me/2013-18-Reference.txt

INTERIM REFERENCE for
Mr. Hariprasad Bantwal, born August 3, 1978
from India
Date of entry: November 1, 2010
Mr. Hariprasad Bantwal joined our company on the above date. A separate interim reference provides
information on his activities and performance up to June 16, 2013.
Mr. Bantwal works in the Swiss Cash Settlements IT Functional Architecture area of the Chief Operating
Officer corporate function. As an Application Architect & Developer, he is primarily responsible for the
following tasks:
• Developing sustainable design solutions and implementing the core of Phoenix Il Strategic
Confirmation Platform which is consistently delivering a high-quality in time with excellent production
stability from its inception, while collaborating with 15 team members over 5 years
• Coordinating and delivering complex analysis, design and effort estimation for a new Swiss Cash
Settlement Engine, including the alignment of business capabilities and global reuse potentially
based on two options on top of Settlement Obligation Handler
• Successfully delivering a PRIIPs/MiFID regulatory project impacting multiple applications in
department and acting as a Single Point of Contact for Global Operations Solution Delivery
• Taking responsibility for taking over the ABA application from Swiss Trading IT and
designing/supervising the renovation of the application as well as mitigating the platform risk
• Acting as a lead architect and a consultant in decommissioning Credit Suisse applications, such as
OPICS (Cost Reduction, Complexity Reduction), PTX (Complexity Reduction), Phoenix I (Audit
Point), IOT applications (Architecture Simplification), Recon Engine (Complexity Reduction)
• Leading the evaluation and proposal of Delphix Data Virtualization tool for Murex which significantly
reduces the data footprint and refresh time, as well as the forecasted cost savings
• Coordinating AURA onboarding activities for Group Operations Switzerland in line with the Strategic
Access Control Initiative (SACI) for FINMA regulatory commitment
• Delivering analysis, design and supervising implementation of all technical initiatives, such as JAP
Migrations, Odyssey Toolchain and Windows 10 readiness checks and serving as a trusted advisor
of Cash products Switzerland
• Assuming responsibility for the strategic direction of 23 application in the FX/OTC settlement
portfolio
• Representing Credit Suisse as an active member of the DLT Working Group of the International
Securities Services Association (ISSA)
In addition to the above, Mr. Bantwal also assumes the following responsibitities:
• Acting as a global OTC Derivatives Program architecture confirmation stream lead, assuming
responsibility for OTC post-trade confirmations for regulatory initiatives (e.g., trade reporting,
outstanding confirmations, UTI, unauthorized trading)
• Serving as a core member of the working group to create a Strategic Confirmation Platform for
consolidating OTC/Cash Confirmations and driving the regional synergy in Output Management
initiative, including Securities and IB
• Delivering innovation and driving the Blockchain topics for Group Operations Switzerland, including
the first own Cash PoC fully integrated in Credit Suisse environment
Organizing and presenting the capabilities of Blockchain with his Cash PoC to the Senior
Management and Head of IT Strategy & Architecture, coordinating with teams in Singapore, Pune,
London and Raleigh for ideation and lead the meetings with Swiss Digital Solutions & Delivery
organization
In recognition of his very good performance, Mr. Bantwal was promoted to Assistant Vice President
within Middle Management as of January 1, 2015.
We are pleased to confirm that Mr. Bantwal is an entrepreneurial, independent and exceedingly reliable
member of Middle Management who shows exemplary commitment and a highly integrated way of
thinking. Moreover, he is noted for his excellent conceptual skills and his in-depth specialist knowledge.
Mr. Bantwal completes his tasks in a careful and proactive manner and is viewed as an exceptionally
competent contact person. He produces very good results in terms of both quality and quantity at all
times, thereby exceeding our high requirements and expectations.
We have come to appreciate Mr. Bantwal as a dynamic and open-minded employee who approaches his
duties in a particularly solution-oriented and innovative way. Furthermore, he demonstrates great
willingness to face new challenges and distinguishes himself through his remarkably helpful attitude.
Mr. Bantwal's trustworthy and consistently team-focused nature ensures that he is held in equally high
regard by al who work with him. His conduct toward clients, superiors and colleagues is impeccable at al
times and exemplary in every respect.
We are issuing this interim reference at the request of Mr. Bantwal following a change in line manager as
of June 1, 2018. We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his very good contribution and
look forward to his valuable services in the future.
CREDIT SUISSE AG
Zurich, July 9, 2018 / awi