San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Gayathri Kalyanaraman

Sr. Technical Program Manager | FinTech & Solution Delivery

I'm a Senior Technical Program Manager at Bayview Asset Management in the San Francisco Bay Area, working at the intersection of financial services, technology delivery, and cross-functional leadership. My background spans dual master's degrees — in Mathematical Computer Science and Electrical Engineering — and a career that has moved from deep engineering roots into enterprise program delivery across FinTech and regulated industries. I believe the best technical programs are built on the same foundation as good engineering: rigor, clarity, and a refusal to let complexity become an excuse for ambiguity.

Work

Below are some of my recent projects. Please request for the complete walkthrough of the locked projects.

01

AI Chatbot Platform

Built a progression of chatbot implementations exploring how conversational AI evolves from basic prototypes to feature-rich systems with memory, tools, and database integration.

OpenAIStreamlitPythonChatGPT

02

Podcast RAG System with Vector Search

Built a production-grade RAG system implementing automated podcast processing, vector embeddings, and semantic search to enable conversational Q&A over podcast content.

RAGPineconeVector DatabaseStreamlit

03

Voice Assistant with Persistent Memory

Built a phone-based AI voice assistant implementing conversation memory persistence to explore the technical challenges of stateful conversational AI systems.

Voice AITwilioElevenLabsWebhook

04

AI Networking Assistant with Semantic Matching

Built an AI-powered professional networking system combining voice interaction, vector search, and automated call initiation to facilitate professional connections.

Voice AIPineconeTwilioElevenLabsRAG

05

Autonomous Job Search AI Agent

Built an autonomous AI agent implementing multi-step agentic workflows for automated job search, content analysis, and personalized recommendations.

AI AgentsOpenAIPythonStreamlit

06

MCP Workspace Automation Agent

Built an autonomous AI agent using Model Context Protocol to connect Jira, Slack, and Notion, enabling natural language commands to execute multi-step workflows across productivity platforms.

MCPOpenAIStreamlitAI Agents

Thoughts & Ideas

My perspective on technical program management in financial services — the craft of delivery, the weight of risk, and what it means to lead programs where the stakes are real.

Experience

A career built at the intersection of engineering rigor and enterprise delivery — leading technical programs in financial services where precision and stakeholder trust are non-negotiable.

2025 - PRESENT

Leading end-to-end delivery of enterprise technology programs across mortgage servicing and asset management platforms, coordinating engineering, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders through complex multi-quarter roadmaps.

Driving cross-functional alignment across technology and operations teams by translating regulatory and business requirements into structured program plans with clear milestones, dependencies, and risk escalation paths.

Managing program risk proactively in a highly regulated financial environment — maintaining governance frameworks, tracking issue resolution, and ensuring delivery commitments are grounded in what engineering teams can actually execute.

In financial services, delivery isn't just a milestone — it's a promise to the business that the risk is understood and the system is ready.