Asim Siddiqui
Manager Transaction Operations
United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolAsim Siddiqui is a seasoned banking and fintech operations leader with 18+ years of experience designing and delivering payment, regulatory and digital transformation programs across major UAE banks. Currently Manager Transaction Operations at Barclays UAE, he specializes in integrating complex payment systems (Aani, NPSS, IPP, eDDA) and aligning projects with central bank mandates while driving cost and efficiency gains. He blends technical foundations—early career work in core banking migrations and integrations—with strategic delivery skills, having led large-scale migrations, UATs and agile transformations for acquisitions and national payment initiatives. Certified by MIT, Scrum Alliance and PMI, Asim converts regulatory complexity into pragmatic, auditable solutions and is known for marrying data-driven decision making with hands-on system integration. Outside work he pairs quantitative rigor with creative pursuits—an investment-banker mindset, chartered-accountant training, hobbyist coder and musician—bringing an uncommon mix of finance, tech and creativity to program leadership.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
O Levels High School diploma, Science concentration, O Levels High School diploma, Science concentration at Arab Unity SchoolMasters, Information Technology, Masters, Information Technology at SZABISTSharjah CollegeBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Troy University
English
Github Skills (2)
magicmirror6
traccar2
Github contributions (5)
asimhsidd/MMM-TracCar
May 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 7 months
magicmirrormagicmirror-moduletraccartracking
asimhsidd/MMM-VideoPlayer
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
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