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Sushmitha Nalamothu

Commander · DISC type D
VP | Head of DevSecOps,Compliance,Cloud, Copilot Leading Technology for Future Innovation at Northern Trust Corporation
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Sushmitha Nalamothu leads technology at Northern Trust, specializing in AI, cloud, and DevSecOps within financial services. A University of Madras graduate and SAFe 5 certified leader, she focuses on platform modernization and aligning technology with measurable business outcomes. Colleagues praise her for her exceptional leadership and strategic vision.

Described as a leader who champions cultural shifts, she has a proven ability to embed new practices like DevSecOps into an organizations core fabric.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
VP | Head of DevSecOps,Compliance,Cloud, Copilot Leading Technology for Future Innovation
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Sushmitha shows up

Decisive
Impact-Driven
Strong-Willed

They like to move fast and expect the same from others. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Priorities

Topics Sushmitha cares about

Agentic AI
Actively engaged in the future of AI, demonstrated by her planned attendance at multiple Agentic AI conferences in 2025.
Platform Modernization
Leads enterprise-wide strategy to modernize over 140 applications, focusing on cloud engineering and DevSecOps to increase release velocity and resilience.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
VP | Head of DevSecOps,Compliance,Cloud, Copilot Leading Technology for Future Innovation
Northern Trust Corporation
12-2019
Head of Information Technology
Northern Trust Corporation
12-2019 - 8-2021
Transformation Architect
Northern Trust Corporation
10-2018 - 12-2019
VP of Technology
Riskonnect, Inc.
10-2018 - 11-2019
Head of Information Technology
Risk Connect
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Education
BTECH
University of Madras
Bachelor of Engineering
University of Madras
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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