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10 USAA IT leaders
These ten current and former USAA IT leaders, including the CIO of USAA Bank, have held CIO, senior vice president, vice president and director roles in information technology at USAA. A reader can learn how USAA runs IT for banking, insurance, annuities and life products, along with IT operations, infrastructure and financial crimes technology.
Professionals to explore
01—10Daniel Veibell
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Director of Information Technology at USAA since 2024, and Director Of Information Technology at USAA (2022–2024); the profile says the work covers overseeing design and implementation of technical infrastructure, determining business requirements for IT systems and eliminating security risks. Other USAA roles listed are IT Technical Manager (2018–2022) and Lead Software Developer (2017–2018).
David Evans
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Director of Information Technology at USAA since 2016; the profile describes the role as director of native mobile infrastructure. Other USAA roles listed are IT Technical Manager (2016–2021) and Senior Software Developer (2008–2016), and the profile also lists Junior Developer at Horton Automatics (2007–2010).
Deepika Kesiraju
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director IT, Financial Crimes · USAA
Former Senior Director IT, Financial Crimes (2024–2026) and Senior Director IT, Omnichannel (2023–2024) at USAA, and Director, Information Technology at USAA (2021–2022). Since 2026 the profile lists Executive Director, Application Development at USAA, with a headline referencing Bank Technology.
Jeff Kennedy
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Information Technology · USAA
SVP - Information Technology at USAA since 2024, and Chief Privacy Officer at USAA (2023–2024). The profile also lists IT Group Executive at Regions Bank (2021–2023), a role it says directed IT infrastructure, information security, enterprise fraud and BSA operations, and Chief Information Security Officer at Regions Bank (2015–2021).
Manikumar Valliappan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology (Annuities) · USAA
Director of Information Technology (Annuities) at USAA since 2025; the profile says the role oversees the full technology lifecycle for the USAA Annuity business, including strategic IT roadmaps, regulatory and compliance work and modernization of core policy management systems. Other USAA roles listed include Senior Engineering Manager (2024–2025).
Mitch Butikofer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, IT Operations · USAA
Former Vice President, IT Operations at USAA (2018–2019), listed at executive level; since 2019 the profile lists Vice President, Workforce Digital Services at USAA. The profile also lists Chief Information Officer Senior VP at US Transportation Command (2014–2016).
Pankaj Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer, USAA Bank · USAA
Chief Information Officer, USAA Bank at USAA since 2023; the profile says the role leads the next chapter of digital ecosystem vision and experience at USAA, building competitive, secured and trusted products. The profile also lists EVP, Global CIO (2020–2023), CIO, Banking and Payments (2017–2019) and Senior Vice President, Technology (2015–2017) at FIS.
Praveena Davuluri
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Information Technology · USAA
Director Of Information Technology at USAA since 2019; the profile describes the role as servant leader of Property & Casualty's Agency Insurance division, enabling a cultural shift within business and technology for faster time to delivery. The profile also lists Sr Software Development Manager at Sabre (2009–2019).
Sean Hager
LinkedInExperience: IT Director · USAA
Former IT Director at USAA (2017–2020). Since 2020 the profile lists Retail Banking Technology Executive at USAA, a role it says leads the Bank Operations and Infrastructure teams within the Bank Technology / Retail Banking organization, providing platform services such as banking middleware and core banking. The profile also lists IT Technical Manager at USAA (2012–2020).
Shridevi Sankuratri
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Director of Information Technology at USAA since 2023; the profile says the role leads portfolio strategy, roadmaps and execution of IT transformations to set the Life Company up for future scale. Other USAA roles listed are Senior Information Technology Manager (2015–2023) and Lead Project Manager (2010–2015).
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Match the person's business line to your question: the bank CIO and banking technology leaders suit questions about core banking and digital channels, while insurance, annuity and life IT directors suit questions about policy systems and product roadmaps. Check whether the USAA role is current or past before asking about recent practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you modernize core policy and banking systems while keeping regulated operations stable?
- 02How should IT teams for banking and insurance share platforms without slowing each other down?
- 03What does a strong IT roadmap process look like for a regulated financial services business line?
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