Arvind Rao

About Arvind Rao

2023 Orbie CIO of the Year Central Texas2024 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

Experience

1. Member of the Board of Advisors

   SBase Technologies, Inc.

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

  Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

• Manipal Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

• Stanford University

  Building Innovative Leaders

  2017

• University of California, Berkeley

  Leading Innovative Change

  2016

• Don Bosco Egmore

  High School Diploma

Skills

• Team Building
• Architecture
• Mentoring
• IT Strategy
• Quality Assurance
• Business Objects
• Vertica
• Analytics
• Qlikview
• Scrum
• Channel Partners
• Content Management
• Strategic Planning
• Portfolio Management
• Portals
• Enterprise Architecture
• Enterprise Content Management
• .net
• Project Planning
• Vendor Management
• Software Project Management
• Program Management
• Sdlc
• Crm
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Integration
• Sap Erp
• Business Process
• Pmp
• Business Analysis
• Solution Architecture
• IT Management
• Requirements Analysis
• E-Commerce
• Service Delivery
• Strategy
• Business Intelligence