Bio

An entrepreneur & avid technologist with a wealth of experience in building businesses from an idea through to exits. Technology innovator with patents number '7,571,069' & 'US20090024755A1' in the US patent office. Founder of the app 'Football Fan' app, which is a dedicated fan-driven app called ‘Football Fan’ that is changing the way billions of global fans engage with each other. The app is built using technologies for today & tomorrow such as AI, Robotics, streaming & blockchain. It is a seamless blend of SportsTech with business opportunities, which connects billions of fans around the globe, opening the door to greater interactivity, collaboration, communication & personalisation that has never been experienced before. The powerful concept behind the revolutionary app is supported by several key features, which facilitates hugely immersive fan engagement, with fans creating & contributing their own football-focused content with a 'by the fans, for the fans' ethos. Fans can connect & follow fellow fans or their friends or their beloved club to get involved in fan stories, videos, highlights, opinions, banter rooms, reactions to the latest results along the way also get rewarded with our FanCoin® rewards. Recent venture ‘CineFunTV’ was acquired by Jadoo TV Inc. ‘CineFunTV’ was a subscription-based live streaming platform that was available on 25+ Internet-connect devices ranging from smart TVs, streaming devices, h&-held devices, EE TV & proprietary set-top-box. It was streaming 150+ live TV channels, 5000+ films & thousands of hours of VOD & catch-up TV content with state-of-art technology that was built in-house. ‘CineFunTV’ will always be proud to be the only online platform live streaming Indian PM Mr. Narendra Modi & British PM Mr. David Cameron’s event from Wembley, London in 2015. Past roles include Lead Solution Architect, Solution Architect, Senior Technical Architect & Team Leader with extensive experience in architecting high-end & trend-setting systems for RBS/NatWest, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, British Telecom, Hewlett Packard & HCL Technologies. Working globally in the UK, US, India, France, Taiwan, South Korea & Africa helps in understanding multicultural & diverse working environment. Financial domain experience includes verticals such Digital Banking (Mobile, Internet, SMS), Payments (BACS, CHAPS, SEPA, Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Stripe, PayPal), Financial Risk (Credit, Financial Crime, Operational, Regulatory, Basel II), Commercial Banking, Commercial Finance & Microfinance.