Summary
Rajiv Cooray is a technology leader with three decades of experience delivering scalable data platforms and enterprise-grade software, currently Senior Vice President of Data Fabric and Data Pipeline at Equifax. He leads a 150+ geo-distributed engineering organization while continuing to contribute hands-on code, balancing delivery with architecture and strategy in a highly regulated environment. He drives cloud-native data and analytics platforms on GCP, leveraging GKE, serverless, Terraform, and Kubernetes to power distributed big data processing and secure microservices. His track record spans modernization and cloud migration across large enterprises, guiding product, budget, vendors, and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end transformations. Previously, he shaped enterprise architectures for Restoration Hardware and InterContinental Hotels Group, and led hospitality and travel data platforms at Travelport, bringing cross-domain expertise to data fabric and analytics. Based in Atlanta, he holds multiple GCP certifications and a portfolio of cloud-native initiatives that blend data engineering, analytics, and platform-scale reliability.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Profession Certificate in Compute Information Systems, Profession Certificate in Compute Information Systems at University of California, Berkeley
St Joseph's College, Colombo
G.C.E Advanced Level, G.C.E Advanced Level at St Joseph's College, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Arabic, Spanish