Ravi Sarkar
Enterprise CTO
Microsoft

Ravi Sarkar is the Enterprise CTO of Microsoft’s Financial Services unit. In this role, he leads the
technology strategy and innovation, and oversees the architecture and engineering of business
solutions across the cloud and AI product stack for the Capital Markets industry. With over two
decades of expertise in software development, AI, and data-driven systems on cloud in finance,
Ravi is a recognized fintech leader and influencer. He has defined new product categories,
driven hypergrowth, and architected some of the most complex money transaction systems for
tier one banks. Ravi is a recipient of the Microsoft Technology Solution Achievers award and a
former winner of the IBM Champions Award for innovation and financial technology research.
He is also included in the Rise Global FinTech Power 100 List. He actively advises early-stage
startups as well as the enterprise CIO/CTO peer community in NYC. Additionally, he is a
contributor and speaker for the Green Software Foundation, working to reduce global carbon
emissions associated with software.