Rana Bhattacharya - CTO, Atom Bank plc
What's your proudest work-related achievement of the last 12 months?
We are creating the most customer-centric bank on the planet. Our TrustPilot, Reevoo and NPS scores all point to the successes we have already had, but we are restless in our ambition to be the best. So last year we started a journey to re-platform the bank to the cloud including introducing Thought Machine's next -generation cloud-native and smart contract-based core banking platform. By moving to the cloud and leveraging Thought Machine, Atom will be faster, more agile and able to configure banking products with unparalleled speed. Being part of the team bringing this change forward is a significant achievement and privilege.
What's the number one skill today's IT leaders need?
From personal experience, IT leaders need so much more than an impressive skill set. It's about resilience, flexibility and perseverance to get initiatives finished, even when they are very difficult and you don't have all the resources at your disposal that you would like.
How many people work in IT in your organisation?
We have about 90 full-time people working in technology, across areas such as Architecture, change delivery, engineering, testing, security, service delivery and data management.
What's your top priority for the next 12 months?
My top priority is to go live this year with our next general banking platform on the cloud, in order to enable Atom's vision of being the most customer-centric bank on the planet to be realised.
What's your annual IT budget?
Confidential.
Top 250 UK IT Leaders
More on Leadership
UK IT Awards: Get the top tips from the experts on crafting your entries
A panel of judges and a previous winner explain how to give yourself the best chance of winning big in the 'Oscars of IT'
UK IT Industry Awards: Hear top submission tips from the judges in our upcoming webinar
Computing and the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, give the hottest tips for your UK IT Industry Awards entries - register to maximise your potential to walk away with one of the most coveted gongs in the industry!
CIOs highlight lockdown positives, citing improved collaboration, productivity and innovation
'We've seen more innovation in six weeks than in the past 10 years,' says one CIO, as Computing speaks to some of the UK’s top IT leaders to find out what they’ll be bringing from the COVID-19 pandemic into the post-lockdown world
The Women in Tech Awards are back for 2020 - nominate yourself or a colleague now!
Computing's Women in Tech Awards are on track for a big year in 2020, with dozens of prestigious awards to be won by women at all levels, and at every stage of their career
Coventry University CIO discusses team morale during lockdown
Steve Humber explains his strategy for instilling a high performance culture, whilst keeping morale high during the COVID-19 outbreak, and puts his success down in part to his history as a competitive speed skater
Most read
