Unique Kumar
CIO - Empowering Businesses through Technology | Unclocking Growth | Focused on Digital AI & Cyber Resilience | Board Advisor, Investor & Lifelong Learner | CKA Birla Group
CKA Birla Group•Delhi, India
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Strategic and Business centric Technology leader working on business challenges, showcase business value with right usage of technology which helps to generate more ideas to do business better in Digital World. As a technologist, I am passionate about solving complex business challenges using digital with layer of cyber security protection. CIO with extensively hands-on experience on handing large transformations using Digital Twin, SAP, Digital Risk, Cloud computing & Rollouts Infrastructure Setup, Business Transformations, Cyber Security, Change management, Business continuity & Managing large budgets and deliver ROI. I believe that goals can be achieved with imagination, creativity and resilience & for me everyday is a new opportunity to learn & improve. Over past decade+ in leadership role and help organization's to share new ideas & drive Digital Transformation and reducing Cyber risk. ■ INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE::: #Manufacturing, #BFSI, #Telecom, #Healthcare, #e-learning & #financial sectors. ■ KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE : - Aligning IT investments with Business Goals to bridge the gap between business and technology. - Embrace the strategic and tactical opportunities presented by new technologies and trends - Successful Rollout of ERP(SAP HANA, PeopleSoft, Infor) - Present Cyber threats to Board and help to identifying, quantify and address cyber risk exposure to across group companies - Roll out large projects using Digital Twin, Industry 4.0, Salesforce, HCM, Analytics - Cyber Security, IT infrastructure planning & implementation (networks, cloud, Datacenter) - Managing and developing talent, Managing conflict and negotiations ■ FEW RECOGNITIONS - Top 100 CIO influencers IDG - Top 100 CISO of India - Top 50 Leaders(Leadership) - Best employee of the Organization - Speaker & Panelist at Gartner, Forbes, Economic times,ETCIO CNBC-18, DSCI, IDG CXO - Management Committee member CIOKLUB - Mentor to Startups, Youngsters, NGO's, CIO forums
Career Timeline
- CKA Birla GroupCurrentApr 2020–Present· 6 yrs 5 mos
- Chief Information OfficerCurrentApr 2025–Present
- Group Chief Information Security OfficerApr 2020–Jun 2025
- CIO AssociationCurrentMay 2018–Present· 8 yrs 4 mos
- CIO Management Committe MemberCurrentMay 2018–Present
- CIO Club - Vice PresidentMay 2018–Present
- Apr 2017–Apr 2020· 3 yrs
- Chief Digital Innovation and Information Security OfficerApr 2017–Apr 2020
- Mar 2016–Mar 2017· 1 yr
- Head Of Information Technology Operations- Infrastructure | Security | Business ApplicationsMar 2016–Mar 2017
- May 2006–Mar 2016· 9 yrs 10 mos
- Global Head IT - CIO & CISO India, USA, AustraliaJun 2008–Mar 2016
- Head Of Digital Transformation | Chief Architect | CDOMay 2006–Jun 2008
- 2004–May 2006· 2 yrs 4 mos
- Datacenter Manager IT- Solution Architect2004–May 2006
Education
Postgraduate Degree(PgPX)
Artificial Intelligence
The University of Texas at AustinTransformation Leadership Strategy Programme
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta