About

Rakesh Agrawal is a seasoned VP of Product and Engineering at Apptio, with over 30 years of relevant experience in the tech industry. He is a results-oriented leader who brings clarity to ambiguous situations, making him an invaluable asset to any organization. Rakesh's current role at Apptio involves overseeing the development of innovative products and engineering solutions. Prior to joining Apptio, he held senior positions at Scienaptic AI and Finastra, where he led product and technology teams. At Scienaptic AI, Rakesh was responsible for the leading product and technology for their AI-driven credit decisions platform, which helped credit unions, NBFCs, and auto-lenders create credit models that improved their portfolio approval rates while keeping the NPA's constant. He also oversaw the development of a scalable and robust machine learning pipeline that could quickly train, test, validate, and serve ML models, providing the best business outcomes for a given data set and business rules. At Finastra, Rakesh was the Senior Director of Corporate and Retail Banking, where he successfully launched the first Core Banking System, essence, on the public cloud (Azure). He also built the next-generation customer onboarding system, which helped Neo/Challenger banks onboard customers more efficiently. Additionally, he created a data analytics engine that collected banks' data and created dashboards and predictive ML-based algorithms. Rakesh's educational background includes a B.Tech in Computer Science from VNIT (formerly VRCE), HSC from St. Xavier's College, and schooling from St. Xavier's School Durgapur. He also has expertise in various tech stacks, including Senior Software Engineering, ML, AI, test, and Azure. Overall, Rakesh's extensive experience, leadership skills, and technical expertise make him an ideal candidate for any organization looking to innovate and stay ahead of the curve in the tech industry.