Rekha Rao
@rekharao2
I lead AI-driven risk and regulatory platform delivery at scale.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
At ICRA Analytics, I lead delivery for eight risk and regulatory products serving US clients, coordinating 50+ engineers across five countries while maintaining 99.9% uptime. I drive Global Onboarding, an automated merchant-risk reporting pipeline that uses web crawling, scraping, multi-vendor data integrations, entity classification, and compliance checks.
Across Accenture, Iron Lady, consulting, and ICRA Analytics, I've led enterprise software delivery, platform migrations, product roadmaps, and large-scale training and events. I bring 18+ years of experience translating ambiguous requirements into governed production releases, using AI delivery tools and KPI-driven visibility to improve execution.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Technical Program Manager
ICRA Analytics Pvt Ltd
Sep 2021 - Present (5 years 2 months)
Owned delivery of 8 risk and regulatory products, coordinating 50+ engineers across 5 countries and achieving 99.9% uptime. Drove phased release strategy and led migration to AWS microservices, reducing incident resolution time by 30%.
Independent Consultant — Program & Quality Management
Freelance / Consulting
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021 (1 year 10 months)
Coached small-scale businesses on social media marketing strategy, achieving 3x growth in results. Advised clients on website design and architecture for digital go-to-market.
Program Director & Co-Founder
Iron Lady Pvt Ltd
Sep 2016 - Oct 2019 (3 years 1 month)
Led cross-functional team of up to 25, scaling operations to ₹5 Cr annual revenue and impacting 2,500+ beneficiaries. Managed 100+ leadership events and training programs, achieving full-house attendance and breakeven within 12 months.
Associate Manager — Software Engineering
Dec 2014 - Feb 2016 (1 year 2 months)
Managed teams of up to 20, overseeing delivery of 24 mission-critical .NET enterprise applications on SQL Server for global insurance client Chubb. Achieved 7/7 client satisfaction score and drove continuous improvement in delivery processes.
Provided technical and delivery leadership for enterprise applications using C#, ASP.NET MVC, and RESTful web services. Designed migration to automated backend-driven framework, increasing daily sign-ups by 80%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India, completed in 2006.
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