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GCC & enterprise build
Establish and scale capability centers, operating models, leadership teams and global service portfolios from first principles.
CIO · CDIO · CTO · GCC Head · Independent Director
Building technology organizations that endure.
Full-spectrum enterprise technology leadership, from applications, platforms and infrastructure to cybersecurity, data and AI, with the operating discipline to build, transform and integrate at global scale.
Global executive mandatesTechnology · Transformation · Governance
25+ yearsFortune 500 and deep-tech leadership
$100MIT portfolio governed
$5.5B+Three M&A integrations led
10,000Employees, GCC built from 1
25+Global CoEs, applications to operations
#1 globallyFour consecutive years in innovation and excellence
Executive proposition
He built the GCC model before it had a name.
I have personally led every layer of modern enterprise IT: applications, platforms, integration, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data and AI.
Built the enterprise technology model that many modern GCCs now seek to replicate.
My record spans Fortune 500 scale, entrepreneurial growth and mission-critical environments. I am best suited to CIO, CDIO, CTO, GCC Head, SVP/VP Technology and Independent Director mandates requiring global authority, organization building, M&A integration or significant operating-model change.
Where I create value
Leadership mandates
Four arenas where strategy must become operating reality.
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Enterprise transformation
Align applications, platforms, integration, cloud, data and delivery models to growth, resilience and measurable outcomes.
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Cybersecurity & resilience
Strengthen governance, Zero Trust, regulatory readiness, infrastructure resilience and executive-level risk visibility.
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AI-first technology strategy
Turn emerging technology into an executable portfolio with clear guardrails, value cases and enterprise adoption paths.
Signature outcomes
Built through scale, complexity and consequence.
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Build
From first IT hire to enterprise technology at scale
Joined Qualcomm in 2004 as the first IT employee in the region, then helped build an organization supporting 10,000 employees and more than 25 global Centers of Excellence.
$100M portfolio. Four consecutive years ranked number one globally for innovation and excellence.
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Operate
Enterprise scale with measurable resilience
Governed a $100M global IT portfolio and P&L, delivered 99.999% availability, built a $22M Tier 3 data center and generated $5M in annual OPEX savings.
99.999% availability sustained across a 13-year enterprise-building mandate.
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Integrate
Three acquisitions, zero integration outages
Led technology integration for Spike, Atheros and CSR, transactions valued at more than $5.5B, while improving post-integration performance by 40%.
Delivered on schedule with zero integration-related outages.
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Transform
Growth across corporate and entrepreneurial settings
At DecisionOne, improved release velocity by 40%, reduced cost by 15% and expanded GCC capacity by 35%. As PropVision co-founder and CTO, helped secure a $5M Series A and grow market share by 20% in 18 months.
Transformation outcomes spanning delivery, cost, capacity, funding and market growth.
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Lead
Technology leadership for mission-critical environments
Currently serves as SVP & CIO in defense technology, with end-to-end responsibility across P&L, cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, enterprise applications and AI-enabled operations.
Direct technology counsel to founders, boards and investors.
Enterprise capability
Whole-system leadership
Technology value emerges when architecture, talent, risk, investment and operating model reinforce one another.
Strategy & governance
- Enterprise IT strategy
- P&L, TBM and FinOps
- Board advisory
- M&A integration
Applications & platforms
- SAP and Oracle ERP
- Workday and Oracle HCM
- Salesforce
- ServiceNow and Remedy
Integration & engineering
- Enterprise architecture
- MuleSoft and TIBCO
- APIs and microservices
- DevOps and CI/CD
Data, AI & emerging tech
- AI, ML and generative AI
- Computer vision
- Data governance and AIOps
- Quantum readiness
Infrastructure & cloud
- AWS, Azure and GCP
- Data centers and HPC
- Global networks
- 24x7 operations
Security & operating models
- Zero Trust and IAM
- Security operations
- Regulatory compliance
- GCC and CoE scale
Career journey
Three decades of building and renewal.
From national infrastructure to global platforms, GCCs and board-level technology stewardship.
2025-Present
SVP & CIO
Defense technology company
Enterprise platforms, cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps and AI operations
2025
Strategic Technology Consultant
InfoTech Consultancy
C-suite advisory on technology strategy, transformation, operating models and GCC scale
2024
Doctoral Research
Manipal GlobalNxt University
Quantum readiness, hybrid architectures and digital transformation governance
2019-2024
VP, Global Client Management
DecisionOne Corporation
Delivery acceleration, cost optimization and GCC expansion across three continents
2017-2019
Co-founder & CTO
PropVision India
Cloud-native product scale, operational efficiency and Series A growth
2004-2017
Director, IT and Founding IT Leader
Qualcomm India
Zero-to-scale organization, global CoEs, enterprise platforms and M&A integration
1995-2004
Senior Manager, IT Customer Support & Projects
Samtech Infonet
Nationwide infrastructure, LAN/WAN programs and service delivery
Board & advisory
Technology judgment for the boardroom.
Certified Independent Director, qualified and empaneled through IICA / Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Brings an operator’s perspective to board, audit, risk and technology committees, connecting cyber resilience, AI governance, capital allocation and transformation value.
Research & perspective
Looking beyond the next planning cycle.
Connecting academic inquiry with executive decision-making.
Strategic horizon
Responsible adoption of AI, quantum and resilient architectures
Active research spans AI and computer vision, enterprise quantum readiness, hybrid architectures and post-quantum cryptography, including ML-KEM, ML-DSA and SLH-DSA. The focus is practical: helping leaders act before technology shifts become operational constraints.
Industry contribution
- IIT Patna research in AI & computer vision
- Quantum readiness & post-quantum security
- NASSCOM, IESA & government councils
- Executive thought leadership on LinkedIn
Credentials
Executive experience, continuously renewed.
Education
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Quantum Computing & Digital Transformation
Manipal GlobalNxt University
Master of Technology (M.Tech)
AI & Data Science Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Information Technology
Amity University
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Cyber Security
Manipal University
Master of Arts (MA)
Economics
Andhra University
Professional certifications
- IICACertified Independent DirectorIndian Institute of Corporate Affairs / Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Project Management Professional (PMP)Project Management Institute
- 6σSix Sigma Black BeltProcess and quality leadership
Advanced Cybersecurity CertificationIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)Microsoft
ITIL FoundationPeopleCert
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Building, transforming or integrating at enterprise scale?
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