Arvind Rao

Chief Technology Officer at GreatAmerica Financial Services

Austin, Texas, United States

About Arvind Rao

Arvind Rao is Chief Technology Officer at GreatAmerica Financial Services. Location: Austin, Texas, United States.

2023 Orbie CIO of the Year Central Texas 2024 USA National Finalist CIO of the Year. As Head of Technology for Bask Bank, stood up a Digital Bank from ground up in record time. Bask Bank is highly successful and rated as having the best Savings account by US News and World Report. Highly experienced Technology Executive with keen business acumen who has played and excelled in multiple roles across different Business and Technology Domains. A builder who likes to build things - Strategy, Governance, Process, Organizations, Products and most importantly - people. Broad spectrum of experience ranging from Global companies like Deloitte, Compaq, HP to small firms like Texas Capital Bank. Extensive experience in mergers (Compaq - HP, HP - Samsung A4 printing business and others) and Splits (HP Enterprise - HP Inc) Led large scale initiatives on App Modernization, Legacy Retirements, IT Efficiency improvement, Offhoring, Cloud migrations, API development and Business Transformations. Previously, led all of HP's Enterprise Data Strategy, Governance, Architecture, Delivery, Operations, Machine Learning/AI, Big Data, API and Integration platforms. Love to facilitate sessions on Design Thinking and Unconscious Bias. Regular speaker at Industry events like TDWI. An open and authentic leader who is passionate about using a growth mindset to develop, coach and mentor people. Consistently in the top global quartile in employee surveys. Strong champion of Diversity and Inclusion. Highlighted areas of expertise include: + Technology Strategy + Infosecurity and Data Privacy + Digital platforms + Treasury and Banking platforms + Customer Acquisition and onboarding + Enterprise Data Quality and Governance + Portfolio Management + Enterprise Architecture + Global Team Leadership + Right sourcing + Business Transformation + Mergers and Divestitures + Application Modernization + People Developer + Big Data and Business Intelligence + Application Development and Support + Building agile Technology Teams to achieve business outcomes at the speed of business

Skills

  • Team Building
  • Architecture
  • Mentoring

Additional experience

  • Advisory Board Member

    CentralTexasCIO

    Started September 2025

Education

  • Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology