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Sarang Rao

Head of Enterprise Architecture, AI and Enterprise Platforms

CITCO

About Sarang Rao

Innovative and results-driven technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise architecture, AI strategy and digital transformation across financial services, telecom, media and retail sectors. Proven expertise in Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and LLM deployment. Trusted advisor to Executive Committee and stakeholders for defining cloud-native roadmaps, modernizing platforms, delivering enterprise AI capabilities and implementing future-ready technology ecosystems to greatly improve the stability, resiliency and cybersecurity of application infrastructure.

Stanford - Machine Learning Specialty

Interests

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Generative AI, Vibe Coding, LLM, ML
  • Cloud Enablement on AWS, Azure and GCP

Education

  • Masters in Computer Science, 2000

    Bangalore University, Bangalore

  • Bachelors in Science, 1999

    St. Joseph's College, Bangalore

Skills

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI, LLM, RAG, Fine-tuning

Vibe Development

AI Development Copilots, Cline, Github Copilot

Development

Java, Python, Javascript

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean

AI Model Marketplace

Huggingface, OpenAI, Bedrock, Anthropic

SDLC

Source Control, Agile, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Head of Enterprise Architecture, AI & Enterprise Platforms

CITCO

Nov 2024 – Present Charlotte, NC
leading enterprise architecture, AI strategy and digital transformation Highlights:

  • Spearheaded the design and deployment of AskCitco, an internal enterprise AI chat platform using RAG and LLMs, delivering contextual responses from multiple knowledge bases organization wide.
  • Designed and implemented multiple AI solutions to solve automated document processing, reconciliation matches and contextual response on specific topics and domains.
  • Partner and Advisor to Office of the CIO to shape enterprise technology direction and architecture blueprints for cross-functional platforms.
  • Established CoE for AI, API and BPM; led enterprise adoption of DevOps and multi-account AWS deployment strategy.

 
 
 
 
 

Head of Enterprise Architecture

CITCO

Mar 2020 – Nov 2024 Charlotte, NC
Leading the design and delivery of a multi-cloud strategy, DevOps and shared services teams. Responsibilities Include:

  • Head the Enterprise Architecture practice.
  • Define and implement a shared services team.
  • Define governance and compliance standards for product teams.
  • Manage central components for usage across the organization.

 
 
 
 
 

Enterprise Architect

CITCO

Mar 2014 – Mar 2020 Charlotte, NC
Responsible for the design and delivery of cloud strategy for migrating legacy applications as well as born in the cloud applications on AWS. Work with the development and operations organization to define and develop cloud governance frameworks.
 
 
 
 
 

Principal Architect

TIBCO Software Inc

Mar 2006 – May 2014 US
Working with large enterprises to design and develop their integration and bpm solutions using TIBCO products.
 
 
 
 
 

Development Technical Lead

Ocwen Solutions

Mar 2002 – Jun 2006 US
Leading a team of developers to build inhouse financial products using java and j2ee technologies.

Other Experience

 
 
 
 
 

CTO

Arigo Entertainment

Jan 2017 – Present Virtual
Driving the Design, Development and delivery of a music app that helps musicians to collaborate with each other. The app provides a gaming experience by scoring and rating users recordings. Responsibilities Include:

  • Managing geographically distributed teams.
  • Handling a startup model with most resources working on a commitment basis
  • Driving the technology selection and deployment mechanism
  • Ensuring the product releases are up to the mark and on time.

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