Vas Kodali is a highly seasoned executive with extensive experience in technology, management consulting and financial services. With a career spanning over three decades, he has held key leadership positions at prominent global institutions, driving top-line growth, building new capabilities, developing strategic partnerships and enabling operational efficiencies.
Vas started his career at IBM, where he was instrumental in designing and developing one of the first artificial intelligence systems for the financial services, healthcare and retail industries. This program ultimately led to the launch of IBM Watson technologies.
Over the past ten years, Kodali served as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Accelerator Investments at Wells Fargo Corporation. In this role, he cultivated strong relationships with Tier 1 venture capital/growth equity firms and technology companies to identify key emerging capabilities valued by business line leadership and subsequently facilitating direct investments. Vas also played a pivotal role in driving technology investment banking deal generation in the M&A advisory and equity areas. His expertise led him to become a board member of the Carolina Fintech Hub and Duke University’s FinTech program.
Prior to his tenure at Wells Fargo, Kodali held various leadership roles at Bank of America. Notably, as a senior executive in Corporate Strategy, he was selected to serve the CEO & Operating Committee, where he spearheaded initiatives to drive top-line growth and operating efficiencies for technology infrastructure, FICC trading and technology investment banking businesses.
Before his corporate roles in the financial services industry, Kodali honed his strategic acumen as a Partner at A.T. Kearney, Inc., where he led management consulting engagements in financial services and information technology. His diverse portfolio included designing and implementing innovative business and operating models, developing ePayments strategies, and spearheading large-scale productivity efforts for major financial services and technology companies.
Vas received an MBA from UCLA, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence & Computer Architecture, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. He has been a frequent participant at the Executive CTO Forum at Harvard Business School and the Executive Innovation Program at Singularity University
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