Sachin Gupta
Proven Leader with an ability to digitally transform businesses, help generate revenue and deliver profit. CIO | CDO | DPO | Advisor | Mentor | Consulting Services | Hotelier | Fortune 50 Experience | Startups | Investor
Gokaldas Exports Limited•Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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• Over 32 years of total work experience in Information Technology, Strategy and Hotel & Restaurant Management • Have worked and lived in USA for 17 years and hold US Passport • Have been on Company Board and have presented to various Board of Fortune 100 Companies. • Have worked with Governments in India, Africa and other foreign countries. • Have held senior positions such as CIO & Sr. IT Director in Fortune 10 companies • Have successfully managed budgets of US $100 million and over 500 employees in three continents across the globe. • Have managed P&L during my stint with Microsoft as Director Consulting Services and grew revenue from $1 million to $ 32 million in 5 years and delivery margin from negative 26% to positive 26%. • Effectively communicated with the Board of Directors and top management for evolving strategic vision, driving transformational change and to enable IT to become business enabler • Successful leader with an exceptional track record in integration, consolidation and bringing operational excellence to various companies. • Significant experience in transforming businesses and IT, driving IT alignment with business, defining IT strategy and roadmap, creating IT departments from scratch, optimizing IT, driving compliance, budgeting, technology evaluation & evangelization and execution of multi-million dollar, multi-location projects • Expertise in planning & building IT departments for supporting enterprises involving selection of appropriate technologies, products, negotiating with vendors, finalizing Service Level Agreements, outsourcing tasks and directing the timely completion of projects. • Effective leader with exceptional skills in building teams and mentoring & developing individuals towards building productive and exceptional teams and as well as in forming cohesive team environments. Competencies •Strategic Planning •Execution focused •Startup mentoring •Building teams from scratch •Business transformation •Financial management •Enabling Organizations • Manufacturing automation •Value chain optimization •Creating revenue models •Consumer focused •Vendor management •Deep technology expertise •Transformation focused •Cloud computing •Artificial Intelligence •Privacy & Security • IoT/ IIoT •Natural language processing •Digital transformation •Predictive analytics Industry experience •Telecommunications •Hospitality •Legal •Consulting • Automotive •Research •Non profit •Retail •Banking •Manufacturing •Healthcare •Media & Entertainment •Infrastructure •Software •BPO •Technology •Education
Career Timeline
- Gokaldas Exports LimitedCurrentAug 2024–Present· 2 yrs 1 mo
- Chief Information Officer, IT GroupCurrentAug 2024–Present
- Sep 2019–Jul 2024· 4 yrs 10 mos
- President & Chief Information & Innovation OfficerSep 2019–Jul 2024
- Feb 2016–Sep 2019· 3 yrs 7 mos
- Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information OfficerFeb 2016–Sep 2019
- 2013–Feb 2016· 3 yrs 1 mo
- Chief Information Officer, IT Group2013–Feb 2016
- Nov 2005–Dec 2012· 7 yrs 1 mo
- CIO at Microsoft India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.Feb 2011–Dec 2012
- Senior Director, Microsoft Consulting ServicesNov 2005–Feb 2011
- May 2004–Nov 2005· 1 yr 6 mos
- DirectorMay 2004–Nov 2005
- 2002–May 2004· 2 yrs 4 mos
- Director2002–May 2004
- Oct 1999–2002· 2 yrs 3 mos
- CIOOct 1999–2002
- 1998–Oct 1999· 1 yr 9 mos
- Director MIS & Acquisitions1998–Oct 1999
- Jun 1997–1998· 7 mos
- CIOJun 1997–1998
Education
MCS
Computer Science
West Coast UniversityMBA
Pepperdine Graziadio Business SchoolBTECH
Hotel Management
Brooklyn CollegeBTech
Hotel Management
Institute of Hotel Management, New DelhiBTEch
Hotel Management
Institute Of Hotel Management, AhmedabadBSC
Science
Dyal Singh College, New Delhi12th
Science
Maheshwari Public School, JaipurMaster of Business Administration - MBA
Finance & Marketing
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School