Rrichaa Srivastava

About Rrichaa Srivastava

Senior Technology Leader with 20+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale technology programs, digital transformation, and global delivery across financial services industries.With a proven track record of building and leading high-performing global teams, I specialize in driving transformation initiatives that modernize platforms, reduce costs, and improve resiliency in alignment with enterprise strategic and business goals.• Enterprise Leadership – Directed global technology organizations of 300+ professionals across engineering, production support, and infrastructure, building a high-performance culture focused on accountability, innovation, and client success.• Strategic Transformation – Spearheaded multi-year digital and infrastructure modernization programs valued at $100M+, reducing operating costs by 25%, improving system resiliency, and accelerating speed-to-market.• Agentic AI Leadership: Championed adoption of Agentic AI strategies and workflows to accelerate digital transformation, automate decision-making, and deliver innovative enterprise solutions.• Business Alignment – Partnered with C-suite executives and business leaders to define technology vision and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, regulatory mandates, and client growth initiatives.• Financial & Vendor Management – Proficient in managing outcome driven proposals, contract negotiations, statement of work creation, financial and resource management• Risk & Compliance – Delivered enterprise-level Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) frameworks, strengthening audit readiness and reducing risk exposure across mission-critical financial platforms.• Innovation & Productivity – Championed adoption of cloud platforms, DevOps practices, AI/ML-based tools, and automation, driving productivity gains and significantly enhancing customer experience.• Client Success & Growth – Known for exceeding client expectations, delivering outcome-driven solutions, and supporting revenue growth through innovative technology partnerships and operational excellence.

Experience

1. Director of Software Engineering

   Ascendion

   Jul 2023 — Present · US

   Leadership & Strategy: • Define and execute the engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with company objectives. • Lead, mentor, and enable leaders to build a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability. Establish clear goals, performance metrics, and career development paths for the engineering team. • Serve as a key liaison between executive leadership and the engineering organization. • Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion within the engineering organization.Execution & Delivery: • Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of software solutions. • Ensure engineering projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality. • Drive adoption of best practices in software architecture, agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps.Technical Excellence: • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation. • Promote engineering standards, code quality, and system reliability.Operational Management: • Manage engineering budgets, SOW commitments, resource planning, and client-vendor relationships. • Implement processes and tools that improve productivity, scalability, and engineering efficiency.

Education

• Cornell University

  Business Strategy Program

  2018 — 2018

• Boston University

  Master of Science - MS, Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity and Cybercrime

• Shivaji University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics

  1998 — 2002