# Ravi Naarla — Enterprise CTO & AI Operating Executive

> Ravi Naarla’s executive profile, selected work, and perspectives on enterprise AI strategy, systems architecture, and governance.

## Approved career experience
- 22+ years of enterprise technology, cloud, and AI leadership across healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, retail, and financial services.
- Cognizant (2024–2026): VP & Field CTO, Forward Deployed Engineering & Applied AI; enterprise AI transformation, multi-agent systems architecture, and forward-deployed engineering execution across enterprise accounts.
- Elevance Health (2020–2024): Sr. Director & Principal AI Architect, Enterprise AI; enterprise AI platforms, payer workflow modernization, and regulated governance.
- Deloitte (2018–2019): Sr. Manager & Principal Solutions Architect, Cloud & AI/ML; enterprise cloud modernization and machine learning architecture.
- Earlier General Motors engineering: connected-vehicle firmware and OMA DM device management across 2 million GM OnStar vehicles; a separate IoT service-and-parts supply-chain asset management system.
- BE Chemical Engineering (Bangalore University); Certified Architect across AWS, Azure, GCP; executive education across Stanford, Harvard, Google, DeepLearning.AI.

## Work and attribution
The 31-piece collection contains independently authored analyses, reference architectures, and playbooks. These are distinct from completed career roles. Company-named work is independent strategic analysis and architectural proposal, based on public information, not a commissioned engagement or endorsement. Proposed benefits are scenarios, not achieved client results. Numerical claims with unclear source/date are omitted from local summaries pending owner review.
Selected work: AI-Native Enterprise Transformation (Reference Architecture / Operating Blueprint), Engineering Trustworthy Agent Systems at Scale (Reference Architecture / Engineering Playbook), AI FinOps & Cost Intelligence (Independent Research / Architectural Framework).
Uhren is an Architecture Prototype for Graph + Vector retrieval. Prizm AI is an AI governance engine In Development. Neither is represented as a certified production platform.

## Pages
- [Home](https://ravinaarla.com/): leadership evidence, selected work, executive profile, focus, perspectives, products, contact
- [Work](https://ravinaarla.com/work): full work archive
- [About](https://ravinaarla.com/about): executive profile and career timeline
- [Value Creation Playbook](https://ravinaarla.com/playbook): playbook for Chief Architects and CTOs
- [AI Value Pool](https://ravinaarla.com/ai-value-pool): AI-driven enterprise value infographic
- [Book](https://ravinaarla.com/book): schedule a conversation

## Profiles
- [Executive Profile](https://ravi-naarla-caio-resume.lovable.app/)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/rnaarla)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/rnaarla?tab=repositories)
- [Substack](https://rnaarla.substack.com/)