Meena Rajeev

About Meena Rajeev

Enterprise transformation leader focused on applying AI, financial discipline, and operating rigor to drive measurable outcomes at scale. As Deputy Chief of Technology Strategy at the MTA, I lead large‑scale digital and AI‑enabled transformations supporting employees, spanning enterprise AI adoption, FinOps, cost transparency, and governance. As the Chair of MTA AI Technology Working Group, guiding responsible, scalable AI execution my philosophy is simple: AI must be practical, governed, and outcome‑driven. With experience in driving process improvement, optimization, and consolidation across Information Technology, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Communications, Compliance, and Risk, I have delivered eight‑figure cost savings.CORE COMPETENCIESEnterprise AI Strategy & Transformation • AI Governance & Risk Management • Enterprise Digital Transformation • Public Sector Technology Strategy • Strategic Workforce Planning • Organization Design • Change Management • Process Automation • Technology Financial Management (FinOps) • Cost Containment • Executive Technology Leadership • Staff Leadership • Agile and Scrum Methodologies • Product Management • Inter-department and Stakeholder Communications • Negotiations

Experience

1. Deputy Chief Officer

   Metropolitan Transportation Authority

   Jan 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leader with process-forward mindset; driver of optimization, delivering strategic enterprise-level transformationsKey Contributions• Delivered eight-figure savings by restructuring major technology contracts and applying AI-assisted contract analysis to identify overbilling, recover missed discounts, and reduce total cost of ownership by >10% annually.• Implemented AI and agent-based tools for telecom expense management, automating manual invoice validation from various carrier portals and anomaly detection to identify billing discrepancies and reduce recurring telecom costs.• Leading implementation of MTA’s first full IT chargeback model, allocating labor and non-labor technology costs to stakeholder agencies to improve cost visibility and consumption discipline.• Established the first enterprise technology financial transparency framework, introducing industry cost taxonomy and FinOps governance to guide technology spending decisions.• Developed a technology risk management framework addressing financial, workforce, and operational risks across major IT programs.• Created an enterprise asset lifecycle and recovery program for 74k employees, establishing the first formal technology offboarding governance process.• Redesigning the enterprise technology requisition and intake process to reduce shadow IT, standardize architecture and strengthen security oversight.

Education

• Andhra University

  Bachelor of Science - Majored in Chemistry , Biochemistry, Botany and Minor in Computer Applications

• New York University

  Doctor of Education - EdD, Leadership and Innovation

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Data Analytics and Decision Making

  2015 — 2017

Skills

• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Data Analytics
• Order Management
• Management
• Business Process
• Data Warehousing
• Databases
• Bics
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Business Analysis
• Oracle Pbcs
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Data Migration
• Jmp for Data Analytics
• Sdlc
• Oracle Discoverer
• Solution Architecture
• Sql
• Visio
• Linux
• Integration
• Oracle Hcm Cloud
• IT Solutions
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Time Management
• Data Modeling
• Oracle Applications
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Problem Solving
• Requirements Gathering
• Salesforce.com
• Erp
• Business Intelligence
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Oracle Agile Plm