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Rajeev Arora

Executive CTO/CAIO and AI & Cloud Architect specializing in Agentic AI and FinTech platforms

MERGE / NEODY AIAustin, TX18 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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CTO/AI executive with repeated 0-to-1 leadership and founder experience across banking software, cloud, and fintech. Most recently, as a fractional CAIO, built a 50+ person team and launched 3 products in 9 months generating $10M+ new revenue; previously founded Trilogy (200+ clients in 7 countries) and created cloud tech that helped drive a $35M acquisition by VMware.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and scaled a 50+ person team from scratch (0-to-1)
  • Launched 3 products in 9 months
  • Drove $10M+ in new revenue through product launches
  • Led AI adoption/culture transformation as a fractional CAIO
  • Entrepreneurial track record: founded Trilogy (200+ clients across 7 countries)
  • Developed key cloud technology contributing to $35M sale to VMware
  • Built MOCA Financial into a de facto product for military payments

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Experience

Fractional CAIO & AI ArchitectMERGE / NEODY AI · Sep 2025 – Presentpart-time
CTO & FounderMOCA Financial · Jan 2020 – Sep 2025
Principal Cloud Sales SpecialistVMware · May 2018 – Jan 2020
Principal Cloud Architect (Professional Services)VMware · Jun 2015 – Apr 2018
Partner & Enterprise ArchitectMomentum SI · Dec 2007 – May 2015

Awards

  • Patent: secure data routing (card-issuing systems)
  • Patent: high-concurrency/high-performance ledgering (card-issuing systems)
  • Patent filed: Graph-Based RAG approach to ground LLM responses

Languages

English

Publications

4 publications

Agentic AI systems architectureAI governance and controlAutonomous enterprise operating modelsScaling AI platforms

Memberships

  • American Military Banks Association (AMBA)
  • Bankers Helping Bankers

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