Summary
Srini Karlekar is a seasoned technology leader and Senior Director of Technology Architecture based in Ashburn, VA, with a 25-year IT career and a decade in senior architecture and leadership roles. He specializes in modernizing large-scale financial and public-sector systems using cloud, containers, machine learning and generative AI to deliver agile, scalable, high-performance platforms. At Fannie Mae he leads Multifamily architecture modernization and previously shaped risk, AML and compliance platforms at Capital One, blending hands-on prototyping with enterprise-level roadmapping and DevOps practices. He has a history of applying emerging tech—blockchain for grants transparency and NLP for claims automation—demonstrating a knack for marrying practical business needs with advanced research. An adjunct professor and MBA graduate, he combines deep engineering roots (MCA, early work on OCR and trading systems) with strategic vision for transformational programs.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Residency International Business Environment, Residency International Business Environment at University of Oxford
BS Mathematics, BS Mathematics at University of Madras
MCA Computer Science, MCA Computer Science at Madurai Kamaraj University
MBA (Executive) Global Finance Entrepreneurship Change Mgmt, MBA (Executive) Global Finance Entrepreneurship Change Mgmt at George Mason University – Costello College of Business