Ruchi Batra
Technology and AI security leader at U.S. Bank
Technology leader with more than two decades in financial services and insurance, now working on AI security, strategy and transformation at U.S. Bank. She founded the bank's CERT-FEST cohort cloud-certification program, helped launch its Tech Academy, and has presented several times at the Grace Hopper Celebration, including a speaker-development session attended by 230+ technologists.
Key arguments & positions
- From her conference talk: as agents act on our behalf, organizations need identity and attribution — a defensible answer to who or what did something.
- Works on AI security alongside technology strategy and transformation in a large bank.
- Advocates structured innovation frameworks, DevOps practice and automation inside business lines.
- Treats mentorship as two-directional and builds speaker pipelines for women in tech.
Accomplishments
- Technology and AI security leader at U.S. Bank, with more than two decades in financial services and insurance.
- Founded CERT-FEST, the bank's cohort-based cloud certification program.
- Helped launch U.S. Bank's Tech Academy learning hub.
- Spoke twice at Grace Hopper Celebration 2023 and led a GHC24 speaker-development session attended by 230+ technologists.
Papers & key writings
No published articles or papers found. Her exact job title is also reported differently across public sources, so this profile describes her area of work rather than pinning down a formal title.
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