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Bala is an Engineering Leader with a successful track record of delivering strategic business outcomes powered by data insights, technology and innovation. Over a 25-year career spanning UK, USA, India and Malaysia, he has built world-class engineering teams to create innovative products and solutions that delight customers. A natural collaborator across organizational boundaries, he takes end-to-end accountability for business outcomes that make a big difference to customers. Focused on fighting financial crime through delivering reliable, scalable technology solutions that can prevent, detect and disrupt financial crime and fraud thereby protecting the vulnerable in society. Comfortable spanning strategic, consulting and the execution aspects of Senior Leadership roles, he has been a change agent in organizations, winning hearts-and-minds to drive through strategic change that is painful for the short-term but right for the medium and the long-term. Takes pride in adopting a coaching style of leadership to support and grow the team. Fostered a culture of psychological safety in Agile feature teams (multi-functional and spread across the globe) so that the team give their best. Embedded an engineering mindset in his teams where innovation, automation and pride in high-quality delivery are rewarded. With a computer engineering background and an MBA from Imperial College London, passionate about the potential of technology, especially in the new age dawning, with Generative AI emerging to be as transformational as electricity 100 years ago. If you are interested to engage with a dreamer, thinker and a doer (all bundled into one), you have come to the right person. Please feel free to reach out to Bala at [email protected]