Uday Rao

About Uday Rao

Global Technology Leader Driving Digital InnovationProcess-oriented leader with demonstrated leadership success across multiple industries including Energy, Tribal Governments, Federal Contracting, Healthcare, Retail, Gaming and Hospitality. Drives digital transformation, customer care initiatives and systems implementation through thoughtful strategic planning and skilled execution. Proven accomplishments in leveraging technology to enable revenues, reduce costs and manage risk. Creates IT roadmaps and architectures that transform businesses, then mobilizes teams, resources and partners to achieve results. Skilled working across multiple technology platforms and applications including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, Dell Boomi, Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, among many. Leads through influence and focused on developing others, has mentored many technologists who are themselves technology leaders. I welcome the opportunity to serve you as a Partner of Fortium Partners, the world’s largest and fastest-growing provider of Technology Leadership-as-a-Service. Find our more at or

Experience

1. Partner

   Fortium Partners

   Sep 2020 — Present · Tulsa, OK, US

   Fortium Partners is an IT turnaround and technology services firm providing world-class IT leadership to clients focused on finding solutions to complex technology issues or difficult-to–solve operational challenges. Fortium serves public and private companies across a variety of industries, placing expert project teams and operational leadership in technology-related roles. Fortium Partners have 25 or more years of technology experience, most recently in a senior leadership role.Uday Rao (UK) joined Fortium Partners as a proven IT executive who has digitally transformed organizations for more than 20 years. Most recently, UK was a senior leader of Cherokee Nation Businesses, the economic engine of the largest Indian Nation in the US. The enterprise includes companies in the gaming, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing and telecommunications, among many sectors. As Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Cherokee Federal, UK developed and successfully implemented an IT roadmap which moved technology to a growth platform by using Gartner’s strategy and enterprise architecture tools. He also managed operations for the federal contracting business.Areas of Expertise: Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Improvement, Digital Transformation, E-commerce, Leadership development, IT StrategyIndustry Focus: Tribal governments, energy, financial services, gaming, and retail and hospitality.

Education

• Air Force Central School

  High School, High School

  1965 — 1972

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  MBA, Systems and Finance

  1977 — 1979

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  B.Tech, Electrical Engineering

  1972 — 1977

Skills

• IT Management
• Strategic Planning
• Outsourcing
• Sap
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Intelligence
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Vendor Management
• IT Strategy
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Acquisition Integration
• Sdlc
• Mergers
• Solution Architecture
• Data Warehousing
• Business Transformation
• Sharepoint
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Strategy
• Mergers
• Enterprise Software
• Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Disaster Recovery
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Erp
• Project Management
• Executive Management
• Project Planning
• Pmo
• Business Development
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)