Srinivasa Rao Challagundla

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Senior Digital Architect, Principal Engineer @CVS Health at CVS Health

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

Overview

Srinivasa Rao Challagundla is a Senior Solutions Architect at Cognizant, specializing in cloud modernization and AI/ML. He has extensive experience leading digital transformations at major companies like CVS Health and Walgreens, migrating legacy systems to Azure and Snowflake. Colleagues commend him for delivering "stellar results" on mission-critical projects.


He received a Platinum Award at Walmart for contributions to an IoT platform that saved the company approximately $5 million.

Personality Overview

Generally Skeptic

Objective Thinker

Fast But Wary

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.  They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Topics They Care About

Cloud Modernization
He leads initiatives moving legacy applications to modern cloud platforms like Azure and Snowflake, focusing on enhancing scalability and driving digital transformation for large enterprises.
AI Application Development
Actively upskilling in cutting-edge AI, recently earning certifications in Agentic AI and building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using MongoDB.
Enterprise Architecture
Designs and implements scalable, cloud-based solutions for high-revenue e-commerce and B2B platforms, focusing on API performance and integration efficiency.

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Work History

1-2022 - 10-2023
Senior Digital Architect, Principal Engineer @CVS Health at CVS Health
5-2020 - 11-2021
Software Architect, Principal Engineer | Azure Cloud, APIs, Application modernization at Walgreens Boots Alliance
7-2017 - 3-2020
Solutions Architect, Principal Engineer | Cloud Native, Microservices, App Modernization at CVS Health
8-2015 - 6-2017
Software Architect & Tech Lead | Cloud, Microservices, DevOps, App Modernization at Walmart
8-2013 - 7-2015
Senior Engineering Consultant at Target

Education

1996 - 1999
Master of Computer Applications - MCA from Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli
3-1993 - 4-1996
Bachelor of Science - BS from Acharya Nagarjuna University

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