Madhu Kattela - Head of Technology | CIO/CTO Team Partner

Profile

Ambitious IT Visionary with 25 years specializing in Cards & Payments, Core Banking, and Enterprise Architecture. I enable organisations to move forward technologically and apply innovative business ideas to save and generate millions of dollars. Expert in guiding organizations towards next-generation technologies that set industry standards.

Rare Skill: Deep understanding across Business, Application/Data, and Technology layers—enabling a complete end-to-end picture essential for aligning business goals with technical execution.

Subject Matter Expertise: Comprehensive Cards & Payments SME—a rare combination increasingly hard to find globally. Developing AI-powered solutions to address the industry SME shortage.

Strategic Leadership Aspiration: After 25 years shaping technology strategy from within, ready to step into Head of Technology roles or partner closely with CIO/CTO teams as a trusted technical leader. Passionate about translating technology strategies into execution and driving outcomes.

Currently supporting sales teams with client discovery and technical strategy. First time available for hire—ready for Head of Technology roles or CIO/CTO team partnership.

Key Offerings

End-to-End Vision

Deep understanding across Business, Application/Data, and Technology layers

Develop & Execute Strategy

Crafting technology strategies that shape organisational futures—boardroom to delivery

Budget & Cost Governance

Managing technology investments, tracking spend, driving cost optimisation

Complex Cultures

Actionable alternatives that drive success in political environments

Earned Reputation With Teams From

MasterCard Visa American Express Major AU Banks Major Third Parties

Experience

Advisor Technologist | Manager Solution Architecture Aug 2024 - Present

DXC Technology CURRENT ROLE

Sydney, Australia | Pre-Sales & Technical Consulting Focus

Pain Point Analysis: Deep-dive discovery to uncover client challenges, legacy constraints, growth blockers
Solution Architecture: Transforming pain points into compelling solutions with clear ROI
Winning Proposals: Crafting proposals that align technical capabilities with business outcomes
Competitive Positioning: Articulating differentiation against competitors
Global Reach: Consulting across Australia, NZ, USA, India, Japan, and Middle East
Executive Presentations: C-level presentations, translating technical complexity into business value

Advisor Technologist | Senior Solutions Architect Oct 2019 - Aug 2024

DXC Technology

Sydney, Australia

Architected high-availability, fault-tolerant systems processing 2+ billion transactions annually
Lead Architect across 5 agile teams operating from Australia, USA, and India—designing solutions for client problems and resolving major complex incidents
Gained high reputation with MasterCard, Visa, and American Express through numerous successful projects
Led Machine Learning implementation for real-time operations monitoring
Blockchain POC for contract signing; instrumental in launching new products for major banking clients
Platform modernization strategies enabling cloud migration to Microsoft Azure and AWS

Integration Architect Sep 2007 - Oct 2019

DXC Technology

Sydney, Australia

Instrumental in enabling Card Technologies (EMV, Contactless, Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, 3D Secure 1.0/2.0)
Helped acquire a testing company and transition seamlessly to DXC Technology
Led Automation teams for Authorizations, web portals, and legacy applications

Systems Analyst Oct 2002 - Sep 2006

Birlasoft

Architected migration of credit systems for GE Money (Latitude Financial)

Senior Developer Feb 2001 - Oct 2002

Saksoft Ltd

Unsecured Loans development for Standard Chartered Bank Singapore

Designing for Tomorrow

Future Vision

5-10 Year Industry Vision Future-Proof Architecture AI-Native Systems

Emerging Tech

Quantum-Ready Security Real-Time Everything Open Banking & APIs

Technical Expertise

Cards & Payments - Platforms

Core Banking NPP BECS to NPP

Card Products

Consumer Credit Consumer Debit Commercial Corporate Prepaid Travel Money

Technologies & Standards

EMV Contactless Apple Pay Samsung Pay 3D Secure ISO 8583 AS2805 ISO 20022 HSM

Fraud & Compliance

Fraud Monitoring Banking Fraud Telecom Fraud Government PCI DSS (Guiding Teams) SOC 2 (Guiding Teams)

Cloud Architecture

AWS Azure Serverless Container-based Event-driven Cost Optimisation Kubernetes Docker

Emerging Tech

Machine Learning AI Strategy Blockchain Big Data ELK Stack Splunk

Certifications & Education

TOGAF 9 Certified (2017) ArchiMate Certified (2024) AWS Solutions Architect Associate B.Tech - SK University (1993-1997)

Engagement Models

Head of Technology

Leading technical teams and driving execution

CIO/CTO Team Partner

Supporting executive leadership, translating vision into execution

Contract / Consulting

Project-based, architecture reviews, interim leadership