Paru Puttanna, is an executive leader with 27+ years of solid experience in management, leadership, technology, innovation, operating-model, transformation, automation, and business. She is a Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Data Management at Voya Financial. Voya Financial is a leading health, wealth, and investment company with 7,200 employees focused on achieving Voya’s aspirational vision: Clearing your path to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life. At Voya, Paru is responsible for driving data driven solutions and data management to all the business lines. Paru has taken multiple roles at Voya. She started in Enterprise Data Management organization first, and moved to Enterprise Digital organization to lead B2C, B2B, and Content Management System for the organization. She led the build of iconic Health-Wealth product myVoyage, by creating fusion teams of various disciplines across the organization, the product released in the summer and fall of 2022. She led the Digital team successfully in the digital and cloud transformation journeys.
She has extensive background in managing multiple programs and teams in the development of customer centric applications, regulatory applications, digital, customer analytics, and data product development at financial services, banks, software companies, and utilities. She is an energetic leader and excels in translating business value from data, digital, analytics, and technology.
She holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from University of Mysuru (Mysore), India and a master’s degree in Information Engineering and Management from University of Alabama, Birmingham. She is an active speaker in multiple financial services, and Data forums. She lives in Connecticut and serves in TSAM (Asset management) board as an advisor.