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Kiran Panja

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MD, Global Head of Cloud & Head of Data Engineering at CME Group
📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Kiran Panja is the Managing Director of Cloud & Data Engineering at CME Group, leading the firms cloud and data modernization strategy. An IT executive with an MS from Indiana State University, he has extensive experience in cloud architecture and digital transformation from past roles at IBM, Citi, and JPMorgan Chase. Colleagues describe him as a talented, highly technical, and effective communicator.

He led a project at CME Group that cataloged over 18 million data assets and defined more than 1, 300 business terms within its first year.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
MD, Global Head of Cloud & Head of Data Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States
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Priorities

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Cloud Transformation
He is leading CME Group's migration to the cloud and has spoken at events like Google Cloud Next on creating new services powered by the cloud.
Data & AI Context
He was a keynote speaker at Atlan’s Re: Govern 2025, where he discussed how enriching data with context is critical for unlocking the potential of AI.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
MD, Global Head of Cloud & Head of Data Engineering
CME Group
11-2020 - 11-2022
Managing Director, Financial Services Digital Transformation
IBM
3-2020 - 11-2020
Global Head of Private Cloud PaaS at Citi
Citi
2-2013 - 3-2020
Director, Cloud & Continuous Delivery Enablement
Citi
3-2007 - 2-2013
IT Strategy Architect / IaaS Automation
JPMorgan Chase
In the press

Media appearances

CME Group: Context at Speed. Featured in Atlan
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Education
1995 - 1997
MS
Indiana State University
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