Karunaker Garlapati

Karunaker Garlapati has a strong work experience spanning several companies and roles. Karunaker is currently working as the Director Digital Engineering and Transformation at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts since February 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Sr. Manager/Architect at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas from September 2017 to February 2022. Before that, they worked as a Principal Consultant at Infosys from February 2016 to September 2017. Karunaker also had experience as a Principal Architect at Sirius XM Radio Inc. from September 2014 to January 2016 and as a Sr. IT Architect at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas from September 2008 to September 2014. Karunaker started their career as a Software Engineer at Krisol infotech in May 2001 and has also worked at PwC and Tata Consultancy Services in various roles.

Karunaker Garlapati completed their education in the field of Computer Science. Karunaker obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree from Osmania University, where they studied from 1996 to 1999. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Computer Science from the same institution, studying from 1999 to 2001.

In addition to their academic qualifications, Karunaker Garlapati has also earned several certifications. In December 2013, they obtained the ITIL V3 certification. However, the institution from which they obtained this certification is not specified. Karunaker also achieved the PMP certification, awarded by the Project Management Institute in December 2013. Furthermore, they hold a Six Sigma Green belt certification, obtained from GE Healthcare in August 2004.