10 USAA IT leaders
Titles in this USAA IT group range from Chief Information Officer, USAA Bank and SVP - Information Technology to directors whose roles cover annuities, the Life Company, agency insurance, native mobile infrastructure and financial crimes. They fit a bank or insurer modernizing core policy or banking systems, or deciding how to split technology teams by business line.
Professionals to explore
Daniel Veibell
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Daniel Veibell has held Director of Information Technology at USAA in two consecutive stints (2022-2024 and since November 2024), described as overseeing the design and implementation of technical infrastructure and determining business requirements for IT systems. Daniel was IT Technical Mananger (2018-2022), Lead Software Developer (2017-2018) and Senior Salesforce Developer (2015-2017) at USAA.
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David Evans
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Described as director of native mobile infrastructure, David Evans has held Director of Information Technology at USAA since December 2016. David also lists IT Technical Manager (2016-2021) and Senior Software Developer (2008-2016) at USAA, a fit for questions on mobile app platforms at USAA.
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Deepika Kesiraju
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director IT, Financial Crimes · USAA
Deepika Kesiraju became Executive Director, Application Development at USAA in 2026, after Senior Director IT, Financial Crimes (2024-2026). Deepika was also Senior Director IT, Omnichannel (2023-2024), Director, Information Technology (2021-2022) and IT Technical Manager (2018-2021) at USAA, and their LinkedIn profile names bank technology, a fit for financial crimes systems questions.
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Jeff Kennedy
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Information Technology · USAA
Jeff Kennedy has been SVP - Information Technology at USAA since April 2024, following Chief Privacy Officer at USAA (2023-2024). At Regions Bank, Jeff was Chief Information Security Officer (2015-2021) and IT Group Executive (2021-2023), described as directing IT infrastructure, information security, enterprise fraud and BSA operations, a fit for security and fraud technology questions.
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Manikumar Valliappan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology (Annuities) · USAA
Manikumar Valliappan holds Director of Information Technology (Annuities) at USAA (since November 2025) and describes overseeing the full technology lifecycle for the USAA Annuity business, including IT roadmaps, regulatory compliance and modernizing core policy management systems. Manikumar was also Senior Engineering Manager (2024-2025) and Lead Program Manager (2021-2023) at USAA, a fit for policy system modernization questions.
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Mitch Butikofer
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President, IT Operations · USAA
Mitch Butikofer holds Vice President, Workforce Digital Services at USAA (since 2019) and was Vice President, IT Operations there (2018-2019). Mitch was Chief Information Officer Senior VP at US Transportation Command (2014-2016), so questions on IT operations and employee technology services fit Mitch.
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Pankaj Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer, USAA Bank · USAA
As Chief Information Officer, USAA Bank since December 2023, Pankaj Kumar describes leading digital ecosystem vision and experience work, building secured and trusted products. Pankaj held four FIS roles from 2015 to 2023: Senior Vice President, Technology (2015-2017), CIO, Banking and Payments (2017-2019), EVP, Technology (2019) and EVP, Global CIO (2020-2023), which suits banking and payments platform questions.
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Praveena Davuluri
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Information Technology · USAA
Praveena Davuluri has been Director Of Information Technology at USAA since 2019, a role described as servant leader of the Property & Casualty Agency Insurance division, aimed at faster time to delivery. Sr Software Development Manager at Sabre (2009-2019) and Sr Software Developer at Tektronix (2005-2009) add a software development view from Sabre and Tektronix.
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Sean Hager
LinkedInExperience: Former IT Director · USAA
Sean Hager is Retail Banking Technology Executive at USAA (since 2020), described as leading the Bank Operations and Infrastructure teams within Bank Technology / Retail Banking, which provide platform services such as banking middleware and core banking. Sean was IT Director (2017-2020), IT Technical Manager (2012-2020) and Lead Software Engineer (2009-2012) at USAA, a fit for core banking infrastructure questions.
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Shridevi Sankuratri
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · USAA
Life Company IT transformation is the focus of Shridevi Sankuratri's role as Director of Information Technology at USAA (since 2023), described as leading portfolio strategy, roadmaps and execution of IT transformations to set the Life Company up for future scale. Shridevi was Senior Information Technology Manager (2015-2023) and Lead Project Manager (2010-2015) at USAA.
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Choose the right perspective
For bank technology, Pankaj Kumar, Sean Hager and Deepika Kesiraju hold or held bank CIO, retail banking technology and financial crimes IT titles. For insurance lines, Manikumar Valliappan covers annuities, Shridevi Sankuratri the Life Company and Praveena Davuluri agency insurance, while Jeff Kennedy, Mitch Butikofer, David Evans and Daniel Veibell fit privacy, IT operations, mobile and infrastructure questions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does USAA decide which core banking or policy administration systems to modernize first?
- 02What should be shared between USAA's bank technology and its insurance and annuity IT teams, and what should stay separate?
- 03How do financial crimes and fraud systems get prioritized against customer-facing digital work in a bank's IT roadmap?
About this directory
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