GreatAmerica Financial Services Appoints Arvind Rao as Chief Technology Officer

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – July 8, 2025 – GreatAmerica Financial Services® is pleased to announce the appointment of Arvind Rao as its new Head of Technology - Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Rao brings more than two decades of experience leading digital transformation, enterprise data strategy, and technology modernization across the financial services and technology sectors.

 Rao most recently served as EVP and CIO of Consumer Digital Banking, Retail Banking and Wealth Management at Texas Capital Bank, where he led technology for Bask Bank, the institution’s direct-to-consumer digital bank that became one of the fastest growing banks in the US. Under his leadership, Bask Bank was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as offering one of the best savings accounts in the country. He also oversaw digital onboarding, online banking, marketing technologies, payments, fraud detection and prevention, while modernizing retail branch, wealth management and Salesforce platforms.

 Prior to Texas Capital, Rao held senior leadership roles at HP Inc., including Global Head of Enterprise Data, Analytics, AI, and Integration. There, he led a $250M transformation of HP’s data and analytics platforms, implemented various Analytics, AI and ML solutions for HP’s Functions and Business Units globally.  His work supported over $70B in global transactions and delivered significant cost savings and operational improvements.

 Rao also serves as an advisory board member for SBase Technologies, Inc.

“We are thrilled to welcome Arvind to the GreatAmerica leadership team,” said Martin Golobic, CEO of GreatAmerica. “His deep expertise in data, digital platforms, and enterprise transformation will be instrumental as we continue to evolve our technology to better serve our customers and partners.”

Rao holds an MBA from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology.