Title: FACT SHEET
1FACT SHEET
- Polaris Software Lab
- Analyst Meet Mumbai- December 2, 2002
2Profit Loss Account of OrbiTech Solutions Half
Year ended Sep 30, 2002
3OrbiTech - Metrics
4HUMAN RESOURCES- a Snapshot
- 20 of the associates in Polaris and OrbiTech
have more than 5years of work experience within
the two corporates
- The merged entity will have about 34,000 man
years experience in the software industry (One of
the largest in the industry)
- About 25 of the Top 100 profiles in the company
are from Premier Banking Conglomerates
- The Attrition rate in the merged entity as of Sep
30, 2002 is around 8.2
- The merged entity has 4145 Associates (Oct 31,
2002)
5Polaris Software Qualification Wise Break-up
As of Oct 31, 2002
- Graduate 60
- Post Graduate 39
- CAs, ICWA, PhD's 1
6THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
7Business Leadership Team
- Arun Jain - B.Tech, Chairman Managing Director
He is a first generation entrepreneur and the
promoter of Polaris Software. He has over 18
years of experience, which encompasses Software
Development, Project Management, creation of
strategic alliances, business development and
strategic planning - Ram Bhagwat - Managing Director of OrbiTech
Solutions Limited. He is also the Chief Architect
Engineer of the company. Prior to taking charge
of OrbiTech in 2001, Ram worked with IBM for 9
years (was awarded the IBM 'Chairman's
Professional Excellency Award' in 1974) and BILT
for 8 years. Following this, he was Citibank's
Technology Director for the Indian sub-continent
for 16 years, was the Director of E-Serve and
CITIL (currently i-flex Solutions Ltd.) from 1992
to 1999. Ram received a Masters Degree in
Technology from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur. - Govind Singhal - Executive Director He heads EG
Orion, delivery organization, engaged in delivery
of solutions for Banking and Financial Services,
focussing on front-end delivery systems using
state of art technologies. He has around 16 years
of work experience. Govind received a Masters
degree in Physics from Delhi University. - Aruna Kashinath - Managing Partner She heads the
Global Sales Organization (GSO) on Technology and
Emerging Vertical Sales. She has more than 23
years of experience in managing technology
projects and has been with Polaris since
inception. Aruna received a Post graduate degree
in Statistics from Mumbai University. - Ashish Sinha- Heads the Business Development
function of OrbiTech and also looks after
Non-Citigroup Services. He is currently based in
Chennai. Before assuming his current
responsibilities, Ashish was the Head of
Technology for Citibank, India and has worked
with Citibank for 10 years. Ashish received an
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
and a B. Tech from Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur.
8Business Leadership Team
- Harpal Dugal Head of Business - Optimus He
was, till recently, the Chief Executive Officer
of Standard Chartered and Head of the Customer
Banking Business for the Standard Chartered
group, brings with him global expertise across
banking domains. Harpal held several positions of
increased responsibility with Citibank, from 1980
through to 1997. This included being the Retail
Banking Head of Citibank-Indonesia in 1989 and
the Credit Cards Business Head of
Citibank-Philippines in 1993, before his return
to India to eventually lead Standard Chartered in
2000. He holds an MBA from Indian Institute of
Management Ahmedabad. - Aruna Rao - Heads the Services Group at OrbiTech
She has been with OrbiTech (formerly Citicorp
Overseas Software Limited) since 1987 and has
managed the development of various systems in the
corporate banking area. Aruna has an MBA from
Ahmedabad and an M.S. from University of
Maryland, USA. - Tarachand - Heads the Products Group at OrbiTech
and is based in Mumbai. He has worked with
Citigroup for 15 years, initially with Citibank
Technology and then with Saudi American Bank
(Technology Division). He has wide experience
across various banking segments.Tarachand
received an MBA from Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad and is a Bachelor of
Engineering. - V Mahadevan - Senior Vice President He has
experience of managing the delivery of large
overseas projects for our major customer. He has
also been with the company for over 10 years and
heads the unit in charge of delivering global
projects for our largest customer. - Ashok Korwar - Strategic Advisor. He has a
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from
IIT Mumbai. He is also a Doctorate in Management
from the University of California, LA. His work
experience includes a stint at Electronic Data
Systems Corporation from 1984 to 1990 where he
was Division-VP looking after Business
Development. He has been working as Professor
with IIM (A) from 1990 onwards till date. - R. Sekhar - Senior VP- Head Corporate strategy
Business Excellence and HR. He has majored in
marketing from IIM (Banglore) with a Post
Graduate Diploma in Business Management
9Business Leadership Team
- Nat Narayanaswamy - Director and Head of Business
-Polaris Retail Infotech Limited Senior Vice
President and Head - EG Sculptor Strategic
Alliances and Initiatives He is a proven Senior
Business Administrator with 10 years of Strategic
integration and Program Management experience in
a variety of industries. Prior to joining the
Polaris team, Nat was with Accenture, USA. His
earlier exposures were with Deloitte and Touche,
EY LLP, USA - Wg.Cdr. (Retd.), G. N. Mathur,Flying Academy
(Navigation) Executive Director He brings with
him 28 years of management experience from Indian
Air Force. - N Vaidyanathan Senior Vice President Chief
Finance Officer A FCA,he is responsible for
financial planning, treasury, tax compliance and
audit systems of the organization. His 25 years
of rich experience with multi nationals like GEC
Alsthom India Ltd, Castrol India Ltd, Binny, the
Nagarjuna Group etc. brings in the knowledge of
best international practices into the company. He
is also responsible for business planning and
monitoring business numbers across the
geographies. - Suren Khirwadkar Director Sales and Marketing
Headed Citibanks business in Saudi Arabia where
he was the Country Marketing Director and
Consumer Assets Business Manager. Suren comes
with extensive Marketing and Sales experience
from leading FMCG companies such as Hindustan
Lever, ColgatePalmolive and Britannia
Industries. He joined Citibank in 1988 and was
Marketing Director and Business Manager with
Citibank in India, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Suren holds a Masters Degree from Northwestern
University, US
10Business Leadership Team
- Rajiv Malhotra - Senior Vice President
Marketing He is a Computer Science Engineer
(B.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology and
an MBA in Finance and Marketing from FMS. With 11
years of experience in Organizations like
Citibank and Bank of America, he heads the
BankWare unit, as Senior Vice President - K. Srinivasan, Senior Vice President -
International Sales Development He heads sales
organization for ENTITY business and is the Sales
Director for the North American region. He is
based in US, responsible for signing large
relationship accounts for offshore development.
He is a post graduate in Management from XIM,
Bhubaneswar and has over 13 years of diverse
industry experience in Sales, Commercial,
Corporate Planning , Communication, Commercial
and International trade. - Vijayraghavan Narasimhan - Senior Vice President
Business Head He is responsible as the Sales
and Operations Director, include business
development and strategic relationship management
in Continental Europe (EC countries).
Vijayraghavans educational background includes
Business Administration, Commerce and Law. He
brings with him a rich experience of over 24
years in the areas of information systems
management, software consulting marketing, MIS
marketing support, sales management and
administration, business development and general
management. - Rahul Petkar - He was, till recently, the Senior
Vice-President of MsourcE Corporation brings with
him global expertise in the global sales strategy
and implementing the sales process in key markets
leading to new business generation. He also
brings a rich experience of working for Citibank
NA, Merrill Lynch and TD Waterhouse. He holds an
MBA from Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore - Kedar Udaiyvar, Head of Global Markets Group in
OrbiTech, has a work expereince of 19 years
spanning organisations like IDM, Gulf Computers
and OrbiTech. He is a Mechanical Engineer and a
Master in Management Sciences
11PRODUCT SUITE- ORBIPACK
12Orbi-Integrator
Orbi-CRM Solution
- For Transaction Processing
- Standing instructions
- Straight Through Processing across various
product processors
- Funds transfers
- Inter Account Swaps
- For MIS Planning
- MIS Profitability at customer level
- Portfolio performance history
- Behaviour pattern needs analysis
- For Risk Management
- Banks risk capped at customer level
- Central Liability Tracking
- Fraud check system using data-warehousing
techniques
- Orbi-Collect for Bad loan collections
- End-to-end data security
- Signature Verification
- For Business Development
- Prospect Database Management
- Campaign Management
- Contact Management for sales/cross sell
- Sales Datamart and Mining tools
- For Customer Care/Service
- Single Sign-on with end-to-end information
security
- On-line, real-time information on all customer
transactions, balances, interest, tax, markets,
shares/mutual fund portfolio delinquency payments
etc. at customer level across all accounts - Problem/Complaints Logging, Tracking
Resolution
- For Communication
- Event driven Alerts (email/mobile)
- Consolidated Statements
- Customer Portfolio Analysis Advice
- Delivered through mail/email
13Orbi-Core
- Transaction Accounts
- Current/ Overdraft/ Savings Accounts
- Employee Reimbursement Account
- Margin-Lending Accounts
- Brokerage Accounts
- Time Deposits
- Types Fixed / Recurring / Un-Fixed
- Rates Fixed / Floating / Periodic
- On-the-fly product definition
- One Touch Integrated Query
- Highly Flexible and comprehensive Interest
Charges facility
- Hierarchical Credit Limit Tracking
- Payment system to process wide variety of
instruments
- Sweeps within and across products
- Teller System with Signatures / FX
- Relationship Statements
- Standing Order Straight Through Processing
- Plastic / Cheque Book Admin
- Integration with branch devices
General Ledger and Financial Management System
- Book Keeping
- Profitability MIS
- Expense / Fixed Assets Processing
- Account Reconciliation
14Orbi-Direct
15Orbi-Lending
- Loans
- Consumer Loans ( like Auto, Truck, Professional,
Student, Consumer Durables etc.)
- Mortgages
- Corporate Loans
- Leasing
- Hire-Purchase
- End-to-end functionality
- Loan Origination System
- Collections (Orbi-Collect)
- Collateral Management
- Customer Communication
- Document Management
- Fund Management
- Risk Management
- Internal accounting books
- Back-office outsourcing enabled
- Interest Rate Flexibility
- Fixed / Adjustable / Floating Rate
- Interest Bearing / Discounted
- Interest / Lease charge Moratorium
- User defined charging base / Frequency
- Interest rate at Relationship level
- Repayment terms
- Principle reset at user request
- Structured Unstructured payment terms
- Purchase option at the tenor end for lease
- Re-lease of an asset
- Repossession Sale of an asset
- Disbursal Flexibility
- Single or Multiple disbursal
- Principal draw-down on asset being ready
16Orbi-Invest
A solutions for Distribution, Sale, Brokerage,
Transfer Agency and custodial services for
mutual funds, equities and fixed income
securities.
- Orbi-Funds
- Core Processor for mutual funds sales and
distribution business
- Orders through Internet, Branch, Phone
- End-to-end functionality
- Risk profiling, fund portfolio recommendations,
account opening, order capture, order batching,
order execution, allocation to customers,
settlement, accounting, corporate actions,
customer query
- Orbi-Broker
- Core Processor for equities, bonds, warrants
selling
- Orders through Internet, Branch, Phone
- End-to-end functionality
- Account opening, order capture, online order
execution through multiple brokers, settlement,
accounting, corporate actions, customer query,
IPOs
- Orbi-Transfer Agent
- Mutual Funds Transfer Agency
- Subscription, Redemption, Systematic Investment,
Withdrawal Plan, Switching
- Customer Service Transactions Address Changes,
Folio Consolidation, Transmission
- Portfolio consolidation report
- Orbi-Custody
- Custodial Services
- Equities, bonds and warrants supported
- Trade matching, confirmation and settlement
functionality
- Corporate actions processing and customer
communication
17Orbi-Cards
- Issuer System Modules
- Relationship A/C Opening
- Billing Statements
- On-us Interchange
- Payments Adjustments
- Loyalty Program Management
- Member Fraud Warning
- Collections
- Customer Service
- Internet
- IVR
- Phone
- email
- Credit Bureau Interface
- Supports
- Credit Cards
- Charge Cards
- Debit Cards
- Virtual Cards
Visa, Master, Diner Private Label, Affinity Co-
branded
- Acquirer System Modules
- Merchant Administration
- Card Authorisation
- Switching
- Charge Processing
- Off-us interchange
- Charge Back processing
- Merchant Fraud module
- Merchant Statements
18Orbi-Cash
- Features
- Clearing (manual/automated)
- Integrated with workflow and imaging
- Multiple Settlement modes
- Value dated billing
- Wires, cheques and multi-currency fund transfer
- Internet based MIS
- Flexible Charging methodology with discounting
- Credit Risk Tracking Mechanism Management
- Accounting Interface
- Supports
- Receivables Management
- Domestic Global Disbursements Mgmt.
- Funds Transfer
- Payment Gateway
- Reconciliation engine
19Orbi-Trade
- Letter of Credit (LC)
- Export LC services
- Import LC services
- Inland LC
- Revolving LC
- Bills
- Pre shipment credit
- Export / Import Bills
- Inward /Outward Collections
- Guarantees
- Performance Guarantees
- Financial Guarantees
- Shipping Guarantee
- Features
- Highly Flexible work flow Imaging
- Provides ability to configure any business
process flow
- Flexible Charging Module
- user definable charging base Charging methods
- Powerful Correspondence module
- Delivery through SWIFT, email, Telex, FAX
- Configurable settlement capability
- Auto via Swift
- Direct debit , Net settlement etc.
20Orbi-Treasury
- Instruments Supported
- FX (Spot, Forward)
- MM
- Fixed Income Instruments
- Derivatives
- FX Option
- Also has Risk Management and ALM module
- Features
- Covers Front office, Mid Office and Back Office
functionality
- STP (Straight Through Processing) for all deals
- Rule based accounting engine
- Online Blotters covering Position, PL,
Mark-to-Market
- Built in interface with Reuters, SWIFT
- Live in 21 locations in Citigroup
21Orbi-Armor
- Support for Industry Standards
- Cipher Suites (RSA/ Entrust, 3-DES, RC4, SHA-1)
- Protocols (SSL, LDAP)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Frameworks (JAAS, WebLogic SPI)
- COTS Security product support
- Safeword, SiteMinder,
- Multiple platform support
- Solaris, HP-UX, Digital Alpha, AIX, NT,
- Flexible and extensible
- Ability to support multiple Application and
Technology architectures
- State-of the-art Integrated Information Security
Solution
- Provides Authentication, Authorization and Single
Sign-on
- Single sign-on allows user to securely access
multiple applications
- Single-point administration tool for
administrators
- Out-of-the-box Security functionality
- Enables faster development of security-enabled
applications
22OrbiPack - Awards
- Internet Banking Product
- Ranked 1 for robustness
- Asian Bankers Report
- September 2002
- Internet Banking Product
- Best in India
- 2 in Asia Pacific
- Asian Bankers Survey
- 2000
- Custody system
- Best Custodian System
- Global Custodian
- Last three years
- Imaging and Workflow
- Best IT solution
- Computer Society of India
- 1999
- System Architecture
- Heroic achievement in IT for visionary use of
information in the fields of Finance, Insurance
and Real Estate
- Recognition from Smithsonian Institute Washington
- 1993
- Cash Management
- Citigroup Ranked 1
- (Based on Orbi-System)
- Euromoney Magazine
- 2001