Rajeev Gubbala

CTO

Gilbert, Arizona, United States21 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Increased ARR by 3X in one year.
Co-founded a company valued at $500M.
Achieved 99.99% uptime for enterprise products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with strong leadership in product delivery and technical architecture.

Contact

rajeev.gubbala@appzen.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementTechnical LeadershipCloud SecurityIt Leadership

Other Skills

Account ExecutivesAccounts ReceivableAmazon EKSAmazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services (AWS)BI PublisherBudgetingBusiness IntelligenceBusiness ProcessCISOChange ManagementCloud ComputingCloud Cost OptimizationCoachingCompliance Management

About

As an accomplished Engineering and Product Delivery Leader with over 20 years of experience, I specialize in driving organizational growth from the seed stage to Series C and beyond. My career has been defined by a deep commitment to building scalable solutions, optimizing operations, and fostering high-performance teams across multiple global locations. As the VP of Product Delivery at interface.ai, I lead multi-departmental teams in engineering, program management, and data operations. I have spearheaded the successful launch of cutting-edge AI solutions, increasing ARR by 3X in just twelve months. My leadership has been integral in forming strategic alliances, reducing project execution time, and significantly boosting customer satisfaction. As the co-founder and former VP of Technology & Compliance at AppZen, I played a pivotal role in elevating the company’s valuation to $500M, lead product evolution, ensure enterprise-level scalability, and achieve 99.99% uptime. My strategic expertise includes cloud architecture, DevOps, application security, and compliance, allowing me to consistently deliver innovative and secure solutions to major clients, including Fortune 500 companies. With a background spanning startups and global enterprises, I bring a unique blend of visionary leadership, technical expertise, and a hands-on approach to problem-solving. I thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments and am passionate about delivering transformational results through collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Experience

21 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

Appzen

3 roles

VP of Technology

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Arizona, United States · On-site

Strategic Advisor

Nov 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Phoenix, Arizona

VP of Technology and Compliance

Jan 2012 – Nov 2022 · 10 yrs 10 mos · Phoenix, Arizona

Co-founded AppZen with CEO/CTO, serving as key contributor to $500M valuation; built customer base while improving functionality, security, & scalability; established DevSecOps, Engineering, & Technical Services
Manage team of 30+ and direct Engineering, Infrastructure, InfoSec, and Compliance departments; streamline operations, product development, deployments, and application security
Drive development & delivery of enterprise products to 1.5K+ customers; led development of 12+ integrations (Oracle, SAP, Workday, Coupa, Concur, Expensify); spearheaded creation of 50-person satellite office in AZ
Oversee serverless architecture and administered application and network security, significantly reducing infrastructure costs; led to implementation of new Fortune50 clients, including Amazon and Wells Fargo
Navigate network security compliance certifications; earned SOC/ISO certification for company
Streamline the Deal Desk process for compliance and InfoSec needs; leading to a 20% increase in bookings and liaised with sales to reduce the time for TPA & optimized TPA by using SigLite / CyberGRX assessments
Launch AWS infrastructure, decreasing manual processes and increasing DevOps infrastructure scalability
Automate deployment pipelines utilizing the latest CI/CD tools; reduce deployment time 30%, increase productivity 50%, and reduce cost of AWS compute by 70% through improved design and architecture
Reduce MTTD by 50% and infrastructure costs by 60%; deployment time by 50% by adjusting pre-compiled artifacts, automating builds, and architecting Jenkins deployment server

JumpcloudElastic Stack (ELK)Vendor NegotiationSOC2Organizational LeadershipProject Management+35

Interface.ai

Vice President of Product Delivery

Apr 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

interface.ai is the leading platform that helps enterprises worldwide to build Apple Siri-like Digital Assistant. Our customers include global Fortune 500 financial institutions, community banks, and credit unions.
My key achievements include spearheading multi-departmental operations, including Professional Services, Support Delivery, Engineering, Program Management, and Data Engineering. I lead over 80 professionals with a direct report line from three directors, three solution architects, and three managers.
I achieved the remarkable feat of increasing the ARR of interface.ai by 3X by driving the successful launch of over 70+ credit unions on our platform within a 12-month.
Implemented organizational restructuring to enhance pre-launch, post-launch, and support services, significantly improving customer time-to-value and boosting NPS scores.
Forged strategic alliances with industry leaders like Twilio, Alkami, Fiserv, Glia, AWS, and RingCentral, accelerating project execution by 60%.
Optimized project execution processes, reducing execution time by hundreds of hours per client.
Focused on building and nurturing high-performance teams across India and the USA, including hiring over 20 new talents and enhancing team communication, process efficiency, and tool utilization.
Re-architected critical integrations and network connectivity between third-party client software and interface.ai.

JumpcloudOrganizational LeadershipProject ManagementTeam LeadershipBudgetingTechnical Leadership+16

Vitalant

Enterprise Solutions Architect

Feb 2013 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Key Accomplishments:
Championed the development and management of a in-house technical team for Oracle Applications and integrations across 3rd party tools and interfaces, serving as a subject matter expert regarding business systems (Orale EBS, Kronos, and Taleo) and technical project management.
Consistently identified opportunities to optimize bottom-line profitability, reducing the external vendor budget by 80% through development of internal staff—leveraging high-performing team members and independent contractors to eliminate a $3M vendor contract and perform the Oracle R12 for under $400K.
Facilitated disaster recovery planning and testing projects, while streamlining the change management process and improving the technical delivery timeline to business by 15%.

Vendor NegotiationOrganizational LeadershipProject ManagementOracle SQL DeveloperTeam LeadershipBudgeting+16

Capgemini

Oracle Applications Technology Manager

Aug 2011 – Feb 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Tempe, Arizona, United States

Key Accomplishments:
Integral in the successful delivery of various implementation projects for notable clientele, including Michelin Tires—deploying a successful re-implementation initiative for the Oracle Application R12 which subsequently produced an additional $8M in business.

Oracle E-Business SuiteAccount ExecutivesProject ManagementTeam LeadershipBudgetingOracle Fixed Assets+10

Fujitsu america, inc.

Technical Manager & Architect

Jan 2006 – Aug 2011 · 5 yrs 7 mos · San Jose, California, United States

Key Accomplishments:
Directed end-to-end processes for the organization from database management to applications development, generating various modules as needed including order management, iExpenses, and Oracle Time & Labor.
Functioned as the subject matter expert regarding module management and support, (specifically across database performance management) to successfully implement 7+ customer implementation projects involving Oracle ERP.

Oracle BiOracle Time and LaborProject ManagementOracle iexpenseIT Business AnalysisOracle E-business Implementation+10