Vikram Kumar

Managing Director - Aladdin Wealth Tech | BlackRock
MBA - FMS, Delhi University

About

More than two decades of experience focused on leading, strengthening and sustaining delivery arms of global services, product development organisations, banks and Investment management firms with 10+ years in technology leadership roles. Built & grown teams from scratch driving commercial tech revenues for the firm.

Currently serving as Managing Director and Head of Aladdin Wealth Tech India at BlackRock, leading both Product Engineering and Client Implementation teams - a key technology revenue arm for BlackRock. Aladdin Wealth™ is an industry-leading platform powering the future of wealth management, built on the portfolio and risk analysis technology used by BlackRock and sophisticated institutions globally.

Played a key role in the firm's strategic tech direction including cloud migration, AI adoption and move to various SaaS offerings like Snowflake leading to the Tech 2030 vision. Delivered multiple topline growth initiatives including commercial offerings for Aladdin including AI offerings, Data warehousing offerings and providing compute at scale.

Professional Experience

BlackRock India

Managing Director - Head of Aladdin Wealth Tech India
March 2013 – Present

  • Led the Aladdin Wealth Tech (AWT) team out of India, including Product Engineering and Client Implementation teams - a key technology revenue arm for BlackRock
  • Aladdin Wealth™ is an industry-leading platform powering the future of wealth management, built on portfolio and risk analysis technology used by BlackRock and sophisticated institutions globally
  • Previously led the Active Equities Integration & Data Investments team, architecting & developing tools that deliver data science-driven insights to Active Equities investors for Alpha generation
  • Played a key role in firm's strategic tech direction including cloud migration, AI adoption, and move to SaaS offerings like Snowflake leading to Tech 2030 vision
  • Delivered multiple topline growth initiatives including commercial offerings for Aladdin: AI offerings, Data warehousing offerings, and compute at scale

Prior Experience

Royal Bank of Scotland (now Natwest), GlobalLogic, Hewitt Associates, Aithen Technologies
July 2000 – March 2013

Various Roles: Developer, Sr. Lead Product Development, Team Lead

  • Managed and led multiple teams providing solutions within Banking domain (Payments-SEPA, SWIFT, Trade Finance, CREST)
  • Managed projects worth 3000 person days and over 1.5 million GBP costs, including T&M and Fixed price models
  • As Sr. Lead Product Development, responsible for design/delivery/team management for startup mobile-based search client
  • As Developer, extensively involved in design and development of collaborative UML modeling tool on Java platform

Education

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) - Delhi University

MBA
2004 - 2007

Maharishi Dayanand University - Rohtak

B.Tech (Computer Science)

Skills & Expertise

Technical Skills

  • Software Engineering & Architecture - Technology stack includes Java, Python, Various databases including Snowflake
  • Multi Cloud Strategy - Multi cloud usage and adoption, Cloud first Approach
  • AI First Transformation - Leading AI adoption and integration initiatives
  • Thought Leadership - Strategic technology direction and innovation

Leadership & Management

  • Tech Strategy - Strategic planning and execution for technology initiatives
  • Product Development - End-to-end product lifecycle management
  • Technology Risk - Risk management and mitigation strategies

Open Source Contributions

GitHub Activity

Actively contributing to the technology community through open source projects and continuous learning.

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Professional Philosophy

I believe in transforming complex challenges into strategic opportunities through innovative thinking and collaborative leadership. My approach emphasizes building high-performing teams, fostering continuous learning, and delivering sustainable technology solutions that create lasting value for organizations and their stakeholders.