Muralidhar Gandepalli

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led engineering teams of over 130 professionals.
  • Expert in driving AI/ML adoption in finance systems.
  • Filed 3 Invention Disclosures in Engineering Data Management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong leadership in engineering and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipSystem ArchitectureProduct ManagementService DeliveryTeam Building

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesArchitectureBudgetingBusiness AnalysisBusiness MetricsBusiness ProcessBusiness TransformationCommunicationCross-functional Team LeadershipEnterprise SoftwareExecutive ManagementGlobal DeliveryIT StrategyIntegrationLeadership

About

Technologist with hands on experience delivering Enterprise Applications in Finance, Cloud, Manufacturing, Telecommunications domains at IBM, GE, Honeywell, Cisco Systems and Visa Inc. Professional Experience ● Experience in Building High Powered technology teams, Global Leadership, Stakeholder Management, and Portfolio management. ● Expertise in IT Strategy Planning, Global Technical Leadership, Managing Strategic Partnerships, Vendor Management, Solution Innovation, Excellence & Quality Management, Business Opportunity mining. ● Experience in Delivery, Business analysis and Solution Design and Business Model development. ● Worked closely with clients in defining multi generation programs and execution strategies. ● Worked as an Architect in re-architecting n-tier, client/server, and real-time systems for open architecture software. ● Managed consulting and software development projects ranging in size (up to 100) people through project life-cycle. ● Filed 3 Invention Disclosures (for consideration of Patent Applications) in the area of Engineering Data management. ● GE Trained Black Belt in Six Sigma and HTS certified ITIL Project Manager.

Experience

25 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Google

2 roles

Engineering Director, AI Garage

Promoted

Nov 2025Present · 7 mos

Director, Finance Engineering India site lead

Dec 2021Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • As Director of Engineering, I am accountable for the Vision and Strategy for FinWorks India team. Leading Platform Engineering team to drive Engineering excellence across Finance Systems. Primary focus will be on AI/ML adoption and improving reliability for Custom applications and ERP. Responsible for Finance Systems Operations globally.
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)Resource PlanningEngineering LeadershipBudgetingTeam BuildingExecutive Management+7

Visa

3 roles

Vice President, CIT - Engineering, Applications & Analytics / India Site Lead

Mar 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Head for a Global Engineering team to deliver finance platforms for Revenue and Finance Planning teams at Visa. Additional responsibilities include being the overall site lead for the Corporate Technology team in India.
  • Defined End to End Strategy for Finance Systems modernization ( ERP , Data and Applications )
  • Led the engineering organization of 130+ software engineers & product managers that build and Operate end-to-end Revenue, Finance Planning & Analysis platforms at Visa.
  • Built Finance Data lake and Global Analytics Revenue Platform primarily focused to track Profitability of Products at Visa
  • Partnership and collaboration with Business (Finance) stakeholders across the globe.
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)Resource PlanningProduct ManagementEngineering LeadershipBudgetingTeam Building+9

Senior Director, CIT - Open Revenue Systems/ India Site lead

Promoted

Nov 2016Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Lead the group and incubate open stack technologies to transform Revenue and Billing applications at Visa. Team will be responsible for rolling out all external facing platforms (Operation Certificates, Invoicing and Analytics) globally
  • Key Contributions
  • Leading the engineering organization of 90+ software engineers & product managers that build and run Opcerts, Invoicing and Revenue Analytics Platforms.
  • Led Modernization of Platforms for I2C and Revenue Mgmt processes with tech stack Oracle ERP - ORMB, Talend, Denodo, and Hadoop. Worked closely with finance partners and member banks across the globe for 5 regional smooth rollouts
  • Built strong team of technical talent for Web, Data Integration (Talend, Denodo, Collibra and Hadoop).
  • Talent management to tech transformation initiatives for CIT in India.
Resource PlanningProduct ManagementEngineering LeadershipBudgetingTeam BuildingExecutive Management+8

Director, CIT- Revenues & Pricing Systems

May 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Revenue & Pricing Systems : RPS team is responsible for revenue platforms at Visa. Major technology transformation initiative has been initiated in 2015 to transform legacy platform(s) to next generation technology stack.
  • Responsibilities
  • RPS Bangalore Site Leader
  • Build India Development Center for RPS team. Develop and implement delivery India site strategy to support delivery RPS platforms.
  • Build strong team of technical talent for Web, Integration ( Talend ),ORMB & Testing COE’s
  • Campus/Lateral hiring to support delivery initiatives across RPS platforms
  • Drive thought leadership by inculcating innovation drive and services excellence.
  • Platform Owner
  • Platform Strategy & Delivery
  • Consolidate 4 legacy regional invoicing applications in to single Invoice platform
  • Partnership and collaboration with Business (Finance) stakeholders across Globe
Resource PlanningProduct ManagementEngineering LeadershipBudgetingTeam BuildingBusiness Metrics+5

Cisco

3 roles

Sr Manager IT

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo

Resource PlanningProduct ManagementEngineering LeadershipTeam BuildingSystem ArchitectureArchitecture+1

Manager.IT

Promoted

Nov 2012Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Primary objective of the group is to drive software revenue growth for Cisco. Subscription and Licensing as a Service is a key initiative focused to enable Subscription and Utility operating models to multiply software revenue.
  • Responsibilities
  • Develop and Execute vision of developing next gen Software Billing, Distribution and Renewals platform for Cisco.
  • Responsible for India Delivery on Subscription Billing Platform - portfolio size of 10+ Engagements, 60+ resources
  • Platform includes multiple products (Order Management System, Oracle SOA , Oracle Billing & Revenue Managment, CPF, Mediation and Oracle R12) serving cloud offers.
  • Partnership and collaboration with Business stakeholders, Global Delivery teams.
  • Drive thought leadership by inculcating innovation drive and services excellence. Active contribution towards competency building through certifications and asset creation.
Resource PlanningTeam BuildingService DeliveryArchitectureSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Operations

Service Manager ( IT )

Dec 2010Oct 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • As part of Globalization initiative Quickwin’s team is formed to drive Agile projects cross domains in Cisco IT.
  • Responsibilities
  • ● Have led and delivered multiple projects/releases from Inception to Operations of varied dimensions - T&M & Fixed Price contracts; direct client facing & global delivery models.
  • ● Deployment and Adherence of Service Management Frame work. Process compliance and customer relationship management.
  • ● Have conducted multiple workouts with the client & regional teams to deploy service management framework.
Resource PlanningTeam Building

Honeywell

Project Manager

Apr 2007Dec 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Team Building

Ge capital int services

Business Manager

Oct 2004Apr 2007 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Team Building

Ge research

Tech Lead

Mar 2001Sep 2004 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Team Building

Ibm global services

Software Engineer

Jul 2000Mar 2001 · 8 mos

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master’s Degree — Mathematics

Jan 1995Jan 2000

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

BE — Electrical & Electronics

Jan 1995Jan 2000

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Strategy and Finance

Jan 2019Jan 2022

VIGNAN Junior college

Jan 1993Jan 1995

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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