dhanakumar attended T.J. Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2011, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In addition to their formal education, they have also earned several certifications including the Customer Delite Award from Capgemini, ISTQB Foundation from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development from Microsoft, and a SPOT award from Standard Chartered Bank.
August, 2020 - present