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US Head of IAM Operations — Top-10 U.S. Bank | Identity Governance, Regulatory Compliance | IEEE & ACM TKDD/TOIT Reviewer | CISM, CISA
Building identity and access management programs that meet the highest bar of regulatory scrutiny in global banking — spanning 200,000+ digital identities across workforce, privileged, and non-human accounts.
I build identity and access management programs that meet the highest bar of regulatory scrutiny in global banking — spanning 200,000+ digital identities across workforce, privileged, and non-human accounts.
As US Head of IAM Operations at a top-10 U.S. bank, I lead enterprise identity governance within one of the most complex regulated environments in financial services. The work spans Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and FFIEC oversight, and has consistently delivered clean audit outcomes since 2017. At the center of my work is the Zero-Defect IAM Policy Framework — a methodology that embeds compliance directly into control design. PwC recognized elements of the framework as industry-leading.
Beyond operations, I contribute as an IEEE and ACM peer reviewer, published author, and cybersecurity awards judge. MS in Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Michigan. 15+ years across banking, telecom, and aviation.
View Full ProfileSailPoint IdentityIQ engineering, Joiner-Mover-Leaver lifecycle management, and access recertification at enterprise scale.
Designing and operating PAM solutions for privileged accounts, service accounts, and API credentials across hybrid infrastructure.
Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and FFIEC regulatory readiness. Zero-Defect IAM Policy Framework for audit-grade control design.
Implementing Zero Trust controls for workforce and machine identities across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
Governance programs for service accounts, API credentials, and machine identities that traditional IAM overlooks.
Leveraging AI for identity risk detection, access anomaly identification, and intelligent governance automation.
Enterprise platforms, commercial products, published apps, and passion projects — systems I designed, built, and shipped across my career.
Designed and built a real-time executive dashboard for a top-10 US bank, providing leadership and regulators instant visibility into hundreds of applications, hundreds of thousands of accounts, and compliance posture across multiple business entities. Features multiple analytical views including application inventory, certification status, owner analysis, data quality scoring, compliance matrix, and workgroup directory — replacing weeks of manual report generation with one-click compliance intelligence for SOX, GLBA, and risk oversight.
Created a SailPoint IdentityIQ plugin that transforms the certification review experience — enabling batch decision updates, enhanced workflows, and streamlined reviewer actions that dramatically reduced certification completion time. The plugin's effectiveness led to it being commercially adopted as a product and offered to other SailPoint customers. Original intellectual property that evolved from an internal efficiency tool into a revenue-generating solution.
Developed a methodology that embeds regulatory compliance directly into control architecture — eliminating last-minute audit scrambles. A Big Four firm formally recognized elements as "industry-leading." The framework anchors how a major financial institution delivers examiner confidence at scale across Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and FFIEC oversight.
Led the full SailPoint IdentityIQ implementation from scratch at a major financial institution — building Joiner-Mover-Leaver lifecycle workflows, access recertification campaigns, and governance reporting across hundreds of thousands of digital identities. The platform directly addressed regulatory enforcement actions and delivered consistently clean audit outcomes.
Engineered delta aggregation and partition tuning for Azure AD identity synchronization, achieving 80–90% runtime reduction. Optimized API pagination to reduce cloud API calls by 10x and eliminated database connection leaks from long-running search operations.
Built a multi-component monitoring platform tracking hundreds of applications across multiple business entities — with automated vendor alerting, file pre-validation, KRI compliance reporting, and an email-integrated feed loader that eliminated manual data handling from IAM operations entirely.
Architected automated certification campaigns for SOX and GLBA compliance — dynamic configuration, intelligent exclusion logic, and multi-certifier workflows that eliminated manual audit preparation across hundreds of regulated applications.
Pioneered governance programs for service accounts, API credentials, and machine identities — closing a critical gap that regulators flagged across the industry. This operational experience directly informed published research on NHI threats and Zero Trust.
Built a custom governance portal for applications not yet onboarded to the enterprise identity platform — providing full governance coverage across the entire application estate without mandating platform migration. A pragmatic bridge that closed audit gaps while onboarding continued in parallel.
Implemented machine learning for intelligent access certifications. The system tells managers: "99% of people in this role have this access — safe to approve" or flags outliers: "This user is the ONLY person in Finance with admin access to this server." Reduced review fatigue and improved decision quality across thousands of certification decisions.
Designed and built a comprehensive in-house toolset: Schema Checker, Pre/Post Cert Validations, Mass Email Generator, Health Check Monitors, Logs Cleaner, Auto ScreenPrints (RPA for auditors), Automated KRI Reporting, Instant Report Pulls, Threshold Monitoring, Uncorrelated Analysis Engine, and the IMP (One Stop Shop) Portal — eliminating hundreds of hours of manual operational work annually.
Led the enterprise-wide Zero Trust Access initiative — shifting the network model from implicit trust to continuous verification of Identity, Device Health, and Context on every access request. Architected the transition across a global financial institution's infrastructure.
Onboarded critical databases (SQL Server, Oracle) with built-in super-admin accounts (SA, SYS) into CyberArk PAM governance — extending privileged access management to the data layer and closing a significant audit gap for database administrator access.
Led the IAM implications of an Oracle Fusion to Workday HR migration and a multi-entity corporate consolidation — ensuring lifecycle controls, access integrity, and audit continuity remained intact through both platform changes and organizational restructuring.
Built an intelligent email automation system that works completely offline with no LLM dependency. Detects email categories from subject/sender patterns, extracts context (ticket numbers, names, dates), generates context-aware responses, and learns from rejected drafts to improve over time. Privacy-first AI that runs locally without sending data to external APIs. Designed for potential commercial use.
Published mobile app that intelligently identifies duplicate photos, screenshots, social media downloads, and large videos to reclaim phone storage. Features timestamp-based duplicate grouping, device-aware screenshot detection, low-resolution social media identification, and resolution-based video bitrate estimation. A free tool built to help people — no monetization, just impact.
A comprehensive Python toolkit for scanning markets, analyzing stocks with 12+ technical indicators, generating ranked trade signals, managing risk, backtesting strategies, and practicing with paper trading. Built to explore quantitative finance and algorithmic trading concepts. Educational purposes only — not financial advice.
IEEE ICSSAS 2026 (presented May 28–30, Erode) • Also accepted ICSSIT-337, 7th ICSSIT 2026 (July 28–30, Warangal; IEEE Xplore proceedings)
ICSSIT conferenceICSCSA-2026 (Paper ID ICSCSA-076; Aug 19–21, Salem) • Also accepted ICESC-2026 (Paper ID ICESC_161; Aug 26–28, Coimbatore; IEEE Xplore proceedings planned)
ICSCSA conference ICESC conferenceJournal of Intelligent Decision Making and Information Science (JIDMIS) • Published by Nexora • ISSN: 3079-0875
Journal of Intelligent Decision Making and Information Science (JIDMIS) • Published by Nexora • ISSN: 3079-0875 • Manuscript ID: JIDMIS-07/2026-3109GD
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications (IJCISIM) • E-ISSN: 2150-7988 • Scopus-indexed Q3 • Vol. 18, Issue 1s • DOI: 10.70917/ijcisim-2026-1963
View published article Scopus sourceAmerican Journal of Technology (GPR Journals) • Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 15–29 • DOI: 10.58425/ajt.v5i3.506
View publicationInternational Journal of Engineering Technology Research & Management (IJETRM) • ISSN: 2456-9348 • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20062624
View on Zenodo Journal issueFinextra • Trade / Industry Publication • Non-Human Identity & Zero Trust
Read on FinextraLinkedIn • Trade / Thought Leadership • April 2026
Read on LinkedInHBR • Cloud Security Alliance Journal
Presented paper at the IEEE Systems Council's 4th International Conference on Self Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Systems. The paper covers AI-driven physical identity and access management — establishing cyber-physical zero trust for critical infrastructure environments.
Exclusive feature interview on non-human identity risk, physical-digital identity convergence, and AI-era governance frameworks. Read on OneIndia
Published analysis of non-human identity threats — service accounts, API keys, and machine credentials that bypass traditional IAM controls. Read on Finextra
Methodological analysis of translating ambiguous federal regulatory mandates into binary engineering controls that deliver zero-defect audit results. View publication
Accepted for oral presentation and IEEE Xplore proceedings submission — co-authored with S. Sepuri, M. Sethi, and H. Goel. Conference site
Personally invited to IDC's premier CIO summit bringing together enterprise technology and business leaders. Attendees received complimentary IDC research reports valued at $7,500 each, covering cybersecurity preparations for Q-Day, AI process optimization, and board-level career strategy.
Participated in a private, C-level peer-to-peer roundtable alongside CISOs, Directors, and Heads of Cybersecurity from major global organizations. Topics covered fostering innovation in regulated environments, digital transformation, AI workforce impact, and IT security leadership. Received a Certificate of Recognition from Strategy Insights.
Invited to a closed-door virtual roundtable convening senior IT, digital, and operations leaders. Facilitated by IDC Research Director Shannon Kalvar, the session focused on navigating reliability, risk, and visibility as agentic AI becomes operational. Received a Certificate of Attendance.
Attended Ping Identity's State of Trust Summit focused on the evolving identity and IAM landscape. Received early access to IDC's commissioned research report "Closing the Trust Gap" based on a global survey of 794 identity decision-makers.
Registered for Gartner's flagship CIO webinar examining enterprise agility, risk management, and strategic tenacity in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Participated in a three-day global CISO convention convening cybersecurity leaders from across multiple countries and business units of a top-10 global bank. Sessions covered the evolving cyber threat landscape, AI-driven fraud defense, working group breakouts on operational resilience, and the "TerminAItor Challenge" exploring AI in security. Led by the Global CISO with presentations from cyber threat intelligence, fraud prevention, and resilience teams.
Contributed to a roundtable discussion hosted by TheXecNet bringing together senior cybersecurity and technology leaders. Topics included preventing deepfake-driven synthetic identities from infiltrating the workforce, operational risks in remote password reset and account recovery, balancing frictionless employee onboarding with strong identity verification, insider threats involving compromised credentials and MFA bypass, and continuous identity verification for zero trust and non-human identities.
Evaluated cybersecurity products and innovations for one of the industry's most recognized award programs.
Assessed enterprise cybersecurity solutions and recognized excellence in security innovation.
Completed formal peer reviews of 10 assigned papers for IEEE ICIIS 2026 via Microsoft CMT (Reviewer account: prudhvia16@gmail.com). Paper IDs: 560, 561, 578, 834, 837, 841, 966, 1141, 1228, 1262.
TPC Reviewer for 10 papers at IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing and AI (Technically Sponsored by IEEE UP Section).
Peer reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Smart Systems and Advanced Security.
Reviewed and graded over 100 student business pitches across multiple NFTE events — the Mott Million Dollar Challenge and the Southeast Entrepreneurship Showcase Round 1. Contributed 11+ verified volunteer hours across both judging windows (March–April 2026).
Contributing to the academic community through conference management, peer review, and technical program committee roles via CMT (Conference Management Toolkit).
IEEE • Int'l Conference via Microsoft CMT
Completed peer reviews for 10 assigned submissions (Paper IDs 560, 561, 578, 834, 837, 841, 966, 1141, 1228, 1262). Full review texts and CMT screenshots retained for counsel.
IEEE UP Section • Int'l Conference on Smart Computing and AI
TPC Reviewer evaluating paper submissions and shaping the conference technical program. Technically sponsored by IEEE UP Section.
IEEE • Int'l Conference on Smart Systems and Advanced Security
Reviewed research submissions on smart systems and security, providing detailed technical feedback to authors.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Peer reviewer for ACM TKDD, evaluating manuscripts on knowledge discovery, data mining, and analytics.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Peer reviewer for ACM TOIT, assessing research on internet systems, protocols, and security technologies.
Association for Computing Machinery
April 2026
Earned ACM Certified Reviewer credential recognizing expertise in scholarly peer review for TKDD and TOIT journals.
IEEE UP Section
2026
Selected as Technical Program Committee Reviewer for 10 papers at IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing and AI.
PwC Recognition
2021
PwC formally recognized the Zero-Defect IAM Policy Framework controls as "industry-leading" during regulatory audit engagement.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Office
2022
The NY/NJ AAPI Business Resource Group region was selected for the 2022 Business Impact Award — recognized for leveraging the voice of the BRG to drive business impacts and significantly contributing to the organization through the group's work.
Strategy Insights IT US Program
May 2026
Received a formal Certificate of Recognition for expertise and valuable contributions as part of the IT US Program organized by Strategy Insights — a by-invitation-only executive forum.
Big Four Audit Validation
January 2026
Led remediation of two IAM SOX deficiencies at a major financial institution. PwC validated closure of both findings. Recognized by senior leadership with a "Kudos to Prudhvi for leading both remediation efforts and driving to closure."
Enterprise Audit Validation
April 2026
Contributed to remediation of a PAM and ACL audit finding related to cash and ATM operations. Internal Audit validated the finding as 100% closed — approved for closure after comprehensive evidence review.
Business Observability 2026
February 2026
Received a formal Certificate of Attendance for participating in the IDC & Dynatrace closed-door executive roundtable on Business Observability and Agentic AI.
ISACA
Active
ISACA
Active
SANS / (ISC)²
Active
GIAC / SANS
Active
Association for Computing Machinery
April 2026
IDC & Dynatrace
February 26, 2026
Strategy Insights IT US Program
May 6, 2026
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
March 2026
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
April 13–15, 2026
International Journal of Engineering Technology Research & Management
May 7, 2026
IEEE Systems Council • 4th International Conference on Self Sustainable AI Systems
May 28–30, 2026
The Executive Network (TheXecNet)
February 26, 2026
Served as Budget Lead for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Business Resource Group's NY/NJ chapter for over two years. Managed financial planning and resource allocation for community events, development initiatives, and outreach programs. Worked alongside regional and national BRG leadership to drive business impact and foster inclusion.
"Our mission is to harness the unique talents, experiences, and perspectives of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) professionals within our organization to drive business success, foster innovation, and promote inclusivity. Through strategic collaboration, development initiatives, and community engagement, we aspire to be a driving force in shaping a diverse and thriving workplace."
November 2022 — July 2024Appointed to the Advisory Council for the Customer Experience Certificate Program at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business. Membership is by invitation only, based on personal and professional accomplishments. The council is a diverse, innovative network of top executives who contribute through strategic program review, expert guidance to faculty and students, and promoting the link between industry and academia.
February 2026 — PresentVolunteered as a virtual judge for two NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) events — the Mott Million Dollar Challenge and the Southeast Entrepreneurship Showcase Round 1. Reviewed and graded over 100 student business pitches across both events, contributing 11+ verified volunteer hours. NFTE's mission is to ignite the entrepreneurial mindset with unique learning experiences that empower students to own their futures.
March — April 2026Applied for and served in the Volunteer Lead role for the AAPI Business Resource Group's NJ chapter — ensuring events aligned with community focus through charitable contributions, volunteering, community partnerships, and business engagement. Worked to connect the organization's professionals with local communities.
2022 — 2024As a senior executive with deep technical roots, I bridge the gap between engineering decisions and business outcomes. I provide hands-on guidance to architects, senior developers, and engineering leads — not just on how to build something, but on why it matters to the business. When an architect designs an access model or a senior developer builds an integration, I help them see how that work connects to regulatory posture, audit readiness, and enterprise risk. That perspective comes from years of doing the technical work myself before leading it.
2017 — PresentAs US Head of IAM Operations, I have been directly involved in shaping the direction of major enterprise implementations — from full SailPoint platform builds and HR system migrations to Zero Trust rollouts and entity consolidation programs. My role in these efforts is not just oversight. I bring informed opinions to the table on architecture choices, sequencing decisions, and risk trade-offs, and those inputs have been a factor in the successful delivery of every major IAM initiative at the organization.
2017 — PresentGuiding emerging researchers on writing rigorous academic papers and navigating IEEE/ACM peer review standards as an ACM Certified Reviewer.
2026 — PresentBuilt IAM knowledge transfer programs across multiple employers and consulting engagements — enabling enterprise teams in banking, telecom, and aviation to operate their IAM programs independently post-engagement.
2013 — PresentService accounts outnumber employees 10:1 in most enterprises. This article examines the growing NHI threat landscape and proposes governance frameworks for machine identity sprawl.
Read on FinextraFederal regulators write in prose; engineers need Boolean logic. This piece breaks down a systematic approach to translating compliance mandates into audit-ready engineering controls.
Read publicationWhy Linux IAM gaps show up in regulatory exams and how Zero Trust identity controls close them in heterogeneous banking environments.
Read on LinkedInRegular insights on Zero Trust transformation, non-human identity governance, AI in identity analytics, and building IAM programs that regulators trust.
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