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Robert Marchiori

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GM Platform Engineering, Data & AI at Westpac
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Robert Marchiori is Westpacs GM of Platform Engineering, Data & AI, with over 25 years of leadership in technology and business transformation across global financial services. He specializes in digital products, payments, cloud infrastructure, and data. He has studied Digitization and Industrialization at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

As a purpose-driven leader, Robert is passionate about building diverse, high-performing teams and fostering a positive culture. He actively celebrates and recognizes team members for their volunteer work, showing a strong appreciation for giving back to the community.

He champions an innovative concept called "Vibe Coding, " which uses conversational AI to handle code, placing human creativity at the center of software development.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
GM Platform Engineering, Data & AI
Job Level
Senior
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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AI Democratization
Advocates for enabling an entire workforce with AI tools, such as Microsoft Co-Pilot, to drive innovation from all levels of a company.
Vibe Coding
Promotes this intuitive, conversational method for software development, putting human creativity at the forefront while AI handles the code.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
GM Platform Engineering, Data & AI
Westpac
7-2025 - 1-2026
Cognizant ANZ CEO
Cognizant
1-2023 - 8-2025
Cognizant Australia CEO
Cognizant
5-2021 - 1-2023
VP A/NZ Markets
Cognizant
3-2021 - 5-2021
Head of Banking, Financial Services & Insurance - A/NZ
Cognizant
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Cognizant A/NZ CEO Rob Marchiori joins Westpac. Featured in ARNnet
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Education
2016 - 2016
Digitization and Industrialization
MIT Sloan School of Management
2017 - 2019
Executive Leadership
PWC Pearls
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