Rupa Krishna Rao

Rupa Krishna Rao is the Vice President of Program Management & Operations at Kyndryl, where responsibilities include overseeing the Chief Technology Officer's organization across business operations, PMO, budget management, training, and communications. Prior to this role, Rupa served as Director at Kyndryl, contributing to the evolution of the CTO into a business entity. Rupa's experience includes leadership positions at IBM, where directives involved operational excellence during growth and restructuring phases, and roles focusing on cloud solutions and client engagement at Gravitant and the Texas Attorney General's Office. Rupa holds an MS in Management Information Systems from The University of Texas at Dallas and multiple degrees in Statistics and Computer Science from Bangalore University.