Nithesh Gudipuri
( Raymond James )
Nithesh Gudipuri is Associate Director of Technology at Raymond James Financial, leading a 25-member engineering organization overseeing mission-critical securities back-office platforms that process approximately 103 million transactions daily. With thirteen years in financial services technology, he has governed delivery for multiple concurrent SEC-mandated regulatory programs — including T+1 settlement, SWIFT ISO 20022 migration, and USTC Central Clearing compliance — coordinating across DTCC, SWIFT, FIS, and Broadridge under non-negotiable federal timelines. Selected as one of 18 Innovation Champions from approximately 1,800 firm-wide technologists (top 1%) and appointed to Raymond James' Digital Asset Blockchain Assessment Committee, he has led enterprise AI adoption across 200+ professionals and modernized approximately 2,000 HP NonStop legacy programs using large language model tooling. His contributions include two USPTO provisional patents, peer-reviewed publications in IEEE and ACM-affiliated venues, expert peer review across six internationally indexed journals, and founding chairmanship of the Tampa Bay ACM Professional Chapter. He is a recipient of the AI and Machine Learning for Industry Transformation Award and holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Texas State University, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, and Certified Blockchain Expert credentials.