Srinivas Upadhyaya
About Srinivas Upadhyaya
Srinivas Upadhyaya serves as the Global Head of Technology Architecture and Engineering at Transamerica, focusing on cloud, digital APIs, and data engineering. He has extensive experience in technology leadership roles, including previous positions at Fannie Mae and Goldman Sachs.
Work at Transamerica
Srinivas Upadhyaya serves as the Global Head of Technology Architecture and Engineering at Transamerica, a position he has held since 2019. In this role, he oversees cloud, digital API/services, and data engineering initiatives. He has led significant projects, including the cloud migration of Transamerica's Workplace Solutions line of business, which involved over 100 applications and 4,000 batch workloads. Additionally, he chairs the Architecture Review Board, where he is responsible for guiding technology strategy and developing capability roadmaps.
Previous Experience at Fannie Mae
Prior to his role at Transamerica, Upadhyaya worked at Fannie Mae for a total of 14 years in various positions. He served as Vice President of Enterprise Shared Services and Cloud Platforms Engineering from 2014 to 2019. Before that, he was the Senior Director of Application Services within Technology Infrastructure from 2002 to 2011. His tenure at Fannie Mae involved significant contributions to cloud engineering and technology infrastructure.
Education and Expertise
Srinivas Upadhyaya holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, where he studied from 1990 to 1994. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from George Mason University, completing his studies from 1994 to 1996. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in technology architecture and engineering.
Background in Technology Infrastructure
Before joining Transamerica, Upadhyaya gained experience in technology infrastructure at several organizations. He worked as the Head/Vice President of Global Services Engineering at Goldman Sachs from 2012 to 2014 in India. He also held the position of IT Manager/Architect at Neustar, Inc. from 2001 to 2002. His diverse background in technology roles has equipped him with a broad understanding of engineering and infrastructure.
Achievements in Data Engineering
At Transamerica, Upadhyaya has been instrumental in transforming on-premises data marts into a modern AWS data lake platform. This transformation involved hydrating over 17 core data domains for analytics and reporting purposes. He has also led the design and development of numerous business domain services, facilitating technology reuse across various business capabilities.