Vinny Iyer
About Vinny Iyer
Vinny Iyer is a Sr. Product Manager at TELUS in Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in IT project management and business transformation.
Title
Vinny Iyer holds the position of Senior Product Manager at TELUS, based in the Toronto, Canada area.
Current Role at TELUS
Vinny Iyer is currently serving as a Senior Product Manager at TELUS. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing product strategies and implementations. His key contributions involve managing digital identity solutions with a focus on privacy and security compliance. He actively collaborates with cross-functional teams to achieve customer-centric outcomes.
Career at TELUS
Vinny Iyer has had an extensive career at TELUS, holding several pivotal roles over the years. He started as a Sr. Business Systems Analyst from 2005 to 2007. He then served as an IT Project Manager II from 2008 to 2011, followed by a year as Team Manager of the Business Transformation Leadership Development Program from 2011 to 2012. Subsequently, he was a Senior IT Project Manager from 2012 to 2014 before transitioning to his current role as Senior Product Manager.
Education and Expertise
Vinny Iyer has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management Information Systems, General, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, achieved between 2002 and 2004. He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina, completed between 1999 and 2001. His strong academic background underpins his expertise in IT project management, business analysis, and digital identity solutions.
Projects and Initiatives
Vinny Iyer has been instrumental in several high-impact projects. He played a key role in enabling the use of customer data for third parties to meet government-mandated KYC and AML compliance requirements, generating $150K in revenue within the first year with a forecast of $350K for FY2018. He also collaborated with other Canadian wireless carriers to introduce a next-gen multi-factor authentication service, transitioning from pilot to commercial implementation in FY2018.