Technology Executive · Banking & Financial Services

Execution
is the strategy.

Thomas Benjamin — CTO strategy and delivery across digital transformation, cybersecurity, cloud and AI. NEXT100 CIO.

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Portrait of Thomas Benjamin

$100M

Banking data center delivered in four months.

430+

Engineers led across 100+ enterprise accounts.

$5B

Financial services account owned as Account CTO.

Executive
biography

Thomas Benjamin is a technology executive in banking and financial services whose leadership thesis is simple: convert technology investment into measurable enterprise value. Over 22 years he has spanned deep technical engineering, enterprise architecture, global operations leadership, cybersecurity program ownership, and CIO/CTO-level accountability.

He has spent the better part of two decades at Mphasis, where he is currently a Technology Executive leading banking infrastructure transformations end to end. From 2021 to 2025 he served as Account CTO for a $5B financial services client, designing, procuring, and building a cloud supporting 3,000+ users and delivering a $100M banking data center in four months.

Earlier, as Associate Vice President, he led infrastructure and cybersecurity programs across 100+ enterprise accounts and 430+ engineers. His career began in a global network operations center at Accenture.

Experience

Jan 2025 – Present

Technology Executive

Mphasis · Salt Lake County, UT

Leads banking infrastructure transformations end to end, including data centers built from the ground up and modernization across cloud, network, security, and operations.

  • Leads vendor strategy: platform selection, negotiations, and delivery accountability.
  • Owns budget and TCO optimization through standardization, rationalization, and cost governance.
  • Builds high-performing teams and operating governance that turn roadmaps into measurable results.
Jul 2021 – Dec 2025

Account CTO — $5B Financial Services

Mphasis · Greater Salt Lake City Area

De facto CTO for a $5B financial services account, owning technology strategy, architecture, P&L, cybersecurity, vendor management, and executive stakeholder alignment globally.

  • Designed, procured, and built a cloud for application hosting and global office infrastructure supporting 3,000+ users.
  • Built and mentored high-performing global IT teams.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance across all IT systems, managing audits against data protection and security standards.
Nov 2016 – Jul 2021

Associate Vice President — Global Network & Infrastructure

Mphasis · Bangalore / Global

Led global infrastructure and cybersecurity programs across 100+ enterprise accounts, managing 430+ engineers across a large matrix organization.

  • Designed IT governance frameworks, vendor management standards, and operational playbooks adopted across the global delivery organization.
  • Directed cybersecurity strategy including IAM, SOC operations, and enterprise risk programs.
  • Oversaw large-scale data center migrations and cloud transformation for banking clients, maintaining uptime and compliance.
Apr 2011 – Oct 2016

Delivery Manager — Infrastructure & Operations

Mphasis · Bangalore, India

Directed 125+ engineers and operations managers across 24/7 managed infrastructure services for global banking and enterprise clients. Owned delivery performance, P&L, budget, quality metrics, and SLA compliance.

Oct 2010 – Apr 2011

Technology Consultant — Pre-Sales

Network Solutions · Singapore

Presented technical propositions, responded to RFIs, and worked with sales to define technical requirements and deliver solution demos.

Jun 2007 – Oct 2010

Manager, Network Engineering

Mphasis · Bangalore, India

Promoted to recruit, train, and manage 40+ network engineers and 5 team managers. Rated among the top ten VOE scorers enterprise-wide (2009).

Mar 2005 – Jun 2007

Data Network — Global Network Operations Center

Accenture · Bangalore, India

Provided on-call operational support for LAN and WAN technologies and troubleshooting of network issues.

Education

Master of Science in Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University

General Management Programme
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Honors & Awards

  • NEXT100 CIO
  • Role Model of the Year
  • Service Excellence Award
  • Spot Award
  • The Spirit of Winning
  • Top Ten VOE Scorers — Enterprise-Wide VOE 2009